Diagnosis: Murder

[1DangerousV6]

well it looks like i do in fact have internal damage to the engine...from what i hear from a couple different shops so far..i would spend a lot more money opening the engine up and doing a rebuild than just buying a new engine and dropping that in...so...it looks like over the winter sometime i'll be doing that....that sucks...of course its not going to stop me from installing the 9 lb. pulley and the fuel pump on the one thats in there now..haha

[1DangerousV6]

i just found an engine with 19K original miles that can be shipped to my door for 1 grand ...might go with that if its all legit...i have a different shop (Z1 Racing) calling the guy about it now...hopefully its all cool

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How about the lower compression GTP short block?

[1DangerousV6]

dude...that is a really good idea..those are built for superchargers (well not like mine but still) [img]smile.gif[/img]

[97rs4life]

i'd build a engine up using forged internals and such, rather than buy another stock engine. 1 Grand seems a little steep too, but then again, that has very little miles.

[Pathogen]

Dude, seriously -- first off check out Life as a BlownV6. This is what you can be expecting.

Secondly, check out www.car-parts.com for your motor if you want to get another one. I've found them with 5K for $750.

You might also want to look into getting a GTP motor and swapping over a few parts from your broken motor.

[97rs4life]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

[97rs4life]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

[1DangerousV6]

awesome...thank you guys so much for this kick *** info...i checked out "life as a blownv6" ..what a pain in the *** lol ...but im definitely gonna be doing a swap at some point...and thats how i'll do it...right...make sure its built for my application...so as i was tring to ask before when Tiago showed his moderating skills...what do you guys think?...do you think the fuel pump and the 9 lb. pulley (no nitrous obviously) will put me back in the 13s?..

[Pathogen]

Originally posted by 1DangerousV6:
awesome...thank you guys so much for this kick *** info...i checked out "life as a blownv6" ..what a pain in the *** lol ...but im definitely gonna be doing a swap at some point...and thats how i'll do it...right...make sure its built for my application...so as i was tring to ask before when Tiago showed his moderating skills...what do you guys think?...do you think the fuel pump and the 9 lb. pulley (no nitrous obviously) will put me back in the 13s?..

Not if your motor's popped. Otherwise you might be close. (I'm at 14.0 with a crappy 60', proper full and 9-10lbs)

[97rs4life]

fuel pump and pulley on with a John D wrap, you should see 13s if your engine is actually just fine

[1DangerousV6]

yeah im definitely gonna do the John D wrap when i pull it off to put the new pulley on...that'll rock to get some more low end power

Pathogen ...the thing is.. im running mid 14s right now...so i guess the real question is...is 3 more lbs of boost good for just over 1/2 a second...maybe a little more?

[yellowfbod]

Originally posted by 97rs4life:
i'd build a engine up using forged internals and such, rather than buy another stock engine. 1 Grand seems a little steep too, but then again, that has very little miles.

I agree, especially if you are going to upgrade to the 9lb pully, otherwise you will be in the same situation a year down the road.

[Pathogen]

Originally posted by 1DangerousV6:
Pathogen ...the thing is.. im running mid 14s right now...so i guess the real question is...is 3 more lbs of boost good for just over 1/2 a second...maybe a little more?

Oh, then the answer is yes. ;)
Fix or replace your motor, then get some good tires. You'll do fine. (And come to AIS next spring dang it! lol )

[1DangerousV6]

sweeeeeeeet...cuz thats what i was hoping for...cuz i figure...i just switch to the 9 lb. pulley...and even with a motor that has issues...im basically back to where i was by just adding the pulley and the pump...and i was checkin out some drag rims yesterday...might get those...or just switch back to the factory ones...and i definitely wanna come to AIS [img]smile.gif[/img] ...i've checked out the picks and stuff from the previous ones and it looks like an awesome time!