george graves
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Time to pull the old m20...
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"BLING BLING"
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(grinding off the 3.5L embossed intake mani) M30? 3.5L? Hun? this is a m20!!! (and yes, I do take it to get it smogged - and no one ever knows)
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Getting better....
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Ahh - the dreaded wiring harness - it turns out we had a bad crank position sensor that came with the motor - and caused up hours of pain. We ended up using the harness that was on my m20 - all we had to do was extend some injector wires and thermastat wires...Plug that into the m30 ecu - and it fired right up.
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U.L.G.Y - this need some fixin'!!!!
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Did I mention Paint? Oh yea, I may have gone overboard - but I really wanted a shiny motor - and I got it! This all really was a lot of work - and we had'nt even started the swap yet!
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I stripped the block down to a long block - and inspected, repaired or replace anythign worn. Everything got a inspection and a fresh coat of protective paint.
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Wow - lots of varnish - I know the motor sat for a while - but everything seems good.
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Here is the dolly I made to cart the engine around in the cramped garage. I would soon be know for “walking the dog†every time I drug it by it strap to work on it outside…
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No a smurf did not jizz all over my block – that’s “navel rust jelly†Awesome for removing surface rust. Well not "awesome" – it took about 4 coats and 3 or 4 hours of waiting. And a wire brush, and....but in the end the surface was rust free.
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Yes the block says 3.5 on it - (later on)careful use of a die grinder got that pesky bugger right off...
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With only 90k miles on my “new†M30 – there was no way I was going to rebuild it. Those of you who know m30’s, you know they are just getting broken in at 90k. It’s a 400k motor EASY…so time to strip it to a long-block to make sure everything else is ship shape, and some cosmetic touches…
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