new (old) engine inspection

[Alan Pritchard]

Cant remember what crank, pretty sure you can use the diesel 2.4 to stroke
up to 2.6-2.7....... 

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	sdewitt at stx.rr.com [mailto:sdewitt at stx.rr.com] 
Sent:	24 August 2004 17:35
To:	Alan Pritchard
Subject:	Re: new (old) engine inspection

Diesel crank? Are you reffering to a 2.4? I wouldn't waste time with a 2.0
liter crank.

----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Pritchard <apritchard at seaeye.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:29 am
Subject: new (old) engine inspection

> So, I just got my new (to me) ng engine home into my garage.
> My plans are, rip the head off, match the ports to the manifolds, 
> generalclean up, do a big valve conversion, raise the cr to about 
> 10.5-1, ceramic
> coat piston crowns, combustion chamber and valve faces. Ceramic 
> coat the
> exhaust manifold, and the underside of the inlet manifold. Fit a 
> 7a throttle
> body, and efi injectors in the stock location. Exhaust will be the 
> good ole
> 5-3-1 to 2.5" cat back. Camshaft is a shrick 272. fuel and 
> ignition will be
> controlled by megasquirt'n'spark. Flywheel is to be lightened. 
> There will
> also be an oil cooler fitted. But I need to check the bottom end 
> over, what
> should I look for to make sure the bottom end is good? I really 
> wanna break
> 200hp on a 2.3 na i5. later on I may do a 5 throttle body 
> conversion, still
> tba. And if a diesel crank comes up cheap it will be stroked, but 
> that is
> unlikely.
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