EZ Bake Eclipse Build, Part III

[rx7ttlm]

So I found more pictures of the engine build / install

Countersunk fasteners to clear the tensioner arm mod.

Evo III exhaust manifold prior to porting

EVOIII Manifold after porting and a slight blend, would have done more but I was in a hurry to get the engine done. The crappy part about this picture is you can't see the work that will make the biggest difference in flow

Short block with front cover mocked up and MLS head gasket layed up

Final assembly of bottom end

pistons that will probably crack under pressure

Balanced / indexed pressure plate cover

Balanced ACT flywheel.. close but it was still off..

ACT flywheel with 20g in the background.. its kinda sad and needs a new buddy... That's why I got the DSM 76 from forced performance

Detail work on new couplers (I have no idea why they aren't solid black... )

 

[97gst_spyder]

Look like a hell of a build! I can't wait to see numbers on this.

What was modified with the tensioner arm?

 

[rx7ttlm]

Look like a hell of a build! I can't wait to see numbers on this.

What was modified with the tensioner arm?

I welded in a piece of cold roll steel across the back of the tensioner arm. Usually when you use the 2g motor mount (in a 2g) with the 1g tensioner you can't use the threaded timing tensioner tool when you want to change the t-belt or cams. I made it so that worked as factory so its not a pita.

 

[e85_4g63]

Damn you have a nice car man, motor looks awesome. Nice work!

 

[rx7ttlm]

Damn you have a nice car man, motor looks awesome. Nice work!

That was the picture from when I got it back in like 2007, it looks like shit now . The engine etc is like 6 months old with 5k on it. When I put the new turbo and intercooler in then its going to break gears . Its more go than show now...

 

[1995gsx20g]

more show than go FTW!!

the pic in my sig is almost 2 years old and i refuse to post a recent one because i let the car go show wise. dings and scratches all over the place adding to my sleeper look..

 

[rx7ttlm]

Yeah, once I get my turbo and intercooler dropped in. It will totally be a sleeper. Black anodized intercooler, and kevin just layed down a 11.0 1/4 mile with the same turbo and a 2.3 on 93 with meth, I figure I will be around 11.5 with e 85. Not many daily drivers can run 12's let alone mid 11 seconds .

The evil that comes next will likely be a hx35, or HTA gt35R with a 2.0 butchered crank(more likelt 35r with a FP hot side cause it would bolt into what I already have set up), maybe Aluminum rods with Ross pistons. Lets just say I like building engines more than anything else .