beam514's 99 Galant: 3.5L Swap

[SPD_FRK]

Damn no speakers here at work!!!!

Get that 5spd in there and it will really become alive man. I am hoping to pick up a 74 here in a couple weeks, depends how much money I spend this next week....LOTs of goodies going to be coming in for my build lol.

[beam514]

Damn no speakers here at work!!!!

Get that 5spd in there and it will really become alive man. I am hoping to pick up a 74 here in a couple weeks, depends how much money I spend this next week....LOTs of goodies going to be coming in for my build lol.

haha its okay there's not much to hear.
and Yea I want to do the 5 speed realllllly bad, but I leave for college on sep. 12 and I'll be living in a tiny little dorm with hardly any tools. Maybe I can plan on doing it winter break :)
need moneyyyyy though haha. damn 5 speed swap is expensive shit

and I want to see you start tearing into a 74!

[SPD_FRK]

haha its okay there's not much to hear.
and Yea I want to do the 5 speed realllllly bad, but I leave for college on sep. 12 and I'll be living in a tiny little dorm with hardly any tools. Maybe I can plan on doing it winter break :)
need moneyyyyy though haha. damn 5 speed swap is expensive shit

and I want to see you start tearing into a 74!

Yea 5spd isn't cheap unless you find the stuff at a good junkyard. The prices out here are really cheap but those parts aren't too common yet. I am wanting to do the 5spd conversion over winter if able to.

The 74 build for me will take a deal of time as I will be building from the ground up with forged internals specifically for a boosted build.


The 5spd could be done in a weekend if you have all the parts and a lift really...but other than that I can totally understand lol

[Bring380GT]

Yea 5spd isn't cheap unless you find the stuff at a good junkyard. The prices out here are really cheap but those parts aren't too common yet. I am wanting to do the 5spd conversion over winter if able to.

The 74 build for me will take a deal of time as I will be building from the ground up with forged internals specifically for a boosted build.


The 5spd could be done in a weekend if you have all the parts and a lift really...but other than that I can totally understand lol

I did my 5spd swap on the ground, jacked up the car put jackstands underneath and did the swap on one saturday :)

[beam514]

I did my 5spd swap on the ground, jacked up the car put jackstands underneath and did the swap on one saturday :)

yea thats what I was planning on doing once I get around to getting all the parts. Need to jack up the car pretty damn high though to get enough room under there

[Bring380GT]

yea thats what I was planning on doing once I get around to getting all the parts. Need to jack up the car pretty damn high though to get enough room under there

As high as the jack can go stock, if not high enuff get some wood and stick it ontop of the jack lol

[beam514]

okay, got a new video. Its kind of boring, but whatever. and for some reason there's these weird clicking noises and the muffler is REALLY quiet.. I think something's wrong with my camera.. seeing as how the tripod tipped over last time and destroyed my camera :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WnvkHVrqMg

[stvn_mj]

It says video was removed because its too long.

[SPD_FRK]

okay, got a new video. Its kind of boring, but whatever. and for some reason there's these weird clicking noises and the muffler is REALLY quiet.. I think something's wrong with my camera.. seeing as how the tripod tipped over last time and destroyed my camera :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WnvkHVrqMg

It says the vid has been removed because it is too long, you recording the sunday drives now beam??

[beam514]

nooo okay I'm gonna have to trim it down to size today. I think it was 12 minutes long (holy shit.. i know, but it goes from garage almost all the way to the destination). I forgot that youtube has a 10 minute limit

[beam514]

okay new clipped video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneHpM1z9wg

really pretty boring haha
I want to get some more WOT pulls today or tomorrow though

[stvn_mj]

Sounds good. Did you remove your power steering?

[beam514]

yea I did. thats why you see me driving with two hands a lot haha. I have no plans tonight, so I might go out and shoot some WOT pulls

[stvn_mj]

^Why are you still here go take them videos. lol Yea I figured you removed the power steering because of your intense wheel hold. :)

[ShiZnitH]

The engine sounds good :)

[SPD_FRK]

yea I did. thats why you see me driving with two hands a lot haha. I have no plans tonight, so I might go out and shoot some WOT pulls

How is the torque steer w/o the power steering? I am curious to see how mine works out with the 245s on mine...lol

[beam514]

okay well I should be receiving the sway bars from lKorty on sep. 3rd, along with an OEM 3G GT strut bar from someone on Club3G (lets hope it fits). I'll try to get those on as soon as I can. I am really hoping I receive the other suspension goodies from COMPLX before I go to college so I can install those

and the other night I got lazy and didn't go do any WOT pulls. same with last night. Went for a bike ride instead lol

[Bring380GT]

sweet man! so over all do you feel the 3.5ltr was worth the swap? tq I know is good right? big difference compard to the 3.0?

[beam514]

The 3.5 swap was WELL worth it for the amount of actual work it needed and the money required. The swap was fairly simple, even for a self taught kid like me who didn't even know how to change the oil in his car a year ago.

The torque is great in the car. I don't think these 215 tires will be able to hold. I have yet to put the pedal to the metal from stand still, so I am not sure how much/long the tires break loose for, and to answer your question SPD_FRK, I am not too sure on the torque steer. I will post in here once I actually get around to doing this and let you know.

OH and I received the sway bars from lKorty yesterday, so I am hoping to install those today if I have enough time after picking up the transmission swap from Jet_Black :)

[SPD_FRK]

OH and I received the sway bars from lKorty yesterday, so I am hoping to install those today if I have enough time after picking up the transmission swap from Jet_Black :)

You suck man lol, I just saw his thread for that thing this morning when I got to work...At least its good to see you taking on the 5spd now