We finally took a long needed trip to the junkyard and collected a whole bunch of stuff. We got a supercharged fuel rail(which is bent in the picture), a bypass valve, idler and tension pulleys, a computer from a supercharged motor, a starter from a 2002 Camaro, and a oil filter adapter from the same Camaro. As I get closer to the end of this build I will show and tell exactly what parts I used and what, if any, modifications had to be done to them.
After having to get an oil pan from Australia, I now needed to find a pick up tube from Australia. No one was really selling one or if they were they weren’t shipping over seas. I tried a few different places and I just had no luck. So, I ended up having a friend of mine help me hack together the US pick up tube with another pick up tube and got it nice and just about perfect to where it should be.
Next, I bought a clutch and flywheel. We bolted up the transmission and put it in the car. The next day we started to put the parts of the motor together until we go to the starter. We realized that when we made the motor mounts it was only the block that we had. The starter was resting on the steering rack joint, so we placed spacers underneath the mounts and although not pretty the motor is nicely set in the car now. I didn’t have the funds to redo the mounts anyway.
Recently, I went through my NA harness(because the motor we took from was NA and I only grabbed the computer for the supercharged motor when I saw one) and deleted a whole bunch of wires that were not needed. My plan is to use the supercharged motor’s computer and just compare the pinouts of each. Then I’ll just plug into the supercharged motor’s computer. At the moment I am getting all the wires set up in the car and just getting the placement of the plugs.
As I was trying to get the placement of the injectors… I realized there were no holes for them. I found out that on the NA motor they go through the intake and on the supercharged motor it goes through the heads, and I have the opposite for each(seen below). So, the other day I picked up some supercharged heads and plan to put them on next week or so.
A good note I think to point out is that several electrical plugs, the starter, the valve springs, and various other small parts are the very same parts that can come off of some LS motors. So while this motor is different, parts may not be so hard to find at a drift event… and obviously not very hard at a junkyard. Most parts stores carry parts for this motor so you don’t need to wait for the part if you’re in a pinch, or even worry if they carry the part. Just some food for thought.
Finally, I just hope this build teaches you something and maybe more people will use 3800s in their 240sx who knows. But if you do I’ll have it figured out by then. And like I said when I’m done with this build I’ll list everything you’ll need to make this happen.
My hope is to get it running sometime kinda soon, and driving by late winter… we’ll see if we can do it.
Actual Post Date: September 24, 2015
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