The Millennium Falcon

That should'nt be possible no, and that garage!!! Gimme!

Finally got some forum swag on there. Thanks Doug!

Donor car is finally home.

Paint suggestion...

Nah bruh, more like dis.

Finally time to bring em out of hibernation and get some much needed work done in preparation for this summer.

One needs more Ls. Hehehehehehehe

Usually I would be one to agree with that. But behold, the Japanese LS.

My freedom senses are weak in this area.

RB20? or something

As I said in my original post, RB25. Beautiful turbo choo choo

More specific for my build, a RB25DET NEO.

Differences that matter between the series 1/2 RB25 and the NEO are solid lifters, better valvetrain, beefier rods, better ring setup and they fixed an issue with the crank collar engaging the oil pump.

Basic part list is gonna be

• Holley 12-700 fuel pump
  
• Holley 512-504-5 fuel pressure regulator
  
• Greddy Intake manifold
  
• ARP hardware errywhere
  
• CX Racing top mount turbo manifold
  
• Tial 44mm MVR wastegate
  
• Garrett GT3582R
  
• Ross Truffabond harmonic balancer
  
• Greddy oil/water pump
  
• HKS SSQV BOV
  
• TOMEI 740cc injectors
  
• Splitfire coil packs
  
• Megasquirt MS3 Pro EMS
  
• ACT street strip XT clutch
  

There is totally a bunch of crap I'm forgetting in that list but that's the basic idea. Goal is a 450hp daily driver, and I mean daily. Thing is still gonna have heat, A/C, full interior, all of that fun stuff.

While building that engine though I'm going to be running the 30-40 year old engine the RB is based off of, the L28. I might throw a turbo on this too, depends if I can find the gear cheap.

When the cars done do you think it could do the kessel run in 12 parsecs (Only star wars nerds will understand what im saying lol)

I bet it wont even run under its own power hue.

WellThatsSurprising wrote:

There is totally a bunch of crap I'm forgetting in that list but that's the basic idea. Goal is a 450hp daily driver, and I mean daily. Thing is still gonna have heat, A/C, full interior, all of that fun stuff.

New goal to add: Hot rod magazine drag week 2016.

mr.modified wrote:

New goal to add: Hot rod magazine drag week 2016.

Shhh, don't tempt me. I'm already going to be going down to Carcraft to meet the Roadkill guys this summer.

Doug Fackler wrote:

I bet it wont even run under its own power hue.

Hush, you.

Craftsman1998 wrote:

When the cars done do you think it could do the kessel run in 12 parsecs (Only star wars nerds will understand what im saying lol)

UNDER 12 parsecs.

Craftsman1998 wrote:

When the cars done do you think it could do the kessel run in 12 parsecs (Only star wars nerds will understand what im saying lol)

And only the nerdiest of nerds knows that a parsec is a measure of distance and not time! 8B

The work begins...

Needs more turbo!

Nice to see some progress.

It's pretty easy to figure out when I get paid, a bunch of neat boxes start showing up at the door.



Innovate LC-2, one of the best wideband setups there is IMO.



Timing chain kit because I don't trust the previous owner.

Moose wrote:

Needs more turbo!

Who needs a turbo when I have 300HP right here?

Wait, so what engine are you building. you had this one and that wrong one and ones locked up or somethin'.... im lost. Looks like the engine from the red one being built insted?? maybe lol

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

Wait, so what engine are you building. you had this one and that wrong one and ones locked up or somethin'.... im lost. Looks like the engine from the red one being built insted?? maybe lol

The engine from the red one is getting freshened up and thrown in to hold me over while I build up the RB25.

Where do I buy the super sticker kit? Or have you just been saving them?

mr.modified wrote:

Where do I buy the super sticker kit? Or have you just been saving them?

Just type in racing stickers on Ebay.

Wideband is in, going to check the condition of the heater core with an aquarium pump and then I can put the dash back in.










Oh hey, I knew there was color underneath all that crud!




Unfortunately, that's not the only thing I found today... Here comes the carnage of what was all in the oil pan.





And there's a bunch more little shavings in the oil pan itself.
Now this leaves me two options.
Option one, I extend my deadline for getting the car done, miss one of my favorite carshows of the year and rebuild the engine right.
Option two, I slap it together with what new parts I have and run it until it dies.

Ding ding ding, option two is a winner!

Now, I'm sure you're all wondering where those big ol chunks came from. Yeah well me too. My first guess was casting chunks. From my experience with working on DSMs I know they have a tendency to throw off bits, and with early 80's quality control I wouldn't be that surprised. Nope. I went over everything in the crankcase with a flashlight and no jagged edges were found. Second guess was that the oil pump went kaboom. Nope. While the ring does have some pretty nasty scoring there's no chunks missing here.



That's about as far as I can get today. With those two things out of the equation these chunks are pretty likely to be from somewhere behind the timing cover. Tomorrow I'll be bringing home the tools from work so that I can pull the crank pulley and get all the covers off and the mystery shall be revealed.