Buying a 99 gsx shell...

[mcrumps]

So, i'm sure its already posted somewhere in this forum, but I just couldn't find it.

I'm buying a 99 gsx shell w/ tranny, and I want to know if I should buy a 1g or 2g engine for it.

I've been researching the 1g swap, and it looks like I would need to also buy a 2g engine to get some of the parts I need... but I also don't want to buy a 2g and get crankwalk...

any advice from you guys would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

anybody?

 

[willydsm]

It all depends what you plan on doing with the car? daily driver you should be fine with a good 2g, if you are looking for performance go with 1g. or at least a 1g bottom end.

 

[DSM_PWR]

Id get a 1g 6bolt

Crankwalk is rare now-a-days, but yet it still happens...

 

[bedlam]

1g and 2g is being very vague. They produced two different motor types in the 1gs, a 6bolt and a 7 bolt, then the 2gs were all 7bolts. Like willy said if you want performance go with a 6bolt(early 1g, 89-91) instead of a 7 bolt (92 and on).

 

[willydsm]

1g and 2g is being very vague. They produced two different motor types in the 1gs, a 6bolt and a 7 bolt, then the 2gs were all 7bolts. Like willy said if you want performance go with a 6bolt(early 1g, 89-91) instead of a 7 bolt (92 and on).

good stuff forgot to add that

 

[mcrumps]

thanks for the advice so far! but what I'm asking is if I get the 1g, do I still need to purchase parts from the 2g? Remember, I only bought the 99 shell, there is no engine in it!

...or should I just buy a 2g and pray!

... also, I've been readin about sum people sayin that mitsu "revised" the 7 bolt, but I can't find any other sites that prove this...

 

[Turbowing]

I would go with a good 6 Bolt motor, there proven to go in the 10's and have made around 600 whp on stock J yard motors.

 

[bedlam]

There is a list of the parts that you will need in order to do the swap. In my personal opinion, I would buy a 6 bolt (turbo and non-turbo won't matter IF you are planning on rebuilding, but if you buy the non-turbo 6 bolt you will have to get extra parts needed), then purchase the parts you need for the install of it into the 2g shell. I was gonna post a list of what you'd need but I'll just post the link to slowboyracing's website that has a list of things that is included in their kit. You should have most of this stuff when you buy the 6 bolt so you can mark off what you have. There are also two different cam angle sensors, I don't remember what the difference was. The VFAQ has a lot of info you could use on this. Here is the install instructions for the swap of what will need to be done in order to fit a 6 bolt in.

Slowboy Racing, Inc. :: Mitsubishi :: DSM :: Engine :: Short Blocks :: 6 bolt Motor Swap Kits :: Full 2G 6 Bolt Block/Head Swap Kit

http://www.magnusmotorsports.com/tech/1gina2g.pdf

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