I want a street rocket ship that I can take to the track but primarily street. Weekend driver. It’s my baby that I want to give a rebirth. After the comments I am starting to rethink my engine build. It is completely stock and there are many suggestions to keep it stock. Maybe just buy a block and put that together?
That will save you time in the long run and it keeps the downtime to a minimum.
Now decide on a hp goal. If you have never had a 700hp car build the motor and spec a turbo for it and use some self control to run at low boost levels and they you can turn it up to where you want it.
Decide on the fuel you want to use based on availability of it around you. If E85 is easily accessible use it. If not, pump gas and alky will get you there as well. The answer to that question will determine fuel pump or pumps, alky control kit, and injector size.
Here is what you need.
A good 109 block that is not bored .030 over
Forged rotating assembly.
3.59 stroke crank
6.350 forged rods
Forged pistons 9 to 1 CR
Steel center mains
ARP main stud kit
Ported and polished iron heads with new valves, retainers, and seats.
ARP head stud kit
Ported and polished intake manifold
65 or 70mm throttle body ( Machine the stock one or buy a new one)
212/212 hyd roller cam or better 218/212 is my fav
Roller rockers
New pushrods measured to fit.
RJC deep sump oil pan
Reworked front cover with high volume/high pressure pump
Turbo? HPT 64/66, or Comp 64/64 triple ball bearing will get you what you want. There will be many opinions on turbos here, do your research and go from there.
Your transmission will need to be built with all the hard parts to handle the torque.
PTC 9.5 lock up converter so you can have the best of both worlds. Lock up for cruising. 3200 stall speed to get the turbo to spin quicker.
Fuel pump can be a double pump set up or one big single. On E85, I would suggest a -8 feed/-6 return from the tank and back. Hot wire kit is an absolute must.
And then a good aftermarket ECM to make it all work. Look at MS3 or ECUGN they are priced right and do a real nice job. Holley is good too but it aint cheap. Go with what your builder will support and tune. If he does not do that there are other places that will tune it for you.
The ECM is necessary to tune the car and to data log which will be important. And in this scenario, you will start at low boost levels but want to turn it up to achieve rocket ship status. Tuners can remote in to make changes on it and you can send data logs to them so they can make informed decisions on it.
Cost? You will spend $25K to $35K to get it done.