EFn JP

any updates??

73vegaGT

yeah I ordered rings and gaskets. should be here next week then I can start building my engine.

73vegaGT

I painted my block and got the crank in. I painted it Chevy orange because I thought it would make the engine run a little better. :D haha

73vegaGT

Got ahold of a ford ranger 2.3l engine from tim. Im using the roller cam out of it. I just pulled the cam out of the engine tonight and put it on my cylinder head. it should be sweet.

tealsvteceg

just remember too keep it gangster

73vegaGT

ahahaha nice. im stealing that picture.

73vegaGT

update: the roller cam wont work. the valves are too long. Im going to have to buy new valves if I want to use it.

73vegaGT

got my relay board for the EFI system. I calculated how much Ive spent on this project and counting the cost of the car it came out to almost $2000. This **** anit' cheap haha

tealsvteceg

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 73vegaGT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">got my relay board for the EFI system. I calculated how much Ive spent on this project and counting the cost of the car it came out to almost $2000. This **** anit' cheap haha</TD></TR></TABLE>

i just posted all my mods on my car on eg-civic.com and so far i have almost $7000 in just mods... thats why i keep telling everyone to buy a k-series

EFn JP

no point in keeping track when u buy a car to modify. i can tell u soon u are like wll i spent 5000 bucks then u are like well i just bought a car for 6000, then u are like f%ck i hit the 15000 mark, thats a s2000

thehatchninja

true. remember, it's not an investment it's a hobby.

73vegaGT

exactly. I dont think I ever want to sell this thing either. haha

tealsvteceg

yea. im just saying i never actually knew how much i had into it till now... i really dont care how much money i have into it. i spend lots of money on it every week. its interesting to know... if i didnt wanna project car, i wouldnt have one. thats why i bought the damn thing

73vegaGT

I enjoy spending money on my car. It just seems that I go to far and blow a paycheck in a matter of minutes. its hard not to though because I get excited about having my car running soon.

73vegaGT

finished the relay board.

73vegaGT

got my gasket set today. still waiting on my file fit piston rings. Im going to start wiring the car tomorrow.

tealsvteceg

just dump some of this in ur car and start it

wesvailco

-i have a fair amount of experience with these motors.....i have a couple of questions?

-why the TH350? the T5 is pretty much the same size, its stronger too.

-what roller cam? you can go pretty high in lift on stock valves, like .410. is the head stock? stock height? is it even a "turbo" head? (round vs. heart shaped)

-speaking of head.....with these motors, the power is ALL in the head. stock bottom is good for some huge numbers. new pistons look shiney, 9:1 is good....could've spent the money elsewhere....

-do you belong to turboford?
http://www.turboford.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

-turboford will have your base maps/BIN files for your MS box. there are a couple of users running it, just ask.....its a really good forum. lots of information. lots of parts available for sale from members/vendors.


-good luck with your build. if you need help with anything, signup to turboford and just ask.

73vegaGT

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wesvailco &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">-i have a fair amount of experience with these motors.....i have a couple of questions?

-why the TH350? the T5 is pretty much the same size, its stronger too.

-what roller cam? you can go pretty high in lift on stock valves, like .410. is the head stock? stock height? is it even a "turbo" head? (round vs. heart shaped)

-speaking of head.....with these motors, the power is ALL in the head. stock bottom is good for some huge numbers. new pistons look shiney, 9:1 is good....could've spent the money elsewhere....

-do you belong to turboford?
http://www.turboford.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

-turboford will have your base maps/BIN files for your MS box. there are a couple of users running it, just ask.....its a really good forum. lots of information. lots of parts available for sale from members/vendors.


-good luck with your build. if you need help with anything, signup to turboford and just ask.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I chose the th350 because I didnt want to cut the drive shaft. Also because I had it sitting around and I dont have a t5.

The rolller cam came out of a ford ranger. The valve stems are shorter in the ranger 2.3 I guess. It was also a small valve spring setup on the ranger.

As for the head, It came off of the motor and the motor came from an 87 thunderbird turbocoupe. It has the D shape intake ports.

I needed to buy new pistons because the wrist pin siezed up in one fo the origional pistons and it wore the skirt out. I also had to bore the cylinders because there was a huge ridge on cylinder 1. I found out that those motors are notorious for excess wear on cylinder 1 because that is the first cylinder to get water from the water pump causing the cylinder to contract from the cooler water.

I dont belong to the turbo for forums but I think I might sign up.

Jdmsolutions

how can you say a t5 is stronger? th350s are [freak]ing strong. ive seen stock 302s eat up t5s

ProjectLSVTEG

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jdmsolutions &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how can you say a t5 is stronger? th350s are [freak]ing strong. ive seen stock 302s eat up t5s </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah!

91tealhatch

ive seen 10 sec mustangs with stock T5's and ive seen bryce blow 3 of them and the span of 6 months. the nice thing about the t5 is that since the 4cyl put low torque compared to a 5.0 which has more trq than hp factory. if u got the 3 worldclass T5's from bryce, which he said he would sell for $150 u would have the parts to build a full worldclass T5 and probably go faster with the manual vs. the T5 simply cause the th350 with rob the output power of the motor.

In bryces case, in his mustang he is running the C6 tranny. which he ran a 13.2 with it and with his T5 he was doing 13.6's on street tires spinning through 3rd gear. (i know its a 3speed vs. a 5speed) which his 331 stroker is capable of running alot better. the tranny takes alot of power to run. if he were to go with a C4 he would go alot faster. josh's dad said around .4 - .5 faster cause it dont take as much power to turn.

but point of the book im typing is that if u build a 300-350hp 2.3 with the TH350 tranny, i believe it would run below its potential.
its awesome u have the fab skills to make that trans work, but is it the best for that set up?
look at all ur options and evaluate them carefully and pick and choose what will do best for you.

what are ur power goals kye?
all im saying is think about it

my hands are tired..... check out the (i think) worlds fastest 4 cyl mustang, runs in the 9s and i believe it has a stock T5

wesvailco

-my next question was in regards to the imput shaft and the snout/nose bearing used with the TH350....

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jdmsolutions &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how can you say a t5 is stronger? th350s are [freak]ing strong. ive seen stock 302s eat up t5s </TD></TR></TABLE>

-tell friends......"learn to shift". correctly. gear slammers.....

91tealhatch

exactly........

RynoDyno312

What gear will you be running in the rear-end? Is this primarily a drag car or street car?