Originally Posted By: IndyIan
What's the plan with the motor?
Whelp, right now it's going from a 94 323 to a 95 323, which has an even
smaller engine bay. Engine's out already, gonna fiddle around with it, cylinder soak, pour through Kerosene flush etc. Water got into the intake ports (and one cyl was on intake stroke), since I'm doing this job out in the open. Used the vacuum cleaner to suck out the cylinders via the intake ports so nothing would fall in, poured some 2t oil in the cylinders to keep things oily, The moment the pan came off, the freakin wind picked up blowing dust all over inside. Thus the planned solvent wash.
Gonna keep the engine stock, if not low pressure boost OR short runner box intake mani for teh horsepowaz.
Originally Posted By: FetchFar
An old engine that looks new. What oil?
The outside of it sure looks 20 years old!
Originally Posted By: double vanos
What oil are you using in this engine and how many miles? Looks like a new engine....very nice.
Unsure of the miles, it looked just as great at the japanese importer. Serial says it's a 94.5 year engine, didn't get out of Japan until 2005? when I bought it. I'd imagine it had low low KMs, maybe 40k? I've put on only 50-60K since then, in ten years. Lot of cold starts in the dead of winter for a couple minutes, when it was parked just to keep things flowing. Not sure that was the greatest idea, but doesn't seem to have affected anything.
Many oils
No idea what the history was prior to 2005 when it came to Canada, but since then it's seen XD-3 (PAO), Motomaster Formula GrIII, Redline, Brad Penn, House-branded PC Supreme Synth 0w30 and most recently Honda Idemitsu 0w20. When the engine goes into the new 323 in the next week or 2, PYB's probably going to be next with TGMO for the winter I'd imagine. Some ceratec would be nice if I can find it.
here it is running last before it got pulled.
note: no third gear, pulls from 2nd, top of 2nd = 75mph/120km/h, second run was let off at 100MPH/160km/h- stock EMS, stock engine etc etc
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=ek4v0i%3E&s=8
disclaimer: private property, CGI, closed course etc
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