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SRdan

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  1. Hi all

    Been a rough couple of months. Made some good progress on the SR a few weeks ago. Since then one of my lads has had some serious health problems so lost all interest. I'm gutted but what's gone on has knocked me for 6, really don't have time to Finnish her off so not sure what I'm doing with the SR just yet

  2. little update.



    The sr is all back together 98% done now. just have the tps and map connectors from the 82 loom too add and split the thermo wires from the single 4efe connector to run 3 connectors for the 82 engine. then add fluids and bleed clutch then it should fire up.



    id be telling porkies if i said this was easy, but in all fairness it has not been overly hard. hoping to have it all done and boxed off by next weekend, id imagine there will be a few teething problems as with any engine swap.


  3. Started stripping my 82 loom. Tracing the wires I need back to ECU etc and labeling them as to where they will go on my 4efe loom. So far all seems easy enough, few more connectors to sort as the 4efte had 3 connectors to the thermostat housing rather than just the one.

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    Anyway I'm writing down what I'm doing as I go and taking pictures. Will also be writing what wire goes where etc.

    Will post up a how to thread if anyone feels this would be helpful. Big benefit with doing it this way is you shouldn't have to touch the interior (apart from adding ecu and few wires to it)

  4. engine is in. now im currently fitting the 4efe loom to everything that it fits, once ive done this i will take off the sleeves and add and take away what bits i need/dont (it really isnt that much) then re-sleeve..



    not the best way to go about it but will make ity easier to trace back wires etc



    hoping to be back on the road for next weekend


  5. yeah that pretty much what im going to try. read a few builds now of people just adapting the 4efe loom to take whats needed. this way round you don't need to touch the interior.




    heres a little gem i found on another page..



    This seems like a daunting task, it really does, but some things I did for my conversion using an EP82 loom/engine/ECU which may help you are...



    - Try to use as much of the EP91 loom as you can, all you should end up doing is chopping a few connectors (because they don't fit on the EP82 engine) and running a few extra wires to the ECU



    - Try to use your EP91 altenator, air conditioning and starter motor. Yes, they fit fine. If you already have power steering then happy days, but if not you can add the EP82 gear no worries.



    - Depending on the EP82 year model the general wiring differences are:



    - The temp sensor plugs, the EP91 has 3 wires on a single plug, the EP82 has 3 plugs. 1 Wire is for the temp guage on the dash, one goes to the HVAC module (which apparently the EP91 doesn't have!) and one goes to the ECU.



    - The oxygen sensor is a single wire on the EP82, the EP91 is a 3 wire so you'll need to swap that out, the 2 extra wires on the EP91 are not used at all on the EP82



    - You don't have a knock sensor on the EP91 so you'll have to run that wire from the ECU to the knock sensor



    - The idle ups are same but different (EP82 has 2 idle ups for A/C/electrical load maybe?). On the EP91 you have a single idle up with 2 coloured wires (one is not an earth) whereas the EP82 has 2 idle ups, both have a single coloured wire and a shared earth.



    - One thing that caught us out was the MAP sensor. It seems the EP91 signal wire is shared in the loom somewhere, so we have to run a new wire for it.



    - TPS plug should be the same, the difference is the pinout on the ECU



    - Biggest hassle was sorting out the ignition system, it's not that bad really but it is quite different.



    - Even though they look the same, the EP91 loom ECU connectors are slightly different shapes to the EP82, same number of pins but the actual plug points are different size. What you can do is get a hair clip and pop the wires out of the plugs, so i would really suggest using the EP82 ECU connectors



    I kept my A/C and also converted the EP82 power steering into my car, all that is left on my car is the idle up wiring, I can't find where the wires run from... at the same time i haven't really bothered to fix it just yet.


  6. cheers bud.



    was hoping to have engine in by now but missus has been in hospital so been tied up with my boys more than usual lol.



    I've mated the fte upto my gearbox and is now under the car ready to be lifted in. whilst doing this i noticed that it has a paddle clutch installed so that is a huge bonus. should have it in over the weekend then ill be plugging in my 4efe loom where it fits, taking all the sleeves off the wiring and adding what connectors don't fit and also adding the few wires like knock sensor and new map sensor wire as on the 4efe the wire is shared in the loom. also the igniter is built into the distributor on the 4efe so ill have to add the wires for the external igniter (have a full gt loom so got all i need)



    not looking forward to it but it really cant be too hard with all the info and wiring diagrams i have gathered


  7. just looks like the main part of the engine loom excluding lights. the lights side of things had the engine fuse box attached



    just boucht all the engine loom and ecu for my sr




    this one does have the igniter and map sensor attached which is a bonus


  8. build is looking good mate ;) not far now, any luck on the Det 3 write up?

    got pics bud but they no good tbh as everything's covered in insulation tape haha

    ill jot it all down over next couple of days, needs to come out tomorrow as its now sold so ill get some better pics and write down what wire goes where. theres only 6 wires to wire in so its pretty basic

  9. Managed to get the engine and box out today, they put sansors/connectors in the most awkward place on these things

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    Going to spend tomorrow cleaning the bay and getting rid of any brackets I don't need. Also will mate the gearbox up to the 4efte. Have Monday and Tuesday off work so will take all the sleeves off the wiring and add the extra bits I need from the 4efte loom.

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