FourG63 97GST

sounds like a great recipe, excited for the results

Turpid porpoise

Thanks bud.

After speaking with Bret yesterday it looks like I will be sitting at 9.8:1. It will make the tuning window a little tighter but my other shelf piston option was 8.5:1 and we felt that would be a bit too lazy on the street.

MVP'S ZO6

Hey Mitch, thanks for allowing me to be a part of this one. Your pistons, pins and rods showed up at my door yesterday. When I get back to Houston, I'll check the housing bores on the rods and the pin fitment and open the piston and Rod pin bores up as needed. I'll be going up to Bret's the following weekend and I'll get the rest of your stuff (heads Ect) from him directly.

Turpid porpoise

Sounds great, thanks Mike! I just need to put that sides and lid on the crate and then it will be off on it's way to you.

Turpid porpoise

Small update: Rerouted my positive battery wires with 1/0 battery cable to the terminal post, 1/0 to the starter and # 4 welding cable to the fuse box and alternator with inline circuit breakers.


Also got a few pics from Mike during the machining process.

BLOWNBLUEZ06@RKT Performance

Looks great Mitch! Thanks for letting me be a part of it!


Bret

Turpid porpoise

Thank you Bret. You and Mike have been so much help through out this process.

I will probably be texting you shortly about a dual pump hanger...

silver408z

I have his dual pump in my car and works great.

Turpid porpoise

How much power are you making? E85, 93 or other?

Turpid porpoise

Disconnected everything in preparation to drop the cradle and pull the shortblock out. Everything is disconnected except a couple bellhousing bolts and I need to loosen the cradle nuts.

all4spl

looks amazing. someday i will be able to afford a build by bret. I am always intrigued with Bret's build. They are always professional and top notch. I'm just too poor to afford his work Especially being in VA haha.

Turpid porpoise

Bret has been very helpful, he gave me tons of advice and helped me spec my motor for Mike to machine and assemble.

I'm in VA too, where are you from?

all4spl

chesapeake area for me.

Turpid porpoise

Little more progress. Engine and cradle are out, cradle is getting cleaned/degreased and shortblock is for sale. Clutch looks like it was about toast anyways.





Anyone know if the Monster steel flywheel works with the Mcleod RXT?

Turpid porpoise

Ordered an RXT today and made a little bit more progress while I was helping a buddy put a water pump on his Ram 2500.

Picked up a sheet of aluminum to see if I could come up with any heat shielding where my downpipe runs over all my wire harnesses. Used some cardboard and packing tape to get my shape and traced it onto my sheet then cut this out and added some holes to mount my map sensor. I'm still going to paint it and find something better than zip ties to hold the map.


Also mounted my ECS clutch pedal stop to see if it helps remove some of the excess travel. Can't adjust it until the motor is back in.

C5 Pete

Nice progress.

BLOWNBLUEZ06@RKT Performance

great work Mitch!

I'm able to create systems capable of supporting up to 2000 whp on E85 and anything in between. Give me a shout if I can help.

Turpid porpoise

Thanks Bret. When I get around to redoing the fuel system I will be going with your setup, just gotta get everything else buttoned up first.

Turpid porpoise

Here's the question of the day. Do I go with a 4 post style lift in my garage and deal with the installation and loss of space or do I just get a kwik lift?

Demonicbird00

I vote 4 post!

great progress btw! what are your hp goals?

-brandon