Hoping to get some help and insight from people here. I haven't been here in a while and I know I used to be a pain in the dick but I figure maybe time fixes things and I can get some help.
I know that modifying these is near pointless when a heavily modified boat anchor 3800 is about as fast as a rental-spec Camry these days, but I can't find it in myself to not try one more time.
After not running since 2014, last year I finally got the car running. The issue is that due to a human mistake, the oil relief valve was installed backwards and the engine had a few minutes worth of run time with zero oil circulation on a fresh build (Cam, double roller, new oil pump, bs delete w/ galley feed tapped and plugged, fresh machined heads w stainless zzp valving, stock bottom end).
Everything seemed to be gacked. By the time we found the problem, the engine had 1 pound of oil pressure at warm idle with normal 5-30, and 3 psi of oil pressure at warm idle with 3 quarts of 15-40 and the rest of it lucas oil stabilizer with a max of 10 at wide open throttle. That engine finally spit a connecting rod 2600 miles later and was running on 5 cylinders for a few miles until the connecting rod of that cylinder came down and stopped movement of the crank and the motor locked up.
Fast forward to the end of 2017, I bought a running driving park avenue ultra parts car with just over 100k on it for $350, I took the engine, trans, and a few other things and scrapped the roller.
I am planning on having the machine shop that built my heads look over them to make sure that the valve guides aren't damaged on the cylinder that the rod broke on, because the piston (gently) kissed the valves on that cylinder. They're both open roughly 1-3mm I'd estimate.
Assuming that the guides aren't cracked, I'm going to order 2 replacement stainless valves from ZZP and put them back in.
My questions..
I can't help but find mixed info on how to do a few of these things and trust people here more than random grand prix facebook group people.
How hard is it to convert to E85?
How hard is it to convert to a gen 5 blower?
Only photo I have of carnage..
Car still looks great because I never have a chance to drive it with it being blown he fuck up every time I look at it.
I know that modifying these is near pointless when a heavily modified boat anchor 3800 is about as fast as a rental-spec Camry these days, but I can't find it in myself to not try one more time.
After not running since 2014, last year I finally got the car running. The issue is that due to a human mistake, the oil relief valve was installed backwards and the engine had a few minutes worth of run time with zero oil circulation on a fresh build (Cam, double roller, new oil pump, bs delete w/ galley feed tapped and plugged, fresh machined heads w stainless zzp valving, stock bottom end).
Everything seemed to be gacked. By the time we found the problem, the engine had 1 pound of oil pressure at warm idle with normal 5-30, and 3 psi of oil pressure at warm idle with 3 quarts of 15-40 and the rest of it lucas oil stabilizer with a max of 10 at wide open throttle. That engine finally spit a connecting rod 2600 miles later and was running on 5 cylinders for a few miles until the connecting rod of that cylinder came down and stopped movement of the crank and the motor locked up.
Fast forward to the end of 2017, I bought a running driving park avenue ultra parts car with just over 100k on it for $350, I took the engine, trans, and a few other things and scrapped the roller.
I am planning on having the machine shop that built my heads look over them to make sure that the valve guides aren't damaged on the cylinder that the rod broke on, because the piston (gently) kissed the valves on that cylinder. They're both open roughly 1-3mm I'd estimate.
Assuming that the guides aren't cracked, I'm going to order 2 replacement stainless valves from ZZP and put them back in.
My questions..
I can't help but find mixed info on how to do a few of these things and trust people here more than random grand prix facebook group people.
How hard is it to convert to E85?
How hard is it to convert to a gen 5 blower?
Only photo I have of carnage..
Car still looks great because I never have a chance to drive it with it being blown he fuck up every time I look at it.