KA Doesn't Fit?? Hockey Pucks inside:

Ok. So I dropped the KA into my 85's bay last weekend, got one side bolted in fine:



That's the left side. It was the lower side when the engine was on the hoist, so it got bolted in first. Then the right side came down...



And it's like, not even close. There is no way that I can move things or jiggle things around to where it will sit flat. That is how it sits with no extra support (off of the hoist). Has anyone else had this problem? I'm thinking it's because I had the Turbo engine, instead of the N/A CA? Are the mount locations different? Like further apart? Any help that anyone can give would be fantastic...

I think that your problem is that with a hockey puck mount, you have one solid bolt going through two hockey puck, so If the mount are too short or long there is no flexibility you can get to make it fit, when an OEM mount is two different pieces that hold the mount to the engine and the subframe, allowing you to twist/bend the mount to make it fit.

I would say either get some OEM engine mount or shim your mount with washers or add 1/2 puck on each side.

I feel like people have done this swap before with the pucks? I can't find any threads with this problem.

i know henry did a KA swap and used hockey pucks look for his thread!

It's gonna be waay in the back lol

I've practically memorized that thread. He used a DOHC and his fell right in...

mine fell right in, dont bolt down the one side all the way. you gotta leave it loose, like one thread started on the bolt, just so it doesnt fall out, then i use a jack to jack up one side and dancemaster 3000' the motor on the the other bolt.

I just swapped a ka into my friends s13 the other day with him and we used two and a half hockey pucks for each side.   So maybe that's the problem you need that half puck.

Phisherman09 on 11:22:56 PM / 16-Oct-10mine fell right in, dont bolt down the one side all the way. you gotta leave it loose, like one thread started on the bolt, just so it doesnt fall out, then i use a jack to jack up one side and dancemaster 3000' the motor on the the other bolt.

Roof on 12:17:18 AM / 17-Oct-10I just swapped a ka into my friends s13 the other day with him and we used two and a half hockey pucks for each side.   So maybe that's the problem you need that half puck.

The pic works...

yeah, i was about to say use some fat washers.
i also used 2 pucks with 2 fat washers on each side. i also dropped in a DOHC.

man even stock mounts don't always line up correctly, i've had to pry/hoist/jack them in sometimes
good to see you got it though

really? i did a ka swap (sohc) and used 2 hockey pucks.. just so it can be a little lower.. your supposed to use 2.5 to retain stock hight.

But unbolt one side, and you need to swing the engine over.. buy longer bolts if you need to, but one side needs to be really loose, for the other one to bolt in..

It wont be perfect (mine is more on one side, than the other), but its nothing to worry about.. just buy real mounts, whenever you get the money.

-EDIT, im an idiot, and skipped the part when he said he got it in.

xxstreetbikesxx on 02:22:39 PM / 17-Oct-10
-EDIT, im an idiot, and skipped the part when he said he got it in.

LOL

these cars are old, sometimes shit is fucked up

No foolin.

I got just about everything bolted up today. My modified transmission mount didn't quite fit so it's mounted diagonally with only two bolts right now. It'll get fixed before I drive it. Hopefully gonna start it tomorrow. Gotta figure out what to do with the PS lines and all...

Did you add the half puck on each side? I'm sure you can bolt the engine without it, but that's what I would call bad engineering, meaning you are giving unecessary stress on the engine mount and the crossmember by forcing it to go like that.

If your transmission yoke and differential are not align, you'll be out for a drive shaft very soon... if the engine is sitting crooked on the motor mount, space it where it sits lower in order to align all your drivetrain component.  Normaly, you should use the same spacing on either side for it to be straight, but as someone stated, you never know what happened to those 25years cars... if you need to space one mount more then the other, do it, as long as everything sits well in line after

Nothing is crooked in the driveline, I just didn't modify my tranny mount correctly.

I did not add half a puck yet. I don't think I need to, I filled the gaps up with washers so everything sits flat and neat now.

Saavedro88 on 09:16:10 PM / 31-Oct-10I did not add half a puck yet. I don't think I need to, I filled the gaps up with washers so everything sits flat and neat now.