458/1000 project
 

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!

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

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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.

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looks good man. keeping the aws?

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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.

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

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

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Damn how has your wife not killed you yet?

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Looks good man!

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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.

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I got the engine in Friday night. Started at 9 and got done at 3 in the morning. Damn passenger mount gave me some trouble. Car has a fidanza flywheel and competition stage 4 clutch on. I also got the fmic and shock/strut assemblies back on.

Starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. Aniel at FP isn't really responding to emails or calls on that turbo, but I guess 2 months is the norm for their turbos. Tomorrow I'm going to call and bitch a little.

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Been busy working on the car. Most everything is wired in. HIDs were pretty straight forward. The '93 headlights look great on there. I put the wideband in the driver's cub compartment since I really didn't want to do another A pillar pod job. I made a bracket for the coil pack and that other thing so all set there as well.

Making my own exhaust went pretty well. Much to my surprise it fit the first time. It's not straight in the pics as I haven't attached all the hangers yet. My noob welds aren't the prettiest but should do the job. I'm going to add one more muffler to the two resonators and magnaflow muffler to hopefully keep it quiet

Hopefully in two weeks it should be on the road. FP is still waiting for the mitsu housings so I'm just going to bolt on the 16g for now until it comes.

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Just an update - wetsanded and buffed it. I put all new chrome molding on it as well that I'm pretty happy with. My turbo showed up yesterday so I took it straight to db for ceramic coating along with the evo III mani and o2 housing.

Can't wait to drive :drive1:

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Since when does DB do ceramic coating? Do you mean MAP?

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DB outsources it (I asked and it's not MAP), but they do it.

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hmm, didn't know that ;)

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Are you really getting an 86hta? or 68hta? the only 86 i know is the 3586hta

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Yeah, opps - 68hta.

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Nice! I'm not sure I have seen anyone with a 68HTA on style yet. Or anywhere in MN for that matter.

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There are a few nationally and i'm liking the results so far I think that I could of come damn close to 470whp+ with it.

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Wow, that's pretty awesome. It should get me where I want to go then easily.

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Well, I was just about to get some after a nice meal and some wine on a Friday night when the kid started crying. Guess she fell asleep up there so I guess on to the next best thing..

It's all together on on it's own feet now. I tried to fire it up but no spark so far. I also had a fuel leak because of a wrong fitting. I cranked it and it wouldn't start when I noticed that the cas was loose and crooked so I think I jacked it up since the propeller has some play now. So I'm just waiting for new parts to show up.

I ghetto rigged the front license plate for now as I can't bring myself to drill holes in my freshly painted bumper.

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wow! Love the color :D Are you gonna make it to the Cookout this year? Car looks amazing!

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Thanks man. I am hoping to go as long as we can find a babysitter. I don't think the kids would make it for the whole day.

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I had some issues with the engine I bought as discussed in a different thread. So, I got a new block and head and it's finally running good. Big thanks to Julian for coming out with a good block and working with me until 2:30 in the morning.

The driver's axel is clicking like crazy and the isc isn't regulating, but once I get those I should be on the road. Hopefully, we'll be at the cookout next year!

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Well the car is finally back on the road. I sure do like driving it everyday over my truck. The paint still needs some touch up and I'd like to tint the windows a little. Otherwise, I'm loving the car. It's a blast to drive, but still comfortable to ride in. Wright county cops don't give me a 2nd look either, which is nice.

I'm on the fence about dynoing it yet since it's taken so long to get it going again. Maybe later this fall I'll let Shane have at it.