My last engine swap build thread, FANTASTIVA

[eurotiva]

The nuts are big enough for the bolts to pass thru. On the bolt closest to the trans I ground a flat and drilled a hole

[eurotiva]

You can weld to cast. I had an old timer tell me to "ping" the metal while it cools and it won't crack. He told me to use a shlag hammer and use the point. Hit it as your welding until its cooled. I welded my old turbo setup and it stayed together and it is in TominMo's possesion. I welded nuts onto my bracket where they needed to be. Here's what it looks like. And I think its pretty solid seeing what my car has done. Some people will argue this. This was done with a 15 yr old gas\wire feed 110v welder.

[freshtiva]

You do know the EGT trans is hydro clutch right? and that the capri int. shaft hanger bearing bracket is not a direct bolt up to the BP as well right? the bolt holes are roughly 1 inch offset,

How do you fix this ? The bracket is made of cast, cant weld additional metal on to it No room in the back to bolt a plate to it. Im stumped !!

[freshtiva]

From my experience most newer Mazda's have the ECU in behind the centre console under the dash, I'd look there first

BTW fresh, the build is looking awesome!!

The ECA is located on the floor tunnel ahead of the floor console.

Yup its behind the center console like ^Chris said. Looking very good Fresh.

Thanks guys !!! I took out interior for awhile yesterday and never did find the darn thing. I knew there was one in there somewhere. I'll know where to center my search now.

[eurotiva]

Yup its behind the center console like ^Chris said. Looking very good Fresh.

[BigElCat]

Sorry to be a pest

Here's what my Zuk dohc motor would look like if a had the $

[KingFish]

The ECA is located on the floor tunnel ahead of the floor console.

[Damkid]

From my experience most newer Mazda's have the ECU in behind the centre console under the dash, I'd look there first

BTW fresh, the build is looking awesome!!

[freshtiva]

Ohh...Its soooo... beautiful ... drool

Thank you!


Question: Where is the ECU located on the EGT ?

[drddan]

Ohh...Its soooo... beautiful ... drool

[nonamekid]

Care to elaborate how you know its good? I've never put a different motor in a car, is there a certain way to make sure the axels and everything lines up as it should?

I have swapped the BP and the 323 GT tranny into a festiva. If the frame rails are not modified, the tranny sits to the left of where it should fit for the axles to be perfect, this is evidenced by the amount of play in the axles once they are fully installed. I had about a 1/2 inch of play on the drivers side, and close to 3 inches of play on the passengers side. My crank pulley was is about to touch the frame rail on the passenger side, so I can't move it any further to that side. With the axles, you just want to try to get them as straight as possible from the differential to the hubs. Impossible to do with the G-series tranny unless the steering rack is relocated, but you can get them really close. This puts less wear on the cv shafts.

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Care to elaborate how you know its good? I've never put a different motor in a car, is there a certain way to make sure the axels and everything lines up as it should?

[nonamekid]

...its like putting ten pounds of potatoes in a five pound sack.

Yes it is, but if done right, it is amazing how good it looks. Almost looks like it was supposed to be there.

[freshtiva]

Same thing I did ,shift it forward some ,can't see about center I'm thinking mine was of to one side more .

Cool, makes me think Im at least in the ball park. My rear mount seems centered, its the front mount that looks odd now. I still have to adjust the top one some though. Ive never seen a BP in a festiva till now, its like putting ten pounds of potatoes in a five pound sack. I never would have thought about doing this if someone hadnt done it before. Not much room for error.

[shadetree]

Rear tranny mount fab. The first picture is the stock mounts, the bottom one is the EGT. I cut the part that bolts to the tranny off of both mounts and combined them in the bottom picture for a new hybrid mount. Will it work ? Beats me, looks like it should. It can be adjusted some prior to welding.

Same thing I did ,shift it forward some ,can't see about center I'm thinking mine was of to one side more .