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**Murlo26** · 05-10-2010

Well i am going to tow my car up to DB this saturday during the dyno day. I will be up there anyway so figured i would kill two birds with one stone.

I spoke with Danny again and he made a lot of sense and seems very direct and honest about why he suggested what he did.

I feel like Chris may be mad at me a bit since I didn't chose MAP but the way that danny quoted the build made more sense to me.

MAP's labor costs were considerably higher because they were factoring in a bore and hone of the block. If i went with a used core that would make sense, but Danny suggested we just go with a new OEM shortblock and then Mitsubishi does all that Machine work anyway. He said he would check clearances and file down the rings and everything so we should be good to go.

I don't think MAP's way was bad just unnecessary if you have a new block. Otherwise no one would be able to do drop in's ever if they had to bore/hone the motor.

Regardless, I spoke with another Mechanic, one of my best friends who has an SR20det'ed 240 which is very similar to the 4b11t and he said the stock shortblock that is new would work perfect and that is what he would recommend.

So it is decided. I apologized to Chris for any nonsense I created but I have given them a lot of business already, as well as DB, so now it is time to get down to business and start this project up.

I will probably get my diff pins upgrading while the motor is out too as a side note.

Also talked with my bank on friday and they are going to give me a loan based on the car as collateral. since with my super low interest rate on the X a refinance wouldn't make sense.

Lets do eeetttt.

05-10-2010	#1
Murlo26 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lino Lakes Drives: 17 Honda Accord Posts: 4,041	Re: Dave's Evo X Build Well i am going to tow my car up to DB this saturday during the dyno day. I will be up there anyway so figured i would kill two birds with one stone. I spoke with Danny again and he made a lot of sense and seems very direct and honest about why he suggested what he did. I feel like Chris may be mad at me a bit since I didn't chose MAP but the way that danny quoted the build made more sense to me. MAP's labor costs were considerably higher because they were factoring in a bore and hone of the block. If i went with a used core that would make sense, but Danny suggested we just go with a new OEM shortblock and then Mitsubishi does all that Machine work anyway. He said he would check clearances and file down the rings and everything so we should be good to go. I don't think MAP's way was bad just unnecessary if you have a new block. Otherwise no one would be able to do drop in's ever if they had to bore/hone the motor. Regardless, I spoke with another Mechanic, one of my best friends who has an SR20det'ed 240 which is very similar to the 4b11t and he said the stock shortblock that is new would work perfect and that is what he would recommend. So it is decided. I apologized to Chris for any nonsense I created but I have given them a lot of business already, as well as DB, so now it is time to get down to business and start this project up. I will probably get my diff pins upgrading while the motor is out too as a side note. Also talked with my bank on friday and they are going to give me a loan based on the car as collateral. since with my super low interest rate on the X a refinance wouldn't make sense. Lets do eeetttt.