We did a full motor and transmission swap in preparation for our next race. It took us four hours but could have been faster. We ran into two issues with the water pump. The newer water pump has a larger pulley so we needed a larger belt we did not have. The other issue was the water temp gauge we had would not seat correctly and we had to switch to an electronic one.
Here is a time lapse video of the swap. The camera died 30mins before we got it started. If you pay close attention you can see some confusion and me driving off twice to buy a belt. The first one was too big.
Once we got it started and the timing set it sounded really good. It sure does sound like it has some work done (lumpy idle from aftermarket cam) and feels strong.
Here is a video of it right after we got the timing set. Sorry it is a bit jumpy.
Once the wheels come in and the tires are mounted we will be running it some more, then after installing the lights we will be driving it down the dark roads near by for some testing. That all should be enough to get it broken in and shaken down. If anything goes wrong we will still have just enough time to swap the old motor back in.
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