AntmanAndLittleDi
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- Nov 12, 2014
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Russell,
Kansas
We just experienced a little piston ring failure on our 2g. (I think, not 100% sure) The car still runs, but is putting oil onto #4 spark plug. While driving around in the truck having a family meeting on the topic, we saw a gutted 1g on a trailer behind a shop. Talked to the owner & he said "Take it, just bring my trailer back." Motor has a rod knock & trans has a gear out, but it's an awd car. Seeing as this 1g has the interior stripped and has been modified for a track car (roll caged, doors welded shut, no glass), we thought about rebuilding the motor and mating it inside of our existing setup. Just the motor. We'd like to keep the 2g head (unless the 1g is preferred?) and as much other 2g as possible. Are there any limitations to this idea? Like certain sensors or water pump? Anything that I'm not thinking of? As a side note the end hp range that we'd like to accomplish is 550, so if there's anything on this 1g that'll work better than it's 2g counterpart (like the throttle body), please let me know. For the beginning I'd like to just build the motor heavy and add on around it down the road. I'm picturing it as being a walk in the park, so don't burst my bubble too hard . All comments and ideas are welcome, but keep in mind I haven't had time to look into 1g info just yet (only owned one for an hour ).