HansB

Yes, it works quite well.. Best with the bottom completely closed

I once had a small oil spill at the front of my car, and you could see the oil being sucked out. Looked like a wind tunnel.

333pg333

When you say best with the bottom completely closed Hans do you mean the undertray as in more of a ground-effects setup, or some sort of direct ducting that can channel through the fmic?

Duke

I think Hans is talking about a sealing undertray under the engine, thus having a single exit path for all air that enters the engine compartment. That also creates downforce since the air exits above the car instead of underneath.

Duke

Here's a few other pics.

A new small washer tank installed. Saves a few grams too


Lots of caster possible with the new control arms!


Cage done. New Schroth 6 point belts waiting to go in.


Here's the rear seat, don't think I posted that earlier.


And last pic shows how your car might look on a regular morning in Stockholm City

Luis de Prat

Looking nice! No more 968 pistons in this engine, I take it?

Dayummm! Is that a MB CLK?

Duke

No more stock 968 pistons
But to be fair, it was a rod that broke. And some of the others were bent too..

It's a Saab 9-3. But from that angle I can definately understand your question!

Olli Snellman

Luckily Gustaf get Saab repaired and cost is taken from house's insurance.

Gustaf, no rear set there, i suppose it's here in Finland now, in my friends garage

Duke

I've been busy the last 2 weeks...
Too much to comment each photo, but I'm sure you guys can catch all the details

Started with this..

































...ended up with this last night

reno808

VERY NICE

JET951

looks great duke,
did you use a new cam chain and slippers? ive never seen anyone put pistons in before the crank? any reason for that? what did you hold the crank in with?

gt37vgt

what would make you think it went down like that Sean ?
I can a pic of the oil squirter where the deck is taped ... one piston in one & about to go in and crank in place as you can see the big end by the squirter
yeh it realy does look great duke ..

krazykarl

Looks like you went all out with the loctite 574 there Duke, is is supposed to go on the impeller part of the oil pump?

333pg333

Red??

DDP

I was thinking the same thing. Keep with the green, sir.

Looks great Duke, keep rolling.

Duke

Thanks guys.

The crank was installed first, but I didn't finalize the girdle until after the piston/rods were installed. That is just to get better access to the rod caps without the scraper and pickup/drain tubes in the way.
I have new chain and pads on the shelf but I'm on a tight schedule to get it done for a track event so I will change that later on.

Lol yeah I suppose I went all in on the 574. I didn't intend to put it on the innermost part but no moving part got 574 on it so it's fine.

Yeah the lime green I got my cage powdercoated in would look amazing on the engine too. I will put it on my future improvements list
And that list is way long. Right now I'm not looking to get everything into it's final spec. First priority is to get the engine running, and when/if it's broken in without issues and managed to do the first 650 km weekend/track trip I can focus on the little things