dam u know wht would have been nice if i had tht dam a post lift already in my backyard tht would have made things alot easier.....once we bulid are huge 3 car garage in are back yard we are goin 2 make sure its tall enough so that we can put a lift in.

 

Lotta good that'll do now!!!!!

 

yea i know but for next time when we need to pull tht motor out or build another car.....if i end up keepin my Rx-7 im goin to heavily mod it but thats not 100% yet

 

[QUOTE=droptopgirl,May 17 2007, 12:02 PM] Why didn't you guys rent a lift?

 

[QUOTE=GranPrix,May 17 2007, 04:18 PM] LOL

 

All of this custom building and there is no cherry picker in Alex's collection? Lol if it will help in the future your welcome to borrow mine

 

Day 23

Some fuel lines courtesy of M.O.P Auto Salvage....





Miata and S2000 fuel pump assemblies:



The idea here is to transplant the S2000 pump to the Miata assembly.

Dropping the subframe:















Now to feed the fuel lines....









Some GQ poses:





All fun and games until we realize that we also have to drop the rear subframe to snake the lines up to the top of the fuel tank









I had no doubt Wuchan....







Bam!





After seeing where they end up (on the exhaust side of the S2000 engine), I decided to cross them over inside the trans tunnel (along with the brake line) to the driver's side of the car.

Mean while Juan and Jose built the engine crane:



And my dad put the S2000 pump in the Miata assembly:

 

The "LOL" is because there is a cherry picker and a stand, she just didn't see it right next to her.

 

Day twenty-fo

Removing the fenders & bumper:





Ever put yourself in an engine's shoes? That's what I did:



It changes your perception of combustion...

Right, so I bent the lines as close as I could to the top of the trans tunnel and fastened them:





Final check of the engine before it goes on the hoist:













I took this time to replace the broken knock sensor and model for the camera:





More engine action:







Not sure what's going on here..



Up up!





Incoming!















This part took forever, it's a royal pain to line all of these bolts up while worrying about the spline going in:









Close!!





Finally:



Tightening the top bolts:





Our entertainment:



Hey look! a header!





Connecting the trans mount:





The header fits great without the subframe in...



Dario was also part timing on the taillights on and off (get it?):



And we called it a night:

 

Wow. It took me a while to go through this thread but, WOW!