RamiE, poke around "builds" or Projects (above) there's an article on converting later '02 taillights to the earlier rocket style; just a little sheet metal work.
You appear capable!
RamiE, poke around "builds" or Projects (above) there's an article on converting later '02 taillights to the earlier rocket style; just a little sheet metal work.
You appear capable!
Great build! Looking forward to following this
This is going to be a cool little car! Early in my engineering career, I worked with a 2002 fanatic who was supercharging, and eventually turbocharging, his 2002. Before the days of easily accessible chassis dynos, we drove around in the car with a laptop, working on the tune.
You probably already know about all of the CAD scan and modeling Youtube channels out there, but two that might be germane to your efforts are Making for Motorsport and SuperFastMatt. They've both had content on 3D scanning and modeling car stuff with hobbyist grade tools that I found interesting.
In reply to Kendall Frederick :
I just found out about them yesterday, but these are two channels I'll definitely be watching over the coming year. Its amazing to see how far hobbist grade 3D scanning has come. When I was in undergrad and looking at this back in 2010 the cheapest quote we got was for 6K to scan the car and there wasn't really a hobbist grade scanner out there.
Now for a yearly update 
. I was back in Los Angeles during my industry's summer shutdown so had some time to work on this project. A shop in Washington State (22RPD) apparently successfully swapped a K24 into a 74 2002, so I used some of their pictures to guide my own. Last year the center drag link was an issue I had already known about so I decided to remove it and focus on figuring the engine position/mounts while I work on a solution for the steering.
The 22RPD build seems to lean the engine at a greater angle than stock, this allows them to use the OEM oilpan. This may also allow them to get around the steering drag link problem by placing the transmission higher up into the transmission tunnel.
I attempted to do the same, however since I'm using the K power adapter plate it put my transmission at an awkward angle and I didn't want to buy/build a new adapter plate. I also was unsure how much extra work I would have to do to get the engine oiling to work well with the additional angle over stock.
I ended up reverting the engine back to more of the OE angle similar to how Classic Daily have done theirs. This seems to work with all the K power components I have, although the downside is less clearance on the intake to brake booster. Here is the engine in place as I was building a temporary passenger side mount. I'll refine this back in the UK to make it into something more useable
Final trans position
Rear firewall clearance:
Oilpan :
The steering link issue as described before.
The drag link appears to have the tie rod ends welded to a straight tube:
I think I may be able to replace the straight tube with a curved/ U bend bar which can clear the transmission adapter when the wheels are straight. As the wheels are turned the drag link moves away from the transmission adapter by roughly 1" at full lock.
I bought the passenger side mount and drag link with me to the UK so hopefully I'll be able to work on these a bit out here.
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