so my almost brother in law (DV8NSX944) spun a rod bearing in his cute little red n/a the other day. When i say spun a rod bearing i mean more like chewed it up and spit it out into the oil pan. We located a motor up in Indy for it and bought it- 87 n/a motor and its currently on the stand half apart doing seals and a belt before we re-install it into the 86. We pulled his motor friday night and this weekend i picked away at it pulling the old motor apart as the new seals havent arrived from paragon-products just yet. The number two rod bearing was MIA but really its in a pile at the bottom of the oil pan. This makes for a hell of a knock and vibration. I also took the front suspension and rack assy up to the car wash tonite and pressure washed them to remove all the gobs of crud that was on there from that oily heap of a motor. Found out that the nice header that was on the car is cracked so we'll be using the big heavy cast manifolds that were on the 87 motor. Anyway here are some pics and if anyone needs an n/a head/ block/ parts in general let me know as we pretty much have two of everything including the a/c pump and alternator as well. Have to try to make up some of the $ it takes to put the new motor back together.

 

Can't wait to see it lol

 

Bummer, guys. Good luck getting it all back together!

 

Good luck guys!!!

 

What were the headers made from? Why not weld them up and run em? If I'm missing something I plead ignorance based on being a newb..

 

headers are factory and they have a tendancy to crack in that spot- i could easily weld them but i dont feel like pulling them again when they crack again.

 

Good work. Who is the *** in the picture? And the cam tower looks great !

 

Nice nice nice.

Only a while until hes tippin on Fo fos.

 

Bummer about the rod bearing.....

Would an S2 EM bolt up? Let me know and I could hook you up.

Cheers,

 

we have the cast manifold that came w/ the new motor- i was hoping to use the old one but as its cracked looks like cast it is..

 

Justin, I've been looking at that picture for about half an hour and i still don't see you in it! Lol

 

That car looks REALLY nice, is that your old NA?

-Darwin

 

hahahahahahahaha... Did you guys get some snow today?

 

Nope, that mine, got it up in dayton somewhere.

Lol it had to be said. It took me all day to think that up lol. It was flurrying this morning but thats it

 

I knew it was yours, I just was wondering if Dan sold his old NA.

-Darwin