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The Engine Swap
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The next task on the agenda was to swap over needed items from the SR20DE such as the alternator, A/C compressor, sensors, brackets, etc. B14's have injector harnesses that seperate from the rest of the engine harness. That was the first thing I worked on. I had to solder on my MSD injector plugs, so once I removed the injector harness from the old engine, I got to work on that. I had to extend the knock sensor wire too in order for it to reach.
I had to swap over the 99 throttle body because its unique, two plug TPS would not fit right on the Bluebird throttle body. In order to do this, I had to swap the high port spring assembly over to the 99 throttle body. This was tricky since there are a lot of little pieces.
The 99 spring assembly shaft is longer than the highport one, so in order for it to clear the water neck I had to cut the end of it off. It just barely cleared, but it cleared and that was good enough for me.
After swapping over the rest of the necessary brackets and sensors, we did some rearranging of the engines.
After converting the B15 tranny, it was time to bolt up the flywheel and clutch before mating it with the engine.
Now the SR20DET and B15 tranny are ready to bolt in to the car.
The final task before bolting the motor in was running wires. I had to run harnesses for my MAP, IAT, boost control solenoid, and wideband O2 sensor. I also had to run gauge wires out from the inside. I soldered wire leads on to all the harnesses and then routed them through the engine bay. Then, with a coat hanger, I fed the wires through various grommets and pulled them through on the inside.
Then it was time for the DET to be bolted into the car. The process was just the reverse of removal.
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