Ok, so now we were ready to drop the motor in... First we had to pull the old motor out... FUN!. :/
Trick with this, is to not be too destructive, and make sure that if you're the one wiring up the new engine, you
know which wires are for what.. More on wiring later. But things like what fuel line goes to where. Don't want to be
trying to supply fuel to your new HP pump through the breather line.
Oh, and just remember this one thing... There will always be something that you are not prepared for. ...
normally 2,3, a dozen things... but this will always push out the 'estimated' time taken to 2 or 3 times what was
thought.
Fitting the new Engine
- Lifting Engine -> Using a good sturdy pole is probably the easiest way to go. Unless of course you have a
hoist, or place to hang a chain block. Bend with your legs, straight back. Watch out for hoses and what not when
you're dropping the engine down.
- Fitting Gearbox -> After we dropped the engine in and bolted it in. Next we had to lift up the gearbox.
This went without a hitch, bolted it all on.... remembering to bolt on the starter. Putting a trolley jack under
the gearbox helps to lift it up, and puts it at an easier angle to do the final lift to line up input shaft in
engine. Keep the gearbox on the jack whilst it's in the engine, don't let it hang off the input shaft. Do up the
gearbox crossmember. The shifter didn't come up through the standard hole, but sat 1 inch further forward. The
AA63 must have a slightly further forward shifter hole. A cut and fold here did the trick.
- Driveshaft -> Next up came the driveshaft. Unfortunately the one I grabbed from the wreckers was out of a
TA61 or so, with a 2TGEU... and this was about 2" too short. Being a two piece, the shaft going from the center
support to the diff was fine. But the center->gbox section was too short. Thanks to Matt here for going out the
wreckers for me whilst i was at work and getting a driveshaft off another AA63 Carina. :D
- Radiator -> I had an AE91 radiator sitting around with an electric fan on it. So we put this in. Bottom
located ok, but the top required a few cable ties. Some good ones about 1cm thick did the trick here, going in
between the fins, and looping back over the radiator and through holes in the top valence.
- Water Hoses -> The pipes outlets were slightly more to the middle then the standard radiator, so we did a
trip to Segedins (who are excellent!!), and grabbed some hoses for the top. The bottom outlet needed a 180 degree
bend and about 1.5 feet of pipe, with 45 degree bends at each end. There was no premade hose for this, so I got
the bends and what not, then we went to the wreckers (thanks for lift again guys :) where I bought a 1 foot long
metal pipe, with a t piece in it, and a good 40 degree bend. It was off some Mitsibishi, and I should have noted
the car as it was an excellent pipe... but time was of the essence here. Did the trick perfectly when we got back,
so I painted it up nice and cabled tied all the hoses so they wouldn't sag/crease or touch anything.
Did I mention you can never have enough hose clamps?
- Throttle Cable -> The 4AU throttle cable was 3 inches too short, So I grabbed one off an AE91 whilst at
the wreckers, Any K engined car cable would do the trick here (for right hand drive).
- Fuel Tank -> I figured that the Carinas would have fuel tanks like AE86s.... in that the carby
cars(AE85-> AA60) have a shitty tank, and the EFI cars (AE86 -> AA63, TA63, etc) have a proper swirl proof
(almost) tank. So I grabbed the tank off an RA65 celica. To my surprise the fuel pump was an external unit also
mounted down by the tank!!. So I grabbed this as well. Score!....
The Fuel tank fitted fine as a replacement for mine, however my chassis was a different shape, so the fuel pump
didn't look like it was easy to mount by the tank. So I just mounted it
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