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woah4

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I've Always wanted to do an engine build on one of those straight 6's!! Have you seen the amazon on YouTube? Absolutely amazing. Sadly it's the transmission that would cause issues, and trying to find and import an m90 would be very tough and pricey!! What are your plans for it?

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I'm on the fence between a T6 swap (likely) or a chevy LS engine swap. One of my best friends owns a machine shop so making an adapter to use a T5 tranny or a 4L80E shouldn't be a large issue. We will see where it goes.. Likely T6 swap, relatively mild build for now, I would love to dump my spare T5 in it but shortening the 960 pan and water pipe would not be something I would look forward too.. So it will probably stay 6cyl

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Heres some pictures of the new project. Did not really get any 850 stuff done today, still waiting on parts. I will start a new thread for this car, it will be a long build. enjoy.

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I apologize for the iphone pics, it was all i had with me at the time. More later

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Progress has been slow, havent been very motivated to work on the car lately. I believe the water pump leak is sorted now. A couple small oil leaks to attend to but I'll get it figured out soon. Made and installed a new rear engine mohnt, it's not pretty but it works. Hardest thing now will be getting and running 4 inch intake piping. I still need better injectors, a better fuel pump, a better maf, a better clutch, and who knows what else. It's never ending, kinda getting tired of it, thinking about getting out of this and tossing an LS in the 960 and calling it done. It's annoying tossing so much at something that is still not going to be very fast, and probably pretty unreliable. Oh well

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