BACKSTORY:
The car is a '94 855 Turbo, auto trans. Chassis has a ton of miles on it; engine should have somewhere around 150k. It's officially been promoted (demoted?!) to "fun car" status. I began stripping the interior for weight reduction purposes last year, removing everything behind the front seats. At that point, the car weighed 3,060 on a certified scale. I ran a bit too much boost, and blew the head gasket, likely cracking the head as well. The rod bearings are in sad shape, and cylinder compression is out of spec now. The car saw 25psi one too many times, and the head gasket went out in a blaze of glory walking a lightly modded '12 SS Camaro (manual, tune, exhaust) at ~150mph on a closed road in Mexico. I patched it with a block sealant, lowered the boost to 15psi, and that's how she sits now. I still drive it almost every day like this. Dyno in June '12 was 299whp/340wtq@15psi.
GOALS:
- Most of these goals are ballparks; I'm the type that if it gets "close enough" then I'll be OK with it. Especially since it's a low budget project. I would like to see 350whp and 380wtq, at appx 19psi give or take.
- I'm running a "standing mile" event in the fall. My goal is 155mph. The car will receive some mild aero mods; I've been doing a crap ton of research on this topic. I think I have a pretty good formula worked out. May or may not put in a N/A trans (2.74 FD) as it will put me closer to my TQ peak in 4th.
- I'm still uncertain about drag-specific modifications to the trans and suspension; I may or may not replace the diff and/or tq converter. At this point, manual trans is not an option. I'd like to see a 13.0 @ 110 or better. I will probably run the car in the fall around the same time as the standing mile event.
CURRENT PROGRESS:
I decided to make this thread now because I finally pulled the trigger on a replacement long block! I ended up buying a 2006 S60 T5 engine (B5244T5), with 103k miles. I will be installing this sometime in the next 6 weeks (an hour here, an hour there, as I get the time). I still need to track down a few parts too (engine mount brackets, for starters...have one? Let me know!).
I will probably be mounting the FMIC and twin external oil coolers before the engine swap; that way it's already finished and I can just bolt them on with the new block. Just depends on time as I have a few other things on my plate (head gasket in a V70 GLT, VVT actuator and timing chain in a Mazda CX7 Turbo...). Pictures to come as I find the time to snap them. Looks like I will be relocating to CA for a new job and that may or may not interfere with the timeline.
Curb weight right now is ~2,950 with the passenger seat removed. I still have a little more to go behind the dash, but not much. I'd say another 25 lbs or so. It will likely not get any lighter until I have the money to replace the driver seat and/or I decide to start "pedro fandangoing" the car.
Any questions or comments, post em up. Flamers and haters, please half the self control not to post here. Thanks!
