Sam_Q

if you have never worked on cars before then yes, for someone with a bit of experience no, just time consuming. Ecu would go where it's normally put with the 4afe model; under your radio.

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/53554-4afc-to-20v-4age-silvertop/

I suggest sourcing a whole front cut and also doing a search of the forums as there is the answers to your question two threads down from yours

good to see this thread is still going. Love the garage too

half cut is the way to go for sure. Buy an ae93 fuel tank, then just swap everything over from the half cut of an ae101 or something. It's a fairly easy job with no cutting or modification, or atleast there shoudln't be

now we have a 20V conversion thread already but thats for rear wheel drive converts and this is for your ae92 I assume?

uncommonrolla: when you get your car just post a heap of pictures of your engine bay and we can work out what you have

you can you the factory ecu but it's not suggested: http://www.86garage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10869

you could just fit an Adaptronic like everyone else, proven and very cost effective

if I am not mistaken you have a steel case Borg warner box. Now I don't know why but this is known for being a bit of a lemon of a gearbox. I would definetly not put a more powerfull engine behind it. Have a look theres a chance you can swap the whole crossmember over between your car and your buddies with the engine and all

you definately don't need to mod the firewall if you choose not to, I have seen it done.

just about everything you need to know is here: http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/showthread.php/19394-Universal-3sge-(inc-Beams)-into-AE-KE-thread

I wonder why it blew in the first place?

still need some help with the reversal of the direction?

Luc I had an idea, make and run a mini loom dedicated for the starter circuit. Source a fused power source from the battery and a ground from the engine bay earth and run it into the cabin then with a relay run a start switch and have it directly feed the starter solenoid. The main thing is you don't want it connecting to any other wires other than power, ground and the starter in the engine bay, nothing in the cabin other than your seperate switch. This way you can isolate it from your ecu. I suspect you have a crossed earth between your ecu grounds and something in your ignition circuit or it's somehow causing a feed/inteference problem. But having an independant circuit it should be as close as you can get to push starting it. You can even go to the trouble of trying to keep the new start circuit away from the ecu cabling. If this doesn't work you have a starter motor problem.

Welcome to the forum, I suggest a search, look in the faw section, do the same on the ae86dc forum as they have the same layout and visit my website s-86.com to look in articles section. Also whats your location

try this: http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/showthread.php/23363-CA-SR-Conversions-into-AEs-and-KEs

three things: -do a search in the forums -read the FAQ -and whats your location?

I have not heard anyone talk about them for a while but what about Tokico?

there is a big thread on this somewhere, I use st204, this and st185 are 60mm shorter also you know the biggest reason to have a shorter stroke insert isn't for the springs right?

yes I meant aftermarket. Seems like a waste to get cams with a standard ecu considering they arn't exactly cheap, whats your thoughts parrot?

that would be fixed with a remap though yes?

call up Clive cams in Vic, they do a 264 that's guaranteed to work with the original ecu

well said matt, one crude trick you can do is jack up the engine a bit, put a wooden board between your strut towers, wrap a chain over the board onto the engine hooks and let it go, this will then support the engine weight and free up your jack for lifting the box out.

probably a C52 box. Problem is the engine mounts are not on the engine but the gearbox, so you need to support the weight of the engine as you take the box out. You need a decent amount of mechanical compatence to do this job