let the games begin

[HiPSI]

the SR20 got scared and jumped out of the bay
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7669/emptybaygf4.jpg

getting this lump out of the truck wasn't so easy... had to build my custom engine hoisting teepee to get it from the truck to the ground, it was up too high for the real engine hoist. but it's on the ground now, safe and sound, ready to be prepped for entry into the big empty bay.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8043/ls1lx2.jpg
with some quick eyeballed measuring the LS1 is narrower than the SR with the turbo attached by about 3 inches and is longer than the SR/trans by about 2-3 inches, mostly due to how the accessories hang off the front of the engine so far.

one sweet item that came on my transmission.... factory Hurst short throw shifter :).
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/8387/hurstqr2.jpg


can't wait to get started officially :)

[Repost Squintz]

nice!

[Nemesis]

good lord man. Cant wait to see this beast in action someday. Let me know if you want me to photo an online journal for ya.

[The Yousef]

:eek:

thats awesome bro!!!

props on going against the grain..... :goodjob:

[Tank]

i have been waiting for someone to do this swap man i bet its gonna be hella sexy keep us updated on it whos doing hte swap homie

[HiPSI]

i have been waiting for someone to do this swap man i bet its gonna be hella sexy keep us updated on it whos doing hte swap homie

i'm doing the swap, hopefully with some help from Dan @ BG. waiting on the GTO oil pan and my clutch to show up before i can get started cutting the crossmember and making mounts. i was going to do the harness myself but i need this car done for the drift demo at Nopi Nats which only gives me a month, so i'll likely send it off to a company called Speartech who converts the stock LS1 harness for use in swap vehicles so i can concentrate on the really hard parts. mounting and exhaust will take a good bit of time to get right.

[The Yousef]

what kind of rear-end will you be using?

[Tank]

nice very nice im doing something similar with my te72 cant beat those v8's man in these light chassis keep us posted man and keep up the good work

[HiPSI]

what kind of rear-end will you be using?

i'm going to get the car running with the stock VLSD in it but i'm switching to a KAAZ after it runs right. still a stock housing/axles/gears though.

[The Yousef]

i'm going to get the car running with the stock VLSD in it but i'm switching to a KAAZ after it runs right. still a stock housing/axles/gears though.

how much torque can that withstand? forgive me...i really rather naive with this subject....

[HiPSI]

how much torque can that withstand? forgive me...i really rather naive with this subject....


plenty.

[wantboost]

congrats and good luck

[Bruce Leroy]

nice very nice im doing something similar with my te72 cant beat those v8's man in these light chassis keep us posted man and keep up the good work


1uzfe???

[The Yousef]

plenty.

...nice

[ironchef]

How much the ls1 set you back if you dont mind me asking?

[HiPSI]

How much the ls1 set you back if you dont mind me asking?

plenty

[down_shift]

Cant wait to hear that thing wide open.

[Tank]

1uzfe???
yes :yes:

[Shawn]

Looks like it will be a lot of fun! Good project

[ECMgarrett]

sorry, im dumb, what is this going in? 240?

[HiPSI]

sorry, im dumb, what is this going in? 240?


my 240

http://www.stlsr.com/events/Nopi06/IMG_3141.JPG

[green91]

looks good.

[Elbow]

lucky, cant wait to see the finished product!

[JITB]

did the ls1 cost more thant the sr20?

[i4_garage]

:yes: ^^yup yup.... :yes: uh huh uh huh... :yes: yup yup... :yes:

[down_shift]

That tranny is huge Erin.

[gtikid]

that should be fun erin...i wanna see it at nopi :goodjob:

[5thgcelica]

dear. god.


that will be insane.

[HiPSI]

did the ls1 cost more thant the sr20?


in the end it'll cost a little bit more than my 314whp SR setup, and way more than a relatively stock SR swap.

[CMO]

I've been looking at going the LS1 route when the KA-T dies. Did your Sr blow? Or did you just decide it was time for a change?

[BlkCD5]

props for doing something unique.

[HiPSI]

I've been looking at going the LS1 route when the KA-T dies. Did your Sr blow? Or did you just decide it was time for a change?


SR is still in great shape, just decided to switch to the LS1 because the low end power will help during the drift demos i'm doing and it'll have less tendency to get hot so i can keep the action going. the other benefit is potentially finding some sponsors since the car will stand out a little more.

all the major components are here, time to start building mounts :).

[Repost Squintz]

SR is still in great shape, just decided to switch to the LS1 because the low end power will help during the drift demos i'm doing and it'll have less tendency to get hot so i can keep the action going. the other benefit is potentially finding some sponsors since the car will stand out a little more.

all the major components are here, time to start building mounts :).
now you need to paint the valve color gold again. lol. or purple.

[Motormouth75]

So have you found mounts for this thing or are you haveing some custom made also please keep me updated as im looking at doing something simlliar in my 240.

[HiPSI]

So have you found mounts for this thing or are you haveing some custom made also please keep me updated as im looking at doing something simlliar in my 240.


building my own. hinson's stuff doesn't fit the S13 well although they claim it to fit with stock hood and shit. all hinson really makes is spacers that move the subframe lower but that will screw with my lower control arms so i'm going all custom with completely solid mounts.

[CMO]

What kind of stand alone are you gonna use?

[HiPSI]

What kind of stand alone are you gonna use?


stock ECU

[1439/2000]

Yay! Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray.


Do it. You know you want to.

[slowesthatch]

sorry that shit is gay ...... props for the hard work your about to indure

[BigTs13]

the hard work will be worth it. keep us posted on the beast.

[HiPSI]

Yay! Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray,Cam and spray, Cam and spray.


Do it. You know you want to.



possibly eventually, but for now it'll be stock with intake and exhaust.

[HiPSI]

sorry that shit is gay ...... props for the hard work your about to indure


please fill me in on what makes it gay, i'd love to hear your thoughts.

[Doppelgänger]

sorry that shit is gay ......


hahahahahah.... *looks at your s/n* yeah.. do i need to even say anything? :ninja:


Erin... thats gonna be a hellatios car when you're done.... maaaad props for one crazy ass swap :goodjob: . Looking forward to a mountain run when you're done? :D

I've been toying with the idea of a 302..... if someone were to back it up...

[HiPSI]

Looking forward to a mountain run when you're done? :D


since i'm bikeless at the moment i'll have to get my fix somehow ;). should be pretty fun to drive when it's ready.

[Doppelgänger]

did the bike get sacraficed for the love of the project or something?!?!

[HiPSI]

did the bike get sacraficed for the love of the project or something?!?!


no i plan on getting another soon, just want to finish the car quickly and not go broke.

[DerrickT]

sorry that shit is gay ...... props for the hard work your about to indure

gay comment.





I cant wait to see this. will the hood be able to close regularly without cutting?

[HiPSI]

please fill me in on what makes it gay, i'd love to hear your thoughts.


still awaiting a response.

[Vteckidd]

loooks good, making your own mounts is the only way to do it.

Should be alot of fun when you are done

[HiPSI]

made a bit of progress today. finally got around to pulling the T56 off and found out it already has a decent clutch on it. still has a good bit of life in it, but i want to use my light flywheel and SPEC clutch i picked up so out it comes.
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7380/clutchru0.jpg

got the subframe hacked up nicely today, cut the stock mounting humps off and welded certain areas to keep them solid. i'll eventually plate over the parts i cut off but i want to get the motor over the subframe to see where the mounts line up and such. notched it between the rack mounts as well to clear the front portion of the oil pan.... need to see how much more i can notch out to let the motor sit down. my method for checking basic clearances was to bolt the oilpan to the bellhousing and start beating the shit out of the trans tunnel.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9338/clearance1fe1.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7353/clearance2eq4.jpg


as you can see there was a little work with a hammer, and i'm sure more to come.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5333/clearance3lk6.jpg

[DerrickT]

nice pics! keep on taking them every step!
this shit is too cool.

[LaneKeenan47]

Damn, Im gonna keep my eye on this. Good luck and props for a very nice and rare swap. Its gonna be a monster when you get finished, what sort of times are you looking for with it?

[Tracy]

Damn, Im gonna keep my eye on this. Good luck and props for a very nice and rare swap. Its gonna be a monster when you get finished, what sort of times are you looking for with it?


He's not looking for times...he's a drifter :) I could be wrong, but he does drift demo's with us at NOPI and it's hard to keep the tubo cars cool for 30 mins while we beat the hell out of them. Dand and I were tossing around this idea. It still may happen.



Looking good Erin. We should know wed if we got the nats :D

[BTLFED]

Damn, Im gonna keep my eye on this. Good luck and props for a very nice and rare swap. Its gonna be a monster when you get finished, what sort of times are you looking for with it?

He drifts....extremely well might I add. Dunno if he will drive it in a straight line.

You are a fucking psycho path, Erin. How bad is that monstrosity going to throw off your weight distribution? I know LS1s are supposed to be quite light for a V8, but still.....

Keep us posted. I can't wait to see it done. :goodjob:

[PhAtBoYMr2]

He drifts....extremely well might I add. Dunno if he will drive it in a straight line.

You are a fucking psycho path, Erin. How bad is that monstrosity going to throw off your weight distribution? I know LS1s are supposed to be quite light for a V8, but still.....

Keep us posted. I can't wait to see it done. :goodjob:


Funny i was thinking the same EXACT thing...Im almost sure the ls1 outweighs the sr20det by atleast 100lbs but being v8 you dont have to worry about hitting boost to get the tires spinning.....all that torque should do that for ya....

nice swap though...you should supercharge that beast.....:)

[HiPSI]

You are a fucking psycho path, Erin. How bad is that monstrosity going to throw off your weight distribution? I know LS1s are supposed to be quite light for a V8, but still.....

Keep us posted. I can't wait to see it done. :goodjob:


actually, most of the extra weight from the swap is in the T56 trans, not so much in the motor setup so the weight is down low in the middle of the car. the T56 is straight beefy compared to the nissan transmission. the SR with turbo setup and such probably only weighs slightly less than the LS1 alone, although i don't have any scales around that go that high to find out. my goal is to get the motor as low and far back as possible, within reason of course. started some mounts tonight in the short time i had to work on it, i'll get pictures up shortly.


as for the question about times, i'm not building it as a drag car but i'm sure it'll see the strip at some point.... should be a pretty quick car even with the stock LS1 in it.

[HiPSI]

ok tonight's slight progress. got started on the engine mount locations for building my custom mounts. these are 1/4" steel plate, and will be gusseted on the bottom to resist flexing down from the weight.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6483/1002626ek8.jpg

a shot of the subframe notch for oilpan clearance. i might need to take a little more out but i'm not messing with that until i see how far back the motor can really go before it hits everything.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5937/1002628kd5.jpg

last thing i did tonight was install the new throwout bearing on the slave cylinder. i went to install it back onto the tranny and sure enough, one of the bolts stripped the hole so i need to drill/tap the hole one size larger. not a big deal, just didn't get around to it this evening. these GM slaves are pretty neat little setups and don't weigh anything compared to a standard slave/arm setup.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9217/1002629ni4.jpg

[CodyW]

yea, for those wondering, the LS1/T56 is actually about 130 lbs lighter than a stock KA/auto tranny, and even though a SR/5-speed is also lighter than that, the weight won't be thrown off by much. this swap is gonna be straight up awesome, and i still wanna steal your car erin (after it's done of course) :).

[B18c-rex]

Hay you know Hinson super cars sells mounts and all the supporting hard ware for ls1 swap. Been thinking about this swap since sport compact did an article on it. Good luck on the swap should be a beast when finished :yes:

[down_shift]

Apparently the Hinson kit is just some plates you have to weld yourself so its not worth the money. But they do offer some nice bits for the swap like new clutch lines.

[HiPSI]

Hay you know Hinson super cars sells mounts and all the supporting hard ware for ls1 swap. Been thinking about this swap since sport compact did an article on it. Good luck on the swap should be a beast when finished :yes:


hinson's stuff doesn't fit all that well and it's not hard to do this stuff as long as you can cut/weld.

[HiPSI]

tonight was good, progress was had.

got the motor in the car and after many pulls and several proper beatings to the trans tunnel we got it sitting where i wanted it.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7229/1002666xa8.jpg


at first i thought the hood wouldn't fit, but after sitting the stock silvia hood on there all i'll have to do is cut one rib out of the bottom and i'm golden :). unfortunately, the awesome carbon hood i just bought has to go :(.

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2904/1002671mh0.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9685/1002672vv8.jpg

[Tracy]

yay...cept for the CF hood part :)

[down_shift]

That CF hood is hot, you could always graft a URAS vent on the stock one.

[StupidBikerBoy]

Great swap.

I considered this myself but decided to stay nissan. One question though, you said you were using a SPEC clutch? I wouldn't advise that if you haven't bought it yet. I have had bad experiences with those and know of a lot of others that have to.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product and see you at Nopi!

[HiPSI]

Great swap.

I considered this myself but decided to stay nissan. One question though, you said you were using a SPEC clutch? I wouldn't advise that if you haven't bought it yet. I have had bad experiences with those and know of a lot of others that have to.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product and see you at Nopi!

the LS1 guys have had good success with them. mike peters runs a spec in his 600+hp LS1 240 drift car and it's held up well to the abuse of his car... it'll be ok in mine.

i'm really looking forward to driving the car :). tomorrow i'll be working on it all day so i should have some more progress pics up tomorrow.

[B18c-rex]

At least i will have someone local to ask for help if i do the swap .... i hope.

[HiPSI]

the progress for today:
built the engine side mounts, used the inner portion of the stock "clamshell" that used to hold the rubber mount and used 3/16" plate to build the rest. just doing hotrod style solid mounts.
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2520/1002692fx2.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4171/1002695zb3.jpg


picture of shifter alignment, the shifter will be close to centered in the stock hole but just about a half inch foreward. the cool thing about the T56 is that i can make my own shifter so i'll just make an S-bend shifter if the reach on it sucks.
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8908/1002694re4.jpg


and i have to give a huge thanks to my friend Nick (spyder on here) for busting out his skills and making me a cluster with my gauges. we'll clean the appearance up later, but it's kickass and functional (and better than anything i could've made in an afternoon).
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9399/1002696kp4.jpg


final mounting will be done tuesday when i'm off work. i'll finish up the bottom mounts and do the trans mount.

[chnco]

Looking good Erin, defintely making alot of progress!l Although it puts too many stupid ideas in my head.

[RutRoe]

That's awesome man... way to go.

[HiPSI]

Looking good Erin, defintely making alot of progress!l Although it puts too many stupid ideas in my head.


thanks man... i'm dying to drive the thing. i know it's going to be loud, it's going to shake like mad with solid mounts, but it'll be a friggin monster on the drift course :).

[Stormhammer]

open headers?

[brads94accord]

wOw, I can't wait to see this car when its done.

[HiPSI]

open headers?


nope... corvette manifolds with mufflers and turndowns under the car.

[Doppelgänger]

dammit Erin!! :bowdown: :bowdown: :screwy: :D

[green91]

Looks like its going very nicely.

[Spyder]

and i have to give a huge thanks to my friend Nick (spyder on here) for busting out his skills and making me a cluster with my gauges. we'll clean the appearance up later, but it's kickass and functional (and better than anything i could've made in an afternoon).
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9399/1002696kp4.jpg


yay :D

It will get done man we just need the weather to hold out and everything to get here :)

[CMO]

Nice Erin, I can't wait to see it when your done. Oh yeah, I saw you in the Oct issue of Drifting mag. ( not sure how I ended up with a subsciption) It's the one with the yellow AEM 350z on the cover. They interviewed Dan and Tracy in it. So you may already know what I'm talking about.

[HiPSI]

Nice Erin, I can't wait to see it when your done. Oh yeah, I saw you in the Oct issue of Drifting mag. ( not sure how I ended up with a subsciption) It's the one with the yellow AEM 350z on the cover. They interviewed Dan and Tracy in it. So you may already know what I'm talking about.


yeah i saw that one :). that's my 2nd time having a shot in the mag from them covering the local drift events.

[HiPSI]

today's fun... everything is mounted solidly now

today's stuff....

made a throttle cable bracket to use the stock cable, as with most of my stuff it isn't pretty but it'll work.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/696/throttlecablenm0.jpg

bolted up the motor side of the mounts to start working on the bottom mounts
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7318/uppermountattachedxh9.jpg

started just welding everything i could find to make lower mounts, in the end they aren't half bad.
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/618/lowermountsqe5.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2659/lowermounts2ac6.jpg

how they look in and together
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8086/psmountsb4.jpg

shifter alignment in the car
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2349/shifterpf0.jpg

finally finished the trans mount, it will be cleaned up with the excess steel cut off and some extra bracing done but it works as-is
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7695/transmountnm6.jpg

and the hotness shot :):):)
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8887/vetteox8.jpg



there's still a ton of work to do, but the hardest is done.

[Spyder]

Let me know when you are ready to pull it back out :)

[CMO]

Damn, you got it to sit back alot further than I thought you would. It looks good in there.

[HiPSI]

yeah there was a lot of work involved in cutting the subframe and working the tunnell with a hammer... and still more to come when the motor comes back out. right now the trans is touching in a few places so i'll work that stuff out when i pull it apart to clean everything up and prep for final assembly.

still waiting on exhaust manifolds, harness to come back, mufflers, driveshaft and a few other bits to show up. all are on order and should be here within the week (other than the harness). i need to climb under the dash and connect the wilwood clutch master to the pedal asssembly and start putting that back together with the new cluster while i wait for other parts.

[Stormhammer]

first its 350 240Z's

then its LS1 RX7's

and now we're stuffing Corvette engines into 240's and drifting them... lol gotta love this world

[HiPSI]

small update:

manifolds and radiator have finally shown up, but the wiring harness won't be back until next week from Hinson. so far they are 0 for 2 with me on parts :(. if he'd kept up his end of the deal i'd have the car running by this weekend and actually have time to shake the car down and break in the clutch (and learn the car)... now i'll be lucky to have the thing running by Nopi let alone broken in.

[KERR]

what rear end are you going to use. The stock one will not hold that much torque will it?

[HiPSI]

what rear end are you going to use. The stock one will not hold that much torque will it?


yes it will. i will be upgrading the diff later but it's not like i'm launching the car on drag slicks... it's a drift car. either way, the stock nissan R200 is a tough setup, i'd surely break an axle before the diff.

[B16a2 Civic]

man, that is sick
nick, props on teh cluster man

[chris13]

u using the kit from Hinson Super Cars?

[HiPSI]

u using the kit from Hinson Super Cars?


no, i built custom mounts and did the subframe work myself. the only thing i was relying on hinson for was the harness work, which i'm now kicking myself in the ass for since time is everything to me right now and he's 2 days over his stated delivery date.

[green91]

pics plz or go home

[B18c1Turboed]

WOW!! Good job Erin!!

Buy u know your offically a red neck now!!! They drive chevys, and even tought the car is a nissan, its the motor that counts!!

BUT GOOD JOB!!! Cant wait too see you drift it, your alot better drifter than your teamates!!!

[Repost Squintz]

PIcs of Updates!!!!1111

[HiPSI]

here's a few pics for today
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/527/1002720zw8.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6307/1002723ot9.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3955/1002728ys9.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3016/1002732lu9.jpg

[green91]

looks good in there.

[Tracy]

yay

[CMO]

small update:

manifolds and radiator have finally shown up, but the wiring harness won't be back until next week from Hinson. so far they are 0 for 2 with me on parts :(. if he'd kept up his end of the deal i'd have the car running by this weekend and actually have time to shake the car down and break in the clutch (and learn the car)... now i'll be lucky to have the thing running by Nopi let alone broken in.


I had heard that Hinson was slow on getting things back to you. Hopefully you have what you need by now.

[Spyder]

I had heard that Hinson was slow on getting things back to you. Hopefully you have what you need by now.

Just spoke to him.. Still no harness :( :(

[HiPSI]

Hinson has fucked me over terribly. i'm scrambling to find another harness though as the car is pretty much ready to run otherwise :(

he will undoubtedly blame it on the shipping service, but i don't believe it was ever shipped at all.

[OG-Skinny]

are you supposed to be at NOPI Erin?

[HiPSI]

are you supposed to be at NOPI Erin?


yes, i'm driving in the drift demo... and since Maxxis isn't being very helpful i'll be on BFG's thanks to Kieren at GTE.

[chnco]

Crunch time baby!!! Let me know if you need a backup car ;)

[HiPSI]

Crunch time baby!!! Let me know if you need a backup car ;)


can i drive the supra? i'll go easy on it, i promise ;)

[HiPSI]

it's a celebration bitches. see you at nopi. :D

[Marcos Ruiz]

I just came upon this thread. Everything looks amazing. Im not going to Nopi, but I would def. like some detailed feedback on how the car responded and performed.

My stock sr is screaming to tandem with ur sweetness. :rolleyes:

[JITB]

saw the car at nopi, very very nice great work!

[down_shift]

The car sounds sick as hell. Can't wait to see it in action again.

[HiPSI]

saw the car at nopi, very very nice great work!


thanks man. it ran great until today, the oil pump gave up on life and i believe i spun a rod bearing :(. guess that means it's time to throw in a higher volume pump, cam, and some better valvetrain and run up the rev limiter ;).

[JITB]

thanks man. it ran great until today, the oil pump gave up on life and i believe i spun a rod bearing :(. guess that means it's time to throw in a higher volume pump, cam, and some better valvetrain and run up the rev limiter ;).

dam tough luck,

[DerrickT]

damn that sucks. that car sounded awesome at the drift demo.

[HiPSI]

damn that sucks. that car sounded awesome at the drift demo.


thanks. i'll have it back in action soon enough.

[HiPSI]

tore it down most of the way and pulled off the rod caps. spun 3 rod bearings on cylinders 1/4/6, with 6 being the worst by far. 1 and 4 were still together, just spun around inside the rod end. #6 is straight trashed
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/103/1002770vw1.jpg
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/59/1002774es0.jpg
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7071/1002776uy7.jpg

i'll take more pics when i pop the main caps off.

[BTLFED]

Damn, that is nuts LOL

[HiPSI]

Damn, that is nuts LOL


high rpm oil starvation is bad... mmmmkay?

[sirkus]

Holy hell man... It's time to make that engine a beast then...
How many miles come on that engine when you bought it?
I come close to throwing a 302 in a rx7 a few years ago.. but found out how expensive it is.. Kudo's on the swap!

[green91]

Wow thats alot of wear in a short period of time. Im wondering if it hadnt alreayd been starved some when u got it.

[HiPSI]

Holy hell man... It's time to make that engine a beast then...
How many miles come on that engine when you bought it?
I come close to throwing a 302 in a rx7 a few years ago.. but found out how expensive it is.. Kudo's on the swap!


it's a 50k motorset. the cylinders still have crosshatching in them so it's not worn that bad.

[HiPSI]

Wow thats alot of wear in a short period of time. Im wondering if it hadnt alreayd been starved some when u got it.

well all of the previous demos on saturday i'm sure started the problem, it just didn't become apparent until sunday when it started to knock.

[BTLFED]

high rpm oil starvation is bad... mmmmkay?

I have been so far out of the loop as far as having time to get on here I didn't even know you had it in the car and running haha! Good luck on the build!

[Vteckidd]

so my question is, how fucked is the crank? i cant tell in the pic if thats a BEARING still on the crank, or the crank itself all fucked up

[HiPSI]

so my question is, how fucked is the crank? i cant tell in the pic if thats a BEARING still on the crank, or the crank itself all fucked up


crank has minor scuffs. the pic is #6 with the bearing still on there. i had to pop it off with a couple screwdrivers. i believe the crank can be polished/cut a little and it should be fine. i'll just have to source some oversized bearings for it. i popped all of the main caps off today and they all look ok, a little debris in there from being spread around but no scuffing on the crank.

[chnco]

badass.

[gotsol]

bump for an old thread. What is the latest status on this car?