IR89 - back in action.
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:56 am
I disappeared for a while. I had a back injury last June and only have recently recovered enough from my surgery to start working on my car again. Anyway, I figured I would fill you in on what I have been up to the last couple of weekends now that I can get to work again. I will try to keep the pictures to a minimum (I am camera happy lol)
I am sure a lot of you remember the V6 swap I was attempting. I ended up stopping on that project for now and decided to go with a 4ZE1 build instead. Due to my injury my finances are a bit short, so in making up for a lack of funds I decided to get as much done with what I have as I can, and get the car setup for fab work.
This is that 2.6 as I got it home (in the trunk of my other car no less)
2 weeks ago I dismounted the factory MSG-5 transmission from the stock 2.0L assembly and removed the flywheel and clutch, and then stripped it down of everything I needed.
Then took the above dirty 2.6, stripped it down, and put all of the 4ZC1 brackets, distributor, oil pan, and fuel rail on it. I also added a 97 Rodeo 2.6 upper plenum and single butterfly TB on the older 2.6's older lower plenum. I did my best to degrease it with some spray can stuff and a hose with a high pressure nozzle, but its still dirty looking, not that it matters at this point in time.
Now for the gearbox, with the plans for the car I don't trust the stock MSG-5 transmission to hold the abuse and power that I am going to put it through, so I took the MUA-5 from the V6 swap attempt and got my hands on a 2.6 MUA5 front transmission case. I swapped over the Speedo drive from the stock impulse trans in place of the VSS from the rodeo (will be off with stock tire diameter and rear ratio, but that will be fixed).
This is a comparison of Impulse Speedometer drive vs. Newer VSS from the MUA-5. 17 Tooth driven with a 5 tooth drive gear in the Impulse, 21 tooth driven with a 6 tooth drive in the MUA. Currently it is a 17 tooth driven and 6 tooth drive, which with my future tire diameter and rear diff ratio works out almost perfectly.
This is a much bigger/beefier transmission than the stocker, but the gear ratios mean I have to adjust the rear diff ratio to something taller (axle upgrade heh).
The only thing I haven't swapped over to the trans yet is the impulse shifter and quadrant. The reason being is some machining has to be done to the flange/pad that the quadrant bolts to as well as the center plate on the top to allow the quadrant to sit down on it.
Thanks to the previous owner taking this car apart, I have been digging and searching for some of the factory parts (cruise servo etc). I finally located it and have to bolt it in, got the motor mounts located and re-installed, and killed myself to reinstall the brake booster and new master cylinder.
Anyway, that is the progress I made over the course of the last 8 days. (3 solid days of work). To keep this post shorter I will post a few of the "why" for the need to fabricate, and why I am getting the motor and trans together for it.
I am sure a lot of you remember the V6 swap I was attempting. I ended up stopping on that project for now and decided to go with a 4ZE1 build instead. Due to my injury my finances are a bit short, so in making up for a lack of funds I decided to get as much done with what I have as I can, and get the car setup for fab work.
This is that 2.6 as I got it home (in the trunk of my other car no less)
2 weeks ago I dismounted the factory MSG-5 transmission from the stock 2.0L assembly and removed the flywheel and clutch, and then stripped it down of everything I needed.
Then took the above dirty 2.6, stripped it down, and put all of the 4ZC1 brackets, distributor, oil pan, and fuel rail on it. I also added a 97 Rodeo 2.6 upper plenum and single butterfly TB on the older 2.6's older lower plenum. I did my best to degrease it with some spray can stuff and a hose with a high pressure nozzle, but its still dirty looking, not that it matters at this point in time.
Now for the gearbox, with the plans for the car I don't trust the stock MSG-5 transmission to hold the abuse and power that I am going to put it through, so I took the MUA-5 from the V6 swap attempt and got my hands on a 2.6 MUA5 front transmission case. I swapped over the Speedo drive from the stock impulse trans in place of the VSS from the rodeo (will be off with stock tire diameter and rear ratio, but that will be fixed).
This is a comparison of Impulse Speedometer drive vs. Newer VSS from the MUA-5. 17 Tooth driven with a 5 tooth drive gear in the Impulse, 21 tooth driven with a 6 tooth drive in the MUA. Currently it is a 17 tooth driven and 6 tooth drive, which with my future tire diameter and rear diff ratio works out almost perfectly.
This is a much bigger/beefier transmission than the stocker, but the gear ratios mean I have to adjust the rear diff ratio to something taller (axle upgrade heh).
The only thing I haven't swapped over to the trans yet is the impulse shifter and quadrant. The reason being is some machining has to be done to the flange/pad that the quadrant bolts to as well as the center plate on the top to allow the quadrant to sit down on it.
Thanks to the previous owner taking this car apart, I have been digging and searching for some of the factory parts (cruise servo etc). I finally located it and have to bolt it in, got the motor mounts located and re-installed, and killed myself to reinstall the brake booster and new master cylinder.
Anyway, that is the progress I made over the course of the last 8 days. (3 solid days of work). To keep this post shorter I will post a few of the "why" for the need to fabricate, and why I am getting the motor and trans together for it.