...hopefully.

Stock/unopened/junkyard VVT engine assploded at the only autocross I did with the car this year, back in August. Something in the bottom end failed spectacularly, though I haven't pulled the engine yet to figure out what it is. I took the timing belt off, and the cams still spin freely, so hopefully the head is fine.

Fast forward a month or so, and an autocross friend mentioned he had an engine sitting in his shop that he just wanted gone...$100 and come get it. It has Carillo rods, Wiseco pistons, and ARP hardware everywhere. I had no idea what this engine had been through, so I wanted it to get looked over before I put it back together. It's currently with Matt Kessler being groomed.

The car:
1996 chassis
NB front subframe, etc
Xidas
15x11's with 275 A7's

Engine plans:
Carillo Rods
Wiseco Pistons
ARP hardware
Boundary oil pump
ATI damper (scored a "blemished" one from their ebay store for mega discount)
MKTurbo kit
Supertech heavy double springs?

Goal:
Hopefully for this coming autocross season, I can make a relatively safe 230whp/230tq as I don't particularly want to swap a 6 speed this year. I'd like to be able to rev it to 8000rpm to get decent speed with the 5sp/4.30 combo (~65mph). The junkyard VVT engine survived 3 years of 7800, so I don't see why this one wouldn't be able to handle 8000. Open to opinions on that.

Other than the engine, I'm building a wing out of carbon fiber, and remaking the splitter since it can be much bigger than the CSP rules allowed.

Pic dump...


Rods and pistons


First attempt at wing sample. Ignore the fact that I broke it. There's a whole through the center for a rod, that I didn't put in this one. Vacuum cracked it :(


Car as it is now

 

dis gun be guud

 

cat just for having cross hairs on leafy. subbed

 

I need to find friends like yours...

 

pro tip to beating leafy: don't have your engine bay look like a tub of snakes swimming in diarrhea

 

No hentai engine bay? All the winning.

 

I'm a wire ****, so hopefully it will live up to expectations.

Picking up most of the turbo stuff tomorrow from Lars. Progress will be slow as the car lives at my parents house 25 minutes away.

 

Popcorn time.

 

That it, I'm going to EM.

 

What's wrong with snakes under the hood

 

No windshield and a turbo? Sweet.

Picked up the exhaust and majority of other stuff from Lars. Looks quality. Will unpack in the daylight.

 

Picked up everything to put ABS in. Booster/master cylinder are from an MSM. Module is from an 03.


MKTurbo muffler compared to Racing Beat muffler...tis quite large. Will probably make something smaller eventually.

 

That should pass devens sound.

 

Pulled the old engine today. Facebook told me it went in 4 years ago today.

RIP


That's uh...not supposed to look like that.

 

Ouch.

 

Looks fine. Send iiiittttttttt!

Flier129, should he send it?

 

That's from the motor that you bought from your buddy, huh? Or is it the one that blew up in your car?

 

The motor that blew up. I just finally got around to taking it out now. Blew up in August...removed on Black Friday.

 

That has another event or two in it!

 

Got the rest of the MK Turbo kit from Lars. Manifold looks awesome. Engine should be ready in week or two (depends when I'm able to pick it up). I think I have everything to put the bottom end together. Need to look at a few part diagrams. Going to try to do as much as I can around the Christmas week since I have it off. If I don't have all the engine parts, I will at least try to build the splitter.