RB25DET Swap --UPDATED

[FinkenS14]

Sorry about the post referring to me as another person, I just copied it from a friends post he amde for me.

Enjoy!

Started bright and early this morning, bout 8 o'clock. Had the motor/transmission out of the car by 11:30 and eatin' Taco Bell by 12...Started prepping the RB for install and then puttin' the RB back in and with a few problems that arised, engine and transmission was bolted in, ready to go by about 7 o'clock. Finished up some small stuff and we called it a night...time to do the harness and other s*** tomorrow.

Ugly KA24... :lol:



Me undoing the downpipe.

Almost ready to pull...

Me draining some transmission fluid :lol:

Pullin'!

Pulling...

I think I cracked a joke about how s***ty the KA24 is lol



Out!!!

:shock:

Finken grinding away at the battery tray.

Painting the bay...

Lookin' sick!!!

Drilling holes for those stupid motor mounts...

One's done.

Me and Finken trying to finesse the b**** on.

Done

Finken and Rob moving the motor to position.

Going in!!!

How many morons does it take to put in an RB? 5 apparently...



Almost in!!!

So close...

Being a b****!!!

Steve trying to line up the mounts...trust me. You'd rather eat your own head than do this.

Dad trying...

Wasn't fitting...surprise!!! Turns out we had to pound out the firewall for more clearance. Not reading directions FTL haha :lol:

Finken + Blurry object (Hammer) = Win

Notched

Take 2...

In the car!

Finken and Dad overlooking the mounts...lined up!!!

SWAPPED!!!

Steven happy...

Money!How many morons does it take to put in an RB? 5 apparently...



Almost in!!!

So close...

Being a b****!!!

Steve trying to line up the mounts...trust me. You'd rather eat your own head than do this.

Dad trying...

Wasn't fitting...surprise!!! Turns out we had to pound out the firewall for more clearance. Not reading directions FTL haha :lol:

Finken + Blurry object (Hammer) = Win

Notched

Take 2...

In the car!

Finken and Dad overlooking the mounts...lined up!!!

SWAPPED!!!

Steven happy...

Money!

Done! Well worth the time and effort.

And for the most epic pics ever. Hahaha!

Finken

Me

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[sebazztard]

love the pics

you guys did fast work, pull a ka , and put in mounts and drop in an rb25... pretty impressive. thanks for some visuals on what i will be going through. my ka has been out for weeks tho lol.

[mentordrift]

the speed at which you swap makes me look like a small turtle like snail creature.

took me 3 months to pull and replace my KA...although there was a wedding and other events, but STILL! No excuse when you did it that fast.Much respect, keep up the good work!

[Dire91]

Good job Me next! Especially if you can pull it off that fast.

[Driver11324]

That looked like it went in very quickly.

Any more pics of that amazing garage?

[FinkenS14]

Sure more pics to come today.

Its funny. I started the with a running car at 830. Engine bay had never been touched. Friend came out to help around 930. WE had the KA out by 1130

[breadbox]

I don't think I have ever had 5 people in my garage at once. Nice job. Clean workspace.

[noobdrftr]

i wish my garage was that clean

[wa-chiss]

not bad for a handfull of "morons"! I wish I had 4 buddies to help with a swap. None of my friends know jack about cars letalone a swap.

I did get a little deja-vu. Some pictures repeated themselves in your thread.

[FinkenS14]

LIL update

Car is done

[placham]

See more and more people are putting in the RB's. Car looks like a track car or will it be DD.

That Rb25 dont look stock ,

[zach-Ka]

Very nice...How is it running?

[TroubleBound]

A 48hr RB25 swap is pretty impressive you get the quickest build thread ever award. When are you getting it painted did you already say that?

[SR24DET]

Yea, Nice job! What did you do about wireing?

[FinkenS14]

Car will be a track car, and a summer car.

The car is getting painted now that Ive finally done the swap. Black.

Different wheels as well.

I did the wiring myself. I still dont have a MAF, fuel pump, driveshaft, fluids etc.

But I decided to bump the starter last night and it worked. Just got to hope for spark and fuel now.

I did all the wiring myself.

[FinkenS14]

Fills in the bumper very nicely

[Amtk240]

That is a very nice swap! I am impressed with the haste! I'm sure you can't wait to get it running. Keep us informed.

+1 for cool thread!

[FinkenS14]

THanks, ill keep you guys informed.

[stockbee]

I just stepped into an SR20 recently, but have driven a hopped up RB car. I know you'll love it. Good luck with it and congrats on the fast swap.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Nice work dude. That bay is super clean. What wheels are you going with?

[FinkenS14]

5 Zigen FNO1RC's

Still got to do my five lug conversion. But I bought them off my buddy Tony already (turbo24sxt)



Im going bronze on the black car.

[slidestyle69]

I love this build man, im swapping an rb in over the winter and this inspires me 100%. hey by the way, what mounts did you use? i saw you beating on the firewall.