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[Gideon35T]

Well I've done a little buying and trading so my lineup is a bit different now. (2011 was 13 different cars)

Current Linup is:

1979 Datsun 620 - All original though it has a few choice mods with the oem parts in a bin.
1992 Escort GT - JDM Mazda BPT turbo motor in it ... Probably will be parted out shortly :'(
1994 855 Turbo - That would be the "Zombie Wagon" that's being built for the girlfriend. (check sig)
2003 S60 2.4t - That is my longterm project/baby. Soon to be retuned by ARD :-) (check sig)
1996 G20t - SR20DE, 5 speed, Sunroof, VLSD trans. Recent addition, haven't even changed the oil in it yet.

And I just (literally 30 minutes ago) traded my 1991 240sx SE Coupe forrrrrrrrrr ..........



This 1986 Mustang GT ......

Some people thing I'm obsessed ... I just think I'm an auto enthusiast ... ROFL

[fastwagonhawaii]

Now that is sweet, got more photo's of it. I love the fox body mustangs.

[Gideon35T]

I JUST took the 240sx out of the garage and pulled in the stang, hahaha. It's literally a brand new addition as of tonight. So no more pics except this one which is just a slightly different angle.

I'd take more but my garage is a little narrow so it's kind of a pain to get an angle shot.

[EVL WAGN]

Gideon35T, on 05 January 2012 - 04:33 AM, said:

1992 Escort GT - JDM Mazda BPT turbo motor in it ... Probably will be parted out shortly :'(

Ummm...do explain more!!! Is this the proper 1.8L JDM BPT motor that also came in the Ford Laser TX3/323 GTR or the 1.6L that came in the earlier versions of the 323 GTX? Why parted out? Pics of car...motor?

[Gideon35T]

Looks just like the motor in your pic. Though the different versions look very similar. It's the version that came with the VJ20 turbo iirc.
The seals on the turbo are shot and nobody will rebuild it because they dont read japanese to order the kit, lol.
You can find replacement turbos on feoa.net but the rest of the car needs too much love and I don't have the time.
If you are interested in parts (or know someone who is) just shoot me a pm. Gonna start ripping her apart soonish.

Oh, it's the 1.8 that came in the Laser TX3 btw

[EVL WAGN]

Ohhh man...now I wanna see if the car can be saved. lol

I'm somewhat of an Escort GT/Laser TX3 buff. I used to do the whole Hot Import Nights deal with my old 95 GT that I posted pics of in the other thread. You're in Cali right?

You didn't do that awd conversion did ya? lol. It is awd ready underneath the car afterall.

[Gideon35T]

I'm in southern Arizona. The car is salvageable but needs ALOT of tlc. Would be better to pull the motor, add new turbo, then drop in a different shell since you can find a escort shell for $200 pretty easy. Shot you a pm so we dont clutter the thread.

I really want to go down to 4 cars. Will likely end up being the 2 Volvos + The Datsun because it's an awesome cruising vehicle + the G20 which will be setup for track use.

[URO_S60]

drop a big block in the stang screw and the 302/351's ...my '86 had a 460bbf with a c6 wasn't much of an auto-x car but went straight pretty damn fast. You won't be disappointed, you know the ol' sayin' there's no replacement for displacement lol.

[Gideon35T]

The stang will likely be just for flipping. I've already built a foxbody and don't have a ton of interest. I traded because I got the better deal and I may be getting laid off this month. I'd prefer a car I can flip easily. And there's no shortage of cheap parts for it, haha.

[Gideon35T]

Here's some pics of my toys ...

The Zombie Wagon - There's better pics in the thread I made for it


The Datsun 620 - It's actually a little lower then in this pic now


The Escort - Parted out or sold whole soon
http://imgur.com/jlR...r,3Z7Zi,kDB4P#3

Here's my old AE86 before I wrenched on it much, my B13 Sentra before I was setup as a nitrous powered street toy and then redone as a rally car (I think there's a thread on here about it), and my S60 shortly after installing the new fmic.


No pictures of the G20 but it's a 96 touring model and is a champagne/gold color.

[Gideon35T]

A little bit better pic of the newest toy ...

[EVL WAGN]

URO_S60, on 05 January 2012 - 09:49 AM, said:

drop a big block in the stang screw and the 302/351's ...my '86 had a 460bbf with a c6 wasn't much of an auto-x car but went straight pretty damn fast. You won't be disappointed, you know the ol' sayin' there's no replacement for displacement lol.

Sure there is...it was called the SVO and it had the 2.3 turbo in it. Or we can always refer to the Buick Grand National with it's 6 banger turbo...a spooling turbo is always the replacement for NA displacement...lol

On a side note...that lil Datsun is just begging for an SR20 or RB26 swap...lol

[Gideon35T]

I considered the swap for the 620 (sr20det swap that is) but it doesnt need to be fast. its great as a summer cruiser as it sits with the L20b motor.

[URO_S60]

EVL WAGN, on 06 January 2012 - 04:54 AM, said:

Sure there is...it was called the SVO and it had the 2.3 turbo in it. Or we can always refer to the Buick Grand National with it's 6 banger turbo...a spooling turbo is always the replacement for NA displacement...lol

On a side note...that lil Datsun is just begging for an SR20 or RB26 swap...lol

After driven one for 8 months or so, I'll take a well built 460 with aluminum heads and a strong cam with a 750cfm carb and spray a 150 shot at it any day than a svo. That setup right there alone would get you in the mid-high 11's it's going to take a bat load more to get the same rolling chassis with a svo setup in it to run matching times.

[Malvasi]

URO_S60, on 06 January 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

After driven one for 8 months or so, I'll take a well built 460 with aluminum heads and a strong cam with a 750cfm carb and spray a 150 shot at it any day than a svo. That setup right there alone would get you in the mid-high 11's it's going to take a bat load more to get the same rolling chassis with a svo setup in it to run matching times.

If it takes you that much to get into the 11's, there is something seriously wrong!! You can take a stock 302 with a good upper end on it spray 150 through it and you better be in the mid 11's...

[EVL WAGN]

I'd still take neither though guys...both ideas are flawed with that whole Mustang logo on them...lol. My buddy in Windsor had a 96 Civic SI coupe with a H22 Dart block and a decent size turbo on it that ran 11's all day with a full interior on drag radials. He showed up to a Mustang dyno day with a friend of his that drives a Cobra and the Mustang guys were all making fun of the car because it had an intercooler in the bumper...they egged him on to put it on the dyno for a run and even paid for his pull...end of the story goes with the fact he had the 2nd highest pull for the day...only car that beat him was a full dragged prepped Mustang. They shut up pretty quick after that...lol

Morale of the story is? Anything can be made to be stupid fast...how much money do you wanna spend is the only question.

[URO_S60]

Malvasi, on 06 January 2012 - 04:42 PM, said:

If it takes you that much to get into the 11's, there is something seriously wrong!! You can take a stock 302 with a good upper end on it spray 150 through it and you better be in the mid 11's...

Oh there was much more left in it, but the one time I took it to NED I wasn't even expecting to race it that day on reg street tires and didn't have the built tranny in it at the time on a lazy tq converter. That engine build with the tranny and slicks will run 10's easy, I just didn't have the correct safety equipment to run that time yet as I had just under 700 miles on the motor and was using it as a weekend fun car until the built C6 came back. Bottom line was on the one day that I took the car 3 hours away from my house to watch some races I didn't want to risk going for gold and end up breaking something and having to pay idk how much for a 3 hour tow back home.

[dublin14]

EVL WAGN, on 06 January 2012 - 04:54 AM, said:

Sure there is...it was called the SVO and it had the 2.3 turbo in it. Or we can always refer to the Buick Grand National with it's 6 banger turbo...a spooling turbo is always the replacement for NA displacement...lol

On a side note...that lil Datsun is just begging for an SR20 or RB26 swap...lol

EVL WAGN, on 07 January 2012 - 04:39 AM, said:

I'd still take neither though guys...both ideas are flawed with that whole Mustang logo on them...lol. My buddy in Windsor had a 96 Civic SI coupe with a H22 Dart block and a decent size turbo on it that ran 11's all day with a full interior on drag radials. He showed up to a Mustang dyno day with a friend of his that drives a Cobra and the Mustang guys were all making fun of the car because it had an intercooler in the bumper...they egged him on to put it on the dyno for a run and even paid for his pull...end of the story goes with the fact he had the 2nd highest pull for the day...only car that beat him was a full dragged prepped Mustang. They shut up pretty quick after that...lol

Morale of the story is? Anything can be made to be stupid fast...how much money do you wanna spend is the only question.

No replacement for displacment Sure you can slap a big ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD turbo on small engines and get big HP, but when you slap a turbo or SC on V8 V10 ect, there is no comparing. The best part with a Forced induction V8 is you always have trq even when youre not in boost vs small engines with big arse turbos.

[dublin14]

Some cool vids... TT V10s and V8s ROCK!! A pal of mine is sending his 05 modded Gallardo to UR for a TT kit. That should be fun. It already shoots 2ft flames out the exhaust.




200 runs on the motor, full weight car, drives the kids to school in it, and then hits the track and does 7.75 at 183mph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqTUtkuyiqo 1225WHP at only 15psi Thats impressive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqTUtkuyiqo 1225WHP at only 15psi Thats impressive!

[Gideon35T]

The "No displacement for displacement" adage is flawed. There is a replacement for everything motor related and that replacement is "Flow". Doesn't matter so much how you accomplish that flow just the fact that the motor flows optimally for your setup. It's the reason why a set of Air Research heads on a SBC make for absurd gains. Or the reason you can slap a turbo on just about anything and see better gains then from tons of other mods. It's the reason why choke points are opened up and everything gets port & polished. "Flow" has been forgotten over the years. As the muscle guys just go after more cubic inches and everyone else just slaps together forced induction. Both sides have forgotten that optimum flow beats either tangent. Look at how amazing the power curve is on variable intake runner length manifolds for example. They beat motors with higher peak power because the flow is better optimized for the state the motor is in (low, mid, high rpms). Porsche took it a step further a few years back when they introduced factory variable exhaust to optimize torque numbers. FLOW is the end all to be all.