Hey guys. I'm chris from east of Cincinnati, oh. I picked up a nice-ish s13 from a guy in Cincinnati that has clearly done well. LS Swap s14. it was killer. So for $600, I brought home this beauty. A nasty rod knock that makes me want to cry a little.
My current plan is to pull the motor and trans together, and start a full rebuild on the motor. Now, as I've never done a turbo build before, I do want to do one with this build. I'm not looking for a ton of power, but close to 250 would be fine with me. I've seen all the posts on what it takes to get there, so i'm ready. I plan on putting new rods, possibly new pistons if money allows, and a full bearing rebuild on the bottom end. Then tons of maintenance pieces. such as timing chain and the timing chain guides, all gaskets, ARP on head, mains, and rods, basically get it to a beefed up stock motor so I can enjoy driving it for a while NA, then throw a simple minded turbo setup.
I really just want to get my feet wet with turbos, standalone fuel management, and things of that nature. so it's definitely a learning process.
Money isn't being spent right now due to satisfying my wife's need to go to Disney. she and my son will love it, but it's not until the end of September. So once the trip is paid off and I have enough walking around cash for Disney, then i'm going to start blowing money on this build immediately.
I still need some tools for the shop that I've never had to call my own such as engine stand, engine hoist and what not. So those will be purchased. especially since the jeep in the pic needs a new transmission, so a trans jack will be on that list too.
Sorry for the long winded post, but there it is. Pics will come shortly once I get authorized for it
My current plan is to pull the motor and trans together, and start a full rebuild on the motor. Now, as I've never done a turbo build before, I do want to do one with this build. I'm not looking for a ton of power, but close to 250 would be fine with me. I've seen all the posts on what it takes to get there, so i'm ready. I plan on putting new rods, possibly new pistons if money allows, and a full bearing rebuild on the bottom end. Then tons of maintenance pieces. such as timing chain and the timing chain guides, all gaskets, ARP on head, mains, and rods, basically get it to a beefed up stock motor so I can enjoy driving it for a while NA, then throw a simple minded turbo setup.
I really just want to get my feet wet with turbos, standalone fuel management, and things of that nature. so it's definitely a learning process.
Money isn't being spent right now due to satisfying my wife's need to go to Disney. she and my son will love it, but it's not until the end of September. So once the trip is paid off and I have enough walking around cash for Disney, then i'm going to start blowing money on this build immediately.
I still need some tools for the shop that I've never had to call my own such as engine stand, engine hoist and what not. So those will be purchased. especially since the jeep in the pic needs a new transmission, so a trans jack will be on that list too.
Sorry for the long winded post, but there it is. Pics will come shortly once I get authorized for it