The story
My dad bought the vehicle used about a year and a helf ago, at which point, due to lack of proper maintenance, one of the pistons spun a bearing and blew a chunk out of the case wall. I recently bought a new imported motor from japan and am replacing the old one. — Nyteryder
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The old KL-DE still in the car. Owner
Getting the motor out. Radiator is removed, along with the distibutor and air box. Owner
the hole in the side of the crankcase. no wonder it wouldn't run... Owner
at last! finally got it out. only took about 6 hours. had some trouble getting the axels disconnected Owner
oil pan off new motor. VERY clean and no particles Owner
oil pickup. also very clean and no sludge build-up of any kind Owner
old disty in new motor. ze came with destroyed disty. not a problem since it didnt look like i had the right connectors for it anyway. Owner
looking into the throttle body. looks good from here and i can tell the intake is more geared towards perfomance than the old one. also ver… Owner
another view of the cams. very impressed with the apperent age of the engine. Owner
back view of intake manifold. different setup from the old motor, not sure what exactly that piece does as opposed to the old intake, but i… Owner
looked under valve cover to check the cams on the new motor. very impressed! no sludge or rust or damage visable Owner
sitting in my "driveway" Owner
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