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Hell yeah!!!! It's finished
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:23 pm
by Crimson_Axe
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:27 pm
by MASSIVE TYPE IV
THANK GOD!
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 11:26 pm
by Bobby74
Wow thats one CLEAN engine!! Did you wrap that whole thing in plastic or somthing while working on it? Even with rubber gloves on I manage to smear oil somwhere... nice!
Must be a relief, Good Work!
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 11:32 pm
by Alaskabug
WOW, awesome!!!! I'm impressed!!
Where did you get your oil fill tube? and where's your dip stick?
VERY NICE!!
Alaskabug
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:05 am
by MASSIVE TYPE IV
Dipstick inside the oil fill tube
Thats an 80 hour engine and tranny install.... Engine took 2.3 years to finally finish (parts problems from the start) attention to detail has a new definition when Brent and I do something!
This sucker is amazing! Crimson Axe wanted top end cruising, and thats what he got!
I drove the car for the first time today, and 'm still amazed. I configured his 5 speed to be for the high speed cruising that he needed to do. with this gearing the engine is at 3700RPM in fifth gear @90 MPH. The top speed is absolutely off the scale...
The engine has alot of torque, so much that I can shift into that tall 5th gear at 45 MPH and be around 2K rpm and pull right out of it! In first gear rolling on the throttle means just smoking the tires sideways.... The powerband is never ending and has 3 progressive states! They are noticeable every 1500 RPM all the way to 7500 RPM. At 4K RPM the engine feels just like a 911- it pulls so hard that before you know it the tach is bumping 7K.
This is the same cam that is in my 914, and it is very easy on the engine at high revs. Very slow ramps and not alot of lift- The key for extended top end power.
The head temps are unreal. The engine has 9.5:1 CR and head temps are a CONSTANT 230-260 and stable on both sides (thanks to that DTM) all the time. Today during the test drive the heads never got above 250 degrees! This folks is a 2563cc engine, and runs cooler than a 100% stocker! Even with the extremely tall gearbox, the head temps are still that low- its amazing!
This project has been a nightmare. It started with huge optimistic plans, and we achieved them. BUT it was on the dyno 3 times, and had 3 severe part failures. These parts were supposed to be the best- They were the best paperweights available!
I want to Thank Ken for being patient, and choosing me to build this engine. His patience and co-operation is the only thing that kept me going. Thanks Ken..
He still has to have a new decklid made for it, and install the A/C- other than that he is all done.
These are the second set of Nickies ever made- They are flawless and unreal!
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:20 am
by Plastermaster
Wow, what a happy day! I only was able to open 2 ot the pics, but it looks awsome. I really think the shroud is every bit as cool as a 911 style. Care to post your gear ratios? I'd be interested.
Thanks to the both of you. Whether intended or not, this project was for all of us who want to see the T4 find itself (its potential). Heck, even Danimal helped!
Ron
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:32 am
by NextGen
Very nice, keep us informed on how you like driving it. I am sure there will be weeks even months till you feel you got it just right. Actually with us guys it will never be just right,ha. Love to hear the driving stories.
Joe
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:39 am
by MASSIVE TYPE IV
Now i wish I woudl have ran more CR..... it could have stood atleast 10.5:1!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:56 am
by bpcatdog
Jake,
You have mail concernig engine.
Louie
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:17 pm
by njv
hi
cant remember but what was the final bhp for this beast? thats one clean looking engine its gonna scare some rice methinks.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:39 pm
by MASSIVE TYPE IV
201 and 190 lb/ft
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 5:04 pm
by smitty
Sweet!
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 5:12 pm
by bpcatdog
Jake,
What have you done with more stock-like displacement and have good HP and torque? I know the cam and the combo are a big deal in these type 4 engines but what can be done to really wake up stock engine?
Louie
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:16 pm
by Crimson_Axe
Repost of the dyno results - Thanks Jake and congrats on your awesome news
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:04 pm
by Plastermaster
I don't know if it works like this, but if you downsized this engine to a 2270, and changed a few other things like maybe the heads so that it would compliment the down sizin, would you have a 2270 with pretty much the same dyno chart, just downsized a little? A 2270 would be about 88% as big as your engine, so with comparable configuration that would be 167 ft/lbs and 176 HP. If that would be posible, Id like to know and keep it in my notes.
Thanks
Ron
