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Gold Coast, QLD
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April 2004
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Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap
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Tue, 25 October 2005 03:26
 
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Time for an update - engine is in!!
Neil came around again on Saturday and the engine went in without any real dramas. Only thing that held us up was that we realised that the exhaust secondaries were never going to fit (Andy has told me that it fouls on the 162 crossmember anyway) so out came the angle grinder to cut it after the flex pipe.
Engine bay with new steering rack, fuel filter, throttle cable etc in place ready to accept the new engine.
Trusty forklift in use once again.
Neil getting the gearbox mount sorted out.
Front and rear brakes rebuilt and painted. Decided on gloss black, figured red ones would look a bit tacky on a white car. And white ones wouldn't stay white for very long! The front discs are replacements I got from a wrecker (for $25 each) that had already been machined and had more material left on them than my old ones. Both the front and rears will look a lot better once they have been scuffed by the pads! One day I'll get some DBA slotted rotors though, when the budget allows.
New engine nestling in the bay - not a bad half day's work! Everything lined up and went together really well.
Another view. Here you can see the front mount fan fitted which came from an ST Celica. I also grabbed the aircon pipes to suit from the same car.
Pic showing just why the front mount fan is necessary! With those sexy Gen 3 factory extractors in place there's no room for the old fan anymore. Also note the freshly painted radiator - took it to a radiator place for a flush and found out it was about 25% blocked. So it should run a lot cooler now. Also down in the bottom left (right above the brake booster) is my new power steering high pressure hose.
All that's really left for me to do now is get some new F/R engine mounts (didn't realise till too late that the ST202 ones were no good to me) and radiator hoses. Once all that's together it's wiring, exhaust and a wheel alignment and that should be it! Decided on getting a pro to do the wiring (otherwise I'd be in WAY over my head), just have to wait for one to become available. At this stage the earliest I'll be able to get someone will be this weekend, if not early next week. 
Oh well, I'm getting fit by riding my mountain bike to and from work at the moment! Big thanks once again to Nezza for his invaluable assistance.
Laters,
Matt
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Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap
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matt86sx | Thu, 13 October 2005 05:42 |
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smashed_wombat | Thu, 13 October 2005 09:01 |
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warrior | Thu, 13 October 2005 09:06 |
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smashed_wombat | Thu, 13 October 2005 09:13 |
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matt86sx | Mon, 17 October 2005 07:08 |
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matt86sx | Tue, 25 October 2005 03:26 |
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matt86sx | Mon, 31 October 2005 08:48 |
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matt86sx | Fri, 11 November 2005 04:18 |
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da_horse | Fri, 11 November 2005 17:57 |
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matt86sx | Mon, 21 November 2005 06:26 |
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matt86sx | Mon, 21 November 2005 06:29 |
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da_horse | Tue, 22 November 2005 00:57 |
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matt86sx | Tue, 22 November 2005 03:10 |
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