BP Swap Troubles

93_4Banger · Post by **93_4Banger** » July 3rd, 2006, 11:33 pm

Actually its only one troubl and its im taking my sohc out and the one thing thats happening is it seems to be getting hung up on the tranny. what do you think the problem is and do you have any pointers

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » July 4th, 2006, 12:43 am

Take the tranny out....

Please say you are taking the tranny out with the engine.... right?

Matt Fulghum tried to do his swap without removing the tranny and it was a mess.

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » July 4th, 2006, 12:50 am

A quote from his Cardomain site... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/793483/3

First off, if anyone ever tells you that you can pull the engine without pulling the transmission as well..... you can probably see where I'm going with this. Sure, it's POSSIBLE, but it's an absolute pain in the a$$. I did it... after about a week of trying to find bolts, pushing things around, and trying to find the most important thing of all, time.

Friends don't let friends pull engines out sans transmission

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » July 4th, 2006, 12:54 am

More of his problems awhile back trying to do the swap without pulling the tranny...

http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

BuGS · Post by **BuGS** » July 4th, 2006, 3:08 am

you guys are lame. All you have to do is undo the front tranny mount (from the transmission), and the top tranny mount (under the battery pan, undo it from the transmission) and you can take the engine out without taking the tranny out... Come on now...

BuGS · Post by **BuGS** » July 4th, 2006, 3:09 am

BuGS wrote:you guys are lame. All you have to do is undo the front tranny mount (from the transmission), and the top tranny mount (under the battery pan, undo it from the transmission) and you can take the engine out without taking the tranny out... Come on now...

And BTW Perry, I met a guy who has seen a RWD 13BT MX-3.... I will not spill any of the details but the pics he had were tight...

93_4Banger · Post by **93_4Banger** » July 4th, 2006, 4:01 am

thanx guys. i should have the engine out by mid day tommorow and the BP on the Stand to finish up the detailing its going to be one sexy BP Turbo. Yea i said turbo you just wait. hahah

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » July 4th, 2006, 11:16 am

BuGS wrote:
BuGS wrote: And BTW Perry, I met a guy who has seen a RWD 13BT MX-3.... I will not spill any of the details but the pics he had were tight...

Yah. Okay.

I have seen one too... but it was a Drag car and just a shell over a tube frame.

I have also seen one put in that 323 in Australia or New Zealand or something.

The AVERAGE/ ABOVE AVERAGE person does not have the fabrication skills or the money to do the conversion. A shop or rich person could probably do it with unlimited funds and fabrication skills.

Thats what I am saying with my signature... wayyyy to many kids/average joes/newbies come on this site and just think it can be done just because its a Mazda motor. And its like they used to ask it once a week. So, after a million times of saying no, I finally put it in my sig.

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » July 4th, 2006, 11:18 am

93_4Banger wrote:thanx guys. i should have the engine out by mid day tommorow and the BP on the Stand to finish up the detailing its going to be one sexy BP Turbo. Yea i said turbo you just wait. hahah

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now you got me worried, your tranny isnt going to hold up to the power of a turbo'd bp.

bochek

MechaManZero · Post by **MechaManZero** » July 4th, 2006, 2:31 pm

lol sorry but it took me about 4 hours to take out my engine with the tranny lmao. Unplug everything get all coolant and power steering lines and ac lines and all that good stuff. start attacking the mounts, than rip that SOB out

Limegreen mx-3 · Post by **Limegreen mx-3** » July 4th, 2006, 3:25 pm

4 hours thats a long time. a least u didn't pay anybody.

Kuromu · Post by **Kuromu** » July 4th, 2006, 4:04 pm

I must have had the miracle swap as I did not remove the tranny or loosen the trans in any way to get the B6 out and the BP in. At the time of the BP swap, I had an ATX so I don't know if that is the deciding factor or not. Although I do not see what difference it would have made.

So I know it is at least possible.

93_4Banger · Post by **93_4Banger** » July 4th, 2006, 11:07 pm

I just loosened the tranny bolts a lil bit and then pulled the tranny towards the driver side while pumping the crane and then she came out with out a problem. Now its clean engine bay time and finish the bp detailing then drop her in and wait for the turbo and all the goodies to come before I fire her up

projectmx · Post by **projectmx** » July 5th, 2006, 8:52 am

i undid all the wires and hoses from the engine/tran and then unbolted the front subframe and struts then lifted the car up and rolled it all out

atlantamx3 · Post by **atlantamx3** » July 5th, 2006, 10:33 am

93_4Banger wrote:I just loosened the tranny bolts a lil bit and then pulled the tranny towards the driver side while pumping the crane and then she came out with out a problem. Now its clean engine bay time and finish the bp detailing then drop her in and wait for the turbo and all the goodies to come before I fire her up

Good luck putting it back in that way... you will have fun trying to line the splines of the tranny back up.

Just wait, you will wish you had taken the tranny out too.

Seriously, good luck.