458/1000 project

[trunks11]

I've been working on this for a few months now and have it on vr4.org, but I thought I'd post it here since I know a few of you on this board. It had a blown headgasket only, but I want to keep it for a while so I totally tore into it.

I'm hoping to get the engine in the weekend and drive it in within a month, but I'm sure it'll take longer. I've been waiting for FP to send my 86hta for almost two months now so that's been frustrating. I'm hoping to get 400 to 450 whp out of it on corn juice with the following mods:

-sheetmetal intake
-86hta
-evoIII exhaust manifold
-3 inch exhaust
-walbro 255 and inline 044 bosch
-stainless -6an lines
-gm maf
-link v3
-fmic
-264 cams

I'm probably forgeting other stuff too. Of course all the gauges and control stuff you need to run safely.

Hopefully I can bring it to the cookout this year if our schedule works. Thanks for looking!

[turbotalon1g]

Badass, I would get bigger cams though. or do 264/272 if u dont want to go too big.

[trunks11]

The old engine in the car had those cams when I bought it. I read a lot about the cams and it seemed that they make more of an impact on a stroked engine with a bigger turbo so I decided to just keep them. Hopefully it doesn't hold me back.

[awd-drifter]

looks good man. keeping the aws?

[trunks11]

I wanted to but it was too rusted to save. Those valves on the rear subframe were shot and I found a replacement for one but not the other.

I bought this car after you listed yours as sale pending - drove all the way to IL too! Too bad it didn't work out better for us. Since then there's been like 3 more locally as well. Oh well, was a fun road trip I guess.

[awd-drifter]

haha. yeah, seems like all the VR4s are from the midwest.

[Nartanian]

That's a sweet build. Hope to see vids of it runnin soon.

[jhaan_dude]

Damn how has your wife not killed you yet?

[Constant_Project21]

Looks good man!

[trunks11]

Damn how has your wife not killed you yet?


I pretty much put the kids down and start working on it at about 9:30 at night until midnight every night. It has taken forever but I'm getting there.