After my stock engine spun 2 rod bearings and one main bearing..... I took the engine out to see what could be done. I decided it could be saved..... new crank... and a line bore..... but decided to save the numbers matching motor..... and build another 109...turned out to be a SG1 engine... with the turbo crank.... :biggrin: ..... ended up deciding to do a few extra things.... like steel caps... forged pistons.... roller cam..... ported heads.... Champion ported lower intake.... hemco plenum.....etc. Due to lack of funding....the project got dragged out.... and as such.... more "stuff" got added to the scope.... RJC FM...... 45A turbo.... 70 P-trim turbo.... one is the main turbo one is the spare... not sure which yet......then I got to thinking the stock 159k mile tranny wasn't going to live too long behind the new powerplant...... so I purchased another BRF tranny core....and then billet input shaft... billet shafted forward drum..... billet OD ring gear....billet OD carrier.....and a host of other normal hi-po upgrades... then off to Lee Thompson to build me a 9 sec capable 200-4R. So at this point.... my numbers matching tranny is also spared.....sitting in the corner.
I started working on the car to get ready to re-install the new motor and tranny a couple weeks ago..... installed a new heater core..... and took the stock PM off (it was working.... just didn't want that beast any more)... and converted over to hydroboost.... off a Astro minivan....... next I started getting everything put on the new motor.....oil lines... starter... manifolds....injectors... fuel rail...sensors etc. This got me to yesterday afternoon. Then my friend Alan....(88ZNX).... called and said he was coming over and had some time to kill and would help me put my motor in...... motivation!!!!..........we worked until midnight last night..... engine and tranny are in....everything pretty much done underneath....got to lengthen a couple starter wires.....the LT-4 starter solenoid is lower than the stocker.... and the wires are too short to reach really.... I'll get that fixed this week.
Anyway.... bottom line is she should be back running some time this week. I have a few obligations today.... and for a day or two this week..... but maybe I'll get it fired up and running before next weekend.
It has been a long time coming....
Thanks to Alan for the recent motivation.... and Andre (Andre Ellis) and Alan (88ZNX) for building the motor and all the help...... and Lee Thompson for the tranny.
She will be making tire smoke before the end of the week..... if I don't hit any snags.
I started working on the car to get ready to re-install the new motor and tranny a couple weeks ago..... installed a new heater core..... and took the stock PM off (it was working.... just didn't want that beast any more)... and converted over to hydroboost.... off a Astro minivan....... next I started getting everything put on the new motor.....oil lines... starter... manifolds....injectors... fuel rail...sensors etc. This got me to yesterday afternoon. Then my friend Alan....(88ZNX).... called and said he was coming over and had some time to kill and would help me put my motor in...... motivation!!!!..........we worked until midnight last night..... engine and tranny are in....everything pretty much done underneath....got to lengthen a couple starter wires.....the LT-4 starter solenoid is lower than the stocker.... and the wires are too short to reach really.... I'll get that fixed this week.
Anyway.... bottom line is she should be back running some time this week. I have a few obligations today.... and for a day or two this week..... but maybe I'll get it fired up and running before next weekend.
It has been a long time coming....
Thanks to Alan for the recent motivation.... and Andre (Andre Ellis) and Alan (88ZNX) for building the motor and all the help...... and Lee Thompson for the tranny.
She will be making tire smoke before the end of the week..... if I don't hit any snags.