Jsmitty Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) I figured I might as well start this thread and go from there. I should have started this the other week. I got lucky 2wks ago, I went to look at a 91 Laser from Craigslist. Thought it was just a plain jane 4g63 Laser. It turned out to be a turbo Laser. Owner couldn't get it to start. He had the whole steering column area taken apart and the ignition switch out.For $250Earlier this month I picked up one of Bill's W58 to 4G63 narrow bellhousings from a member on Project Zero G for $100.I allready had a MK3 Supra W58 from a while back just sitting in the garage. http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9536/001iek.jpg Edited April 12, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Fast forward a couple days, My little brother and myself take out the dash etc to get the dash out and everything to get the ECU and harness out.Then proceed with getting the transmission out.http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3285/003tzh.jpg Edited April 12, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Fast forward a couple more days, my father and I install a chain hoist in the garage. Now my father and I uninstall the engine. http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5861/002myi.jpg Edited April 12, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) Well today my father I and loaded up the Laser on a trailer and took the car to the scrap yard. I paid $250 for the car and got $140 and some change back for it. I picked up another engine stand from my grandfathers for the G54B block to go on. So I need to pick up some bolts today for the engine stand from Ace Hardware. Then put the Conquest on wheels dollys and get it's block out. I am hoping to do that this week. Edited April 12, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrazilBoy Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Looks like a good start...are you going to rebuild the 4g or just do some basic stuff and install it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 (edited) I am hoping the internals are in decent shape. I am going to open it and see what the crank, main, rod, and pistons look like.If bad , I will rebuild but if it looks good I will do new gaskets throughout and water pump, etc, etc.I know the exhaust manifold is cracked and not sure what shape the little 13g is in. The ECU is an automatic/ Eprom, so I could get it socketed, and look forward to using speed density with Jackal on dsmap. Edited January 30, 2010 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 4g looks like a simple route. but as DJ proves its pretty wicked in the car.im stuck in the flywheel lingo transition stage on my swap. Cant get ahold of anyone, or the people that make the flywheels dont anymore or they died or somthing.3sgte mod is starting to look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hincher Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 4g looks like a simple route. but as DJ proves its pretty wicked in the car.im stuck in the flywheel lingo transition stage on my swap. Cant get ahold of anyone, or the people that make the flywheels dont anymore or they died or somthing.3sgte mod is starting to look good. yeah, I thought the $30.00 trans adaptor was alead in to a $1500.00 flywheel set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Well tomorrow my dad and brother were supposed to go to Tennessee to look at a Volvo 850 T5R. But someone put a deposit down. This is the third one my little brother has missed out on. The first was up by Chicago, the second near Kansas City. So onto my car got the engine G54B out without too much trouble. http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1024/001uzjb.jpg http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4046/002mea.jpg Edited April 12, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) Well tonight I started on the G54B so I can get some money out of it, or 4G63 parts.The engine was built extremely well, in Berkley, MO, the previous owner put quite a bit of money into this car. It was built back in 01 and everything was in pretty decent shape.The cylinder walls didn't have any cross hatching and were glass smooth, so they would have needed to be honed. The pistons were JE .40 overbore on stock prepped rods with arp rod bolts. The pistons had carbon on the crown and very little side loading wear. The block has arp main studs as well. On the main and rod bearings they were showing alittle wear. So overall the engine wasn't in bad shape but was due for a refresh. Edited April 12, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted March 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 (edited) At this point I received bad news about my hours being drastically cut, I was paying twice the price I would normally pay for health care for Cobra. (What a waste that turned out to be) I couldn't find a job and stuck to trying to do odd jobs on the side. I had sold the ecu, harness, and W58 bill housing to gather some money. Edited April 12, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDOliver Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Update on this ? I'm looking for someone that's a little further along with this swap to discuss motor mounts vs. shifter position with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 All right during that time I was pretty bummed at how things were going, I was struggling for money. I had to have my father pay my bills, in which he was not to happy about. Still doing odd jobs on the side to help in some way. I was pretty set on selling the car then. Had I still had a full time job the swap would have been completed. Now a year later the car sat and incurred more rust, quite a bit to be exact. So now I am just getting back into the position where I should be starting a new job soon and going back to school. Still have the W58 and 4g63 block/head, so now I have to start over and realistically won't be finding deals like I did previously. This past week I have been stripping the car down to start focusing on the rust issues. I got the automatic transmission out, and drilled out brackets in the engine bay. It looks like hell with all holes but they will get welded up and smoothed. Extensive rust happening in both rear quarters, rocker panels and floor. http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2544/003hzo.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 (edited) Here are some pics of the rust, there is more but just to give you an idea. Yes it is all fixable. About a 8 inch pile of dirt and rust fell out of the passenger quarter. http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2149/001zk.jpghttp://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3624/002eih.jpghttp://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3116/003fq.jpghttp://img823.imageshack.us/img823/197/004ros.jpghttp://img585.imageshack.us/img585/5906/005vkd.jpghttp://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8356/006ihd.jpghttp://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7635/007kb.jpg Edited April 15, 2011 by Jsmitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDOliver Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 That's pretty rough. I've got one spot where moisture got behind the spray liner in the drivers wheel well and a few inches under the drivers side seat. You may want to poke around with a screwdriver in the wheel well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 OMG... I forgot how little space is under dash near the pedals. I felt like I was doing a hand stand just getting the brake booster nuts off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Well I got the blower motor and ac core box out. Purple powered the engine bay, but would still like to pressure wash that bish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Went to the dealer today to get MD041030 mount, was talking to a guy from the service department. He was telling me about a 84 Starion he might get. Then proceeded to show me his 93 Eclipse which suffered a timing belt failure sitting behind the service department. Kind of brought back memories of my janky first car which was 93 Plymouth Laser 1.8 auto and a bullet hole in the dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDOliver Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) Hey smitty, check here too. This spot suprised me.http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/johndoliver/Conquest/d53de80c.jpghttp://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/johndoliver/Conquest/e2b697b7.jpg Edited April 19, 2011 by JDOliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks JD,I got a little maybe pinky size near my steering column. I have a feeling I'm going to pull my carpet out. It's been least 3 years since I did that when changing back to its original black and tan interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 G54B passenger(left), G54B Driver(middle), Mighty Max (right) http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/9780/001dvw.jpg So the Mighty Max one is shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjdqcer Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 G54B passenger(left), G54B Driver(middle), Mighty Max (right) http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/9780/001dvw.jpg So the Mighty Max one is shorter. So which ones you using? I'm doing the same swap, and havent bought mounts yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I'm going to go with 2 x MD041030 Mighty Max mounts. Which were $26.89 each from the dealer. I still have to finish up gathering all the clutch pedal related parts and get my shifter bushings, gasket, and lower boot from Toyota. A lot of people on Supramania recommend getting the solid bushings from Marlin Crawler. http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6448/w58shifter.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfressh Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I'm going to go with 2 x MD041030 Mighty Max mounts. Which were $26.89 each from the dealer. I still have to finish up gathering all the clutch pedal related parts and get my shifter bushings, gasket, and lower boot from Toyota. A lot of people on Supramania recommend getting the solid bushings from Marlin Crawler. http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6448/w58shifter.jpg I used the Mighty Max mounts, they were under $30 for the pair from local dealer. http://www.cleveland4g63.com/pictures/mightymax2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmitty Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Just waiting for my first decent paycheck from my job changeover which should be May 20th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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