The Transplant

**clintjg** · 11-20-2007, 02:56 PM

The patients.

Buh bye faithful friend.

Note confused VW guy. "How are they hiding all that NA power in here?"

Dr. ...... Dr. ....

Scalpel...

Almost...

Spare part...

Somethings missing....

Well there's yer' problem!!! (for Randy)

**Zaf///Mroadster** · 11-20-2007, 02:57 PM

wow very interested. keep us posted.

**Adrian G.** · 11-20-2007, 03:11 PM

I'd put your old motor in the roady first to practice. Looks like fun.

**jbbrown9** · 11-20-2007, 03:13 PM

I could do that ...

... but not the next set of pictures

**Vinci** · 11-20-2007, 03:17 PM

Whoa!

Think of all the easy maintenance you can do with everything out!

Did you remove the motor with the transmission still in place?

**2kredz3** · 11-20-2007, 03:20 PM

Oh man. . . you are brave. . . will you be doing any un annonced mods while intalling the hopped up motor?

**Z-Thrizzle** · 11-20-2007, 03:53 PM

Wow looks like you guys are doing good! Hahaha like the pic of you in the engine bay.
You really are creating a beast

**dozerslobber** · 11-20-2007, 04:48 PM

which intake are you putting on the coupe?
dibs on the RG Motorsport.

**fmcfad01** · 11-20-2007, 04:54 PM

you made quick work of that! Gonna build the stock S54 while you have it out at all?

**Christophorus** · 11-20-2007, 05:13 PM

Clint, should we start a sign up for rides?

**JBgotM** · 11-20-2007, 05:34 PM

hey, now your car kind of looks like the blue car in my garage.....

**Randy Forbes** · 11-20-2007, 05:47 PM

Smart to remove the NA engine first; supercharger and associated plumbing will complicate things.

So, I take it the front header (between radiator & bumper) can't be removed without breaking spotwelds?

Looks like something I'd do

**Scott Digital** · 11-20-2007, 05:57 PM

I missed something. That is an S54, it is comming out and what is going in, the same motor with mods. A boosted S52?? 3.0M motor Europe..........

Please show me the light.

**JBgotM** · 11-20-2007, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Randy Forbes

Smart to remove the NA engine first; supercharger and associated plumbing will complicate things.

So, I take it the front header (between radiator & bumper) can't be removed without breaking spotwelds?

Looks like something I'd do

yep, I wanted to pull that off when I was working on the blue car but it won't come off unless you rip it out. The motor can still go in and out without too much trouble, just a little less convenient.

Originally Posted by Scott Digital

I missed something. That is an S54, it is comming out and what is going in, the same motor with mods. A boosted S52?? 3.0M motor Europe..........

Please show me the light.

nicely modded (but stock internal) NA S54 comes out, built S54 motor goes in with the supercharger and other supporting mods.

**rtav** · 11-20-2007, 07:03 PM

Good stuff. Subscribed to this one, although the job looks a little over my head...

**mrmichaels** · 11-20-2007, 07:13 PM

Ambitious, but looks like a hell of a lot of fun and look at what's going to be waiting upon the next turn of the key in your coupe.

**jvsantosmd** · 11-20-2007, 07:49 PM

Been there done that... twice.

**BATMAN2** · 11-20-2007, 08:54 PM

**jmc** · 11-20-2007, 08:55 PM

props to you, Thats going to rip with that 3.64/SC combo. Its going to be a total monster!

JMC

**clintjg** · 11-20-2007, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Randy Forbes

Smart to remove the NA engine first; supercharger and associated plumbing will complicate things.

So, I take it the front header (between radiator & bumper) can't be removed without breaking spotwelds?

Looks like something I'd do

Thanks everyone... it's not a small undertaking but I hope that the results are better than the original.

The engine bay pic was to offset the Randy in the coupe hatch pic... you work on your end of the Z I'll work on mine.

Yeah the front clip is spot welded onto the frame behind the bumper mounts and bolted everywhere else

. I took a few pics for you but they didn't come out. There's 6 spot welds on the passenger side and one on the drivers.

**JoeZ** · 11-20-2007, 09:45 PM

Damn Clint, lookin good

You've gotta have a lot of patience to remove the motor w/o removing the hood and entire front clip. I basically removed everything that could possibly get in the way when I went through my swap.

If you get some time you should post the pics in the engine conversions forum and represent for the e36/7 and e36/8 crowd

**clintjg** · 11-20-2007, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by JoeZ

Damn Clint, lookin good

You've gotta have a lot of patience to remove the motor w/o removing the hood and entire front clip. I basically removed everything that could possibly get in the way when I went through my swap.

If you get some time you should post the pics in the engine conversions forum and represent for the e36/7 and e36/8 crowd

Does it qualify? It's just one S54 for another really....

**JoeZ** · 11-20-2007, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by clintjg

Does it qualify? It's just one S54 for another really....

You're pulling a motor out of one car and swapping it into another....in my book that counts. There are some pretty nasty swaps in there, but quite a bit of the forum is filled with a lot of "talk" and nothing backing it up. A new thread with pics about someone removing an engine and installing another (regardless of how "basic" the swap is) would strengthen a forum that sometimes get sidetracked talking about whether a Skyline motor is better than a Supra motor, or if the s50b32 is king, or why American LS motors kick @ss....

**Jonny Z3** · 11-20-2007, 10:28 PM

thanks for posting pics and keeping us up to date Clint. looks like a rewarding project despite how much of a pain in the ass it is!

**lllM_POWER_1688** · 11-20-2007, 10:34 PM

Damn, you've just made your Coupe into an all-out demon. Keep us posted!

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