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twin cam into hardbody
i have a 92 auto that i put a 93 s13 ka and 5 spd into . there was a few large hurdles. oil pan clearance issues with the center steering link and swap bar. and egr pipe hitting firewall. to over come this one i used one inch thick by 4 inch wide alum. stock and machined up a new motor mount so it lifts the engine one inch and takes it forward bout 2 and some change. dunno if you got a cnc machine or a mill handy but i just drilled and counter sunk the holes that bolts to the frame then drilled and tapped new holes for the motor mount to bolt down too. doing this meant the tranny cross member had to come forward, this could have had something to do with it was an auto orignally cause i had to make my own tranny mount as well. also in movin the engine up and forward to clear the oil sump that puts the fan just a few inches behind the radiator...so no stock intake relocated the battery to the back seat, air filter and maf is no behind the passenger headlight. heater hoses will need some attention where the go into the core. power steering hoes will need to be made or built and the resi needs to be moved from the pass side to the drivers since the pump is on the different side. the wiring harness in the truck doesnt come out nice and pretty like the do in the 240s so do a nice job of leaving the harness as complete as possible til ur absolutely sure of the new layout with the twin cam harness. i made the mistake of starting it myself and got too bogged down in the 9 million feet of wire they use in the truck. i took the truck to top hat performance to do the wiring harness once i got everything else done, still gotta finish a few details before its driveable like driveshaft , heater core hoses, power steering, and a.c. oh yea, the stock downpipe also had some clearance issues on the left torsion bar. i used a mandrel bent u pip and cut out the radius and angle i need to get the exhaust bolting up without hitting. its just a temp fix til i get emissions done then the turbo set up and start to go down. i would love to see someone else swappin a truck hit me up with any questions i'd love to give some help if you need. the hardbody sx should be driving by nopi hopefully. may be totally stripped interrior and no dash still but the s13 cluster and steering wheel and a seat... all in time i guess

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