Well, Jay's old car showed up at the shop today...





Wonder whats going on...






Something is wrong...




(*Spot reserved for video here*)

Found the solution






And for those of you that dont get it, Jay sold his old car cause it had a bad knock and didnt want to fix it, so the new owner wanted an eco swapped in. Paid $750 for fully dressed motor, trans, rad, and all the extra pieces needed for the swap. This is just a thread to show the progress, more-so for the new owner lol.




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I love the smoke coming out of the oil cap opening. lol

Holy corrosion! Lol

Please no bodykit, leave the lip kit on there


GMR has got nothing on this

hahahaha

I was hoping for a tail light swap

love the eco swap instead! love me some GM silver!

So has the blown suspension been replaced yet?

Nice, im sure the Eco is getting some cleanin up before install?










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Thats it for today. Install pics tomorrow.




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BuiltNBoosted wrote:I was hoping for a tail light swap

love the eco swap instead! love me some GM silver!

RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...

Seriously how do you all even work on cars with all that rust and corossion! ? Lol. I'm a mechanic here, if I ever moved out east I would change careers! Haha

umm, its called living in Canada lol. Some brand new cars get rust within 2-3 years on exterior panels!




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Video won't load on to my buddies computer and he can't email it either. Stupid blackberrys. Need to bring my computer to his place tmrw.

Anyways, got the motor about 90% installed today. Still need to do the rad, axles, tighten down pipe, clamp downpipe to exhaust, change throttle cable, fill fluids, put bumper hood and lights back in. Should be done tmrw












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Mmmmm, I have to show the eco love!!!!! Great job!

Got2BeGT wrote:umm, its called living in Canada lol. Some brand new cars get rust within 2-3 years on exterior panels!

Correction:
This is Ontario, where they use more salt then snow...

You guys have a lift and didnt just drop the whole cradle? Took me 1.5hr to take the whole front drivetrain out. Either way.... Continue lol


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OEM wrote:You guys have a lift and didnt just drop the whole cradle? Took me 1.5hr to take the whole front drivetrain out. Either way.... Continue lol

Confused to why people would do this? The cradle does not mount the engine or transmission. So why mess with body bolts that could break or seized up could cause a lot bigger headache when you can just pop out two axles and bring it threw the top?

Anyways yea for another eco swap..

gtpsunfire wrote:

Got2BeGT wrote:umm, its called living in Canada lol. Some brand new cars get rust within 2-3 years on exterior panels!

Correction:
This is Ontario, where they use more salt then snow...

Lol, then Ontario and Nova Scotia must get together and have saltfest then cuz were just as bad here, btw I love eco swaps, lookin good fellaz



Skr8 Goodz in tha hood

MRThompson (jrthompson) wrote:

OEM wrote:You guys have a lift and didnt just drop the whole cradle? Took me 1.5hr to take the whole front drivetrain out. Either way.... Continue lol

Confused to why people would do this? The cradle does not mount the engine or transmission. So why mess with body bolts that could break or seized up could cause a lot bigger headache when you can just pop out two axles and bring it threw the top?

Anyways yea for another eco swap..

Its more like a galss half full/empty deal. Its alot easier to drop/raise the motor out of the bottom, but like you said, a bit more work with the bolts and jacking of the cradle afterwards. Its hard putting a cradle in by yourself.




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actually we have it now down to not having to remove the subframe

Yeah, I dropped my 2.4 out of the bottom with the frame still in the car.

Yes, that can be done too, but in that case, you have to unbolt the exhaust bolts....whereas id rather take a grinder to it lol




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Haha, all very true. Very neat build.

Mark


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I cut my exhaust when removing it from the bottom.

Where are you cutting it from then? Up by the fuel lines and heater hoses? lol. Cant cut it after the subframe, or else it wont drop




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