M30 swap for my Olive Drab Vert!

[RagtopE30]

Bearmw, Thanks for the tip.

e30m3s54turbo, Yeah but such is life.

[e30m3s54turbo]

Those pistons look sweet. To bad about your truck.

[Bearmw]

I'm not sure how tight you are going to tighten the crank pulley nut but if I recall Paul Burke suggested to me to go to 270-275 ft. lbs. He said some people had problems as a result over tightening it.

[RagtopE30]

What's the bore size now?

The bore is 94.0054 cm or 3.7010 inches

[Bearmw]

What's the bore size now?

[RagtopE30]

Ok so update time!

I went shopping!



The main prizes in the bunch included a 260/6 transmission and these:




The block has been bored out to 3573cc. So can I now say I have M30b35 3.6?
The pistons are Forged Wiseco and should produce a 9.0:1 compression ratio but the final CR will be posted once we assemble the rotating assembly. I was able to pick up the block, pistons, Transmission, and a bunch of other goodies from a good guy named Mark out in the Piedmont of NC for a really good deal! Thanks Mark.

Oh and assembly would be started but this happened!

I bought a cheap truck and it blew the engine on the way home this weekend! Oh well it was pretty cheap!

So next up, I am ordering the Cometic MLS head gasket and ARP head and crank studs ASAP. Then assembly will be in full swing. I also need to find out what PP and clutch I can run with the M10 flywheel that will be able to reliably handle the kind of power this thing should make.

[jim325]

The next updte I wanna see is your done and ready to race!

[RagtopE30]

Sorry about the lack of updates. I am finally off of my orders and back home! I have already spoken to the machine shop and the process will be back on track after Christmas. That is a good thing because Christmas has a way of zapping funding!

Recent work: Resealed and cleaned diff, R&R Subframe bushings, R&R TA bushings, R&R diff mount, Replaced rear springs, oh and installed hardtop!!

[e30m3s54turbo]

We need up dates.

[BamaE30]

I meet you at the Vintage hope your goal is to finish before the 2013 Vintage so we can all see it. Drill Sergeant - Olive Green makes sense now.....

[Joshua8336]

man i love that vert, and nice color choice! :up: maybe i missed it, but what transmission are you going with?

[RagtopE30]

I cannot wait to get back on this build. Sorry about the slack ass nature of the updates over the last several months. I am a Army Drill Sergeant and I have been in Ft. Jackson SC doing what I do! Dec 17th is the day I come home and then it is GAME ON!

In the mean time I have recently purchased a hardtop which needs some TLC and I just ordered AKG bushings to rebuild the rear subframe along with some GE rear 650# springs w/adjusters.

I really need to combine all my pictures into one big build thread...... man I am lazy.

[RagtopE30]

Reece Racing engines. They are a small company that mainly builds big block V8's and motorcycle race engines. They are extremely extremely good at what they do!

[hcash]

Perhaps I missed it, but what shop are you using?

[cheapshot]

^slacker ;)