SilvrEclipse's Motor Build

[SilvrEclipse]

Some of you may already know that I picked up a motor a few weeks ago to rebuild and drop in the eclipse. Im shooting to have the motor assembled and ready to drop in the first of July. So far Im not sure if that will happen as the funds are harder to get during school. But as of right now the project is still on schedule.

Here are some pics when I first got the motor home.





Here it is after removing the intake and exhaust.





I went this weekend and pulled the head off and the pistons out. I wanted to remove the crank but ran out of time. The guy told me that this motor was running when it was pulled out. I pulled the rod caps off and found 2 spun bearing... doesn't look so 'running' to me. They weren't extremely damaged so the motor must not have been ran long afterwards. The crank didn't look to be in bad shape so hopefully I can use it.

[david-b]

YAY!!!

I've been waiting for this thread for a while now. Good luck. Damn that's a quick deadline. That should be like a double punch in the balls to Brian.

[JoeShmoe]

Thats what I'm talking about. I like the pictures, how much did you spend on the engine?

[wrightz28]

there sure was alot of fuel getting in those cylinders.

[SilvrEclipse]

Originally Posted by JoeShmoe

Thats what I'm talking about. I like the pictures, how much did you spend on the engine?

I got the motor for $250. Some more parts are coming in this week so I will have more pics soon.

[vanilla gorilla]

Awesome! I wish I had enough money to build my spare block..

[Thor06]

Oh how cute, the 420a is trying to be fast!

[david-b]

Hey... we got MazdaX, Silver, and one of these days Me going through rebuilds. We will take over zee world!

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by Thor06

Oh how cute, the 420a is trying to be fast!

Ok, seriously, I'm noting the amount a varnish on the piston skirts and the red taint on the exhaust manifold is quite excessive, IE rich as hell mixture IMO, no???

[david-b]

Originally Posted by wrightz28

Ok, seriously, I'm noting the amount a varnish on the piston skirts and the red taint on the exhaust manifold is quite excessive, IE rich as hell mixture IMO, no???

The pistons do look burnt. Looks pretty rich, but still in decent shape though. Doesn't look melted at all. Just a little crispy around the edges.

[wrightz28]

Well normally what happens is that much fuel, wipes out the oil protecting the side walls of the cylinders, leaveing the rings scoring the walls sending metal shavings through the oiling system in which the oil is already thinned out due to the gasoline and thus some pretty good amount of damage to bearings and galleys as a result. I'd be a little nervous.

[SilvrEclipse]

The cylinder walls are actually in really good shape. The block wouldn't need to be bored if it weren't for my 20 over pistons.

And thor is just jealous cause that he has an ugly yard orniment instead of a sexy 2g.

[MazdaX]

Originally Posted by SilvrEclipse

The cylinder walls are actually in really good shape. The block wouldn't need to be bored if it weren't for my 20 over pistons.

And thor is just jealous cause that he has an ugly yard orniment instead of a sexy 2g.

Oh snaps XD

Make sure you build the head to match the bottom. Unfortunately ..I am not going to port polish route on the exhats side since the channel is so small anyways it won't make a difference. My headguy said he was doing a 420A head once and the hump for the valve on the exhaust side is part of the water jacket and he barely touched it and ground right through :/

Looks like a good motor for the most part. If the crank has scars on it you can get it polished and all that jazz and have it fixed but if they are too deep it may compromise structual and harmonic integrity strength and that would suck to snap a crank.

I could have gotten you a cleaned block bored .020 for 200.00 with crank , main cap and all inbetween =P

[SilvrEclipse]

The head is just getting a valve job done to it, it wont be ported or cammed. The stock heads flows well and the cams are not bad for a turbo car. Im not trying to get a whole lot of power out of this thing. Not need to with fwd so getting every little hp is not a big deal in my case.

Mazda - How much was it to ship that motor? I wanted one that I could go pick up.

[MazdaX]

One of mine ? Probably about 65-85.00 ish. I've never shipped a block and Dave was going to be my first but he's not ready for it yet I guess.

Also depending on which state you are in and which comapny I use my discount with =P