my new shop, its me and two of my friends, the wrx is being restored, was just a bare shell. as of now the the mustang is gone, the dsm is gone, and the crx just moves around. a hell of a lot better than the previos storage unit shop i had befor

 

my cp forged pistions are on, just need to file the rings .006 to be in spec. block is all honed and ready to go. my head is taking forever but what ever its free, decided id go with new valves as well, got BC valves to go with the BC springs and retainers. still kinda just waiting for my head but its "susposed" to be done monday-tuesday as they have my cams now and just needs to be drylashed for clearance. im excited as hell though.

 

FINIALLY my heads all done, what ever it was free and its now pretty much brand new. clearenced my rings today, had to go by a ring grinder but it was well worth the money as the ring file i tried to use just got ate up by the rings, only took me 30 or so min to do all my rings. i pulled the crank off and am getting ready to re intstall with my new bearings. in the pics of the head i have the cams on there so it could get checked for clearence. also cleaned up my controle arms befor i put my new bushings on.

plans for the rest of the week are getting my subframe bolts out and installing longer ones to work with my spacers i made, hopefully putting my crank and pistons in but that will depend on if i get my hands on some plastic guages this weekend.

i also found a sway bar that im going to make work, it kicks way forword in the middle which is perfect for the longer motor which will allow me to drop the motor down farther as the sway bar isnt in the way. i took it off a Tbird when i was pulling 4.6L out for another rx im building right now too. suprisingly the distance between the frame rails on the tbird are very close to the fc rails so it mounts perfect but the length is what i will have to modify as the bar is a total of 9 inchs longer than the fc one. its all planned out how to work the bar to fit but im going to have to wait till i get the subframe all bolted up. ill get some pics of the bar too.

 

Looking good, and that's a pretty nice shop setup! Just need to get yourself a lift in there to make things easier for you to work on.

 

thanks man, right now whats in the shop is my rx, my buddys wrx restoration project, and a toyota cressida getting a 1uz swap.

 

looks like we actually might be getting a lift in the next few months. yesterday i got my main all put back on and everything spec'd out, put my rings on my pistons and was going to install them but decided i need more assembly lube so its going to have to wait till tomorrow when the stores open back up. i also installed my subframe and controle arms, the subframe is shimmed down 1", its only about .5" lower than my frame so its not going to be an issue with ground clearance as im not slamming it on its nuts. i will have to deal with some bumpsteer but im not too worried at the moment.

anyone have a tip for taking the tie rods off the steering rack?

 

Great lookin shop, wish i had that much room. Had to leave my 7 in the cold for the first time last night while i was painting my new hood. I was wondering how u can use a stock hood with a 5.0? My air cleaner sits up like two inches to high. Plan on using a cowl induction scoop. Am i havin these issuses jus cuz i went carb and not fuel injection? Cause im using the lowest and smallest air cleaner i can find and i still have issuses.

Sidenote...... why the hell would u look at rx7 swap forum if u hate rx7 swaps.... u in a bad mood and jus felt like talkin **** to someone??? I hate people that talk **** bout someone elses project. It aint yours its theres if u dont like it hit the back button and dont look at it. U dont gotta talk ****!!!

 

86.50 what I did when I did my 5.0 swap was shim my subframe and my hood as well as cut out the supports on the hood that hit, I also used a t2 hood. Mine was fuel injected

 

yay for me.....finially did something

 

Did work today, got the pan assembly all on, the front cover and new water pump on and the cams are installed, more pics to come. It actually is starting to look like a motor again.

 

heres some pics

 

messin around at work and made my catch can, still need to put the breather on but thats a small task. can has 2 -10an inlits from the vc's, and 1 -10an outlit that drains back into the oil pan, also has all sorts of baffling inside the can along with some steelwole to get the oil to settle befor its returnd to the pan.

 

got my vc's back from the powdercoater, im very happy how they turned out. also me and my friend got bored again at work and decided to make a muffler for my car. need to finish grinding and blending the welds but i think it will be pretty sweet when done. the can is 8in round by 20in long so its pretty damn big but the fc can tuck it with no problem, the inner chamber is 5in with a **** ton of .188 holes and the inlit and outlit are 4in with a 4.25in tip, can is packed with fiberglass and steelwole.

 

Took the motor off the stand, got my rearmain on, flywheel on, pilot bearing in, pretty much a full motor again minus the alt. Goal for the weekend is to get the pressure plate and disk on along with the trans, mount the alt and stick er in the car.

On a side not I'm currently buying a house that has 2 giant shops if all goes right It should be mine by jan.

 

Put the motor and trans in the car today, not around a computer so no pics today. Goin to make my mounts the next 2 weeks befor I go on vacation from work and don't have access to all my equipment

 

So with the motor in the car I'm seeing tons of room, me and my friend were looking at my gt40 turbo and started thinking twin gt30's would look sick as hell, so question is twin gt30's or one single gt40 or gt42?

 

heres the pic of it just sitting in the bay, mocking up mounts this week

 

Keep us informed on those mounts. Get some good pictures too! I'm heading this direction myself. The 3.8 is getting tired and I can't see replacing it with another "old technology" motor. Going by scotties setup it looks to be a tight fit. I read he had feeler gauge distance between the firewall and the back of the engine. Tight squeeze for sure! Tough call between this motor or the new LS v8 chevy motors.

Good luck!

 

I'd love to do this swap if 2jz's weren't so damn expensive here in Canada!

 

Go with a 2jzge. They are cheap, just as strong.

 

My NA-T 2j stock long block made slightly over 520 whp with a t-66 turbo on 91 octane +meth injection.

 

Problem with the ge is its even taller than a gte do to the intake manifold layout

 

You can get the motor with a auto trans for less that 1500, then just source a r154 and your maybe at 2500 after all the clutch and junk, not expensive at all unless you spend the cash on one with a 6spd

 

Tiny bit if any... See how the valve cover top is even with the top of the TB. The valve cover is cut out to make room for the intake mani. You can see the breather on the back sticks up farther than the manifold.

 

to o.p.,, u making the mounts for the 2jz?