i'm impressed with the swap and you're still using stock t2 tranny! that's coo!

 

Once again, the adapter plate is a custom piece. No information exists because I had it made. The measurements for the holes are ones that I took myself and made by a machinist friend.
Some holes are deleted because either the block holes or the engine holes overlap so I decided on one or the other. The stock tII transmission is stronger than people think. I also have the mazdacomp diff mounts front and back. Little details make the difference.

 

I know the plate is custome I guess I asked my question wrong iim more interested in how thick it is

 

post #21, read it

 

Ya I did its a pain to try and do it on a phone

 

3/8 thick..

 

now that i have internet agin i was wondering about wireing i know its all custom but did you make any type of diagram

 

Lol very custom. No I didn't make a wiring diagram. I've been working with megasquirt for the last seven or eight years so its not a problem diagnosing electrical on the motor.
The basic diagram of outputs for the computer can be found at www.msextra.com
Its a very modular system that has a lot of options. The fact that I wired in coil on plug ignition plus I had to cut apart the harness makes everything a bit more tricky.
I used 3 honda engine harness connectors to hook things up so if I ever needed to pull the motor I just unclip the connectors, unhook the battery, starter, and alternator, oil cooler, and the motor comes out with no problems at all.
There were approximately 48 wires that run the basics on the motor. I just cut, extended and labeled all wires I was using by there function on both the computer side and the engine side. Then, when the engine was in, I connected the sides together. Lots of soldering and shrink tubing. I have found that this motor is very easy to tune and will be drivable with very little effort. Getting the details is what is the hard part. Uber cold start ups in the mornings were a beast till I made some changes. I did port the poop out of the intake and did some in the exhaust as well. She breaths very nicely.

 

i figured id ask because im trying to figure out what i should do wireing wise because i dont have a megasquirt to put in and im trying to figure out wich harnesses i half to keep or trash exactly

 

Depends on what you are trying to do. Are you using a standalone, or just hooking up the stock computer? Stock automatic, or manual? Take a trip over to lextreme.com and look at there information. I do believe that they have some wiring diagrams. If you are using a standalone you are going to have to cut apart the harness anyway. Lot of wires can be deleted for clutter control. The stock harness on mine had something close to 80 wires.

 

How balanced does the car feel now?

 

it gained 40lbs and the engine still sits behind the front axle. It feels balanced and fine, but its winter and I haven't been able to drive it hard due to the wet/cold weather. If anything, the turn in is more crisp.

 

I thought about this about 2 weeks after I finished my LS1 swap. Would have definitely been more unique as yours is. The ls1 definitely has its benefits and I am happy I went with it but again it is not nearly as unique.

Again, great swap, I can imagine the amount of work you put into it. The one thing I have to say tho is it looks like ****.

I know it sounds offensive but my god man, you have wires strewn all over the place, it doesn't look like you bothered to clean the engine bay when the engine was out.

Clean this up and it will be much more impressive.

 

Love the swap! I'm doing the same engine in my '63 Mercury Comet (put an American v8 in my RX7, so it stand to reason I'm replacing the Ford V8 in the Comet with a Japanese unit! And the Comet weighs the same as an FC anyhow). I'm going to get rid of all the wiring, and use the Megasquirt running Ford coilpacks and no distributors. and only the wires the engine needs to run properly. I'd love to see your maps...

 

ITSWILL: This car is in a constant state of project. I may move things over to a less ugly chassis when I feel It is more or less done. I'm not offended. That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. If I wanted it to be a pretty car, I'd care more about how it looks and a little less about doing something unique like this. I simply don't care about anyone's concourse judgment.
My budget is small, my time is limited, and this is my dd.
Merc63 I have no problem sharing my maps. Are you using megasquirt, or do you plan on a different option for engine management? The cylinder heads have been ported a fair bit so a stock-ish motor might be a little different. But a good starting point nonetheless.

 

I'm very interested in doing this swap for a drift setup.
I wanted to know if you had to custom the driveline?
Header clearance?

 

I forgot to metioned if you use fc3s radiator as previous post doesn't clear up if you did or not.

 

The driveline is 3" shorter than stock. I just took it in to a driveline shop and had them shorten it by that much. The stock manifolds work fine. the only clearance issues are with the heads and the brake booster, and if you want a heater. I had to get pretty creative (aka ugly) with the heater hose routing. I'm actually using an awr racing double pass radiator. I cut the rad support side brackets and re-welded some brackets so the radiator sits a little more vertically. fits just fine. This motor is extremely easy to cool so a stock fc rad will work fine but you will have to mount it further back to make it fit. It might fit anyways. After thinking for a second I realize my radiator is much thicker than a stock radiator. You'd have to experiment before you'd know but that's all I can tell you about that.

 

nice! im planning the same swap. how long did it take you and how much did it cost you? what radiator are you running? and how did you get the adapter plate made? and what flywheel/clutch combo are you using? and what fuel pump? sorry for all the questions! i just want to see what other people are running

thanks,
frank

 

Wow this in one of the coolest swaps ever! The 1uzfe is such a great engine. I have Lexus sc400, and I'm always amazed at how effortlessly is pulls the 3600lb tank of a luxury car around. I imagine that it must be a load of fun in an fc! I hope you keep visiting this forum dpf22, you obviously have great experience and skill to offer here.

FrankieK, almost every question you asked has been answered in this very thread, just need to read the first couple of pages. Jeez, people keep asking this guy the same questions in this thread. Anyhow, sorry for the rant there FrankieK, welcome to the forum!

 

Got this thing cleaned up yet ?, Just kidding. I was hoping to see some videos of this if you have any?

 

Nah, its still a mess with wiring. I've been busy helping people with 3 other projects. Turbo miata, elise 2zzge powered 1st gen mr2 and an eg33 legacy gt. That and saving money to move. I should make another vid some time. These things slip my mind when I have the time.

 

just a quick one how did you get you engine to sit so low did you have to cut or adjust the cross member ?

 

how did you get ur engine to sit so low did you have to cut the cross member ?

 

Since i have an fc sitting on the side of my house, and a 1uz and a t2 trans sitting in my garage. i think i will try this.

3/8" thick plate
modified flywheel. assuming you went with this
t2 clutch with mr2 turbo PP

^just gotta remember those three things. seems plenty simple...


what generation turbo mr2 PP did you use? you have to use the 3SGTE flywheel so im assuming 3SGTE PP too? oh and also, as for this bearing, what did you use? t2? 3sgte?


thanks!


edit:
did you use this spigot bearing? correct ID for the t2 input shaft?
http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com...step=4&pid=286

thanks a bunch again