JET951

well ive been waiting for my block to come back from the machine shop for a while now, and today it was ready. so we got straight into it, installing the sleeves we got from Chris White, to go with the JE pistons and Arrow Rods to take the bore out to 104mm. so the machining was absolutly perfect. should be in the car and running with in a week, i will keep this post updated with pics. i also just installed a set of Racers edge camber plates. i cant wait to get the car together and find the real potential of the vitesse stage 3 turbo.
sean buchanan

thingo

Was wondering what you were doing Sean, looks good!

Duke

What's the specs and pricing on the rods?
Did you do any mods to the combustion chamber of the head to suit the larger bore?

87944turbo

Which crank scraper are you going with?

anders44

does this go under "some assembly required"?
I always get excited with shiny metal engine parts, and like Duke said, any specs/info?

JET951

the rods are about 1400US, as for the spec i bought them from Chris White. so you will need to speak to him about them. there are no mods to the combustion chamber of the head either. what do you suggest duke?

dont we all love shiny metal parts? the rods should be stock length for a 2.5.

Darwantae951

I would also like to know what crank scraper you are using.

-Darwin

JET951

i believe the crank scraper is from, Ishihara-Johnson Crank Scrapers. which i also purchased off Chris White, he seems to be a distributer for their products.

Olli Snellman

Yes it is Ishihara-Johnson Crank Scraper. This is the new model. The old one was much simplier.

Duke

This model incorporates a windage tray as well as a scraper. You can still get just the scraper.

potent951turbo

Looks great Sean! Keep us posted with more pics!

special tool

Awesome!!
I am glad more guys are stepping the 951 HP out of second millenium levels so we do not continue to be SUCH punks compared to Japanese engines.

Duke

One suggestion is to take the available extra bore to unshroud the valves for better flow. But that will add a lot extra work, and I'm quite sure you won't be feeling the need for extra power with this engine

BTW of course we all love shiny metal parts

RolexNJ

Sean, wow that's some nice stuff you got lined up there! I am so happy to hear that you guys are doing some big bore projects out there. So you went with the Arrow Rods? Kool. Are those the Steel or Ti ones? Either way, you have one of the best ones made out in the world for our cars. Please keep us posted, and remember to take a lot of pics as you build this car!

Cheers mate.

MPD47

Niceeee! I may have missed it, but what bore did you end up going with?

Yep, I did miss it, 104mm.