My first 20b front clip arrived at the shop.

I disconnected and stored the ecu's, loaded it onto the trailer then towed it home.

I put a battery to the 20b last night, turned the ignition key on...the turn signal started blinking, the dash lights lit up...I turned the key and the engine turned over.

I was so stoked when it did all that without any of the ecu's hooked up that I turned it off; threw my hands up in the air, claimed victory and went home.

Gambone is going to come over and do a compression check on it sometime soon.



Bob

 

Ok, that's cool and all, but what are you putting it in?

 

hope you have fun with it..

What are you putting the 20-B in to anyway????

Dan

 

Sweet.

This threads going to need pics.

 

mmmm 20B

 

I'm going to pull the TII engine with zero miles from this...

 

[QUOTE=hoofhearted]I'm going to pull the TII engine with zero miles from this...


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What are you doing with the TII motor? *thinks it would look good in a 85 GS*

 

[QUOTE=Metallic_rock][QUOTE=hoofhearted]I'm going to pull the TII engine with zero miles from this...


I'm probably going to sell it, but I have not put a price on it yet. I will price it after it is pulled from the TII.

 

ApexRX needs a TII motor for his swap, you may want to contact him when you're ready to sell.

 

Ill trade you straight across for a 12a 1/2 BP

 

Bob I will call you tonight.....

 

I meant, of the 20b front clip and install.

 

Hurray!

 

Before I forget, here's something that screwed me over on my 20B. When you go to remove the turbo and manifold from the engine, the nuts have a crimped end on them. This crimped end can and will cause broken exhaust studs if you try to remove them. No amount of PB Blaster, or whatever the kids are using these days, will work since it's stainless steel on stainless steel with crushed and damaged threads. It's best to take a dremel tool with a small cutting disk and cut all the way around the crimped part. Try not to cut into the studs themselves. If I would have done this step, I wouldn't have had to replace four out of six studs. Drilling out broken exhaust studs is not fun.

Please tell me you're going to get rid of the garbage or uh stock turbos. They weigh 62LBS and provide about 5HP over NA with a TB mod and a tuned standalone (just ask RETed). Sure they can be run sequentially, but they still really suck, and I don't mean that literally. They're from a friggin luxury car hooked to an automatic tranny. In other words, total blah.

 

*wants to come down with marc and possibly watch/help if possible*
I need to learn more and that'd be an awesome experience.

 

hoofhearted - what are you doing about the front swaybar? Or are you going to get an oilpan that will let you keep the stock one?

I was thinking of going with a 20B over here. But setup as N/A. It'd be a good setup for gymkhana. Plenty of torque and a nice linear powerband. Several other reasons too. Just $1k gets me a whole Cosmo. Before y'all ask - NO! - I'm not buying any for anybody. Mostly the engines get picked and the rest of the car gets tossed away. Sort of like when the states went Beanie Baby crazy. People would buy HappyMeals just for the Beanie Baby and throw away the food.

 

Just get an RETed (anti-) sway bar. It allows you to keep the stock oil pan. I'm not sure what else is required though.

Jerk, my car is getting really close to being done. From what I've felt with a floor jack, my front end is heavier than the rear. I think once I relocate the battery and get some gas in it, it'll even things out a little. I'd still like to try gymkhana but maybe after upgrading the diff.

 

I've heard about those. As well as this one place that makes an oilpan that'll clear the stock swaybar. I wonder RETed's bar can be made to order if a specific thickness is desired?

Don't worry too much about the balance. Unlike autocross, gymkhana is more about the driver than the car. I'm sure you'll be better off in the long run if you toughen up the rearend. JUST FINISH IT AND GET IT ON THE F'N ROAD ALREADY!!! Geez, how many years has this been going on?





Yeah, I just probably pissed off a lot of people with that one. But with gymkhana, specific cars are not classified. It's usually how experienced the driver is and how wildly modded a car is. When I say modded, it's not just an exhaust and some wider tires. I'm talking about cars that get trailered/towed to the event because they are simply unstreetable. A couple of months ago the tow top times were a Evo6 and an old Honda Today. There was about a good 300hp difference between these two cars. Not to mention AWD vs FF. It's really about the driver.