Well after having a little oil leak from my head for the past 2 years (ARP head stud install without removing the head - FTL!), I'm pulling the head to fix that and decided why not just redo everything. The car has about 100K miles on it right now as it's been my daily driver with a nearly 100 mile commute. I do strictly road racing type of stuff with my car, no drag racing, so I'm looking for lots of torque, good spool-up and I'm not planning on revving past around 7800 RPM. I've always wanted to do a 2.3L and considered a stock-based turbo like a green, but they are super expensive, hard to get and I'm afraid run out of top end on a stroker. So a GT3076 seemed like a perfect fit. We'll see I guess. I got a great deal on one from somebody here.
So I've been ordering parts for a few months and procrastinating doing any actual work. Well last weekend I finally got started.
Ready to DO WORK, hood off and lots of stuff to unscrew.
White Trash temporary parts storage area. I should water my lawn more!
Pretty much everything disconnected from the engine. Just need to unbolt the AC compressor and power steering pump. Unhook the T-Case and pull that thing out. Should have the motor out this weekend and start stripping it down to go to the machine shop.
I'll be interested to see the inside of the motor after 100K and see the stock clutch as well.
Here's my pile of parts. Whenever I think I'm just about there I realize I still need something. Like the ARP main bolts I remembered I still need to order today
I'm piecing together the turbo kit myself and still need a waste gate, oil lines, and parts to fab an O2 housing. I'm also looking at doing a side-by-side radiator and vertical flow intercooler, all of which I'll fab myself with uber short IC piping.
I think I have enough stickers to cover a butt-rocker nova station wagon with a 454 in it
