Alot of things around here are said based on previous experience and we watch and comment when we see people making the same mistakes over and over again. Advice given, not heeded and then they come back later and complain about something not being right.
the "i told you so" will most likely come when **** starts breaking after he starts modifying the motor.
when i did my swap, i spent a month(weekends and after work) replacing everything i could before i took a week off work to put it in. yes i spent extra money, and yes it was totally worth it. i feel much more comfortable revving the ringer out of it knowing its fresh.
The advice given on this forum is great, but I think the overall attitude could more positive. Just because one person ignores advice and whinges about it doesn't mean everyone else will, and doesn't mean I will. Obviously I know the risks of doing this conversion the way I have - this is why I asked in the first place, now I know what could go wrong and understand the risks which is far better than being ignorant - and there is value in that, you've gotta let people learn the knowledge and decide for themselves what they're gonna do with it - if they choose another road then that's their problem to deal with.
For me, I was working to a budget and a time schedule because having one car off the road is a bloody nightmare to organise me and my wife getting around and getting to work every day with one car. This is crucial for us so getting the conversion done in one weekend was by far the best option there. I don't have unlimited money so my focus was getting the conversion finished, in the car and driving again. Everything else is only icing on the cake, If I had the time and money to do it all I definitely would have.
Looks like I only missed that mark on a few things according to Hozy, so in regular peoples terms I did well
I decided not to change engine mounts because they looked fine and they aren't that cheap to just put in there if they're not needed. Pacemakers I just didn't have time to paint, I didn't pick them up until saturday arvo and the motor went in sunday.
Keeping in mind we worked friday night, saturday night, sunday night and monday. It's not like we had 4 full days of time twiddling our thumbs. If you ask me I think just getting the conversion done in that time is a bloody good effort - especially considering none of us are mechanics or had done a conversion before.
Then you wont be sitting there with a busted motor thinking "I wish I had of pulled it down and freshened it up".
Please explain how not painting my extractors and not replacing engine mounts that were perfectly fine would result in a busted motor? With the skills and knowledge I've gained from doing this I could now confidently pull the extractors off and paint them when the dust settles a bit - which I may just do
Any freshening up that was needed is visual or just regular servicing - hardly needs to be done when the motor is out. I couldn't afford anything to go wrong with whatever else we were doing, say if we decided to change the inlet manifold gaskets or whatever - I'm not a mechanic, I'd be purely winging it and probably end up with a mistake, I feel much safer leaving the motor untouched in that regard, I'll leave that to someone who's done it before - or try it later when everything is working and there isn't as much hinging on it.
EDIT: Also I have more photos to post if I can find the bloody card reader... :bang:
