Fun fact, I've owned this car since 1992 - I was 22. It was my daily driver for 10 pIus years with all of the wear and tear that comes with that. It got me through college and I promised myself I'd rebuild it when I had the money. It took me 15 years to get to that point and it was off the road for 13 of those. It's been through a lot - feast, fire and famine - and it's finally getting its due care. As my daily driver, it got Eibach touring springs, Dinan sway bars and 16" BBS wheels and a chip for the eta. In the last two years it's had all suspension bushings replaced, a full brakes rebuild with braided steel lines, a full fuel system rebuild, a 3.46 lsd swap, ZHP rack replacement and a rebuilt 2.9L M20 that recently went in the car. I'm probably missing a few things but those are the main build specs.
The M20 is the current project. 84mm M52 crank, 85mm 9.75:1 compression ratio Ross Racing pistons, 135mm rods, Schrick 272 cam, heavy duty rockers and some port and polish work. IE shorty headers and a cat delete custom exhaust went on shortly after I got the car back. Currently running the stock ecu and intake side but that’s where I’m focused now. The owner of the shop that built the engine told me it made 198whp/210wtq on a dyno where he got the stock ecu chip tuned but I felt like that was very optimistic after driving it for a day or two. It idles rough and has the classic M20 hesitation off idle. It also feels kind of dead after about 5K RPMs. However, the dyno plot below from Friday afternoon isn’t what I was expecting either. I pretty much immediately called him and didn’t pull punches. Monday/Tuesday he’s going to call his tuner and his machine shop to see what he hears.
I have a MSPNP ready to go in with all the trimmings but I'm not sure if I should make that change until I get word from the shop.
Anyway, that's where things stand. If you're curious about the past feel free to ask.
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