Back from the dead or something.

[SteelBlue]

I was thinking about doing that stud kit before I reinstalled mine. But for 35 bones I decided against it for now.

[Earl]

The ground control RSM's are one of the favorite parts I've purchased for the black car

[rampelsauce]

I have answered the age old question: Will a Honda Metropolitan fit into the back of a gutted compact?

[rampelsauce]

So been super busy (work, got married, helping other people work on stuff), but got a couple small things done on the compact. 

Removed sunroof, deleted 3rd brake light, deleted rear wiper, eliminated remaining trim pieces inside the car. 

Ideally the next big update will involve a rear subframe assembly being reinforced and having condor goodies added, but we will see.

[rampelsauce]

Forgot picture.

[REKIII]

WTF....this is a car forum, with a good percentage of guys.  We want to see a pic of the ring!!  C'mon man!!

Seriously, congrats though.  Hope all is well.

[rampelsauce]

[B C]

Assuming there was a mechanical failure, this is the universe’s way of telling you to get on with the swap already

[rampelsauce]

B C said:

Assuming there was a mechanical failure, this is the universe’s way of telling you to get on with the swap already

Indeed there was a failure. Car suddenly pinned the temp needle. I'm assuming catastrophic head gasket failure. All during my morning commute. 

The swap is scheduled for this long weekend. Anyone wanna come up to port Washington and help?

[rampelsauce]

Day 1 progress. Purchased the definitive ti swap guide for prep. Got a little wrench time in and removed the core support and other crap in front of the engine. Then, I went over by @The Full Banana and stole @gilber33 engine hoist. Then I got sleepy. Tomorrow is day 2 of the solo S52 swap (that is unless someone wants to give me a hand.)

[REKIII]

Why still in Port?  I thought you moved to dirty stallis.

[rampelsauce]

REKIII said:

Why still in Port?  I thought you moved to dirty stallis.

No room in stallis for a swappy job. Hopefully the weather remains fair, because it's all out doors.

[rampelsauce]

Day 2 progress. Completely removed the M44, trans, and driveshaft all the way back to the diff. Some cleaning and various part removal left on the compact chassis. So far I'm about 6hrs into the swap. If anyone needs any parts from either vehicle, please buy them asap so I can get this thing finished! 

[gilber33]

Awesome progress for doing it by yourself.

[B C]

Removable core supports seem like they make engine removal/swaps SO much easier. Sure sucks running into headroom issues then smacking the tail of the trans/shift lever on the floor while angling things in. For my M52 swap i had everything bolted to the subframe and raised it up from the bottom with a motorcycle jack.

Great progress!

are you going to rattle can the engine bay while its all out?

[rampelsauce]

B C said:

Removable core supports seem like they make engine removal/swaps SO much easier. Sure sucks running into headroom issues then smacking the tail of the trans/shift lever on the floor while angling things in. For my M52 swap i had everything bolted to the subframe and raised it up from the bottom with a motorcycle jack.

Great progress!

are you going to rattle can the engine bay while its all out? 

It's just going to be touch ups with primer. Probably wont go too crazy on the bay til winter. About that same time I plan on painting the entire interior a medium grey. Lots planned, just a matter of money and time, then execution.

[YoungCR]

Just out of curiosity who makes the swap guide? What driveshaft are you going to run?

[rampelsauce]

YoungCR said:

Just out of curiosity who makes the swap guide? What driveshaft are you going to run? 

J!m on the 318ti forum. And I'll be using the driveshaft out of the M3.

[YoungCR]

rampelsauce said:

J!m on the 318ti forum. And I'll be using the driveshaft out of the M3.

Are you using a medium case diff? We ended up installing a stock 318ti driveshaft in @alexw‘s old car to fix his virbartion issues, he references J!m having some of the same issues. Everything is all in this post.

[rampelsauce]

YoungCR said:

Are you using a medium case diff? We ended up installing a stock 318ti driveshaft in @alexw‘s old car to fix his virbartion issues, he references J!m having some of the same issues. Everything is all in this post.

I've heard of people just using the whole thing and not having too much of an issue, so I'm going to give it a shot. If nothing else I have the ti drive shaft on standby.