Im still alive!!!
Well after deciding to move along from figuring out drivetrain to engine options i started looking at small block chevys and fords.
*the ford is easier mount to a t5, and has DOHC and is pretty cheap to get a hold of.
*The Chevy is smaller with higher displacement, lighter and lower center of gravity, but uses cam in block, more expensive and you have to get creative with to mount to a t5.
I decided to take a look at some V6 engines as a possible option for something a bit more lightweight with a requirement of a fairly easy 300hp out of it. The first engine that got my attention was the hyundai G6DJ. Its a 3.8L 350hp all aluminum V6 with all the newest technology out of the genesis. This engine has a few downsides though. Its expensive since its out of one sports car and only since 2011 and its aftermarket is very limited. Biggest issue in my eyes is the lack of tunability of the factory ECU. With such a complicated engine a standalone ecu could prove to be a big headach.
My next idea was to see if this engine had anything in common with the mitsubishi engines that it replaced. That was a big NO. Hyundai took all the best technology they bought from mitsubishi updated it and then put it all into one engine, guess who makes the better engines now? lol
Well I decided to look into the mitsubishi engines and their mivec 3.8 v6 came out in 2006 with 265hp almost 100hp less in only 5 years, but they are known to make 300hp with only intake exhaust and a tune.
One of their old mivec designs made 200hp out of a 2L V6 that shared the same block design. I found they used those same heads on a 3.0 and a 3.5l on a high performance model of the Montero called the Pajero Evolution that made 300hp. I toyed with the idea of getting my hands on a set of these heads, but decided on the newer mivec 3.8 since i can find it in north america. Then i looked up what cars came with these 6G72(3.0L)/74(3.5L)/75(3.8L) V6's and hopped on craigslist to get an idea of what i could expect to pay for a donor. This may have been a bad idea because now i have a 97 Montero sport 3.0L m/t 4x4 and down another $500
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Its only been in michigan for 4-5 years by way of virginia so its surprisingly rust free and has a new alternator, but thats about it for positive points. The college kid that owned it rear ended someone a couple years back and did a halfassed job making it look right again. An example is a broken radiator bushing/mount that is now made of folded up cardboard, along with the hood he stripped all the paint off of and left to rust(this is the cool thing to do now
). It has a whole list of other problems ranging from broken leafsprings and grinding halfshaft disconnect to one non-working power window and no known timing maintenance. Things were only fixed if they kept it from being driven. Because of this the project finances are going toward maintenance for a bit but it is more of the same since some of the other vehicles have also required maintenance since my last post.
Plans have changed because of my impulse buy and realizing i cant build a chassis in the open in my dirt driveway(pretty much given up on removing the mother-in-law's car from the garage). So the plan now is to build the T5 to BW4472 combo and put it into the montero then to do the engine swap somewhere down the line. Then once i have the whole drivetrain from engine to axles ill put together a frame for it all to be transplanted into. Im hoping ill have the lack of workspace figured out by that stage. I also bought a BW4472 off ebay because it was nearly impossible to get measurements or any other information on the internals, but i havn't torn it down yet. Im also going to keep an eye out for a locost chassis someone didnt finish in a year or 2 to install all the donor s10 stuff into in a quick and ugly fashion.
The junk S-10 has been stripped and junked, but after taking all the parts i wanted off of it i only had 820lbs of truck to take to the scrappers, lol and the good S-10 is almost ready to have the donor's axle installed.
Ill post pictures of the donor being chopped up as soon as i find my camera again
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What could have been a low budget V8 midi has planned itself into something pricier...of course
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