My last engine swap build thread, FANTASTIVA

[freshtiva]

^ Excellent, I think I have some festiva LCAs here. Ill be using aspire brakes. Thank you for the info.

[freshtiva]

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.

[BigElCat]

I'm following this all the way...everything looks great!

Thanks for the Steve Earle link...Copperhead Road.

I'd recommend leaving the front cover off the engine. I run without them on all my OHC motors, even my econo Metro. The advantages are manys, and the draw backs few. My Suzuki was the 1st to lose it's cover about 10 years ago. I've never had any problem. An immediate visual inspect of the cam belt far out weighs the risk of debris getting in there. Leaks can be tracked. One less step in any maintenance. And it looks super cool! Especially on a DOHC. You might have to fab a timing degree set up, if you plan on using a timing light. I can never read stock timing tabs anyway, and haven't used a timing light on my OHC motors.

Note To Zoom Zoom: I fell for the temptation on the Harbor Freight sandblaster. It requires a much larger compressor than advertised. All sand blasters are this way. The ceramic tip wears from the material going thru and the air flow goes way up. It makes a huge mess where ever you use it. It does work though, if you have access to 12CFM @ 50psi compressor.

[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 .

[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.

[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.

[zoom zoom]

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]

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.

[drddan]

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

[freshtiva]

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

Thank you!


Question: Where is the ECU located on the EGT ?

[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!!

[KingFish]

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

[BigElCat]

Sorry to be a pest

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

[eurotiva]

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

[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.