View Full Version : my lx9 swap thread
Well i started the swap tonight. Started pulling the moter around 8 and had the 3400 out by midnight. Ill up date as i make progress and post pix when i can.....pix..........
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-09202924.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10002633.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10002611.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10002604.jpg
xXManwhoreXx
05-10-2012, 02:25 AM
Sweet... Easy parts done now7
Papa Rad17
05-10-2012, 02:31 AM
wow! how many miles on that engine? are you going to swap in new gauges and shibang or will you be able to tune it in?
billytheman1188
05-10-2012, 03:00 AM
80k on that new engine....
So hold on....you didn't have to drop the subframe? wtf.....lol
xXManwhoreXx
05-10-2012, 03:56 AM
Lol billy......
Well I was going to drop the sub frame but found I couldnt get the body high enuf. So that was a no go lol.
Papa, yes I will be swapping in a new cluster once all is finished. The new one will reflect the engines mileage, the old engine has 205k on it, My plans for the old one is to turn the block into a coffie table and the heads are going to be turned into a lamp. So I won't be getting rid of the Stock heart. Lol
xXManwhoreXx
05-10-2012, 08:47 AM
Wtf creepy i was browsing craigslist to make a block table last night
Starglow
05-10-2012, 09:42 AM
My plans for the old one is to turn the block into a coffie table and the heads are going to be turned into a lamp. So I won't be getting rid of the Stock heart. Lol
I'd like to see pictures of that when you get it finished...sounds cool. :lol:
sleepyalero
05-10-2012, 12:18 PM
x2
xXManwhoreXx
05-10-2012, 12:32 PM
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8638/engineblockcoffeetableso2.jpg
Mimes going to be like this but either with a v6 honda motor or a v8 olds if i can fine a block for cheap enough
sleepyalero
05-10-2012, 02:07 PM
only problem is thats gonna be a son of a bitch to move lol.
id love to have one, maybe ill do the same once im done with this block and start building the 3400.
billytheman1188
05-10-2012, 04:04 PM
Well I was going to drop the sub frame but found I couldnt get the body high enuf. So that was a no go lol.
Papa, yes I will be swapping in a new cluster once all is finished. The new one will reflect the engines mileage, the old engine has 205k on it, My plans for the old one is to turn the block into a coffie table and the heads are going to be turned into a lamp. So I won't be getting rid of the Stock heart. Lol
I seee.....must be a bitch to take stuff off with the engine still in there.....like taking the bolts off the torque converter.....i can't imagine that would be much fun:lol: Or the bolts on the back of the tranny....once the subframe was out everything was cake from there on out. My buddy lives on a farm so he had a tractor he could lift my car up with. Keep up the good work!
Redog
05-10-2012, 06:31 PM
only problem is thats gonna be a son of a bitch to move lol.
Na, you buy casters at Home Depot ;)
Dam that was a effin pita. So as of 445 this friday morning I'm 99% done the engine is in the car every thing is plugged in and plumbed, just gotta stalk the hell out of the mail guy, he's delivering my tce crank sensor kit, after that fire it up, it did turn the moter with the starter after I was finished ans she sounds nice and strong.
I'm exhausted I worked on it all day yesterday and pulled a all nighter to finish it off , I'm going to be taking video of the first fire up. Dam mail man needs to hurry his ass up. Lol. I'll post pix tommorow
Starglow
05-11-2012, 07:14 AM
Wow....it sounds like you've made some good progress. I'm not sure who you bought your crank sensor kit from or if you bought the MMS swap kit, but it took several weeks after ordering before mine arrived because some of the parts had to be machined, so just be aware unless you've been in direct contact with your supplier to verify it's already been shipped. I can't wait to hear how your initial start-up goes.
I'll be gearing up to install my LX9 within the next two weeks after I get the sway bars from PFYC....then let the fun begin!
Dam that was a effin pita. So as of 445 this friday morning I'm 99% done the engine is in the car every thing is plugged in and plumbed, just gotta stalk the hell out of the mail guy, he's delivering my tce crank sensor kit, after that fire it up, it did turn the moter with the starter after I was finished ans she sounds nice and strong.
I'm exhausted I worked on it all day yesterday and pulled a all nighter to finish it off , I'm going to be taking video of the first fire up. Dam mail man needs to hurry his ass up. Lol. I'll post pix tommorow
Here is some more pix
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10223306.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10223328.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10224121.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10223341.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-05-10230405.jpg
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu78/jawax30/2012-04-13111851.jpg
sleepyalero
05-11-2012, 01:41 PM
love the last pic lol
ok a update, still waiting on the crank trigger kit, the block head over at mp racing printed the shipping label but i dont think he droped it off yet at the post office, it was printed on the 5th says accepted on the 9th with a delevery date of the 11th, i went to the post office and they found out that it hasnt enterd the mail stream yet, so i emailed him today and havnt heard from him yet, im slighty effin pissed, this part should have been shipped the day after i payed for it and now my car cant start because of it, uuugghhh
billytheman1188
05-12-2012, 02:20 PM
WHY would you order from MPracing? Have you not paid attention to all the HORRIBLE reviews on here about them? Good luck. Should have gone with milzy or wot
Papa Rad17
05-12-2012, 02:45 PM
WHY would you order from MPracing? Have you not paid attention to all the HORRIBLE reviews on here about them? Good luck. Should have gone with milzy or wot
X2
No one else has them in stock
Starglow
05-12-2012, 08:14 PM
No one else has them in stock
That's because the trigger kits are made by TCE. TCE stopped making the 65MM throttle bodies and I'm not certain if they have shut down completely. You can try directly contacting Marc who owns TCE, or Milzy regarding kit availability, but WOT-Tech (Ben) and TEC have now parted ways. You'll be lucky if you get anything out of MPR Racing including your money back if he doesn't deliver your parts and I'd start working on plan B if I were you.
JLw7123
05-12-2012, 08:21 PM
ok a update, still waiting on the crank trigger kit, the block head over at mp racing printed the shipping label but i dont think he droped it off yet at the post office, it was printed on the 5th says accepted on the 9th with a delevery date of the 11th, i went to the post office and they found out that it hasnt enterd the mail stream yet, so i emailed him today and havnt heard from him yet, im slighty effin pissed, this part should have been shipped the day after i payed for it and now my car cant start because of it, uuugghhh
thats why you do not order from mp racing.
Any one got marks contact info. If i don't see the part by Thursday them MD and Mpracing guy are gunna have issues. I have no problem driving to his place and getting my parts
01GrandAm
05-12-2012, 11:04 PM
I hate to say it, but you will never get your parts if you ordered from MP Racing. He simply sells parts he doesn't have and then pockets your money. Mark Petersen needs to be curb stomped for all the scamming he has done to this community.
I can almost guarantee that if you check with Marc the owner of TCE that he hasn't sold anything to MP Racing in over a year. Furthermore, the design of the crank triggers has changed slightly over the last year or so and is no longer an adjustable machined billet part. http://www.britishcarconversions.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/Crank_Trigger____4d8f9f16688da.jpg
Starglow
05-12-2012, 11:10 PM
http://www.tcemotorsports.com/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=3
You can also send him a PM through GrandAMGT.com
Any one got marks contact info. If i don't see the part by Thursday them MD and Mpracing guy are gunna have issues. I have no problem driving to his place and getting my parts
01GrandAm
05-12-2012, 11:36 PM
http://www.tcemotorsports.com/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=3
You can also send him a PM through GrandAMGT.com
Since he ordered it from MP Racing, he would need to contact MP Racing... not TCE.
http://www.mpracing.org/store/contact-us.html
Or better yet show up at his house/shop open a can of whoop ass!
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1850465&postcount=33
Starglow
05-13-2012, 12:13 AM
Since he ordered it from MP Racing, he would need to contact MP Racing... not TCE.
http://www.mpracing.org/store/contact-us.html
Or better yet show up at his house/shop open a can of whoop ass!
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1850465&postcount=33
I know that...but the reason to contact TCE or Milzy is to ask if they have any trigger kits available for sale at all so he can get his car running ASAP since MP Racing most likely doesn't even have the parts he ordered available to ship.
EDIT: Ok...I see what you're saying now because he said Mark from MP Racing and not Marc from TCE. But I would still talk to those guys as a backup plan B while fighting with MP Racing to get his money back...yeah, right.
guiguilandry
05-13-2012, 12:38 AM
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Why Did You Bought From Mpracing !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Papa Rad17
05-13-2012, 10:03 AM
Or better yet show up at his house/shop open a can of whoop ass!
http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1850465&postcount=33
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: probably the only way he'll get any results.
I have a plan b , if mp don't come through , I'm going to go through britishcarracing
ok an update... its been five days since it was "shipped", so i called the post office and they opened a investigation, they found that a shipping label was printed for me and a guy in Texas but neither show any actual shipping, meaning the shipment were never dropped off or picked up.
i goggled his address and found that he is only 3 hours away.
i then emailed him asking if i could just come get my parts, no response yet,
this idiot is pissing me off...
JLw7123
05-15-2012, 02:07 PM
ok an update... its been five days since it was "shipped", so i called the post office and they opened a investigation, they found that a shipping label was printed for me and a guy in Texas but neither show any actual shipping, meaning the shipment were never dropped off or picked up.
i goggled his address and found that he is only 3 hours away.
i then emailed him asking if i could just come get my parts, no response yet,
this idiot is pissing me off...
well you should have not ordered parts from him he has a very bad rep on here and other n body sights. there is a whole thread about it.
billytheman1188
05-15-2012, 02:46 PM
well you should have not ordered parts from him he has a very bad rep on here and other n body sights. there is a whole thread about it.
x2
he emailed me back saying if i dont see the parts by friday he will do the insurance thing through usps and ship a replacement part, im not holding my breath though
WhiteV6
05-15-2012, 06:01 PM
He is lying, believe me. I have listened to him tell customers this exact same thing for years. He never shipped, because he does not stock that part. TCE does not do consignment with MPRacing.
JLw7123
05-15-2012, 06:34 PM
He is lying, believe me. I have listened to him tell customers this exact same thing for years. He never shipped, because he does not stock that part. TCE does not do consignment with MPRacing.
then why does he list the part. just to take peoples money i am guessing.
Redog
05-15-2012, 06:39 PM
well you should have not ordered parts from him he has a very bad rep on here and other n body sights. there is a whole thread about it.
x2
Milzy has a pretty bad rep here with me and Scot. He said he was coming to the Alero show a few years ago and going to donate a custom tuned PCM and trailer his Grand Am to show it off to all us N body guys. I gave him my cell phone number and told him that I would have no computer access from Wednesday until Monday because at the time I didn't have a laptop. He never called and send my ONE email on Saturday to let me know he wasn't coming. Our show was on Friday.
I did buy something from Marc at MP about 2 years ago. I bought my HPTuners from him. I was worried about the transaction but it went pretty good. This was before Ben started selling it, because if Ben was selling it, I'm buy it from him
He is lying, believe me. I have listened to him tell customers this exact same thing for years. He never shipped, because he does not stock that part. TCE does not do consignment with MPRacing.
Ben gives the best customer service of all the companies I've dealt with over the years. Weather it was car parts, electronics, or toys for my kid. He provides the kind of customer service that most of us have only read about in history books, because that type of service disappered in the late 1960's
then why does he list the part. just to take peoples money i am guessing.
Pretty much
WhiteV6
05-15-2012, 06:50 PM
then why does he list the part. just to take peoples money i am guessing.
Absolutely.
billytheman1188
05-15-2012, 06:52 PM
Milzy has a pretty bad rep here with me and Scot. He said he was coming to the Alero show a few years ago and going to donate a custom tuned PCM and trailer his Grand Am to show it off to all us N body guys. I gave him my cell phone number and told him that I would have no computer access from Wednesday until Monday because at the time I didn't have a laptop. He never called and send my ONE email on Saturday to let me know he wasn't coming. Our show was on Friday.
Yea, but at least Mike ships the parts out. I got my swap kit within a week of ordering it. Might not be good with getting cars done at the shop on time but he DOES ship parts out. Plus i have gone to his shop in person....the same day he welded in a straight pipe for my exhaust, tuned my PCM and went with me on a test drive and took me out to get some food. Mike is a VERY smart guy....def learned a lot from him in that one day i was there.
Well when I do get my car running and if I don't. Gt the parts from mp racing I intend on paying him a visit
Redog
05-15-2012, 07:48 PM
Take it easy, Rocky.
Not worth getting arrested for assult
xXManwhoreXx
05-15-2012, 07:57 PM
Arson is always better than assault
JLw7123
05-15-2012, 08:13 PM
Take it easy, Rocky.
Not worth getting arrested for assult
x2 its just a part i know you spent money on it but not worth getting arrested. you would not be in this mess if you did not buy from MP.
JLw7123
05-15-2012, 08:14 PM
Arson is always better than assault
ya and you could go to jail for that and one part is not worth it.
No I would be going there to get my part or my money. I'll bring the Sherriff too
JLw7123
05-15-2012, 08:18 PM
No I would be going there to get my part or my money. I'll bring the Sherriff too
well did you read what whitev6 said mp does not even have the part in stock. Also why did you not buy straight from TCE motorsports
http://www.tcemotorsports.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=37&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26
Redog
05-15-2012, 09:20 PM
x2 its just a part i know you spent money on it but not worth getting arrested. you would not be in this mess if you did not buy from MP.
A few guys told him not to buy from him...
No I would be going there to get my part or my money. I'll bring the Sherriff too
Do you really think the local Sherriff will care? You don't have money for a room at ASS, but you have money, and the time, to drive the 3 hours to confront somebody who isn't going to have the part in the first place
well did you read what whitev6 said mp does not even have the part in stock. Also why did you not buy straight from TCE motorsports
http://www.tcemotorsports.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=37&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26
QTF
guiguilandry
05-15-2012, 09:30 PM
Well when I do get my car running and if I don't. Gt the parts from mp racing I intend on paying him a visit
when you'll go there can you get me my 130$ back ??? if not I'll take his right thumb as a payment... lol
A few guys told him not to buy from him...
Do you really think the local Sherriff will care? You don't have money for a room at ASS, but you have money, and the time, to drive the 3 hours to confront somebody who isn't going to have the part in the first place
QTF
Always gotta pick my shit apart dontcha. Back off plz
Just got this email
Matt..... I spoke to my laser cutting shop earlier and they are running behind on our parts. Some of the parts are needed to make the trigger kits. I feel bad that you've been screwed around by MP and decided to steal the trigger wheel off my car since we had a CPS mount here that will work on your car. I sandblasted and repainted it and put all new bolts in the kit so you should be good to go. Thiswill get you going and I can replace mine when the parts come in. No need for you to be stuck without a car because Mark at MP is an ass.
Let me know if I can help you with anything else.
Thanks for your business,
Marc
www.tcemotorsports.com
www.britishcarconversions.com
;-)
PS...... On a side note, I have emailed MP Racing telling them that they are no longer a distributor of our parts and to remove all of our products from their site, I do not want him using our name to lure people in so he can scam them out of their money.
mfuller
05-17-2012, 06:22 PM
Props to Marc @ TCE for taking care of you.
xXManwhoreXx
05-17-2012, 06:45 PM
Awesome service!
JLw7123
05-17-2012, 06:49 PM
wow he is a nice person taking a part off of his car for you to use now that is class. Hope the rest of the swap goes well.
Redog
05-17-2012, 06:58 PM
Now that's good customer service :D
WhiteV6
05-17-2012, 07:12 PM
TCE is great for customer service and it is about time they told MPR to remove their products.
Papa Rad17
05-18-2012, 01:58 PM
thats how it should be, sweet
Can I have one of the admins change the title to my budget LX9 swap
Well the lx9 is alive and running great. Pix and video soon
sleepyalero
05-19-2012, 05:51 PM
sweet!
xXManwhoreXx
05-19-2012, 07:01 PM
w00t!
01OldsAleroGt
05-19-2012, 07:02 PM
congrats on the motor swap finally.
I love my newfound power, I was out for a ride and was curious on what it could do now so I stomped on it at 35 ish. It downshifted and freakn smoked the tires. I was like holy shit that's badass
Papa Rad17
05-20-2012, 02:50 AM
I love my newfound power, I was out for a ride and was curious on what it could do now so I stomped on it at 35 ish. It downshifted and freakn smoked the tires. I was like holy shit that's badass
I want to seem some pics and a vid!
xXManwhoreXx
05-20-2012, 09:05 AM
Wtf man... Take pics before I flip
http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af58/jawa_x30/20121017_121815.jpg
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