I've seen a few examples of swaps that use the Altezza HKS intake system and with no to slight mod get it to fit nicely so I was always going to go with that route. Randomly, someone local was selling an HKS mushroom pod filter thats been sitting BNIB for 8 years from a never finished s13 build. I couldn't pass that up for that price, and even tho it was 100mm unlike the 80mm of the Altezza kit, I figure I could make it work.
Since the engine bay is just about ready to be painted, that only means the engine can go in so I figured I'll try to line everything up so I can have everything I need to do the first start right away this spring. I am relocating the battery to the inside of the cabin on the passenger side floor with a aluminum floor plate to use for the mounting base. Should put it right by the ECU and on the same side as the ALT and starter so it should be the best spot for this overall. Luckily I was able to source some wiring from work (3 sets of these) that should be plenty thick and length should be perfect or on the long side to easily modify.
As the rust repair took most of my time, I did not get time to paint like I wanted to so now this spring we are going to try to achieve the goal of getting the bay finished, motor in, wired, started, and hopefully moving under its own power. Lets keep pushing!
I thought we were almost ready to finish up and shoot the paint this spring/summer but after further inspection, there was some rust I missed. Unfortunately I didn't get around to this until middle to late summer so following will be some pictures of what I found and the process of fixing it.
I never actively seeked out AE86 or Toyota clothing surprisingly, so when I say some of these recently I couldn't pass up.
Eventually we will be gearing up to get back to work finishing up the swap on refresh on the AE86, I figure this should match the eventual lock out short shifter quite well. I also brought the trans inside for the time being, figure better get a head start, its wants to be shinny to and we shall let it.
