Administrators Bill Strong Posted January 5 Administrators Report Share Posted January 5 I took a walk this morning and looked at my trailer with the yellow MK2 MR2 sitting in it, planning in my head how I am going to transfer the complete drive train and suspension to a MR2 Spyder for ChampCar EC duty. 3.3L and E153 now, but later the 3.5L and VW DSG. The biggest issue is the front strut bar mounting as the spyder does not use this bar. A frame extension may fix this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poverty Auto Sport Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Finally got the rebuilt engine back in the Neon after it started telling knock knock jokes at a test day in August, if the last few parts come in i might even get the Accusump installed this weekend so hopefully I'm not replacing engines every other race. Got lucky with this last one and got it off the track before it went nuclear, but I'm down to only one usable oil pan and one pile of twisted aluminum that can be repaired. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chbright Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Been waiting for this thread. Installed a short shifter in the car. coolerworx had a deal and i obliged. getting the bracket off the trans was a pain. it has the infamous and appropriately named b1tch clip holding the front on. if the trans ever need to go in out, wont deal with that clip anymore (thank god). waiting on a new selector rod as the old one was a custom welded quickfix to get the selector joint and shifter combo fitted and was too long with the new shifter. test fitted one from a junkyard and it was better but already had the new one on order so gonna wait and get that hardware in there. also have a new selector joint just in case i want to freshen it too. the coolerworx style shifter is so nice, bet the wife would have more confidence learning on it than the stock one imo cause it self centers, has side travel adjustments, and a reverse lockout. you can set the travel so you cant overtravel 1st/2nd or 5th gates. nice piece of kit. with the front up still waiting for the selector rod, its might finally be time to look installing splitter mounts to the frame..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petawawarace Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 13 hours ago, chbright said: Been waiting for this thread. Installed a short shifter in the car. coolerworx had a deal and i obliged. getting the bracket off the trans was a pain. it has the infamous and appropriately named b1tch clip holding the front on. if the trans ever need to go in out, wont deal with that clip anymore (thank god). waiting on a new selector rod as the old one was a custom welded quickfix to get the selector joint and shifter combo fitted and was too long with the new shifter. test fitted one from a junkyard and it was better but already had the new one on order so gonna wait and get that hardware in there. also have a new selector joint just in case i want to freshen it too. the coolerworx style shifter is so nice, bet the wife would have more confidence learning on it than the stock one imo cause it self centers, has side travel adjustments, and a reverse lockout. you can set the travel so you cant overtravel 1st/2nd or 5th gates. nice piece of kit. with the front up still waiting for the selector rod, its might finally be time to look installing splitter mounts to the frame..... I essentially made a copy of that style shifter for my car but used the reverse lockout as a 1/2 gate lockout instead. Stops the accidental 3rd to 2nd upshift. Also is so much crisper to shift than stock. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetterhund Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Bought a brand-spanking-new head. The timing cover leak was just the tip of the iceberg for the "new" motor. Done messing with used stuff not working out. Also been playing with my new RaceCapture/Pro Mk4, so much potential, I just need to look-up the ID's for everything and write a few lua scripts and it'll be all set. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim161c Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 8 hours ago, Fetterhund said: Bought a brand-spanking-new head. The timing cover leak was just the tip of the iceberg for the "new" motor. Done messing with used stuff not working out. Also been playing with my new RaceCapture/Pro Mk4, so much potential, I just need to look-up the ID's for everything and write a few lua scripts and it'll be all set. only buy used stuff off cars that drove themselves to their deaths and you should be fine. However - new is always a safer bet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Post Sebring shakedown/Rd. Atlanta prep start @ Cars & Coffee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetterhund Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, jim161c said: only buy used stuff off cars that drove themselves to their deaths and you should be fine. However - new is always a safer bet. This last motor was out of a wrecked car and looked good, has good compression and even good leakdown, but there is somewhere that water is getting into the oil. There wasn't evidence of it when I got the engine, but perhaps whatever got damaged in the wreck wasn't evident as it immediately stopped running. I have another good bottom end that is freshened up, so I'll put the new head on the known good bottom end and then sort through the rest after I am up and running. Edited January 8 by Fetterhund 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim161c Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, Fetterhund said: This last motor was out of a wrecked car and looked good, has good compression and even good leakdown, but there is somewhere that water is getting into the oil. There wasn't evidence of it when I got the engine, but perhaps whatever got damaged in the wreck wasn't evident as it immediately stopped running. I have another good bottom end that is freshened up, so I'll put the new head on the known good bottom end and then sort through the rest after I am up and running. I look forward to seeing the car on the big banks in April. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginerd Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Well, I started cleaning the garage. And that's step 1 of working on the race car! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimS Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 1/8/2023 at 12:52 AM, Fetterhund said: Bought a brand-spanking-new head. The timing cover leak was just the tip of the iceberg for the "new" motor. Done messing with used stuff not working out. Also been playing with my new RaceCapture/Pro Mk4, so much potential, I just need to look-up the ID's for everything and write a few lua scripts and it'll be all set. Sorry to hear it’s a bigger problem. Keep your head up and put together a good running engine no more low mileage junkyard stuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Driving to Cars & Coffee allowed me to find a couple of things, namely the clunk in the RF and empty P/S fluid Random, rarely touched power steering fitting loose/leaking, radius arm mount loose, who would have thought Sebring would rattle stuff? Also Changed oil Replaced fire extinguisher powder damaged big car radio , went over all radio stuffs, tested handhelds Looked over everything, started new to do list Discussed what tires we are ordering this time. 26 days tll Green @ Rd Atl. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMoneyWasters Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 LSD is in, now last minute decision to put spare engine I've had for 7 years in the car. Needed a clutch so might as well pull that 200k motor out and replace. My first case of COVID gave me this week to quarantine in the garage. 24 days to sort it out. Stay tuned.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 (edited) New yi4k camera and 5g t-mobile hotspot acquired, now to figure out the rest. Edited January 12 by Team Infiniti 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obscene Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Finally got off my ass and stripped down the engine enough to get the cylinder head over to the machine shop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petawawarace Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 Made a torque plate for redoing the bores. Dropping it off at the machine shop tomorrow. Hopefully this will be our new main motor if it’s done in time for Daytona. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Brake pads came today, slap a set on the back,new rotors and pads on the front. Driving it home tonight to start break in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMoneyWasters Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 1/12/2023 at 7:54 PM, Team Infiniti said: Brake pads came today, slap a set on the back,new rotors and pads on the front. Driving it home tonight to start break in. What is your preferred pad, Ed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 14 minutes ago, BigMoneyWasters said: What is your preferred pad, Ed? We run carbotech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jim161c Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 10,000 race miles and still a beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvumtnbkr Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Got the engine fired for the first time 2 days ago. Now just working on exhaust. Should have the car done this week. It's gonna have a new windshield, fixed wing, new exhaust, new struts, new brake pads, new shift boot, new window net... ooph. It's been a lot of work! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Infiniti Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, jim161c said: 10,000 race miles and still a beauty! Add 53,000 more! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim161c Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 Has to be an infinity advertisement in the works. 63,000 miles with the pedal on the right mashed to the firewall most of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully1133 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 On 1/12/2023 at 8:32 AM, Team Infiniti said: New yi4k camera and 5g t-mobile hotspot acquired, now to figure out the rest. Ed, Do you have a specific type of mount for this camera that you can quickly undo, change the battery and put back in? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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