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june will come in no time brother. and we cruise again!
Originally Posted by Arthur Li
Not much update at this time except that the block has been disassembled. LNE has shipped an empty crate to my mechanic. Once it arrives, my mechanic will package the blocks in the crate and ship it to LNE to work on. Most likely the block halves won't be back from LNE until June.
Mechanic gave me a full breakdown of what I'll be getting. Here's a summary off the top of my head:
-get the block sleeved with the nikasil 4.0 + pistons, rings
-heads machined
-IMS from LNE
-bearings from LNE
-new gaskets, bolts, hoses, chains, water pump, oil separators
-new plugs, coils
On the list of considerations:
-IPD Plenum
-not sure what else???
So you'll have a 4.0 M97 build then?? Is that correct? Different rods? any idea what the bore and stroke will be? This is AWESOME if you are going to 4.0! Would love to see and read more about this. Not many do this upgrade (though yours was of necessity). So, sharing this with the community would be a nice treat.
Well, that's the plan. I'm excited, but very scared that it will all blow up in my face should things not work out. Not sure what the bore and stroke is, but I believe Jake Raby or Sneaky Pete may know. Not sure if I need new rods yet. My mechanic said that his machine shop will do an assessment to see if the rods got stretched or out of spec. If they are, then I'll need to get new ones I think. But if it's ok, I'll just reuse existing.
I'll share whatever I can and try to document here as complete as possible.
Well, that's the plan. I'm excited, but very scared that it will all blow up in my face should things not work out. Not sure what the bore and stroke is, but I believe Jake Raby or Sneaky Pete may know. Not sure if I need new rods yet. My mechanic said that his machine shop will do an assessment to see if the rods got stretched or out of spec. If they are, then I'll need to get new ones I think. But if it's ok, I'll just reuse existing.
I'll share whatever I can and try to document here as complete as possible.
If I recall the bore is 101mm. I'm sure LN can fill in the blanks.
arthur doesnt post too often, but his car has been back on the road for 1.5 years now - the block was bored out to 4.0+nickies i believe at LN engineering , and the engine was re-assembled (with certain parts upgraded back here in toronto).
she lives! this was taken right the he got his car back, i think oct 2016
04-20-2016, 04:08 PM
