Chrysler 3.5 HO V6 swap (Page 8/33)
seajai DEC 08, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by BV MotorSports:

Now someone needs to do a Subaru H6 swap!



Already looking into a WRX 2.0 turbo swap for my next one. The wife looked at me kinda sideways when I mentioned it to her though. I almost got the feeling she was questioning my sanity

RCR DEC 09, 07:38 AM
Very cool project. Do yourself a favor and make sure the alternator is good before reinstalling the cradle. Peace of mind insurance. Don't ask me how I know...

Bob
seajai DEC 09, 09:06 AM

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Originally posted by RCR:

Very cool project. Do yourself a favor and make sure the alternator is good before reinstalling the cradle. Peace of mind insurance. Don't ask me how I know...

Bob



Thanks. That's a great idea, I hadn't thought about testing the alternator. The power steering pump pulley was broken when I bought the car so the belt was off which means I wasn't able to make sure the alternator was good before pulling the engine. My local O'Reilly's tests 'em, I'll hafta bring it in and have them run it for me.

engine man DEC 09, 11:29 AM
your making great progress and it looks great
sspeedstreet DEC 09, 12:28 PM
Wish I'd been reading this a couple of weeks ago when the hinge boxes became an issue. Someone on the forum removed them and moved the hinge mount to a horizontal position below the window. I have a link to it on a different computer. It looked great! Got all that clutter off the firewall and opened things up a lot.

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seajai DEC 09, 01:17 PM

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Originally posted by sspeedstreet:

Wish I'd been reading this a couple of weeks ago when the hinge boxes became an issue. Someone on the forum removed them and moved the hinge mount to a horizontal position below the window. I have a link to it on a different computer. It looked great! Got all that clutter off the firewall and opened things up a lot.




Found the thread, very interesting. The hinge boxes turned out to be only half the problem, the firewall is in the way too, so the accessories had to be moved. I would like to completely smooth out the firewall so I may end up doing the modification as well.

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sspeedstreet DEC 09, 01:47 PM

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Originally posted by seajai:

Found the thread, very interesting. The hinge boxes turned out to be only half the problem, the firewall is in the way too, so the accessories had to be moved. I would like to completely smooth out the firewall so I may end up doing the modification as well.




Can you post the link? I searched also, but didn't find it.
fieroguru DEC 09, 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by sspeedstreet:
Someone on the forum removed them and moved the hinge mount to a horizontal position below the window. I have a link to it on a different computer. It looked great! Got all that clutter off the firewall and opened things up a lot.




Link:
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/085829.html
sspeedstreet DEC 09, 04:04 PM

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Originally posted by fieroguru:

Link:
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/085829.html



Thanks, guru!
seajai DEC 09, 09:41 PM
Good progress this weekend. Got the A/C compressor mounted today. I decided to use the Fiero A/C compressor because the Chrysler system was electronic and would have required a lot of extra work to make it function. Here are a couple pics of the A/C bracket and a pic of the finished accessories.



I was able to re-use the factory belt tensioner adjustment screw.



The finished product

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