1991 GsT Street car

[307dsm]

The Story.....

First i want to thank my Brother(Alan11), my dad and nathan(9!'clipseDOHC) for helping.

About a year ago i found a 1991 Gst In craigslist For $350... ended up getting it for 260.. good deal.
We Didn't know what was wrong with the car,
Took it home and got it running for our surprise a spun bearing.

The build started......


Goals for the car

-Rebuild engine ( 350- 450 hp)
-paint the car (same color)
-clean and restore inside (previous owner didn't took good care of this car)


Started buying parts about 10 months ago, at the same time we took the engine/transmission out.

Disasemble the engine and the bearings were not too bad. We took the engine to the machine shop and good thing we know the guy at the machine shop so he gave us all the work for cheap.

The block was
-hot tank
-over bore to .20
-the deck was mil cut

The head was
-pressure tested
-mil cut
-5 angle valve job
-stage 1 port polish

Bought
-A set of 1G six bolt rods.
-2G pistons.
-arp head studs, main studs and crank bolts.
-cometic head gasket
-new bearings.
-gates timing kit and new water pump.
-all gaskets were replaced.


Pics-

-The day i brought the car home
-Very first look at the engine
-Engine bay dirty
-engine out
-engine out
-installing crank
-Build
-Build
-Build

 

[NWHTanK]

Keep up the good work.

 

[Pipnorcali]

Good luck with the build

 

[Alan11]

Finish this please Bro. There is way more info than this.

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

Glad I could help! Are you driving it now?

 

[307dsm]

Story continued......

once i started getting all the parts it took about 7 months to get the engine assemble completely.... there was a little bit of a set back because we weren't able to work in the car as much as we wanted....

Took tranny out to clean everything

Before

After

Clean

At the same time Clean axels and install new boots...

well about 2 months ago we got the engine back in the car so everything look good.

My Dad Happier than us!!!!

Finally at night...

 

[307dsm]

part 3

woke up next morning to get the wiring harness connected and to my surprise my dog ate half of it.....

Car waiting for wiring harness

three weeks later found one in tuners bought it and installed it in like five hours...

Finally took it out completly

next morning the day we all wait for start the car and it didn't want to idle, it would start but it would die right away, so we checked the basic fuel and spark it was all there....

so i ask nathan (9!'clipseDOHC) for help, Next week he came over to help. We couldn't figure it out but we were sure it was a boost leak.

We checked all the fuel and spark system, and everything was in good working condition... we were about to leave it for another day but we couldn't just leave it so we check all gasket and the injectors seals were missing...
i know such a simple thing.

Next morning Nathan gave me his 450's with seals which i will pay u don't worry...

and got the car running, took it for a test drive around the block... and chage the oil..

And this is the car yesterday after welding last wires the dog ate....

Yeah i got 255/45/17 when everyone says you can't

Engine bay today

I know not the best but open to ideas....

and today getting inspection sticker....

Good luck with the build

Thanks man

Keep up the good work.

For sure...thanks...

Finish this please Bro. There is way more info than this.

Ya wei...hahaha

Glad I could help! Are you driving it now?

yeah nathan... we go to go to the drags ...

 

[3BarDSM]

damn a family of DSMers, everytime my dad sees me bring a new one home he cringes

car has come a long way nice job

 

[307dsm]

damn a family of DSMers, everytime my dad sees me bring a new one home he cringes

car has come a long way nice job

Hahaha my dad was the same way... but I think he is likes boost now...

Thanks ...

 

[sek_phok]

I like them wheels.

 

[307dsm]

I like them wheels.

Thanks... they are of a mercury millan... ...

 

[307dsm]

This past week my brother and i have been really working on the car.

We installed new motor mounts and all the suspencion bushings from engergy supencion.

And a new autometer boost gauge, soon will install the oil pressure gauge, as soon as
the new ss braided hose arrives.

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

Looking good! I would make sure your oil pressure gauge is 0-150 not 0-100.

 

[307dsm]

Looking good! I would make sure your oil pressure gauge is 0-150 not 0-100.

Thanks Nathan..... Yeah I it is 0-150 I just need the ss braided line
And the adapters.... I think I know , but I want to make sure! what is the thread size on the oil
Filter housing?

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

Thanks Nathan..... Yeah I it is 0-150 I just need the ss braided line
And the adapters.... I think I know , but I want to make sure! what is the thread size on the oil
Filter housing?

I will tell you that the copper lines are a lot easier to bend and work then with the stainless braided ones. For the adapter you need a 1/8 BSPT male to 1/8 NPT female adapter (I used Autometer part# 2269). http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-engine-fuel/359004-using-t-install-oil-pressure-gauge.html

 

[Alan11]

And we also eliminated the Cruise control, installed a 14b with ss oil feed line, 2g manifold and ported 02 housing

 

[Black Widow97]

Cool build man. Looking good.