ricar
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Cut out the engine mounts and found hopefully the worst rust on the car. I knew the one repair had been done, it was way obvious but I did not realize how shadily it was done until I took off a pound of bondo.
So I FINALLY have an engine in the bay, my wheel to center is now 14" but I have no fuel in the tank and no exhaust. The engine is also missing many peripherals, being an Alu block I suspect it will be lighter but no idea how much.Mine measures 13" on the passenger side and 12.5" on the driers side.
Brian
So I FINALLY have an engine in the bay, my wheel to center is now 14" but I have no fuel in the tank and no exhaust. The engine is also missing many peripherals, being an Alu block I suspect it will be lighter but no idea how much.
Anyone here have experience with Mega squirt or Haltech or other ECU?
Nope, I went with the little 1.5 out of the Fit. So far I have about $100 invested. Sold my X engine and trans, bought a Fit that went into a ditch. Swapping the whole engine and trans, now I have to figure out how much of the Honda harness I need to/ Want to use.
I didn't want to cut the chassis, just the engine mounts and do it cheap.
Nope, I went with the little 1.5 out of the Fit. So far I have about $100 invested.
The engine is in. I actually cut the water pump off completely and welded a plate on the cover. I have some pics somewhere... I honestly can't remember now how in the way it was but it was a concern. I have a Davies Craig pump that I will use instead, I thought that was back in this thread but it may have been in a different thread. The engine is pretty tall and the sump pretty low. I'll have to post a pic and see if anyone freaks out about the oil pan being low. For what it is, I figure I'll take the risk. The engine cover will not fit without modification either... Guess I have lots of pics coming.Hey Ricar. Great choice of engine !!! I checked it out a bit...and seems like a very compact and light engine....
My only questions were.......and you seemed concerned about too....was the water pump clearing the angled chassis rail......and the height of the engine...as the Fit engine is very tall with the intake sweeping over the top of it. Although that could likely be resolved fairly easily....
And.....have you trial fitted the whole engine/tranny combo yet ? How is the clearance for the end of the tranny at the left chassis rail. That seems to be a major issue with most swaps....but I think the Fit combo is perhaps short enough to clear ??
I was looking at a Suzuki Swift GTI engine, a guy had both DOHC and SOHC sitting in his garage but I took too long and they sold. Still they were all parts where this was a whole running donor car. I think the SOHC Suzuki may have fit and was really enticing but in the end it didn't work out. If I ever found a complete car though it would be real tempting.I know nothing about that engine, but it's Honda, so it can't be all bad. There are so many engines that offer better performance/durability/economy than the Lampredi single cam engine with possible weight savings to boot. I remember a discussion a while ago about non-K20 swap ideas. The Suzuki Swift I4 came up as an option. It would do all four of the things I mentioned. The Fit engine probably does as well.
Going electric?Found my water pump housing mod.
Yes, the water pump was in the way so I picked up a DC pump.Going electric?