Thanks for the info and the compliment Tyler. Yeah the 1.6 tensioner fits thanks for answering that for me. Who needs a later style tensioner?
NintendoKD, I'm 6'-1" 150 lbs on a good day. I'm built for endurance, not power. There is no way I could pick this lump up. The best I could do was scoot it around, and I am sore as hell from that.
Okay picture time
So I got the old engine out in a few hours this morning. I just jacked up the car as high as I could on my jackstands and wrestled it out
I have always wanted to post a picture of my engine bay empty and waiting for a fresh new motor. I must admit it feels good.
Well I separated the transmission and took off my clutch flywheel pressure plate assembly for the swap, took off the plastic elbow off the bottom of the water pump that holds the thermostat as mine was different from the AAZ one, and I need it to mate up with my radiator hose. And I grabbed the motor mount too. You can see in this photo how it held the injection pump as well. The sharpie line is where I had to cut it.
Here it is modified. a little notch has to be taken off the top too. It fits like a dream though. The injection pump half went back on the NA motor, now it will work with a gasser mount.
so I strapped the fresh motor to a handtruck and wheeled it out of the house and down the back stairs (let me tell you that was fun). The first floor of my house is about 4' off the ground so not too many steps, but enough to make me pretty nervous.
After the stair adventure I bolted up the pressure plate, flywheel, clutch, and transmission. I got the shift linkage and the duckbill spoiler out of the way, and then I slid it under and wrestled it into position. The little dolly I made was more trouble than it was worth. I ended up just sliding the engine under on a piece of 3/4" plywood. I took off the right front tire and I let the car down as low as I could. jacked the belt side of the engine up a hair and slid the bolt for the passenger mount in. It was hell, but I got it lined up eventually. Then I just jacked the transmission up and got the driver side mount in. That one was way easier of course.
here is how it looks. I got it a little dirty on the install. I will have to clean it up before the final assembly photos. After the photo was taken I jacked the car back up and got the shift linkage back in and put the turbo on. Unfortunately I ran out of daylight at that point. The rest must wait until tomorrow. I hope to hear it run by the end of the day. I am so psyched about that.