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3400 swap done
Friday, August 06, 2010 6:45 PM
Just in case anyone is interested.

1994 VL
2000 3400
WOT street/strip cam
custom pushrods
FFP UDP
custom headers
P&P heads
P&P intake manifold
crank scraper
Aurora 65mm TB
PS delete
AC delete
EGR delete
EVAP delete
heater core delete
solid mounts
mandrel bent exhaust

Had to replace half the firewall during the swap, I got rid of the factory upper core support in favor of square tubing. I also built some tubular control arms and swapped to an FE7 direct acting sway bar. All the HVAC ducting came out, and any unnecessary wiring and crap. This car has the absolute bare minimum to be street legal.

Random pics-

Start-


Intake-


P&P-


Firewall-


Strut towers-


During paint-


More firewall-


Going together (yes, thats a Nissan Pathfinder coolant res)-


Firewall connectors-


Arms-


Exhaust-


Rear header (I've since swapped to a V band instead of the ball and socket)-


Install complete-








Re: 3400 swap done
Friday, August 06, 2010 11:02 PM
Holy crap that looks good!!!




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Re: 3400 swap done
Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:02 AM
Very nice. I'm jealous of the engine build.





Re: 3400 swap done
Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:21 AM
Nice!

Did you swap the front end too?



Re: 3400 swap done
Saturday, August 07, 2010 9:13 AM
How's that thing feel with the ported heads, cam, and headers on it?





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Re: 3400 swap done
Saturday, August 07, 2010 11:01 PM
Very nice man. Looks great. How's it run.



Re: 3400 swap done
Sunday, August 08, 2010 6:27 AM
schweeet but what the hell man... you told me several years ago you were LN2 till you die....


it looks really really good!!



Re: 3400 swap done
Sunday, August 08, 2010 7:53 AM
i would polish or paint the 3400 part black so it stick out more to break up some of the red on top othen then that looks awesome



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Re: 3400 swap done
Sunday, August 08, 2010 11:28 AM
NOTa2_4 wrote:i would polish or paint the 3400 part black so it stick out more to break up some of the red on top othen then that looks awesome
X2. I love when the numbers are wet-sanded off.





Re: 3400 swap done
Sunday, August 08, 2010 11:46 AM
The Hooptie wrote:Nice!

Did you swap the front end too?


Somewhat. Its a Diza bumper with Sunbird GT flip lights. I still have to do something for the center of it.

SHOoff wrote:How's that thing feel with the ported heads, cam, and headers on it?


SLO CAV (the autoxing one) wrote:Very nice man. Looks great. How's it run.


Not sure yet. It has a chip burnt from several BINs mixed together, but no one else has this setup, and I haven't had it on a dyno yet to really tune it. It runs really nice and sounds great right now, but I will probably be able to get more out of it. based on other similar setups, somewhere around 230whp maybe. I only finished getting it together on Thurs, and its been out of the garage once since then, up the driveway and back

Speedline02 (GME Chat!!) wrote:schweeet but what the hell man... you told me several years ago you were LN2 till you die....


it looks really really good!!


Yeah. That was before I blew up an axle and had to tow it back to MA from IA. Not cool. Then it sat for 3 years and I gave in.

NOTa2_4 wrote:i would polish or paint the 3400 part black so it stick out more to break up some of the red on top othen then that looks awesome


I didn't do that for the fact that everyone else does something similar. I'll be swapping to a 3500 UIM soon, and that has no lettering, but will be getting a custom touch anyways. it does kinda look red, but its actually Chevy orange.

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Re: 3400 swap done
Sunday, August 08, 2010 1:49 PM
flipping sweet!!!

how's it run?




Re: 3400 swap done
Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:18 PM
Very clean swap.


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Re: 3400 swap done
Monday, August 09, 2010 10:46 AM
Nice man can't wait to see numbers. That would be awesome to see 230hp n/a on it. Here's hoping.



Re: 3400 swap done
Monday, August 09, 2010 11:00 AM
I want your suspension

Lookin good man.


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Re: 3400 swap done
Monday, August 09, 2010 11:13 AM
Looks sick James, I like!!










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Re: 3400 swap done
Monday, August 09, 2010 11:17 AM
WHITECAVY wrote:Looks sick James, I like!!







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Re: 3400 swap done
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:03 AM
very nice




Re: 3400 swap done
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:31 PM
sweetness.



Re: 3400 swap done
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:41 PM
Question out of curiosity now that I look at it more closely. How do you do the PS delete? Got a link or anything?





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Re: 3400 swap done
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:04 AM
SHOoff wrote:Question out of curiosity now that I look at it more closely. How do you do the PS delete? Got a link or anything?


Simple flat plate with a female threaded stud and idler pulley-


I cut the stud down to get the pulley lined up and welded it to the plate. I would have preferred swapping to an electric water pump and losing the AC and PS idlers altogether, and run a simple single belt for the alternator. Future plans....

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Re: 3400 swap done
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:11 PM
SHOoff wrote:Question out of curiosity now that I look at it more closely. How do you do the PS delete? Got a link or anything?
You can get the pulley already made for that from some of the newer vehicles, like the Equinox. They have the electric PS pumps, and a pulley mounted similar to James' setup.






Re: 3400 swap done
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 3:46 PM
Is there a PN for it or anything? This is something I want to do, though I'm probably going to have to figure something out for an electric pump, since us 3rd gen guys don't have the luxury of swapping to a manual rack.





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Re: 3400 swap done
Thursday, August 12, 2010 5:28 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/15-4973-BELT-IDLER-PULLEY-05-06-07-08-09-EQUINOX-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ270531000844QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_901wt_968

I'm not 100% sure this is the right one, but it looks like it could be. If you look at the applications, it's all 04+ 3500 vehicles, which typically have the electric PS. At least it gives you a place to start. They used a generic image, so you'll have to look into it.





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Re: 3400 swap done
Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:21 PM
Wow, very nice job. Great work man.



Re: 3400 swap done
Monday, August 16, 2010 9:32 AM
holy hell i just came in my pants. some of the work you do is outstanding. really makes me wonder what you could do with something better LOL

the control arms are a thing of beauty. how much of diference did those bad boys make? and whats this 'direct acting' sway bar you speak of? please explain...

very cool idea on the strut towers with the camber plates. thats neat.

i agree with the above, too much red on the engine. needs broken up a bit.



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