Looking good Mike!

How did it tow? I'd like to hear your impression of the capability of it.

Towed pretty well. It chooses some odd gears at certain points so I think it could benefit from a different selection strategy. MPGs were around 15 so thats not too bad. Acceleration was slightly sluggish but it wasnt anything dangerous. The braking was very good. I dont feel as connected to the brakes and steering as I do in the fit. The brakes I can probably mess with to get where I want, the steering...its a truck so I dont think Im going to match that responsiveness and feel I had in the fit

update:

picked up this crazy cheap red top as a spare backup


good thing I did. I decided i was going to ignore the tapping the motor was currently making as I couldn't figure out the issue and wanted to see if it showed any further issues with a light drive around the block. That lasted all of 10min. An intake valve in Cyl 1 dropped. The pic below is BDC then TDC...valve no move until the piston pushes it up


I was about to just swap the engine over completely but decided to take the head off of the spare motor and maybe rebuild it and put it on.
Currently deciding on how much I want to do to it or just get it cleaned and then put it on.

Compression #s were good on the motor it just needed alot of new seals and pumps and my current one is pretty fresh.
cylinder walls are in ok condition with a bit of wear



oh yah, also got a G4+ Fury because I couldnt wait for them to release the G4X Fury

head swap and problem found!
as expected Intake Valve 1

took the bucket off to find the keepers kept lol


Under the bucket






damage found...on Cylinder 2&3
Not great but I decided to yolo and bolt it all back up. Everything is running fine but Im starting to collect parts to rebuild the spare block for when this one decided to go



head swap and problem found!
as expected Intake Valve 1

took the bucket off to find the keepers kept lol


Under the bucket






damage found...on Cylinder 2&3
Not great but I decided to yolo and bolt it all back up. Everything is running fine but Im starting to collect parts to rebuild the spare block for when this one decided to go

cars been running okay-ish
It hesitates under load so it dont really get on it. AFR sticks around 14.5 under load and doesnt budge so I am waiting until I get everything squared away with the LINK to hopefully fix this or at the very least help diagnose it better


picked up an accusump from my buddy. Test fitted it, and need to send it out for cleaning.


went to test the basemap and it didnt start. After talking to Mark from Panic made. I thought the LINK was wired for MAF but it is wired for Speed density so it wouldnt start...that and the ECU isnt getting enough voltage during cranking


got a carbon bit. Cant really fit it till the wintertime since the car is outside most of the summer.





cant race or go fast so in the meantime, car meets and pics it is


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jun 15, 2020 - 8:28 PM

sunroof delete panel?

umm cool micro fiber panel!

dude wtf your car is loud jus saw ig vid

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yes and no. I thought I was buying a delete, but it just replaces the glass. But I am going to make it into a delete

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yeah and thats only like 25% throttle lol

I always wanted to make a CF panel for the sunroof!
Thats awesome dude.

I'm love coming back every few months/years and seeing your work/progress....keep it up buddy!

Reading this whole thread was a lot but i definitely learned some things and added some things to my spend money list, dont slow down i might catch up

rolling into the 15th year of ownership I really want to take a big step up and take the car to a new level.

Ive kept mods pretty minimal the past year and a half and focused mostly on things to keep the car running reliably (and also keeping the valves in line which probably also cut down on what I had to focus on)

But slowly this fall I started to form a plan on what I wanted to do. Like most of my endeavors, I'm sure that I am biting off WAY more than I can chew but hoping that by giving myself an early start on planning this fall, that I can get everything together for Spring 2021. This is all new territory for me, lets see how bad I can screw this up I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING















oh and a nice Lil aux sensor wiring project I did at the beginning of the pandemic






black friday purchase inbound

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Nice equipment, which type of camshafts from catcams did you took?
Curious to know if you still have good idling as I'm planning also a set of them.

Late Spring (Hopefully) 2021

You nuts.

errr why you no 3sgte from beginning . ummm but honestly people say great flow on vvti heads. how much better is it. 20, 30 hp?? that much more torque as well??

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BUMP!

Is it done yet?

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They are the "Hot Street" 277°/269°'s
they are going to go off to the side for the time being. The billet intake cam "requires" that the buckets be DLC coated to lessen wear. And my spare head needs to be line honed to get rid of the camshaft bearing wear. Im not sure what im going to do about that yet as I could buy 2 Grey Top BEAMS for the price of a line hone for one head lol

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lol, I like to do things the hard way. We will see what it ends up being.

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No. Literally havent even started lol. Like havent seen the car in over a month and its all still together. How hard could this all be? I can do it in a weekend. Maybe 10 weekends.



I am still waiting on pistons. Everything seems to be on backorder. Everything is just hanging out at the machine shop waiting for pistons.

Appointment for manifold fab mid-march so I figure by then things will start moving along.

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This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Feb 20, 2021 - 11:50 AM

pix update??

PIC TIME

engine back from boring and assembly


taped for painting


painted with some eastwood engine paint. this stuff was really great to work with and holds up really well


new block next to the old engine that got pulled out



fun things with assembly, arp main cap studs interfere with the oil pan...found out the hard way but made happy little indents that helped me locate where I needed to make clearances!




Oil pan baffle plate to combat those G's on the track!


mounted the sensor breakout box


Assembled engine



Once in, I tested the fit of the turbo








probably will look alot better with the lip on



removed all the turbo stuff and returned to NA to start the new motor.
once started found a leak that would keep me busy for the next 4 weeks and require me to remove the trans 3 times (i think? maybe 2)


after alot of rear main seal nonsense I think in the end it was this galley plug which the engine builders put in, it was not the exact correct thread spec. I dont remember correctly but the one they put in was like BSPP vs BSPT.


once everything was running I got to use my buddies garage to try and get the turbo fitted before a race (didnt end up getting it in)


took the car out racing to test the motor and everything went well with no hiccups.
got the car a gift, header tank and coolant swirl pot


had a fun time with QC between two different brands of fittings


fitted.



last shoot of the year



no real upcoming plans, just trying to get a house so that the car can finally be in the same state as me during the off season and I can start picking away at getting the turbo fitted and working. There is an annoying squeaking that the engine makes when it gets up to temp that makes it sound like a jetsons ship. That'll get checked out before anything else so I dont get weird looks at stoplights

seems like you got to jump thru 10 hoops for scca rules n reg. i looked that up long ago and thot, wow wtf.

nice paint on the block! but why you still have ps reservoir? why you no move alt to mr2 location?? less heat soakin. maybe you need to cut another hole in hood and put that st205 vent tube apparatus on it if u keeping it in stock location??

Very impressive Mike, I hope to see this car in person again one day
Keep up the progress!

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mine is almost like that, got the sunshade done to.