ObeseFieldMouse
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2006
- Location
- Winston Salem
It has been a really, really long time since I've done any sort of build thread, so there is a ton missing. Short story is his thing started out as a stock 89 Sidekick 11-12 years ago when I was in high school. I've slowly broken and built it to the point its at now, going through a whole plethora of what I'll refer to as beta tests lol.
The poor decisions started a year or so ago when I blew the second stock motor at the flats. Did some searching and swapped a 2.0 from a 2000 Chevy Tracker into it. 82hp to 135hp. If you've seen me drive, you'd understand why that was a poor decision. This particular engine I spun two rod bearings in one after another, so it was rebuilt. Found that Peugeot connecting rod studs from ARP will fit with a little bed plate modification. The first victim after this engine was practically shearing the knuckle ball off the housing of a well gusseting housing. So diamond it was... and a little test and tune at Windrock.
The only problem with this fresh, more powerful engine is the cooling system left a little left to be desired. After boiling the coolant out a few times and refilling it with donated urine at both uwharrie and the flats, I decided it was time for an upgrade. Driving the community piss bucket was tarnishing my rep... I decided I'd go for a massive cooling upgrade, mostly because since having done the swap, I noticed how lonely the exhaust manifold was, and how badly it needed something to fill the void.
Pretty much after a 30 minute phone call to my buddy, I accidentally ordered a whole lot of parts and starting work.
It is a universal radiator from Griffin originally made for a Dodge I believe. Drivers side inlet and outlet. Built a fan shroud out of some angle and 1/2" square tube. Adapted the massive outlets to the stock size with some exhaust pipe reducers. Stuck it in there. Not a whole lot of room left...
The manifold was the main hang up on the turbo for a year or so. Everywhere I would find that made one would disappear off the internet. My friend finally came across one made by Spa on ebay with two left. That availability started this whole thing.
The turbo is a T04E ebay special, with a line kit that came with the oil feed inlet restriction in it. Essentially a T3 turbine and T4 compressor hybrid. Spent a day or so routing the charge pipes etc, ordered a pancake style oil cooler adapter and cooler. Decided to run a blowoff valve right after the charger, and blow through my mass air flow. Seems to work okay.
The poor decisions started a year or so ago when I blew the second stock motor at the flats. Did some searching and swapped a 2.0 from a 2000 Chevy Tracker into it. 82hp to 135hp. If you've seen me drive, you'd understand why that was a poor decision. This particular engine I spun two rod bearings in one after another, so it was rebuilt. Found that Peugeot connecting rod studs from ARP will fit with a little bed plate modification. The first victim after this engine was practically shearing the knuckle ball off the housing of a well gusseting housing. So diamond it was... and a little test and tune at Windrock.
The only problem with this fresh, more powerful engine is the cooling system left a little left to be desired. After boiling the coolant out a few times and refilling it with donated urine at both uwharrie and the flats, I decided it was time for an upgrade. Driving the community piss bucket was tarnishing my rep... I decided I'd go for a massive cooling upgrade, mostly because since having done the swap, I noticed how lonely the exhaust manifold was, and how badly it needed something to fill the void.
Pretty much after a 30 minute phone call to my buddy, I accidentally ordered a whole lot of parts and starting work.
It is a universal radiator from Griffin originally made for a Dodge I believe. Drivers side inlet and outlet. Built a fan shroud out of some angle and 1/2" square tube. Adapted the massive outlets to the stock size with some exhaust pipe reducers. Stuck it in there. Not a whole lot of room left...
The manifold was the main hang up on the turbo for a year or so. Everywhere I would find that made one would disappear off the internet. My friend finally came across one made by Spa on ebay with two left. That availability started this whole thing.
The turbo is a T04E ebay special, with a line kit that came with the oil feed inlet restriction in it. Essentially a T3 turbine and T4 compressor hybrid. Spent a day or so routing the charge pipes etc, ordered a pancake style oil cooler adapter and cooler. Decided to run a blowoff valve right after the charger, and blow through my mass air flow. Seems to work okay.
