After years of pushing the limits of stock sleeves and the Vitara pistons, I've finally stepped away from the Vitara builds, and we are currently building a sleeved/forged D16 this year.

Having most of my last setup stolen last year was a major setback, but made us even more determined to rebuild it better than ever. A huge thanks to the following companies for sponsoring this build and providing high quality, proven race parts to help us achieve our goal of running 9's in our SFWD setup turbo D16:

Main sponsors:

Arias Pistons
Bisimoto Engineering
Competition Clutch
Golden Eagle MFG
HRTuning

Supporting sponsors:

T1 Race Development


We are hoping for mid 9's at 150+mph with this build, and plan to have it completed over the next few weeks in time to run it at the IFO event up here at Pacific Raceways on June 27th.

A pic of the car from early last year:


Here are the current build specs. I'll keep this updated as changes take place.

Engine:
Golden Eagle MFG sleeved D16Z6 block & crank
75.5mm Arias Pistons w/upgraded wrist pins
Bisimoto Spec H-beam rods
Calico Coated ACL Race bearings
Ported oil pump
Ported Z6 head
Ferrea Super Alloy valves, +1mm in/ex
Supertech valvesprings & retainers
Bisimoto Engineering 3.6 cam & cam gear
Golden Eagle MFG IM
SpeedFactory Thermal IM gasket
68mm Omni Power TB
ATI race damper
Koyo Radiator/SPAL 12" fan/aluminum shroud combo

Drivetrain/Chassis:
Golden Eagle Scattershield
SpeedFactory Catch Pan
D2B conversion, no adapter plate
Hydro GSR tranny
SpeedFactory Modified SCHA
MFactory LSD
DSS level 3.9 axles
Competition Clutch Twin Disc for D2B conversion
Avid Racing solid billet tranny and rear mounts
SpeedFactory solid billet drivers side mount/block braces/intermediate shaft adapter kit for D2B conversion

Turbo setup:
Precision Billet CDBB 6765
Turbonetics divided 1.00 a/r T4 turbine housing
SpeedFactory frontmount divided T4 manifold
SpeedFactory 2qt. catchcan setup
Tial MV-S 38mm WG's
Tial Q BOV
Precision 900hp core intercooler, custom endtanks
4" dp

Fueling, EMS, etc:
Hondata S300 w/ PWM boost control & Tunerview II LCD panel
SpeedFactory 4 bar MAP
MSD Digital 6 ignition
MSD HVCII coil
Golden Eagle MFG fuel rail
Weldon FPR
Injector Dynamics 1000cc injectors
Dual Bosch 044 pumps
Sumped tank
VP Q16 Fuel
　
Here's a few misc.parts & progress pics so far -
Bottom end clearanced and assembled:





Block/Sleeves/Pistons ready for the head:







Intercooler core, awaiting custom endtanks:


Custom Valvecover:






Divided 1.00 T4 housing:




B-series Twin Disc kit w/flywheel drilled for D crank:




Ready for the new build!

 

This is great James go out there and teach em how to do it all over again.

 

Good luck and good work James

If we can help at all just holler.

 

Awesome cant wait to see what you do at the track.

PM sent

 

good luck on the: D-Beast build!

 

Holy hell.
Thats pretty much what I wanna do.

What comp are the pistons?
Now if you dont wanna say I understand.

 

in for pics of head

 

haha! exactly what i was thinking

 

Yeah right.
Do you think he will show that?

 

The pics dont this any justice... James and the guys @ SpeedFactory have something for everyone this year... Another sick build James

 

Is that the same cam that Bisi used on his D series Wagon build?

 

Nice...Good Luck.

 

Yeah, Bisi Stage 3.6.

 

James looks good!



about 3 months ago ETS tested the billet 6765 with that divided t4 housing and it didnt do any better...it spooled slower and made less power...their evo X made more power on the single scroll 6765...just thought id throw that out there....

 

Looks like an awesome build!

 

~8.7-8.8:1 c/r with this block/head combo.

Thanks Myles. Got a link to the testing info? Interested to read it. What a/r housings were compared, divided manifold or not, etc.? Not that it matters much - this isn't an evo, and our testing says otherwise. I'd still like to see the info though.

 

Cant wate to see it done. Love the swiming pools you guys have in your pistons. Low comp for the win! Do you guys have any shots of the underside/baffeling you did for the breather on the vc?

 

Thanks. There is actually nothing to see on the underside of the valvecover, the breather channel draws from above the factory baffling that is already there, it works perfectly and no oil gets pushed up there.

 

Plenty of people have done the D2B before without an adapter plate, with various small differences in execution. The D2B is a very important part of this build, so I tried to document how we did it well. We also had several vital components made to help others do this safely and with relative ease. The following stock B-series parts are used:

shift linkage
rear t-bracket
tranny mount and rear mount
starter
intermediate shaft
axles
clutch

We had Competition Clutch make B-series flywheels that are drilled for D-series cranks. They now have this available as Part no: 2-694D-ST

With this you can use any standard B-series clutch!

I really needed a twin disc for this build though, and once again Competition Clutch came through with a B-series twin disc kit w/the flywheel drilled for a D-series crank as well! This is available as Part no: 4-8026-D

Here's some pics/explanation of how we did it and what it takes to bolt the engine to the tranny. More to come later.













Doing the D2B like this shifts the engine 1" closer to the passenger side of the engine bay. So we had this custom billet drivers side engine mount designed to make up for that.

 

No there isnt a link...i was there talking to them right after they got off the dyno, telling me how much that housing sucked ...they thought the car had a boost leak and what not so they went back and tested everything and threw the old turbo on and boom made the same power no issues...

 

Yes, finally! Can't wait to see this car in action again, especially after everything that plagued it last year.

Great work with the D2B conversion and twin disc it should help tremendously, especially with the increased power goal.

I want to be there when you get this thing on the dyno.

 

nice build, you guys inspire me to do a turbo D, especially with the times your hitting

questions,
how far is the pistons sitting in the hole?
after doing the D2B conv. does the engine sit the normal way? was there any issues with the alignment/breaking of the axles? i plan on trying this myself

 

Keep up the good work! Nice smarts on the D2B... can't wait...

 

James, good job. I have always been closely following your project. Everything always well done, good luck and show everyone what they give the D series!!

 

The trans looks good James guess when I go to a hydro Ill have to weld it up as well we will see how my way holds up next week. And the axles should be fine since the trans is in the same location as it would be in a B swap.