Project: Timmy the 240

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So this car began as my daily driver. I started drifting it on the streets in early '08 when I bought it. Thought I was having fun, but I really started enjoying it when I started to drift the track at Summit Point, and Old Dominion Speedway. I joined a group called Slideways (http://www.slidewaysonline.com) which are now like my family, and the perspective of the car completely changed!
The car currently sits on Stance GR+ Coilovers, Sportmax wheels (16x8- 0 offset), and is awaiting a transplant. I threw a rod through the block last season at the track with the stock motor, so I decided it was time for an upgrade. Plus, that stock power was getting real old.

The plan: I've been working all summer and since school started to try and get enough money to finish this bad boy off. The issue has been money (of course right) with getting the motor all together, so I just gotta wait til I have money to finish up! Very close though!! I bought the infamous SR20DET from a buddy of mine who was having blowby with it. The motor was running when I bought it, but needed some serious work, so it was going to need a rebuild for sure. Here's some of the work done before the motor blowage, and after...

Pulled the diff and got a buddy to weld it up for drifting. But dang it kinda sucked for daily driving... haha


Car was stripped of course. Sure made for a hot ride since I chiseled away all the sound deadening (that exhaust is right under your feet!). Rattle canned it all down.


Had an incident with the wall at Summit Point...



Got it all fixed up mostly.


All was okay, until.... that rod didn't feel at home anymore :oops:


I'm very fortunate to have a girlfriend with an awesome dad! haha. His garage is more than enough to get some work done.



Pulled the KA out, and prepped for the SR.


Prepped the bay. Now its silver.




I got to work on the re-build of the new motor.
And so the parts started to pile up as it came apart...








I hand lapped all of the intake and exhaust valves.


So here was the problem with the motor... ring lands were all broken apart on 2 of the pistons! That'll cause that blowby!



After tearing it all apart, I had a machine shop handle the honing of the block, they decked the head, planed the block, hot tanked it all for cleaning, checked my valve guides, gave it a bench leakdown test (thank god the valves seal well! haha. I was worried about my home lapping job on the valves).
I recently ordered 4 new pistons, turbo lines, walbro 255 fuel pump, got all my gauges in, new gasket set including the turbo too, arp head studs and rod bolts, a cosworth metal head gasket, piston rings, rod bearings, rocker arm stoppers, and other miscellaneous accessories. Still have yet to purchase a FMIC, electric fans, wire to relocate the battery, and intake stuff...
It should all be getting put back together in about a month, and then I'll still need the parts listed above. But once I get those, I should be all set to start her up!

And the car as it sits now...








I have a couple short clips of the car trying to get sideways with the stock power... Can't wait til this motor is complete to get back on track with more power!
http://vimeo.com/3359653
http://vimeo.com/3391137
http://vimeo.com/2891884

THANKS FOR READING!