well ill start with the beggining

1994 gsr
174xxx miles on the body
around 125xxx on the stock ls

 

Took apart the Turbo and realized it was the main problem


The turbine was a little chewed up, but it was loose as hell.

My dad has been a mechanic for 40+ years and has never seen a turbo this bad...

 

Took the head off to repair the head gakset and removed grey interior panels





Lazy dogs

 

Sent the head to Accurate Automotive in Ft. Worth
got everything cleaned, guides replaced, a 3 angle valve job, and got the head resurfaced, only cost 250 and another 130 for the 3 layer solid steel high compression head gasket and head seal kit.

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Picked up some ARP head studs from Alamo Motor Sports in Arlington for 120

 

Put the head back on

 

looks good how much power you going for

 

long story short, igot the head back on, ran like ****, took it to Vik-Tek, he fixed all the problems it had, i got it back and 30 minutes later it started knocking...

 

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my head and block seems to still be good, cylinder walls are in the same shape, no signs of contact on the head or pistons, it sounds like its just a bearing

B18b1 with a Bad bearing







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the motor ate a whole bearing set.

 

so now we are up to date,

I am planning on a .25 overbore, new oem pistons, rings, rods, pins, Clevite rod and crank bearings, and replacing other small stuff.

then once the ls is running its just gonna be a fun daily, il be building a gsr on the side

 

Sounds like you're going NA with this motor. I honestly would get a new snail, and lower compression pistons to keep running the turbo in your situation, but I prefer N/A myself.

 

no, I'm gonna boost it with the oem parts.

people boost oem blocks all the time, and this one will be fresh.

hopefully it wont be for long.

 

dropped off the block to get resurfaced and bored, flywheel to get turned, and crank to get polished the other day.
I'm gonna order all of the parts tomorrow

 

I have to say Tam, I feel betrayed.
Haha didn't know you were over here too man.
Build looks good, too bad it won't be as nice as my build.

 

lmao, i didn't know u were on here either, ill go update my thread on CI just for you lol

 

I also didn't know you had a build thread on CI! Haha.
Other forums were slow so I came here. Been helping people as much as I can and telling retards to shut up when they're flaming lol.

Car looks good though.

 

haha thanks

 

havent updated on here in forever, so heres some up-to-date info.

pulled the motor


dropped the block at the machine shop to get bored 81.5mm with a .0025mm clearance, decked, vatt cleaned, and coated

ordered:
81.5mm 9.8:1 Arias Pistons
5.394 Eagle H-Beam Rods
ACL Race Main, Rod, and Thrust bearings
81.5mm Cometic Headgasket


received pistons


picked my block up from the machine shop



Fresh metal and a hone




got my main and rod bearings


also ordered some 80A polyurethane mix to make some home made mounts.
im waiting for my rods, thrust bearings, and hg to get here

all of my parts were ordered from CFT-(Central Florida Turbo), if you need any parts hit up Rolo he can get you great prices!

 

Definitely super clean dude.
Props

 

Thanks man!
I'm trying to bring justice to her and get her on the streets asap!
once my thrust bearings get here sometime this week i can assemble the motor, then order some misc parts that i need when i put it in, get it tuned, and be good to go.

picked up my rods and hg

 

thrust bearings are here, now to pick up a engine stand, and get off my *** and get it built!

 

Super nice...I wish I had your kind of money. One question, did you buy the car turboed? and is it tuned???

 

this has all been done on a strict budget, im not rich by any means.

I bought it turboed, didn't know **** about cars then, blew the hg a month after having it, tune went down the drain and the whole thing just kept getting worse. fixed the headgasket last summer, still ran like ****. Took it to a local shop, 3 months and 1k later i got it back and on the way home it started knocking.... so ever since then ive been saving money to get these parts and rebuild it, and i finally have everything i need to put the engine together.

I have hondata s300 and it will be dyno tuned first thing when i get it running.

 

epic shelf LOL

How she's sitting now



Picked up this 1200lb engine stand this morning





Todd (b00stedDc2) re-did my wiring harness and labeled everything for me