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alright well ive definitely narrowed down my engine swap candidate down to an rx7 convertible a close friend has sitting around with no motor & the trans is in the interior & i told him i for sure want it, & my next step is engine selection.
next week im buying a 4.0 aurora off of a friend either to put head/intake gaskets on & resell, or to jerk the engine out for the rx, and right now i have a 3.4 dohc GTP sitting in my garage that wont start & i havent had time to mess with it this week-so i have about a week to make my decision on which engine to use (its really nice to know that with a 60* v6 rwd bellhousing will bolt right up to either engines if the starter is relocated). whichever engine i use i will be putting an m90 or m67 on it & hoping to push over 300 WHP if i go with the v6 (im REALLY hoping for 400 if i go with the v8 but i doubt thats feasible on an m90).
the big thing in my mind is im not sure whether or not stock gaskets are going to cut it or if im going to need special head/intake gaskets-can someone please let me know what the deal is here? i have 4 vehicles (camaro, 4x4 truck, gtp, & aurora) that i will be selling over the next month so i will have the cash & need to know what to buy before the money sits too long & i blow it on something stupid like another damn car that i dont need.
with all these cars go figure the one im not selling is my 2 door 1990 4 speed auto 3.1 lumi euro lol
next week im buying a 4.0 aurora off of a friend either to put head/intake gaskets on & resell, or to jerk the engine out for the rx, and right now i have a 3.4 dohc GTP sitting in my garage that wont start & i havent had time to mess with it this week-so i have about a week to make my decision on which engine to use (its really nice to know that with a 60* v6 rwd bellhousing will bolt right up to either engines if the starter is relocated). whichever engine i use i will be putting an m90 or m67 on it & hoping to push over 300 WHP if i go with the v6 (im REALLY hoping for 400 if i go with the v8 but i doubt thats feasible on an m90).
the big thing in my mind is im not sure whether or not stock gaskets are going to cut it or if im going to need special head/intake gaskets-can someone please let me know what the deal is here? i have 4 vehicles (camaro, 4x4 truck, gtp, & aurora) that i will be selling over the next month so i will have the cash & need to know what to buy before the money sits too long & i blow it on something stupid like another damn car that i dont need.
with all these cars go figure the one im not selling is my 2 door 1990 4 speed auto 3.1 lumi euro lol
-so theres not a whole lot of debate left here as to which engine since its finally been narrowed down to 2 out of the ENORMOUS number of engines considered/done research on, & the whole gasket deal is going to have a lot to deal with my decision since most places want 500-650 bucks for a set of head/intake gaskets for the 4.0, & only 130 for the lq1 (but if those gaskets wont cut it, it wont matter anyway-which is why its such a big deal). a nearly $500 difference in gaskets alone could very well dictate which engine i use since that $500 could go to better things like all the hardware im going to need to hook everything up & get it running/an ms2 kit.
well ive considered the size issue but considering people easily fit 350's in these so i figure a 4.0 should fit if a 350 is going to. the big thing i like about the 4.0 is the thought of a dohc small displacement v8 just makes me smile, as well as the fact that ive heard a lot of bad stuff about the lq1, altho i have had one before & it was a blast. about the m90, with a decent port/port match (possibly a custom intake if i go this route & can find a block of aluminum) & large tube headers-could an m90 even flow as much as the l47 will want to draw, even with an undersized pulley? a big thing that i like about the l47 is i figure making it produce a lot more hp should be much easier due to the extra cylinders (not as concerned about the displacement as long as its no bigger than 4.0)-id really like to put down a 400 NA or supercharged hp-ive done most of the research needed & although the power gains with a turbo are very nice (if sized & tuned properly), it seems like every damn ricer out there puts a turbo on their 4 cylinder or v6 & that really discourages me because id like to have something unique that will send these ricer pansies back to their garages to throw on a bigger turbo and crank up boost and maybe (just maybe) blow their ricer POS up so i can buy it on craigslist on the cheap for a field car!
) but the cheapest one i could find was 900-1000 bucks, then the trans mounting, the researching to find info on such a rarely seen engine, & in the end it would just be another japper car & looked upon as what? a ricer. :tear:
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