Well guys this started out as a broken 6speed swap to a 5 speed and a head gasket change. That all changed as I took the car apart.
This is the reason for the swap. The car lasted a long time on all stock setup on a 35r agency power kit on 1450cc on e85. I pushed the car well past what I should of and it lasted. Here is a shot of the dyno of the carI knew what could happen doing this an did not care. I do a lot of roll racing v8 cars and push it hard to win. So the end result was a hg lifted and pushed water and I just happen to notice that 1 piston was not coming all the way to the top when I went to change the hg. So this started my total build to handle a 6466 and my run for 9's on street tires in the 150+ range .

 

So what are you going to do with the motor..stay with the 2.0 or go 2.3?

 

I'm going 2.0 for now. But thinking of a 2.4 LR setup for a back up

 

Here are a few shots of parts going together..
I went with oliver lightweights an 1400 hd 10.5 to 1 cr and a manley crank.

 

I turned down my balance shaft at work.pistions installed

 

nice

 

well I'm moving on along. Studs installed and fully built head from headgames.head all tourqed down with map h11 head studs

 

How much boost where running when the HG blew and how power were you putting down?

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mRm-fGbeJ_Y

 

very nice, I love shiny parts

 

Link is not working

 

 

More goodies came in.

 

looking man good luck with your project

 

Thanks its a lot of $ and work but its all worth it.