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I bought this engine in August of 2002 and have been itching to put it in
my car ever since then. The only reason it's not in now is because my
step-father had his 1948 Cessna 170 in our garage. Since he had all
three stalls take up, there was no way I was going to get my car in there.
So I kept on pressuring him to paint it and take it back to the airport so
that I could start my conversion.
So this past October (2002) we started to prep the airplane for paint so
that this winter I could get started on my conversion. After about 3
weeks we finally had it out and my car was finally in the garage!
And now I am doing the swap!
my car ever since then. The only reason it's not in now is because my
step-father had his 1948 Cessna 170 in our garage. Since he had all
three stalls take up, there was no way I was going to get my car in there.
So I kept on pressuring him to paint it and take it back to the airport so
that I could start my conversion.
So this past October (2002) we started to prep the airplane for paint so
that this winter I could get started on my conversion. After about 3
weeks we finally had it out and my car was finally in the garage!
And now I am doing the swap!
I had my heads and intake
Ported and Polished by Jeff
Ondo of Ondo Perfomance
and Engineering
Ported and Polished by Jeff
Ondo of Ondo Perfomance
and Engineering
These are my modifications to the engine
and transmission...
Holley 58mm Throttle body
Port & Polish of Heads andIntake(Flow#'s)
36 LBS. Bosch Fuel Injectors
Custom Cold Air Intake System
LT4 "Hot Cam" Kit
SPEC STAGE 3
Computer Tuning with Tuner Cat & LM-1
Keith Black (KB) Hyper. Pistons with 10.9:1 CR
Custom made 1 5/8" headers(built by me)
Com Cams Chromolly Push Rods
Crane Hydraulic Roller Lifters
SFI Approved Dampener
CSI Electric Water Pump
Cloyes Double Roller Timing Chain Set
Melling High Volume Oil Pump
HUGE K&N Air Filter!
MSD 6AL with Blaster 2 Coil Pack
MSD Fuel pump and Mallory Fuel Filter
and transmission...
Holley 58mm Throttle body
Port & Polish of Heads andIntake(Flow#'s)
36 LBS. Bosch Fuel Injectors
Custom Cold Air Intake System
LT4 "Hot Cam" Kit
SPEC STAGE 3
Computer Tuning with Tuner Cat & LM-1
Keith Black (KB) Hyper. Pistons with 10.9:1 CR
Custom made 1 5/8" headers(built by me)
Com Cams Chromolly Push Rods
Crane Hydraulic Roller Lifters
SFI Approved Dampener
CSI Electric Water Pump
Cloyes Double Roller Timing Chain Set
Melling High Volume Oil Pump
HUGE K&N Air Filter!
MSD 6AL with Blaster 2 Coil Pack
MSD Fuel pump and Mallory Fuel Filter
Here is a picture of a test fit of the engine. As you can see,
everything clears just fine. With the A/C delete pulley in it doesn't
hit the frame rails either! I don't know if it will hit with the actual
A/C compressor in there or not? That's up to you to find out if you
are running A/C!
The only thing that won't clear is a header on the drivers side. There
is no header that will fit that you can buy off the shelf. I had to make
one from scratch.
everything clears just fine. With the A/C delete pulley in it doesn't
hit the frame rails either! I don't know if it will hit with the actual
A/C compressor in there or not? That's up to you to find out if you
are running A/C!
The only thing that won't clear is a header on the drivers side. There
is no header that will fit that you can buy off the shelf. I had to make
one from scratch.
Total machining costs for me was $660. That
was for boring, honing, hot tanking, balancing of
rotating assembly, flywheel resurfacing, and
having my wrist pins pressed onto the pistons.
This also included all the bearings, freeze plugs
and high volume oil pump.
was for boring, honing, hot tanking, balancing of
rotating assembly, flywheel resurfacing, and
having my wrist pins pressed onto the pistons.
This also included all the bearings, freeze plugs
and high volume oil pump.
There is only about
2" of clearance
from the exhaust
port to the steering
gear box. This is
what prevents me
from using a
standard block
hugger header.
2" of clearance
from the exhaust
port to the steering
gear box. This is
what prevents me
from using a
standard block
hugger header.
be, since my heads were currently being ported/rebuilt.be, since my
heads were currently being ported/rebuilt.
heads were currently being ported/rebuilt.