Big chunk of progression.... The goal was to bring it out the top of the engine bay, but that didn't work out like i wanted pulling the motor all by myself. I didn't want to bug people around x-mas time due to how heck tick everything is....

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/269/20071224image0003ph0.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/269/20071224image0003ph0.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4859/20071224image0005lj0.jpg

Everything unhooked and ready to be removed....

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4332/20071224image0006mv8.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3918/20071224image0007tz9.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3534/20071224image0008qu2.jpg

I didn't take any pics with it in the air because i was doing this myself and even after dicking around for an hr trying to get the chain right to make the motor sit parallel to the ground my engine bay was like 1/2" too narrow to get the friggen thing out. I could have removed the crankshaft bolt and it would have came out, but instead i removed the lower radiator support dropped it to the ground into the nice puddle of tranny fluid that came out. Made for a nice lubricant for the board to slide on over my tarp....

CIAO BITCH!!........Soo long 2200

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3534/20071224image0008qu2.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7499/20071224image0010uf5.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2983/20071224image0011vt0.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5772/20071224image0012cb9.jpg

Ecotec heart transplant is near.... :p

nice :)

very nice

Now comes the hard part of sand blasting the shit out of all the metal and refinishing everything....

Looks good Cody!

that is the cleanest engine i have ever seen.

How about cleanest interior ever?

LOL

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4508/20080102image0006ad2.jpg

and a shiny motor...

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/129/20071229image0008kz7.jpg

Gotta drop my exhaust, fuel tank, rear trailing arm, sub frame and then go to down sand blasting the shit out of my cars underbody and components.

I've come to the conclusion.... I no longer have love for the 4t40e...





http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3135/20080202image0002gb3.jpg

even swapped with a jbo member my automatic and TTR solid mount for the manual trans and all the shit i need for the swap. So i think its a steal.

So are you putting a standard in your car Cody?

So are you putting a standard in your car Cody?

yeeeep. Just need the pcm, engine wiring harness, and tranny mounts welded to frame. Figured hell might as well. I've wanted a manual for soo long now. Now i can have my dream.

Man thats like the cleanest engine bay and int. Iv seen. All I gotta say guud luck and kudos to you brohiem.

looking good. i dont think im patient enough to build a car. i would proly have to quit school and work so it wouldnt be sitting in my garage/shop for months....i still think that is the weirdest oil filter i have ever seen.

looking good. i dont think im patient enough to build a car. i would proly have to quit school and work so it wouldnt be sitting in my garage/shop for months....i still think that is the weirdest oil filter i have ever seen.

I can't quit either of them, i have too much left to put into this damn thing. I just got my Innovative XD-16 today tho and i should have my Griffin Radiator by the end of the week finally. :)

But have 2 cars with no car payments is a nice thing

Nice Cody I just bought a 97 sunfire standard....my z24 is auto, now i can have fun with the 5 speed and still have my z24 :) standard is a blast.

Nice Cody I just bought a 97 sunfire standard....my z24 is auto, now i can have fun with the 5 speed and still have my z24 :) standard is a blast.

Oh i know it is, thats what i learned to drive on actually and even took my road test on one. Just when i was 16 and went car shopping my parents insisted i buy this one because of insurance and the deal we got.

Almost 6 years later i'm making the car the way i feel GM should have when they came out.

Good I got my sunfire back today, does it ever feel good to drive a standard :)

Niiice.

This week i've gotten in the mail; Innovative XD-16 Wideband O2, 2005 Sunfire Engine harness w/o ABS& W/o Cruise, Tenzo replacement steering wheel after first one was messed up, Some new reading material off e-bay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBTOX%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190195624435&_trksid=p3984.cTODAY.m238.lVI), and i'm still waiting on my Griffin radiator to come in which should have been here today and i don't know where the fuck it is. $465 radiator better be showing up at my door step some point in time is all i got to say.

Keep it up Cody.

Keep it up Cody.

woah, lance lives?

its been awhile since youve been on here. how have you been?

Lance Lightning!

Niiice.

This week i've gotten in the mail; Innovative XD-16 Wideband O2, 2005 Sunfire Engine harness w/o ABS& W/o Cruise, Tenzo replacement steering wheel after first one was messed up, Some new reading material off e-bay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBTOX%3AIT&viewitem=&item=190195624435&_trksid=p3984.cTODAY.m238.lVI), and i'm still waiting on my Griffin radiator to come in which should have been here today and i don't know where the fuck it is. $465 radiator better be showing up at my door step some point in time is all i got to say.

Hey i got a 5 speed 2003 or 2004 ecotec PCM laying around if you still need it

Hey i got a 5 speed 2003 or 2004 ecotec PCM laying around if you still need it

ABS, Cruise, ?

ABS, Cruise, ?

Oh i dont know, i just simply bought it from snowman and he threw it in with the pistons he sold to me.. that i never used and im never going to use them..

yea, i need a pcm that isn't programmed for ABS or i'll get a fault light. I'm not wanting to deal with that shit. I have enough on my plate right now just getting this damn car back together. I've still got more tearing apart to do.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1034/20080220image0013iv6.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7081/20080220image0012ui7.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5545/20080220image0001dl7.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3961/20080220image0007fn9.jpg

2005 Sunfire Ecotec Manual Engine harness w/o ABS, w/o Cruise.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8629/20080208image0001at4.jpg

...just a couple updates for you all. $1080 for 3 things.....Eco swaps are pricey. Lol

..oh wait, thats me replacing everything i am missing with high end performance parts. :)

I saved myself the trouble and bought a new car :grinyes:

I saved myself the trouble and bought a new car :grinyes:

trouble maybe, but how many pre-99 cars do you know were once a 2.2L OHV automatic, and have been turned around into a Supercharged 2.2L DOHC Ecotec 5 speed.

I'd rather build a car, than buy one.

trouble maybe, but how many pre-99 cars do you know were once a 2.2L OHV automatic, and have been turned around into a Supercharged 2.2L DOHC Ecotec 5 speed.

I'd rather build a car, than buy one.

I'd rather build one too, unfortunately I haven't the resources. Good luck with the build I'm sure its gonna be crazy, but well worth it. The way I'm thinking right now, I'm planning on supercharging my Ecotec sometime next year unless something major happens between then and now.

I want an Ecotec swap :(

Hmm, well i dont know about the PCM, but if you ever wanna try it out later let me know.. $50 + Shipping.. :P
Do you need HPTuners? Mine is for sale for $570 with 6 credits.. :P

I have the LC-1 XD-16 standalone kit and its a PAIN IN THE ASS, good luck on your's stay working good.. i sent my LC-1 in twice for repair and replace..

Im selling my turbo and i wanna new CAR, lol..

Hmm, well i dont know about the PCM, but if you ever wanna try it out later let me know.. $50 + Shipping.. :P
Do you need HPTuners? Mine is for sale for $570 with 6 credits.. :P

I have the LC-1 XD-16 standalone kit and its a PAIN IN THE ASS, good luck on your's stay working good.. i sent my LC-1 in twice for repair and replace..

Im selling my turbo and i wanna new CAR, lol..

These Lc-1's were brand newly made because i had to wait a week for them to be shipped out. Also, i've never heard soo many problems happening with them. Recalibrating them a few times yes, but not going bad.

Wow after all that... it gets sold again!... :( lol....

Meh I'm trying to sell my car.... I dont want to but It just doesn't work where I live, with the added attention my car gets plus the lack of ease getting a child into and out of the backseat in a 2dr... I might have to part ways with her

/cry

And I too am selling my car. Though the 2003 Cavalier LS Sport I got eases the pain. :grinyes: And I'm sure if you picked yourself up a 4-door 03+ LS Sport you'd be fine too.

Oh Felix. All that work, all that anticipation, and you take the turbo all off to sell it? WHY! You wanted that so much and bought the kit in pieces and worked your ass off...............its a nice sunfire and you want a new car? Put your turbo back on!

Good luck selling once boosted cars. Nice thing about the S/c... its comes right from GM, and they can't deny working on a car if one comes into the dealer for service.

I tell ya, i can't wait till i dolly this bitch into the dealer, tell them its a 1999, with a 2000+ front end conversion, and hand them a vin from a 2004 car for the re-flash. Pretty much going to stare at me like a retard.

....they did when i told them i wanted fenders for a 2000 toyota cavalier. "Shaddup and just order these 2 parts #'s, when they come i'm i'll show you the difference. "

what is the difference between the fenders? Pics?

Stock fenders..

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1206/dscf00935cw.jpg

toyos.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8679/newfenders42iu.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4861/newfenders5xa.jpg

235/40/18's... THAT TUCK!

Cody can I make love to your car?... just once. it'll be okay lol

They flare out a tiny bit more then stock and have those dumb amber side markers lol. I don't think its worth hundreds of dollars for that :P

Yeah, I think I actually perfer the regular fenders to the Toyota Cavalier fenders. That's me though.

Wow after all that... it gets sold again!... :( lol....

Meh I'm trying to sell my car.... I dont want to but It just doesn't work where I live, with the added attention my car gets plus the lack of ease getting a child into and out of the backseat in a 2dr... I might have to part ways with her

/cry

Derk, if your turbo didnt leak and smoke so much oil i wouldnt take it out and sell it..

And im gonna put the AEM intake back on and now i have a dual 3" exhaust and im gonna leave that, and im gonna get a pacesetter header

1) Thats not my car Derk. Mines a white 4 door.
2) The fenders are 1/2" wider and do have the hole for the marker light
3) Saab has a smoked clear marker lamp which is also what i have and looks soo much better than that yellow shit.

oh thought that was your project car.... my bad, lol....

well still, i'll make love to it, regardless of whose it is lol