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Burabuda

lol same with the early colt 5spd

Burabuda

wish i could lend my advice but i haven't got to that stage

why don't some of the senior members pipe up? maybe because they want you to figure it out on your own?

Burabuda

ok, so using that elbow on the h20 pump seems a good way to avoid problems arising from using the rwd pump ...

can you please take a front pic with the th housing adapter installed? (and also a side shot?)

Burabuda

1) using evo intake 2) 1pc main girdle 3) front cas

crank walk will of course be addressed during build

Burabuda

sound advice ... thx!

so can somebody point me to a few good forums that might have local (socal) members with 7bolts fs?

there are sooo many forums, i don't know where to start!

Burabuda

so i'm ready to commit to a motor, but i'm deliberating whether to buy a jap-spec used engine, or get something out of a pick-a-part or cl and rebuild it myself

seems like most guys here build their own 6bolts

but i'm going 7bolt for various reasons, and i haven't seen one at the local pick-a ...

Burabuda

t.j. story:
years back, a 93 year oldie pulled his big sedan in front of my '87 lite ace van
i was able to swerve at the last fraction of a second and avoided hitting his cabin
my head did break the windshield, but there was little cabin intrusion
the oldie got out of his car without a scratch ...

Burabuda

allan, you moved the engine forward about 1" or?
and you're using the galant 5spd?

Burabuda

but doesn't it have egr bs that needs to be dealt with?

Burabuda

which reminds me, the guy who'll do these up for cheap won't be drilling and tapping for us

Burabuda

different engines had cas in different places

Burabuda

there's a evo tuner place near me, and i scored a grenaded evo4 engine

i got it for the manifolds, but now i'm wondering if i should build my engine around the cylinder head itself

what do you guys tink?

Burabuda

hey oldcolt, can you post a pic taken from above showing the turbo manifold with spacer in relationship to the rh strut tower?

Burabuda

sorta cool. didn't know they were sold with saturns ...

Burabuda

how many guys want one i wonder? i'm ready to rock 'n roll on my project, so i might have to go ahead and have it done myself
i've got a local guy with an old water jet that does stuff for cheap

this will be steel or aluminum?

Burabuda

i'll take one of you ever get around to making a few!

Burabuda

guys i did search and search again, but i can't seem to find any definitive discussion three pieces that comprise the motor mounts ...

i see on the zero-g home page is use two md041030

will someone please clarifiy if this # is for 1) the rubber insulator, 2) the metal "wrap around part" that bolts ...

Burabuda

inquiring minds want to know

Burabuda

yeah, i did know you have to use a fwd flywheel, thx.

but are we talking just 6bolt engines or does that go for a 7bolt as well?

i was just told that the 7bolt will require modifications for the starter to work properly (or just have custom flywheel made up)

Burabuda

ok, so you moved your engine forward to give yourself some room back there, but you have to build a new driveshaft anyway, whereas i'm trying to avoid making a new shaft

if my engine sits close to the firewall without hitting, i will just do the front outlet, because there likely won't be enough ...

Burabuda

i bought the jay racing kit for my 7 bolt but it was going to interfere with the waterpump pullys so im in the middle of making an aluminum low profile upper thermostate housing tube that comes from the back of the head and under the intake which is going to use the stock themostate bolted o the ...

Burabuda

yeah, well unless somebody shows me otherwise, only the late 1g-t engines had the front cam and crank sensors
true i could install them on the non-turbo, but again, i'm not sure that the costs of messing with a non-turbo (potential rebuild, cas mods, cams, custom header, etc) would be worth it ...

Burabuda

update on my swap
well, talking to dwlee, he's got his engine in the car, and he's doing r&d
me, i haven't even bought my engine yet, which brings me to the point: i'm thinking doing a 7bolt turbo instead of the n/a because of the relocation of the rear mount cas plus the crank sensor
i didn't plan ...

Burabuda

i used jays kit, heres the link of what i did to make it work
http://projectzerog.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1065&highlight=&sid=a6e9d6e5de76d23add8e8728cbb70b3c

ok, so you already bought jay's outlet, found it didn't work, and made some mods to fix that

i think i'll make up my own like allan's ...

Burabuda

IDriftNaked wrote:i had clearance issues too, i ended up having to use a smaller 2gen wp pulley that sat behind the bigger w/p pulley

did you use jay's kit or did you make your own? if it's your own, please let's see some pics. never enough pics!

Burabuda

that's what i'm thinking

a related question: if i pick up an awd engine, can i expect any complications or changing of parts due to awd differences?

Burabuda

i did a search but came up with nothing
there's not much talk of evo motors here, but i'll ask anyway: does anybody know for a fact if the EVO4+ engines have the same motor mount location and bolt pattern so that they could "drop in" a rwd application using the MM mounts?

Burabuda

uh, i think it was jay's front outlet kit that i was thinking of
anyway, now that i see it, it won't work for me as i need an angled up and slightly to the left adapter like allan's:

Burabuda

this issue is critical with some of the old colt installs where the rear cas protrudes about 1" into the firewall

Burabuda

[edit] i better start my own thread ...

Burabuda

a friend mentioned that there's a 4g63 without a cas. anybody know what he meant?

Burabuda

dunno if you guys like old threads resurrected, but did anybody figure out the better insulator part #
MD43610 or MB309030/1 or MB041030

?

Burabuda

any developments on a kit? or was i dreaming?

Burabuda

gotta love a simple solution

can't tell from the pics, but did you move the trans., etc. forward to give room for the cas?

oh yeah, are you saying you did not "reverse the flow" of the coolant?

Burabuda

sr71sss wrote:My project is a '64 datsun fairlady with 4g63T

hmm, how can this be a top secret project when you're letting everyone know what it is?

Burabuda

ahh, pictures!

so how long did mitsi use this 3-bolt steering knuckle and on what cars?

Burabuda

ok, so the issue is still not settled
i'm not going to worry about it as i'm working with my original struts

nobody on the jnc forum seems to be willing or able to measure their strut top bolt pattern, so i'll have to research that myself. maybe go to the wreckers and bring a measuring tape ...

Burabuda

you lost me ... are you talking about the upper or lower mounting?

Burabuda

oh, well it's the bottom mounting that's the problem

old colts use 3-bolts but starions use 2 bolts

Burabuda

ok, i got a reply from matt on starquest forum who drives a flatty

apparently, both the wide and flatty use the two-bolt steering knuckle, so that's that

i guess the strut to keep a lookout for would be the challenger, assuming it has the 3-bolt knuckle like the early colts

the brakes on the ...

Burabuda

yeah if we could just get a flatty owner to respond

i've posted this on a few other forums and had zero replies ...

completely the opposite than a nissan forum where you'd get a bunch of replies in minutes

Burabuda

i'm in the process of lowering a 1975 colt and modding the suspension a bit for street and mild track use

i seem to recall somebody telling me that early starion struts/brakes were an easy upgrade for early colts

but the pics i've seen show a 2-bolt steering knuckle on the starion vs. a 3-bolt on ...

Burabuda

hehe, well in hindsight i should've let you buy it, do the swap, then sell it to me :lol:

i noticed on the "top secret" colt they made custom made n/a extractors, and it looked like quite cramped on that side

so you were going to do an n/a, and what problems did you envision as far as rh ...

Burabuda

hehe, cool stuff dave. i'm guessing this is what you planned for my car? (or for one like mine?)

Burabuda

but i really don't want to make things too complicated for the initial swap

i guess i'll just run the 2.0 as is, drive it around, then decide later if i need to build another motor

Burabuda

You'd make 300hp max on a N/A 2.1L so the large ports aren't that critical. I'd say velocity created by the small ports would be more critical. Plus, with the small ports you have more material to work with to do a smarter porting job.

serious? 300hp n/a seems like a lot ... i'd be happy with 200 ...

Burabuda

hmm, don't you think the large port would be best for hp and the small port best for torque?

Burabuda

ok, thanks for adding your confirmation

i'm going to post all this info up somewhere so the next guy like me doesn't have to reinvent the wheel

i'd love to see more oldschool colts representin'

oh, and i hope my build will light a fire under the butts of the long-termers

Burabuda

see that's why i need to stick with n/a for now, because of the domino effect of a turbo motor swap

i really like the look of an n/a twin cam with itb's 8)

i don't suppose they made it easy and there's a sidedraught intake for the 4g6x?

if i find i can't stand the car for being too slow (not ...

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