Today Was Drop The 25 In Day

[zertek]

where are you ?

i would lend you my shaft, but there would have to be a deposit left. I will go insane without my shaft on my next box removal job.

You need the shaft from a box itself, i had to sacrifice a old 4 speed box to get it but it works on all RB engines as well.

I'm in Adelaide, but na thats ok mate. the clutch is aligned fine. cheers anyway. i just used the plastic dummy shafts that i bought from a clutch shop.

Yep that clutch alignment tool is such a big help!

Engine is looking good man, and that is one big fkn turbo! 3540 looks heaps big when sitting up against the RB25 out of the car.

How much power you hoping for, and are you just going to REMAP the standard R32 ECU or run an after-market stand alone?

Looking very good, hope you get it in and running soon, but like everyone said don't rush. Do it once and do it right!

hey abu. cheers mate, yea it has a .7 compressor housing and it does look pretty big. was extremely laggy on my old RB20det set up. Hoping for a better spool now that its on the RB25det.

I'm hoping for no more than 250kw at the rears (With AWD fuse pulled out). I'd be more than happy with this sorta power, anything more and i dont know if id be able to financially back it up with all the repairs it would need every few months

I am hoping to use the same WOLF 3D V4+ ecu that i was using on the old set up. Ive been told it is compatible with the 25 loom. If not then id be happy enough with a remapped 20 ecu.

Also, i dont mean to rush but you can imagine how keen i am to just throw it in and drive away at this point but yea im doing it properly, atleast i think i am with this being my first proper engine conversion

Cheers abu!

you need to jack the car up higher (so that you can alter g/box hieght with a econd jack). You can loosen the xmember bolts to give you an extra inch if it is close. You in Melb?

hey URAS, i may sound stupid but ive never heard of an econd jack? is this just like a hydrolic scissors jack or something? and no im in Adelaide. It seems most of the SAU boys are from melbourne.

cheers mate

So much easier with a hoist.. we always take the box out first. Pretty much have to drop the engine crossmember almost all the way off to get enough angle to get the gearbox in and out.

Must say I would imagine it is a hell of a lot easier wiggling the box about to get it in than you having to wiggle the engine!

Good luck!

cheers bubba buddy. Yea i'd give my left testicle for a hoist at this point. I'd also give money, but i dont have any. So if i get the oportunity to use a hoist, my left nut will just have to go.

Cheers bubba

i swapped my 25 out with the box attached, without the car jacked, or the crossmember dropped..

ive helped a friend of mine swap a 25 in a 33 aswell with the box attatched, that is relatively easy. Without trying to sound rude, comparing your engine swap with my conversion, my conversion is alot trickier. you only have 2 shafts to deal with (tail shaft & box shaft). I have 5 (left drivers side, right passengers side, front drive shaft (box to front diff), gear box shaft and the tail shaft.

I think there's a bit more room in a 33 engine bay.. zertek also has a 4wd sump attached

very true. the 4WD sump is making things very crammy. I'm confident i will make this happen on my second attempt though. At the moment i am removing some things from my engine bay to make a bit of extra room. and also next time i will lower the box down to make angles a bit easier to deal with.

Cheers again bubba

[Simon-S14]

URAS means using a second jack under the box to jack it up more... it would make a huge difference!

[zertek]

URAS means using a second jack under the box to jack it up more... it would make a huge difference!

oh woops lol, i see he just spelt second with out the 's'. my bad :laughing-smiley-014: i thought an econd jack was some kind of fancy jack id never heard of.

[zertek]

eh eh, got the engine in today guys!!! its bloody fiddly and ill take note to remove the gear box and engine together next time. was such a relieving feeling when it finally slid in! :D

[Simon-S14]

kinda like a first attempt at sex

[zertek]

kinda like a first attempt at sex

haha, couldnt have put it better! :laughing-smiley-014:

[rb26s13]

if thats the same turbo that was on the rb20 when you bought it.. its not a 3540.. is it internal gated or external?