Skyway's Build Thread
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Skyway's Build Thread
So I had two rod bearings disintegrate. I found big chunks of metal in my oil pickup
Not good. It was either replace the bearings, rebuild the engine, or buy another one. My engine has 115,000 miles and burns oil pretty bad so just replacing bearings wouldn't have fixed that. I really wanted to rebuild but the machining costs were going to kill me so theres only one option left. Buy another engine. This time though, it isn't going to be stock.
I have already pulled my engine out of my car and stripped it down to the shortblock. I have been in contact with import parts pro and will be purchasing a stage 1 built N/A high compression shortblock. I shipped my block out this morning and it will be arriving in spring texas next thursday (damn you labor day!).
I will be sticking with stock heads for now but I already have a lot of bolt ons. I'm going to be shooting for 350 crank hp and then later on down the road, a 75 or 100 shot of nitrous!
I will be updating this thread with pictures and progress as I install the newly built engine. I have some pictures of pulling the old one out so I will throw them up in a couple of days.
Truly going to be epic (at least for me!) Stay tuned...
Here are some pics of the engine being removed
Not good. It was either replace the bearings, rebuild the engine, or buy another one. My engine has 115,000 miles and burns oil pretty bad so just replacing bearings wouldn't have fixed that. I really wanted to rebuild but the machining costs were going to kill me so theres only one option left. Buy another engine. This time though, it isn't going to be stock.
I have already pulled my engine out of my car and stripped it down to the shortblock. I have been in contact with import parts pro and will be purchasing a stage 1 built N/A high compression shortblock. I shipped my block out this morning and it will be arriving in spring texas next thursday (damn you labor day!).
I will be sticking with stock heads for now but I already have a lot of bolt ons. I'm going to be shooting for 350 crank hp and then later on down the road, a 75 or 100 shot of nitrous!
I will be updating this thread with pictures and progress as I install the newly built engine. I have some pictures of pulling the old one out so I will throw them up in a couple of days.
Truly going to be epic (at least for me!) Stay tuned...
Here are some pics of the engine being removed
Last edited by SkyWay; 09-10-2012 at 06:51 PM.
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GreenPenguin (09-01-2012)
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I only took 5 pics while pulling the engine, I just wanted to get it out of there as soon as I could. I will be updating this thread as I progress more. It will take around 2-3 weeks for them to build the engine so there is gonna be some down time, nothing I can do about that.
As far as cost goes, I haven't even ordered anything yet. It cost me $215 to ship it down to texas, that's all I've spent so far. The built shortblock is listed at $2600 on their website. There will also be miscellaneous items like gaskets, oil and filters for break-in, etc. So far I'm expecting somewhere between $3000-3500 for a total price. I will include cost of each item in the updates.
Current mod list:
Engine
Stillen cone air filter
Stillen z-tube
Kinetix V+ plenum
Kinetix HFC's
Megan Racing o2 sensor spacers
Custom Magnaflow dual cat-back with x-pipe
Suspension
Greddy Type S coilovers
Moonface Racing roll center adjusters (extended ball joints)
Energy Suspension poly compression rod bushings
Hotchkiss Sway Bars (front/rear)
Powergrid adjustable sway bar endlinks (front only)
SPC toe bolts
Battle Version rear camber arms
Wheels/Tires
350z 18" touring wheels
255/40/18 Continental Extreme Contact all seasons (all around)
With just the air filter and cat-back I put down 245 hp and 222 tq on a mustang dyno. After the hfc's, z-tube and plenum I would assume it would be around 260, if not higher. It pulled on a lot of cars it shouldn't have!
I have an rps lightweight segmented flywheel that will be going on the built engine. Future plans will include headers, rps clutch kit, tune, nitrous and maybe a better exhaust. I'm going to be doing a lot of little things too, like simplifying the coolant lines and removing an idler pulley.
As far as cost goes, I haven't even ordered anything yet. It cost me $215 to ship it down to texas, that's all I've spent so far. The built shortblock is listed at $2600 on their website. There will also be miscellaneous items like gaskets, oil and filters for break-in, etc. So far I'm expecting somewhere between $3000-3500 for a total price. I will include cost of each item in the updates.
Engine
Stillen cone air filter
Stillen z-tube
Kinetix V+ plenum
Kinetix HFC's
Megan Racing o2 sensor spacers
Custom Magnaflow dual cat-back with x-pipe
Suspension
Greddy Type S coilovers
Moonface Racing roll center adjusters (extended ball joints)
Energy Suspension poly compression rod bushings
Hotchkiss Sway Bars (front/rear)
Powergrid adjustable sway bar endlinks (front only)
SPC toe bolts
Battle Version rear camber arms
Wheels/Tires
350z 18" touring wheels
255/40/18 Continental Extreme Contact all seasons (all around)
With just the air filter and cat-back I put down 245 hp and 222 tq on a mustang dyno. After the hfc's, z-tube and plenum I would assume it would be around 260, if not higher. It pulled on a lot of cars it shouldn't have!
I have an rps lightweight segmented flywheel that will be going on the built engine. Future plans will include headers, rps clutch kit, tune, nitrous and maybe a better exhaust. I'm going to be doing a lot of little things too, like simplifying the coolant lines and removing an idler pulley.
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Nice! I'm only getting a shortblock, but congrats on the purchase! I do plan on getting more bolt ons, but there is no timeline on when they will all happen. It will be later on down the road for sure, this build is already gonna financially kill me. My future plans are listed on my previous post. I think I forgot to add cams and head work to that list, but those will most likely be done at some point.
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