Swift Jimmy FS-ZE Engine Swap : Revenge Of The Crack

Well in this case... you can eat the birthday cake each year :) hehehe that is a trade of a lifetime :D bday cake for wax & polish! WIN!!

i have a motorised polisher. turned sandpaper paint into smooth sily paint in 4 hours. never doing it by hand again. mind you it does take an hour to tape up the whole car.

should of gone the half / half option... you get half a cake and i wax and polish half your car while u sit there and eat cake while i slave away :-P

yeah... i dont have the balls to do it by machine :-S besides good execerise and builds arm muscles if done by hand

No you can have the whole cake, youll need the energy plus youll be able to reach the roof ;)

A video for Swift Jimmy and his FS ZE :D

http://youtu.be/JSf-z6FRCCg

Haha love it not a bad first start

is that with standard ecu and wiring?

yes all standard ecu and wiring

Good job guys

Nice idle

How long did it take to do the swap???

Congrats swift jimmy :)

Congrats on joining the FS-ZE club.
How does it go? Noticeable difference from the second you take off?

Any picturessss??

Ladies and Gentlemen the post you have all been waiting for is HERE !!!

First things first the list of people that helped over the 2 and abit days to get this into the car.

Haighie - Chief Mechanic - will never be able to thank this guy enough
Hammo - 2nd in Charge - making the massive drive down to be apart of it
Laganna - Comedian - alot more work would of been done faster if he didnt make us constantly ROFL !!!
Little Matt - Mr Polite - helped out and watched and learnt which is always a good thing
Michael - Rocker cover painter - The boy has some skills
Wiffo - Not sure what he did but was there for abit
Carney - Sorry we ripped you so hard over the 'supercheap' thing ;)


NOW THE SWAP !!!!

Only 2 things at screwed us around.. Fuel rail where the lines go onto the block where different so managed to get that sorted and also the squish plate i think its called between the box and the motor was different but nothing a drill wont fix.. apart from that plugged in and fired first time :-D

BITS LEFT TO DO !!!!

- Install new chrome bolts for rocker cover
- Install new chrome radiator hoses
- Install mishimotto chrome power steering resevoir
- Polish up front strut brace
- Buy red spiral cable stff to go around some cables to break up the balck abit
- black splitter tube to tidy up wiring

New Motor (FS-ZE goodness)
http://carphotos3.cardomain.com/imag...3837_large.jpg

Old Motor Coming Out
http://carphotos2.cardomain.com/imag...3838_large.jpg

Clean Engine Bay (4 cans of 500ml degreaser later)
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/image...3839_large.jpg

Fly Wheel Compare - 8.2kg stock - 3.6kg Fidanza
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/image...3841_large.jpg
http://carphotos2.cardomain.com/imag...3840_large.jpg

New Motor Going In
http://carphotos3.cardomain.com/imag...3842_large.jpg

Completed !!!!!
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/image...3843_large.jpg
http://carphotos2.cardomain.com/imag...3844_large.jpg

Which ECU did you guys use?

they used the stock sp20 one man.. thats what im telling you should do just that too and then get the "other one" to work later on ;)

look awesome Matt :) cant believe how light the flywheel is :eek:

also what happened to your old flywheel too??? i think rhys is looking for one to finish off his converion to g series..

Nah, i've got a fidanza in the cupboard waiting for me to find that dang speed sensor

Also good work on the engine swap guys!

Ice88 - used stock ECU :)

Phil - there is a difference especailly at higher RPM or when u stick your foot really well into it

Rhys - thanks dude.. yeah u'll love life with the fidanza

Mat - old flywheel is with andy as he needs it for his g series swap and as he did the motor swap he got first dibs on most stuff.. Yeah we weighted them so people didnt think i was 'pulling it' in regards to how much weight difference there was

Maz sp20 - to be honest wasnt really keeping track like in above post 2 and a bit days could of done and quicker but slow and steady is always a good thing :)

congrats on the conversion Matt! I would have come down with Michael, but I had work both days :( he tells me it flies lol I shotgun a ride in it next cruise!! and I'm not surprised by what u said about Laganna, great comedian! hahaha