Finally finished

[MidnightriderZ24]

well since life gets in the way of these kinds of things.. its been going very slow, but its getting done the way i want it to. got my rest of piping for the down pipe and exhaust, v-bands, braided flex.. i gotta get my stupid welder fixed...its really holding up this project... I also got the charge pipes ready for powder coating, iat hole tapped into the pipe. got the , had to modify 2 pipes to fit the blow off valve. since i want all the lines on the engine to be braided, i set on my quest to tap everything for fittings. front valve cover pcv was tapped using 3/4'' npt, rear breather vent 3/8'' npt, plenum 3/8'' (for pcv), 1/8'' (vac lines). Since i deleted the LIM heater pipe and tapped it for the cts, i want to run a braided hose from the water pump outlet to my heater core. from my picture u can see 3/4'' is just a hair small ( i cant find any 1'' NPT to -10an). im thinking 1'' npt adapter to 3/4'' adapter to -10an for my heater hoses. im sure ill have updates soon.. :-)

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[MidnightriderZ24]

ive been kicking around the idea of using the water jacket plugs on the block by cyl's 5,6
Now my idea is to use 2 -4 braided hoses from the water pump main outlet, to the jacket holes to help with the heating of 5,6 (kinda like the 3500 has but with oil squirters). does anyone think this will help cooling by pumping coolant to the holes or is it a waste of $$

[CNCguy]

Rerouting coolant to improve cooling has been done on many engines and should work here. It would help cooling on cylinders 5 & 6 and reduce the chance of detonation. Just my opinion but I would pull the coolant from each side on the front cover where the coolant enters the block for more balanced flow and wouldn't go too big with the hose size so flow isn't hurt to the front cylinders.

[MidnightriderZ24]

honestly i think the engine is pretty much good, im worried about trans issues and axles..

[Barry]

Looking good!

[torq455]

nice work!

[89jyturbo]

What clutch are you palnning to use?? I've had enough trouble with my stock 3400 at 13-16psi of boost, can't imagine what you are going to find that will pull down the power you should make. Clutch issues kept me out of the 11's for at least a year. What I have now is still borderline. I have to use the 2-step to launch so I can dump the clutch (if I try to slip it at all on launch the clutch is useless the rest of the run).

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

every time i look at that motor i get a little excited. god that thing is sexy and looks like its ready to go (just about?)

[MidnightriderZ24]

clutch is a bully stage 4. we'll see what it holds lol. thanks for the compliments. i plan on hiding the wiring harness, coating the headers, crossover and downpipe yet. slow steps.. just need a fuel system and decide between megasquirt or code 59

[Barry]

If you do go MS, go MSII. Its just worth it in the long run. However, you can upgrade a msI to msII for 90 bucks. Thats what I am going to do. Its so easy to tune.

[Monzsta]

Go Megasquirt... It's so much better than a stock coded ecu in all aspects.

[89jyturbo]

Yeah, I have MSII and love it. But I don't know if I'd say its better in ALL aspects. For me it was a good choice because it was easier to tune; I didn't have the time to learn to tune the stock ECM when I already had megasquirt experience.

[IsaacHayes]

For a daily driver the stock ECM can't be beat since it has all the stuff in there for different enviro conditions, and little stuff like opening the IAC when the fans turn on/etc. But as far as documentation for the average user, it probably takes a little more digging before you understand it all. It can be made easy though with the right stuff and right documentation. And it's being hacked to support 3 bar, more features, autotune, etc. Just look at code 59..

[MidnightriderZ24]

this car is far from a dd. i like alot of the features that megasquirt can perform, and ease of it. oh well, computer is dead last on my list, so i have time to figure that out.

[kris gtwhat?]

crazy build midnight. cant wait to see some new youtube video's