BorinquenEclips
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- Sep 15, 2009
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Greenville,
South Carolina
Alright so for the past year I have had a 95 GSX sitting in my back yard that I bought with a blown motor (crankwalked) and was just planning on swapping another motor into until I ran into a 6 bolt motor for sale, so I said might as well do the swap. Now its been over a year (can't work on it very often due to college) and when I finally gathered enough parts and had my plans down on paper, I decided to do one last inspection of the motor before I drop it in and found this:
Now Im pretty sure thats not a very good sign, seems like theres a good bit of water mixed in with the little bit of oil that was in the oil pan. So it looks like I'll be doing a rebuild since I will be making this car my daily driver and need it to very reliable.
Now theres many ways I can do this and I need help on deciding on which way to go as far as what my goals are. This will be a complete learning experience. I could:
A. Just re-ring the block, replace the bearings, ARP whatever I can, OEM composite head gasket, hot tank, deck, hone the block, and then just take my head to Napa to get it checked out.
B. Get a strong set of FACTORY internals. What I mean is I was looking at the DSM Graveyard Evo 9 pistons hung onto some 6 bolt rods, ARP everything, ACL race bearings, OEM composite head gasket, hot tank, deck, hone, bore the block .20 over, and then just take the head to Napa to get checked out.
C. Fully forged set-up. Wiseco/Eagle of course with all the works of a nicely built bottom end but this time with a MLS headgasket
My original goal was to acheive 400whp with just the stock internals on an HX35 with ALL supporting mods and DSM link of course. I know being a daily driver its kind of risky but after everything I have read about the 6 bolt motors, Im pretty sure It can handle it and still be pretty reliable. I wanted to drive that set-up while I built another 6 bolt motor on the side (which I already have as well) with fully forged internals and aim for 500whp. BUT since I do have the chance of refreshing (or rebuilding) the block I thought I would ask what some experience DSMers would do in my shoes. I am on a tight budget only because I am sooooo ready to start driving the GSX, but I can always find the patience to slowly piece together a forged set-up on a budget.
So please, someone help me figure out what I should do! If I dont do the forged set-up now I WILL being building one while I drive the car which is why I feel like I can just keep it stock for now, get as close to 400hp as possible, then swap in a new motor when ready. Any opinions would help!
Thanks
Oh and by the way could I get away with just cleaning the gunk out of the oil strainer (2nd picture) or should I just replace that and the oil pump all together? Im thinking replacing it all together but anywhere I can save money helps!
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Now Im pretty sure thats not a very good sign, seems like theres a good bit of water mixed in with the little bit of oil that was in the oil pan. So it looks like I'll be doing a rebuild since I will be making this car my daily driver and need it to very reliable.
Now theres many ways I can do this and I need help on deciding on which way to go as far as what my goals are. This will be a complete learning experience. I could:
A. Just re-ring the block, replace the bearings, ARP whatever I can, OEM composite head gasket, hot tank, deck, hone the block, and then just take my head to Napa to get it checked out.
B. Get a strong set of FACTORY internals. What I mean is I was looking at the DSM Graveyard Evo 9 pistons hung onto some 6 bolt rods, ARP everything, ACL race bearings, OEM composite head gasket, hot tank, deck, hone, bore the block .20 over, and then just take the head to Napa to get checked out.
C. Fully forged set-up. Wiseco/Eagle of course with all the works of a nicely built bottom end but this time with a MLS headgasket
My original goal was to acheive 400whp with just the stock internals on an HX35 with ALL supporting mods and DSM link of course. I know being a daily driver its kind of risky but after everything I have read about the 6 bolt motors, Im pretty sure It can handle it and still be pretty reliable. I wanted to drive that set-up while I built another 6 bolt motor on the side (which I already have as well) with fully forged internals and aim for 500whp. BUT since I do have the chance of refreshing (or rebuilding) the block I thought I would ask what some experience DSMers would do in my shoes. I am on a tight budget only because I am sooooo ready to start driving the GSX, but I can always find the patience to slowly piece together a forged set-up on a budget.
So please, someone help me figure out what I should do! If I dont do the forged set-up now I WILL being building one while I drive the car which is why I feel like I can just keep it stock for now, get as close to 400hp as possible, then swap in a new motor when ready. Any opinions would help!
Thanks
Oh and by the way could I get away with just cleaning the gunk out of the oil strainer (2nd picture) or should I just replace that and the oil pump all together? Im thinking replacing it all together but anywhere I can save money helps!
