6 months before my m20 psycho build I’m driving down the street in the rain and my cold air intake sucks up 10 ounces of water and hydrolocks my engine. I will try to post pics in this thread later but I cannot get my camera to work. In any case I called up my godfather and we towed my Natalie to my house, tore the head off the car and discovered 10 ounces of water between cylinders 1-5. So I decided that this engine is going to get a baby build as a backup for my psycho 3.3 m20 build. I have decided to use (by preference my I block if it's not damaged from the hydrolock) (otherwise I will use the e block I am buying) I am going to use the eta (2.7) crank because of the increase in stroke and due to clearance issues I will probably use the e rods I will mock up the I rods to test but I don't think this will work I am also going to use my I pistons regardless and my 885 (I head) (if my 885 is damaged I will replace it with an 885) I am basically just overhauling this motor but with an eta crank. I also am in need of suspension (do to a move to and then from Tucson where I was aproximately 1700 lbs overweight) so I will be overhauling the suspension top to bottom and to complete this overhaul I am also going to turbo this motor. It will be a small 5-10 psi but that’s just so I can get used to a turbo motor in preparation for the m20 psycho build. I forgot I am also buying a miller performance MAF conversion. While in the process I very well may convert to m5 brakes. Oh and last but not least a friend of mine gave me a set of line locks so I’ll be installing them as well.
the reason I consider this to be my own personal hell is I am just 6 months from the psycho build and frankly don't like repeating my work I really don't want to do 2 builds so I am fairly annoyed with this situation.
In the process of this build I will probably use an angle grinder and shave some weight off of crank, harmonic balancer and flywheel.
In the psycho build I will be buying a super light flywheel/clutch assembly and refuse to buy a second one for a lesser build.
I am curious if anyone has done this 2.7 build before and what problems if any you incurred
the reason I consider this to be my own personal hell is I am just 6 months from the psycho build and frankly don't like repeating my work I really don't want to do 2 builds so I am fairly annoyed with this situation.
In the process of this build I will probably use an angle grinder and shave some weight off of crank, harmonic balancer and flywheel.
In the psycho build I will be buying a super light flywheel/clutch assembly and refuse to buy a second one for a lesser build.
I am curious if anyone has done this 2.7 build before and what problems if any you incurred
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