Engine swap

Hi all am thinking about taking an engine out of one pulsar and puting it
in another, any advice or tips would be great or is the a thread anywhere
on here i have missed.
Basically things like leaving gearbox on or off well doing the engine swap.
Any advice would be great.
Cheers dan

Take out as a complete unit mate, engine gearbox and transfer box. I know most people drop the engine from under the car as its a big lump.

As said above, gets bread basket if you can and lower the engine onto that before undoing the engine mounts.

Hat you need to do is this.

Put front end of car on axle stands.
Remove wheels, running gear and driveshafts etc.
Remove the exhaust and prop shaft and gear linkage.
Then put the bread basket under the engine and lower the whole car down until the engine is resting on the basket.
Then undo everything around the engine in the engine bay.
Plugs, afm, engine mounts and stabilisers...
Then carefully raise the car leaving the engine behind.

Cheers guys much appreciated,probably make a start tomorrow and carry on over bank holiday weekend next week.

Here's a couple of pics from when I did one of mine. Might help...

As above really..... most of the engine wiring is just unplug from the drivers side as you can see in johns picture .... only thing i can add is undo the front hubnuts while its still on the floor then or just disconnect the abs sensors undo the caliper and front arb drop links then unbolt wishbone mounts undo the three nuts on top of the strut then you can drop engine gearbox with suspension with it says abit more time lol

If you remove the bonnet it looks like you only need lift the car front about 3ft, so you could do it in the garage. Only saying this as I want to remove mine over the winter and it's warm in the garage lol, is there any reson the backs also on ramps? Was this just to make more access??

Also what is the chain wrapped around from the engine lift?

It will be the bar at the front not the crossmember though ...

Ye I'm not that thick Leighton lol just wondered if you can get to it from the top? But you must be able too

Cheers johnboy, like darren said are the back wheels up
Just to make life easier?

Yes, Leighton's right. The chain drops straight down to the cross member. I put a block of 4x2 under the cross member to spread the load. It's a bit more tricky if you've got the aircon rad in place but it still works.
The ramps are just for more space while I'm disconnecting underneath.
Diff view on another car....

thanks for the lift to the pub and runs out in your car johnboy good to see a more mature (dare I say it old)member still enjoying his car and more important having fun in it nice to see you third time chinese then rr day and then sprint day as bob said great you make the effort to come to events

keeping on topic write things down mark things up and possibly photos on your phone
just take your time and if you are unsure just ask on here and we can point you in the right direction

Cheers Johnny, good to have a passenger, balances the car better.  

Fookin he'll who's nicked your engine   

I dont mind bob its fooked anyway haha

So you mean to say i went to all that effort nicking it   and ive bagged myself a fooked engine .... you can have the bloody thing back then   

Haha great response lol   

Gti-r dannyboy wrote:I dont mind bob its fooked anyway haha

Wel am on my next step now both engines out and probably on to the hardest bit.

Any tips on puting the engine back in would be helpful

There are no tips really just slide it back underneath then lower the car so it drops onto the mounts
Always do the gearbox rear mount first then the front then finally the main front engine mount

Crnt believe how many pipes and wires i have taking off, theres no way am goin remember were they all go lol

you will be fine. good on you for giving it a go any you get stuck with just shout. Just check things twice use good hose clips etc and careful with wiring and electrical plugs as there getting old now