New engine for Rally car is complete!

Postby **Luke** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:49 pm

Ok, finally finished off the rebuild of the junkyard engine and its complete and ready to drop into the car! Should have a running rally car sometime this week, woohoo.

Postby **matt** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:11 pm

looking good, now Luke, you remember the rule about "Testing" right?

DeLorean · Postby **DeLorean** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:41 pm

that's a nice looking $75 motor! cleaned up nice, huu?

Postby **max** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:49 am

Luke isn't allowed near water anymore.

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:56 am

Then we better figure something out because STPR has that nice big water crossing.

saab90089 · Postby **saab90089** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:09 am

Very nice!

Sent a link to my friend and he said "holly shit, it's not covered in oil like all of yours....u sure its a saab engine?"

Ian

DeLorean · Postby **DeLorean** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:38 am

haha, it's not exactly an original 280K mile engine like yours. Once they pass the 200K mile mark, if something or other is not leaking you should start to worry.

Luke, That is a nice looking block. Did the original block paint clean up like that or did you re-spray it? in my 88 SPG, I have a 90 900-T block with the red paint. When I had it all apart refreshing it, after I sprayed it down with some engine degreaser the red paint looked like new!

Postby **max** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:40 am

Luke wrote:Then we better figure something out because STPR has that nice big water crossing.

Go slower?

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:44 am

No, block was all rusty. Was stripped, acid etched and repainted. Only thing I used was the basic block/crank/pistons everything else came from my old motors.

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:45 am

max wrote:
Luke wrote:Then we better figure something out because STPR has that nice big water crossing.

Go slower?

Going slow is what got me in trouble when I hydrolocked. If I had carried some speed I might have been fine.

Postby **max** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:52 am

yeah but remember how badly the cars nose into the water on the STPR creek crossing?

DeLorean · Postby **DeLorean** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:33 am

Luke wrote:Only thing I used was the basic block/crank/pistons everything else came from my old motors.

yeah I figured. did you repair the head from your old motor or did you just use another T5 head? If I recall that was damaged when the rod let go?

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:40 am

The motor we had at RNY had an early 2.3 head, which was toasted by a free floating piston. Our nice later head was sitting safely at home. It was on the car when it hydrolocked but I went over it very closely and everything looked fine and valve didnt leak when seated so my fingers are crossed...

Crazyswede · Postby **Crazyswede** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:00 am

Sounds like its time to build a snorkel so you can run a K&N filter. Perhaps into an aluminum box that allows you to pull air from the top. or back.

Geoff · Postby **Geoff** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:12 pm

like ziisss!

Come on, I know you're just dying to put a hole up through that new hood of yours!!

New engine for Rally car is complete!

New engine for Rally car is complete!

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