Finished!! Forged piston block, Custom valve head (flowbenched)

[Ondonti]

Removed my fuel pump today and confirmed its REAL not a chinese one

Note how its shiny and smooth on the outside. The fakes are dull colored and not so smooth. The fakes look like a brighter aluminum color with sandpaper feeling surface.

The other pump is the one I damaged in that big electrical problem I had.
The pump on the left is from Foward Motion 3 months ago, the pump on the right is from TU about 1.5 years ago.

[TurboDodgeNoob]

Edelbrock 17934 - Edelbrock High Performance In-Tank Fuel Pumps - JEGS

[Ondonti]

Thats just a walbro repackaged for another company to sell at higher price.

[TurboDodgeNoob]

Then use a bigger hammer, man!

Sump it!
Competition Engineering 4041 - Competition Engineering Fuel Tank Sump - JEGS

Pump it!
JEGS Electric Billet Fuel Pumps - JEGS

[Ondonti]

Had to replace some wheel studs along with the other work.









Funny camera angle I guess so the cam timing doesnt look lined up with the center mark (106 deg)

Here is the reason I couldnt shift gears above 3000 rpms!


Putting the hood back on after reinstalling the engine.

[Tim_K]

Damn, Ondonti, how many times have you had the motor in & out of that car now? 5 at least? Looks like you're getting pretty good at it, anyhow.

When you changed the clutch, how much wear was left on that 3 puck disc? Did you put it back in?

[Ondonti]

that clutch only has 150ish miles on it.

[Shadow24V]

how many times have you pulled that engine so far? lol good job, and btw that that double spring or something PP you mentioned earlier?

[Ondonti]

Its a single diaphragm. similar to the sachs plate I broke in that picture. +40% clamping force over a tIII. Combine that with an insanely aggressive 3 puck solid disc and we have fun.

[Shadow24V]

ahh. was that the sach's HD pressure plate? i have that and a 4 puck in my 24v, im hoping its enough Cindy said it was good to 350ish hp, dont recall what torque though

[Ondonti]

The Sachs that I broke is +40% over TIII also.

[LeBeercan_conv]

Ondonti, I've been following this car for some time now (various sites). Please tell me about your turbo. I'm working on a DOHC swap (megasuirt and all that crap) for the better heads (and steel crank), BUT I want to run a SINGLE turbo (in the Y-pipe, as yours is).
What's the hot side size? I have a single .48 (.42 compressor) and wonder if it's worth hybrid-izing, or whether I should just look for another unit instead of trying to "hotrod" the POS I already have. PM if you don't want to clutter this thread with my 'jacking... I'd really appreciate the info - no matter how it gets to me ;-)
Again, I've followed your 3.0 for some time, much props for your accomplishment(s)!!!
Best Regards,
LeBeercan

[3.0ShadowES]

Hey Ondonti, what size fuel injectors are you using? Im thinking of buying this 94 Duster 3L 5spd with a bad motor for $200. I know i gotta get the forged internals, do some head work and some of the other stuff you did. I dont feel like going back and looking for what you used.

[Ondonti]

right now just using 30# ford high impedance injectors.

[Ondonti]

I just put new plugs in and started the car up.
Vacuum and a/f look good and the engine sounds good except I need to losten the 3 bolt flange on the bottom of the downpipe and crank the V band on the turbo down (need to tighten the vband first or it wont seal up properly because of how the exhaust hangs.

Weeeeee

Dang happy.