New Engine

[GinoBeats]

Picked up a 3400 a few weeks ago from Ohio with 400 miles on her. Have it already disassembled and undergoing a complete rebuild Sold my modified 3.1 to a guy on another board that I built a couple of years ago.




Some pics of the car are on the link to my registry however I would like to produce a site with all of the pics that I have of the car and the many changes and powertrain combos it has gone though

[GinoBeats]

Here are a couple of pics of the block, slow week, working long hours and doing the waiting game for a few parts to arrive..

[Rhedalert]

beaut! What are your plans for such a no-mileage engine?

[GinoBeats]

She's getting a top to bottom rebuild. Spend a little while planning it all out. I origally bought the engine planning on dropping it in stock. But after talking to a friend of mine we're doing the opposite

[Doubt_Incarnate]

i'd like a cheap 3400, but i think i'm gonna stick with the smaller 2.8/3.1's. slightly smaeer means they wont torque the hell out of my tranny, and boosting them should be cheaper since they wount need such a big turbo or whatnot. if chas would ever get her motor swapped i'm supposed to give her 100 buks for her 3100, i'm thinking of de-stroking it with the 2.8 crank and pistons.

[GinoBeats]

Here are a couple of pics of the cam, just awaiting for pistons to come in and then the rest of the project came come together and the Z24Door can rape the streets once again...

[Doubt_Incarnate]

is that cam for the 3x00's? i didnt know the new ones were out already (i'm behind on everything). what are the specs?

[GinoBeats]

Yeah thats the cam from my 3400

[GinoBeats]

Here is a sneak peek of the bottom end with the pan off. Looks like a stock short block doesn't it? Quite a few differences to the trained eye

[GinoBeats]

Well a couple of more days and she will be ready to rape the streets, here are a few more spy pics,


Engine bay ready to go..




Finally have a nicely working trans with no bad 3rd gear syncros, although the tranny that I got for my swap a couple of years ago was free so I can't complain..





Entire engine bay is clean top to bottom including the subframe and control arms..




And now my favorite part, just a few more things to assemble and its good to go...

[GinoBeats]

A lot of people don't understand that a custom swap like the one that i'm doing takes a long time since almost everything has to be custom made or special ordered in, plus the fact that I work and have a gf and everyday life take a lot of time as well. Anyways here are some misc pics of the swap, etc.


Here is the return fuel line for the motor. Instead of going with compression fittings I kept it AN as I already had braided stainless steel AN line. This motor uses the quick disconnect while my old 3.1 had the 16mm and 14mm "saginaw" fuel injection fittings which you can buy with a -6 AN on the other side. Anyways Russell makes these fittings they are sourced from a LT1/LT4/LS1 motor EFI fitting in their catalogue.




Here is another pic




Here is a 3/8 tube compression fitting to a -6 AN fitting that I used for the feed line coming up from the frame rail.




Here is a pic of the engine bay a few days ago. Yes the stock manifolds are on for this week just to get it running and then i'll put on the nice shiny pipes soon.





An older picture of just before I dropped the motor in. My engine hoist makes it somewhat easy to drop a motor in by yourself







Here is a good shot fo the aluminum flywheel installed on the engine before the trans and clutch were installed





Here is a shot of the clutch, this nice piece should definitely hold up,

[5speedz34]

Awesome!

I can't wait to see it run! It should pull awesome with a 3400!

[Anonymous]

(Sorry Ben)

Your headers look awesome, I applaud your talent and engineering.

[sharkey]

couple questions

are those the JBP headers???

and is that a clutchmaster stage 3 clutch???

[GinoBeats]

Thanks guys, yeah those are the JBP headers and its a Bully stage 2 clutch. Should have it running hopefully later on at night