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matt86sx
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Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	Fri, 11 November 2005 04:18

My baby is back on the road and pretty much all done! It's certainly a different car these days - goes better, steers better, stops better....as you can imagine I am very happy with it! All went to plan last week, had the exhaust done on Wednesday and a wheel alignment on Thursday. I then spent Thursday and Friday nights getting everything put back together (particularly the interior) in readiness for an Ozcelica cruise on Saturday. Had the exhaust done at Southport Exhaust (right around the corner from my work), and they fitted a 2.25" system with high flow cat, resonator and straight through muffler. I found this to be WAY too loud (couldn't hear myself think at idle, let alone under any kind of load during acceleration), plus it didn't feel like it had much low down torque either, certainly not much below 3000rpm. So yesterday they swapped the muffler to a more baffled one (although still less restrictive than standard) and I am MUCH happier with it. It's a lot quieter now, but still has a nice sound when you nail it. And the low rpm torque has actually improved a bit too. The guys at Southport Exhaust had no problems changing it for me at no charge, to make sure I left a happy customer - highly recommended. Anyway here's a shot of the engine with all the bits and pieces fitted: All looks nice and stock, I was really rapt with how the airbox fits very neatly into the corner in front of the strut tower - looks like it came from the factory that way! The airbox conceals a nice K&N panel filter that arrived last week. And yes that IS an occy strap around the battery.......the airbox is so much bigger than the original that the battery JUST squeezes into the space between the airbox and fuse box, such that I cannot fit battery clamp rods down the gaps because the gaps just aren't there (see below). I've also had to face the battery post clamps out to the sides for clearance. The battery is such a tight fit that it wasn't going to slide anywhere easily, I just put the strap around it to make sure it's somewhat secure. It's only a temporary fix, I'll have to figure out exactly what I'm going to do but I'm leaning towards a physically smaller battery - I'll have to see what Odyssey/Optima/etc have in their ranges. I guess if all else fails I could relocate it to the boot. I still have a few little things left to do, the main one being the intake setup. At the moment the airbox is just drawing air from the engine bay (you can see in the pic above that there is no pipe coming out of it), but I will be addressing that this weekend. I'll post an update of it when it's done. The N-S crossmember is also interfering with the gearbox, resulting in a slight vibration. Andy had the same problem with his, so I'll be getting that sorted out too. And the aircon isn't hooked up yet, the Gen 1 hose fittings don't match the Gen 3 compressor so I'll get some adaptors made up when I have the system converted and gassed. More updates as things get done. Matt [Updated on: Fri, 11 November 2005 06:38] [Report message to a moderator]

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