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[J0eFr0]

Alright guys, so it begins I have everything i need now, i had the shell and a wrecked donor tiburon delivered to my house today.

Plans:

• Completely gut the accent, seats, carpet, dash, wiring, engine, tranny, everything.
• Rip the wiring harness and tranny out of the tiburon along with any sensors i need.
• Install tib wiring harness in accent.
• Install engine and tranny into accent.
• Get the car running lol.
• Get some lower comp pistons in that bitch.
• Get the turbo installed and tuned to probably ~20psi.
• Rims and tires prolly 15x8 lightweight rims with fatty slicks on there until i bust an axle.

Pix soon!!!!

[chiboi800]

Goodluck, ill be keeping my eyes on your car. haha

[J0eFr0]

i just don't want it to blow up, its just gonna be run on the track, so... not too much stress lol

oh yeah forgot to add i got my ksports and those are goin on it too
and i wanna get fiberglass hood and hatch for it if anyone knows where i can get one made that would be awsome

[J0eFr0]

alright, just got off work and spent probably about 20 minutes taking panels and seats out, to begin the gutting.

Here is the donor tib where i'm getting all the sensors tranny and wiring harness from:


Here are pics on my project car, starting the gutting:

[MetalShark]

wow looks like a really good site to see. when done

[J0eFr0]

hey when i drop the new engine in, do i use the 3 motor mounts from the tib or will my 3 accent ones work, just need to know if i have to order tiburon poly mounts or accent mounts. or is everything the same?

[fintile]

you should be able to use the Accent mounts, but I think one of them needs to be moved over somewhere...not too sure.

[ASperilla]

Hi joefro, ASperilla here from sunny souther africa im glad you found a doner tib and the project is under way.. keep us posted

[ereeves116]

for the front and rear tranny mounts, i'd use the tibby ones. they are a bit bigger and i'm guessing will hold the weight of the beta better. doubt it matters, and if you have to spend money on tibby ones don't, but if you have them, i'd use them. the drivers side mount i've found you can cut the accent one to fit, and the passenger is custom

[warp21]

Originally Posted by J0eFr0

hey when i drop the new engine in, do i use the 3 motor mounts from the tib or will my 3 accent ones work, just need to know if i have to order tiburon poly mounts or accent mounts. or is everything the same?

If the "95" on the windshield means it's a 1995 the only mount that should remain stock is the drivers side one. If I'm not mistaken the 95-96 X3 uses a cross member that bolts to the engine not the trans so that will have to be modded.