Project 6G74 Blackout

[jmath99V6]

6G74 swap, 5 spd. swap, satin black w/body kit.
I started diaasembly wyesterday. took off the hood front bumper and what was left of the head lights. Hopefully, i'll get the fenders off tonight, and start diconnecting the engine. If all goes well, I'll pull the engine and transmission this weekend. I'll put pics up soon.

[Jeffylou87]

What kind of body kit are you putting on it?

[customgalant99]

Are you going stock with your 5spd swap or are you upgrading clutch flywheel ? any engine build plans ?

[youngin3]

More info please!

And PICTURES!

Pictures are like drugs on this forum. We want em!!

[jmath99V6]

I think I might go with a stage 2 clutch kit, not sure though. ideally, I would like to go turbo in the future, but if i did that, I probably would get a lsd also. Right now, i'm not sure if want to spend the $. I'm still debating if i want to go hardcore performance or more of a vip.

[johnygezony]

Whoa ! I would like to do this sometime in the future....what transmission do you use ? 3g v6 er what? Im a little new if you cant tell. I plan on following this thread closely....GOOD LUCK. PICS !!!

[00galantguy]

Whoa ! I would like to do this sometime in the future....what transmission do you use ? 3g v6 er what? Im a little new if you cant tell. I plan on following this thread closely....GOOD LUCK. PICS !!!

3g v6 or stratus v6.

[beam514]

supposedly the stock eclipse clutch and pressure plate will not hold well once the 6g74 is swapped in

[johnygezony]

what can you do to that engine ? i have not heard of any really big things done with the 6g74, especially swapped.

[jmath99V6]

supposedly the stock eclipse clutch and pressure plate will not hold well once the 6g74 is swapped in

Yeah I was just reading abou that. I've been looking at a few, but I haven't decided which one I want.
But anyway, I finally got my pictures from my phone uploaded, these are from after the accident.
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/IMAGE_012.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/IMAGE_013.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/IMAGE_014.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/IMAGE_011.jpg


I took some better pictures with my camera after I started taking it apart, hopefully I can get those up later.

[jmath99V6]

Just a little background on the car, I bought it with 60k mi. on it with 1 previous owner, I really have been slacking on doing anythig with it, I put on the m3 side mirrors(which look sort of crappy now), altezza tails(I tink they'll be replaced), and my system: jvc avx2, sony xplod front door speakers, amp, and 2x10" subs. Originally I had a sony headunit and a 7" touchscreen for my carputer, but the monitor and head unit got stollen so I took the carputer out.

[boostzealot]

tell you what, you know who to ask if you need help or suggestions with this swap (winks)
and seriously if you are going VIP, why do the swap and 5spd. thats actually contradictary to the VIP class vehicles if you think about it. keep the progress and pics coming and good luck.

[jmath99V6]

Just as a quick update, I finally had time to get the fenders off, and started on the radiator support. I talked to a couple guys that have replaced radiator supports on other cars and they said they drilled out the welds and replaced them with bolts. I counted almost 40 spot welds, so if I replace them with bolts it would be secure. Any other suggestions?

I can't find the sd card with my latest pics so bear with me.

[jmath99V6]

finally found my sd card :D. Here's a few more pics. I started diconnecting everything last night. I'm a littke behind schedule but I'm hoping to pull the engine and tranny this weekend.

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/P1000007.jpg
my workspace
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/P1000009.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/P1000012.jpg
dash cracks :(
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/P1000013.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/P1000014.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/P1000017.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/P1000015.jpg

[fatal1]

no you cant just bolt on the radiator support. sure in a few areas you can get away with it but there are a lot of spots where it meets the rest of the body panels... fender subframe etc that has to be welded. since you are going to a body shop anyway for paint etc in the future you can now (if you havent already) establish a relationship with some because i assume you cant weld. just have them do it and paint it with a black or something so it doesnt rust if you plan on doing the majority of the work yourself

definately do not half ass bodywork if something is even minutely of with the rad support or other important pieces it will cause others to not fit right and will be noticable in the end

[jmath99V6]

Are you saying there would be an inteference issue? (bolts too big) Otherwise I just don't see what the difference is outside of from a manufacturing standpoint it probably was a whole heck of alot cheaper for Mitsu to spot weld the rad support rather than drill and bolt them on. I've been a machinist for several years so I do have a little experiance welding, so I can do it, I just thought that if I used bolts I would have a little more adjustability in getting it aligned correctly. Thanks though fatal1 I plan on doing all the work myself (have a friend with a paint booth), but I could just rent welder I guess.
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/IMAGE_004.jpg

[jmath99V6]

Quick update. All that's left to do is take out the axles and I should be ready to pull. Doesn't look so good for finding a 5 spd. though. I hate to be cheap, but I just can't see paying $700+ for a tranny with 100K mi. I'm still checking a few local places, but if I don't find one in the next few days, I might just keep the auto for now and continue with the 74 swap.

[00galantguy]

what can you do to that engine ? i have not heard of any really big things done with the 6g74, especially swapped.

overbore and stroke it...make it a 4.0 stroker approx 330 whp n/a... huge discussion thread on club 3g about it plus I believe thats what boostzealot is doing with his shortly

[jmath99V6]

sounds pretty beastly, i'll check it out

[beam514]

are you just going to be running the 6g72 injectors for now? or do you have tuning capabilities

[blue8g]

have you tried car-part.com i'm sure you could find a trans for under $700

http://car-part.com/

[jmath99V6]

I was gonna go with the stock injectors, but

[jmath99V6]

If i decide to keep the automatic tranny, I might upgrade. I would have the $ for it then. lol

[jmath99V6]

"have you tried car-part.com i'm sure you could find a trans for under $700

http://car-part.com/ "

yeah, nothing for a decent price in the central ohio area.

[blue8g]

cheapest one i found is 560 with 80,000..miles

[beam514]

yea transmissions haven't really gone down in price it seems

locally they were around $650 for approx. 60,000 miles almost 2 years ago, and they haven't really gone down since

[jmath99V6]

Been reading up on it and from what I understand, getting sportronic from an eclipse wouldn't be worth the effort right? Just a thought, but could the ecu be flashed to adjust shift pionts? I've decided to keep the auto at least for now. It's been real hectic latley, maybe in the next few days I'll post pics of the 74 install.

[jmath99V6]

The project lives again! Finally got my 6g74, will post pics soon.

[jmath99V6]

Haven't got the engine pics off of the camera yet, but I came across this the other day:

http://www.ajwperformanceproducts.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=860

I think that's what I'm gonna do with the exterior instead of a paint job. Anybody have any experience with this stuff?

[skrap]

That will be a big PITA if you do it yourself...

[jmath99V6]

A friend of mine did vinyl wraps for a while and he said he'll help me out if I need. The way he was talking I wasn't expecting it to be overly difficult.

[jmath99V6]

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020619.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020618.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020620.jpg
Bent the valve cover :( Guess I'll use the Galant's

[beam514]

The Galant valve cover looks better anyway (as long as it's not the 3.0L one)

[M-Rod]

The Galant valve cover looks better anyway (as long as it's not the 3.0L one)

Stock Avenger 2.5L valve cover FTW!

[jmath99V6]

Finally more progress!!!

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020621.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020622.jpg

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020623.jpg
You can sort of see my crappy reliant in the background lol

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020627.jpg

[jmath99V6]

I'm still a little undecided about what I want to do with the 74 before I put it in. Since at least for now, I'm gonna stay automatic, I'm thinking maybe a supercharger in the future.

[M-Rod]

Just be careful not to put down too much power with the automatic without a transmission cooler. The V6 auto's don't like the extra beating.

[Jeffylou87]

Great progress..

[jmath99V6]

Just be careful not to put down too much power with the automatic without a transmission cooler. The V6 auto's don't like the extra beating.

Yeah the more research I do, the more I'm leaning toward looking for a 5 spd.

I also had considered getting a port and polish for my heads, but I think getting a set of 6g75 heads would be less expensive and a better upgrade since they would flow better anyway. Suggestions?

[beam514]

You'll get wayyy more airflow with the 6G75 heads than you ever will with any ported 6G74 or 6G72 heads. I don't quite remember exactly what you need to modify for the 6G75 heads to work out (something with the distributor), but if you check out boostzealot's build thread on galanttuners.com you can probably find out.

[M-Rod]

The 6G75 heads will lower your compression slightly as a forewarning.

But as far as making them work, all you will need to do is remove the cover where your distributor sits on the rear head. Make sure both engines are at TDC on cylinder 1 if you want to make your distributor install as easy as possible. Once you have that done, remove the distributor from your 6G72/74 head, as well as the studs, then install them both onto the 6G75 heads.

One other thing you can do, that isn't necessary, but would clean things up, would be to remove the cam sensor from the front head, and bolt in the cover from your 6G72/74 head.

[jmath99V6]

I thought I read somewhere that the 75 pistons 95mm. So would it be worth it to but a set of 75 pistons and have my 74 bored? I need to do a little more research about the math that goes into the compression ratio. I know there's a thread about the the cr with a 74 bottom and 75 heads, but I don't remember if I saw it here, on galanttuners, or club3g. It's all running together lol

[M-Rod]

It all depends on what you want to do. I was stuck at that point with mine as well when I found out I needed new pistons. At that point I figured it would cost roughly the same whether I was going to rebuild my 74 or just buy a low mileage 75 and drop it in. And the decision to go with the 75 was the evident way to go. Plus it eliminated a bunch of unnecessary time and labor.

[jmath99V6]

I talked to some local shops and it looks like I could get the blocked bored for under $150 and they have NPR piston and ring sets for the 6G75 (95mm) on ebay for like $210 ( I did a little research and they seem to be decent). So, my question is, how would I figure the compression ratio for that?

[jmath99V6]

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/IMAG0018.jpg
not the best picture, but that's my 5 spd.

Only 70k mi. and got all the other stuff (master and slave cylinders, pedals, shifter, flywheel, intermediate shaft, etc.) for only $350 - needless to say I'm pretty geeked

[Galantfan88]

Looking good man, keep up the good work

[beam514]

did you grab the center console too?? lol

[jmath99V6]

did you grab the center console too?? lol

lol yeah. maybe I'll use the shifter boot.

[M-Rod]

nice find. You will be happy with the M/T

[SPD_FRK]

Project has come along nicely man, good to see you picked up the 5spd swap too.



The 6G75 heads will lower your compression slightly as a forewarning.

Doing a 75 head swap onto a 72/74 will drop the CR drastically. Consider this, the 72/74 is only a 9:1 CR for both IIRC wheras the 75 is a 10:1 CR. Now the 74 heads have 43cc chambers (72 is likely same if not less), and the 75 heads have 65cc chambers. If you swap over the 75 heads to an engine with 9:1 CR, you will probably see a final CR in the range of 8.5:1 if not lower, good for high boost maybe but certainly not N/A.

You could certainly swap in a 75 crank though to make the 74 a stroker without boring the block. Personally for as far as the V6 platform has advanced so far, the full 75 swap is the best option when it comes to the dollar spent and performance gained.

[jmath99V6]

Thanks. Maybe I'll just stick with the stock heads for now then. Ran into another snag though. I just realized I didn't pull the bolts out of my 72 before I sold it, so I need a set of bolts to connect the engine to the transmission. I know they're M12s but does anyone know the lengths or where I can get them? I called the local dealership but the parts guy said he needed the vin #??? not sure why.

[jmath99V6]

BTW, I haven't seen anything about them on this forum but THMotorsports is pretty decent. I got a injen cai for $175 with free shipping. Customer service was pretty good too. I ordered a clutch kit sut the price was wrong and they fixed it immediately. The refund actually showed up before the charge on my card statement.

[jmath99V6]

Getting pretty close. I got my shift cables and clutch pedal installed yesterday. I put the engine back together on Wednesday and Thursday. Got the transmission bolts I needed at the junkyard. I'll be in jersey this weekend, so won't probably put the engine and transmission back in until next week. Is there a specific procedure for starting an engine after it's been rebuilt?
I'll post pics soon.

[jmath99V6]

I put the fenders back on to line up my new radiator support. Everything looks good, just need to weld it in place
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020668.jpg

Shifter base and shift linkage installed (yes they are the most annoying thing ever)
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020669.jpg

Almost ready to drop the 74. I'm pretty excited
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020670.jpg

I know i should have saved up and got some rpw headers, but that'll have to be a spring project
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020671.jpg

Painted front calipers, they didn't turn out half bad, but I don't know why i went with silver
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020672.jpg

[beam514]

good choice on the valve cover colors *thumbs up*. For a second I was like what the hell is that thing on the left of the engine?? haha I forgot because I removed my PS pump. And silver is good for the calipers. Low key

[M-Rod]

good job so far. Can't wait to see another engine swapped V6!

[jmath99V6]

Alright, so engine is in, but I'm running into a few problems. on the 74, the injectors are all tied into one plug, but on the galant it looks like the wires run from the wire harness directly to the injectors ( i'll post pictures to clarify later), and the speed sensor connectors from the galant doesn't fit the one on the transmission, anbody else run into that or am i doing something retarded?

[jmath99V6]

anybody have Dimante service manuals?

[M-Rod]

the injectors will be fine with the original wiring that your 3.0 used. As far as the transmission goes, I believe only one existng pigtail connects to the M/T. It's the speed sensor. The pigtail is similar to that of the tps and map sensors. Hope this helps. Good luck.

[beam514]

on some of the manual transmissions, there is a speed sensor conversion harness. Dunno why they did this but its a blue plug to a red plug (the red plug is similar to the MAP sensor plug)

[wright06jhs]

Good job on the swap so far. I love the color of the valve colors.

[jmath99V6]

thanks

[jmath99V6]

Ok. so i got some pis to explain what I mean. Sorry, the text came out smaller than I thought it would
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/edit3.jpg
I'm not sure what the ones circled in red are. I think one is for the purge selenoid, on for the ventalation selenoid and does the third one connect to a pigtail for the injector connectors on the back side? And I assume I can replace the stuff circled in yellow with the connectors circled in blue if I splice in the pigtail on the right I pulled of of the Diamante.
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/edit2.jpg
I thnik the one on the top goes to the MAF sensor (I got the Diamante connector), the one circled in yellow I'm not sure of, and the one on the bottom goes to the speed sensor?
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/edit1.jpg
I have no idea what these 3 are for

I'm having some trouble tracking down a service manual for the Diamante, so any help is appreciated as always.

[beam514]

the blue plug at the top in the first picture is for power steering I think. The blue plug in the bottom should be AC. It's either this, or switch them.

Also, your Galant's Injector clips should plug directly into your Diamante injectors. You shouldn't have to splice anything, just use the existing wiring harness from your car.

The black and orange plug in the middle picture should be for an O2 sensor.

I'm kind of confused as to what's going on. Did you 6G74 come with part of the wiring harness still attached? and you left it attached? if so you can disattach it, and everything should plug in to your existing Galant harness.

[beam514]

and in the first picture:
the red plug circled in yellow looks like it should be able to plug in where that red plug circled in blue is. I can't really tell where that red plug (in blue) is coming from. Is that actually attached to the car's wiring harness?

[jmath99V6]

Also, your Galant's Injector clips should plug directly into your Diamante injectors. You shouldn't have to splice anything, just use the existing wiring harness from your car.

I'm kind of confused as to what's going on. Did you 6G74 come with part of the wiring harness still attached? and you left it attached? if so you can disattach it, and everything should plug in to your existing Galant harness.

Yeah, I left the fuel rail part of the wiring harness from the 74 on. I would've just used the galant wiring, but there are only 3 injector clips on the harness (in the galant). I think I'm just going to have to track down a galant v6 at a junkyard or something to figure out whats going on

[beam514]

Yeah, I left the fuel rail part of the wiring harness from the 74 on. I would've just used the galant wiring, but there are only 3 injector clips on the harness (in the galant). I think I'm just going to have to track down a galant v6 at a junkyard or something to figure out whats going on

wait what? how do you only have 3 injector clips? there's 3 for the front and 3 for the rear. I can't remember if they come from separate harnesses. I guess I'm confused on what you're saying lol

[M-Rod]

yeah, on the 72 there is a separate harness for the rear 3 injectors, and it connects to the main harness near the fpr.

on the 74 the injector harness runs to all 6.

however, I'm confused as to why there is so much extra wiring all over. The only thing necessary to change is extending the map sensor pigtail.

[jmath99V6]

yeah, on the 72 there is a separate harness for the rear 3 injectors, and it connects to the main harness near the fpr.

on the 74 the injector harness runs to all 6.

however, I'm confused as to why there is so much extra wiring all over. The only thing necessary to change is extending the map sensor pigtail.

yeah i"m confused on why there's so much extra crap too. lol
I think I have it figured out for the most part though, I just need to see an actual 72 to figure out what the two connectors on the right in the bottom picture go to.

[M-Rod]

one of them looks like the crank position sensor plug and the other looks like the power steerig pressure wire connector.

[M-Rod]

didn't realize you were talking about the last picture. The large black plug is for the automatic transmission. The smaller one is for the speed sensor on the transmission.

[jmath99V6]

ohhhhh.
I just found a junkyard nearby that has a couple galants so I'm gonna go check it out on my lunch. Thanks for the help.

[beam514]

take plenty of pics man. I dunno if you already torqued down the intake manifold, but you're gonna need to take it off again to get to those rear injectors lol

[fatal1]

the bottom pic the rectangular plug with brown/lack and the retaining clip is your tps connector on the throttle body

[M-Rod]

the bottom pic the rectangular plug with brown/lack and the retaining clip is your tps connector on the throttle body

Although it looks like the TPS pigtail, it is the transmission speed sensor connector. The wiring for the TPS splits from the main harness near the injectors. I would bet my car on this.

Also, jmath, I personally wouldn't mess with the 74's harness. The only thing you need to switch is the IAT pigtail for the throttle body. Maybe these pictures can help you. They are from when I had the 74's intake setup back on my 72.
http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/Rodrigoflip/6G74%20Vacuum/

And one large overall picture.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u215/Rodrigoflip/0816091916-2.jpg

[beam514]

Man I wish I were there to help you out. Just like M-Rod said, everything from the Galant plugs into the 74, with the exception of the IAC pigtail. Every plug has a unique shape so it shouldn't be too hard to match it up to something. Any updates on those injector harnesses?

[jmath99V6]

M-Rod, thanks a lot for the pics. did you keep cruise control?
I went to 3 different junkyards over the weekend but none of them had an 8g with the engine still in. I guess I'll just try to get the rear injector clips and do it that way.

[M-Rod]

No problem, hopefully they helped. I kept cruise at first, but lost it when I went 5 speed because I didn't do the re-wire trick. I'll also see if I can come across the rear injector harness from one of the yards around here as well.

[jmath99V6]

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/SWAP060_SMALL.jpg
so in this pic(from spd_frk's tut over on gt), the speed sensor get's hooked up, the black connector at the bottom gets pins 9 and 10 shorted to put the car in neutral, and pins 7 and 8 get spliced for the reverse lights and the other 2 connectors on the right don't go to anything?

[M-Rod]

I'm not sure about the reverse, but the neutral bypass is correct as well as the 2 unused pigtails.

[jmath99V6]

Ok, well I decided to go with the diamante injector harness. I believe this is how it works:
(still have to wrap them and everything)
Y= yellow
G= green
L= blue
B= black
R= red
W= white

Cylinder # / 6G72 / 6G74 (1997)
2 - Y/B - Y
4 - G/B - Y/G
6 - G/W - Y/B
1 - Y/L - B/R
3 - Y/B - Y/R
5 - G/R - Y/L

Purge Solenoid L Brown/W
EGR Solenoid B/L Brown/G

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020677.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020678.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020679.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020681.jpg

The only other connector I can't figure out is this one? Any guesses?
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/edit.jpg

[M-Rod]

That last connector looks like it may have been connected to the A/T. It's hard to tell with all the exposed wiring, but that's what it appears to me.

[beam514]

what does the actual plug look like? color? shape?

[jmath99V6]

here's a better picture
the red one towards the bottom
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/edit2.jpg

[jmath99V6]

So just to check, nobody is using the clutch pedal switch for starting? Just splicing pins 9 and 10 on the park neutral switch? Couldn't you run those to the clutch pedal? I'm just worried my dad's gonna get in my car one day and start it in gear and hit something. lol

[beam514]

just tell your dad to always start the car with the clutch in. I always do anyway

[deeznutz]

looks like it goes to the cruse control speed sensor to me

[jmath99V6]

Just double checking everything before I start it up(tomorrow hopefully), my 74 didn't have a dizzy on it so I used the 72's. Is that gonna work?

[M-Rod]

It should. I used my 72 dizzy on my 75.

[jmath99V6]

phase 1 of project blackout is complete

[jmath99V6]

SHE LIVES!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully I'll get a vid up soon

[beam514]

good to hear man and congrats. Pics and Videos ASAP!! lol

[M-Rod]

Congrats!

[jmath99V6]

BTW. If anybody is interested, I did use the switch on the clutch to prevent starting the car without pressing the clutch pedal. There are two switches on the the pedal assembly, one on the back and one on the front. They both are NC switches (when the switch isn't pressed, the circuit is closed), so I used the front switch (the one farthest from the engine) and ran wire into the engine bay to the gear selector pig tail.

[jmath99V6]

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020684.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020682.jpg
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/P1020683.jpg

Hopefully tonight I get the the power steering working and post a vid

[jmath99V6]

Video Finally!
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/th_VIDEO0003.jpg (http://s626.photobucket.com/albums/tt349/jmath15/galant/?action=view&current=VIDEO0003.mp4)

She's a little loud right now because I had to modify the "Y" pipe and I haven't welded it back together yet.

[Galantfan88]

Nice job man!!!

[beam514]

oh haha I was going to ask what exist you're running! I should just get an exhaust leak.. mine's a little too quite hahaha


nice job though!

EDIT: ahh I see you actually have aftermarket headers. I'm just running the stock manifolds

[foxbrand]

anything new? the last I heard was that your transmission died, I was wondering if that was resolved

[jmath99V6]

yeah, I kinda forgot about this thread. I've only been updating the one on gt. But I've actually done a lot since my last post here. Still having trouble with the emissions system. I think I've narrowed it down to a wiring issue. I''ll try to post some pictures later. I painted and reupholstered the door panels and wood trim. tinted the windows, put in a new stereo and speakers and some other stuff. it's coming along