| so i finished up the NA>TT conversion today. some of you mightve seen my post on the screeching sound when i first started it up. well i fixed that, it turned out to be the starter staying engaged on account of the larger TT flywheel. i shimmed out each side 2mm as bernie suggested. big thanks to him and guapo for answering all my stupid questions during the swap. well my z journey has certainly seen its fair share of twists and turns. from my hydrolocked NA, i swapped another NA engine in, only to find that it had a rod knock. not wanting to risk anything with that engine, i opted to rip it all out again and start over with a TT swap. i bought a TT front clip from NoyanUSA. after pulling that engine out of the clip, i found that it was blown, the valves were bent. luckily, i had purchased an additional month of insurance from Noyan and they replaced the engine with no questions. after i got the new one in, i quickly realized that 3 out of the 4 turbos that i had were bad. so after sourcing some from a member, i was on my way. this is the end all posts for me, so get ready, ill be posting all of the pictures that i have related to the swap. here we go.. this is what i started with. stage 2 + NA with a rod knock. next to that blue tarp in the background is the old hydrolocked engine. 
unhooking stuff.. 
pulling the engine. milo, luis, and i decided to pull the engine with the trans. this is a great idea, you can 
engine number 1 
engine number 2 
the clip arrives. at this point i had already taken off the bumper and headlights. 
look at these horns! they are LOUD :) 
the only AC line problem i had. fitting the TT condensor was not that hard of a problem. note these are NA AC lines im using. 
solved - has o ring not pictured 
intercooler piping is not all that bad either. 
the clip waiting to be gutted of its engine. 
engine #3 - clip engine 
#4 plug, the broken one had oil on it 
breaker bar would move no more 
turbo collection. at this point i actually have 6, but 2 are on engine #3 still 
check this out, these are both auto TT turbos, but the wastegate actuator mountingholes are different. guapo suggest i clock it, but the alignment wouldve been way off if i had done that. its just that the holes are drilled differently. the compressor outlet and exhaust outlet are at the same angles and everything. weird, eh? 
putting turbo on drivers side 
putting turbo on passenger side 
bleh 
horay 
some random pics 
the GF putting on the water pipes :) 
alright, drop in day 
a secret for people who go as far as pulling engines? 
"braaaawwwr" 
interesting comparison. shown is an RPS segmented flywheel (TT), then an NA flywheel. 
i drew a line out on the pavement to compare the flywheels 
the NA flywheel. that is less than a 1/4inch different. this is with the flywheel just resting on the other side of the circle. when centered its less than 1/8 of an inch all the way around. amazing how close they are, just enought o cause problems though 
tranny work, sorry for the dark pics 
the first inhibitor of the tranny stabbing 
no pics of the next part unfortunately. i got the new nismo bearing in and tried stabbing 3 times, each time i had to grind more out of the bell housing to make it fit. i hate transmissions. 
getting rained on 
today after i got it started and running right 
there are still a few kinks to work out. i figured there would be, but im pretty sure its safe to drive, so i finally have a consistent way to work again! yay! overall this was a pretty hard project with a lot of unnecessary bumps, but it was fun. now what am i going to do every weekend?
-Andrew
'90 Aztec Red NA > TT mousersix website 
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