Ivan's coupe: bodywork is done

[Ivan141]

Wow...8 pages of little progress, mine must be one of the most-delayed projects on the forum..but no fear, almost have all my new panels complete so I can start serious work.

Today me and Robokill swapped my cars 2nd engine for a 4AGE we ripped out of an ae82 a few months ago.My old engine still ran strong, but I was having some annoyances (oil consumption/smell, turns out that its mostly due to bad valve cover rubbers...doh..such an easy fix), and some weird noises (probably the throwout bearing of the clutch).
The new 4AGE is a bit of a mystery though... came out of an '86 ae82.
It has a TVIS head, 7-rib block, but this one has the smallport style 5-spoke campulleys. A weird combination of things, most likely not something that ever came stock on an ae82.

We did all the work by ourselves...no help from outside whatsoever. I'm amazed that all went well. It did take about 12 hours of slaving around the car to get it all done. Swapping stuff over between engines is probably half the work. Now I have myself a beautifully smooth and quiet 4age, and the gearshift has improved noticeably from the new throwout bearing.

Weird thing I noticed about 4age's the last few years, my former engines were all somewhat raw & noisy examples, but they both pulled well. The smooth and quiet ones mostly perform less and seem to rev a bit slower.

Another bit of usefull info.. You can use FWD waterpumps as long as you use the FWD pulleys on them. Saved my ass because some shop sold me the wrong type 1,5 years back (had been collecting dust up till now).