so picked up a BA XR6 engine with 125ks on it for $200 with both manifolds, coils, injectors and looms/sensors, missing accessories but has belt and idle pulleys and tensioner.
so it has everything i need except the aircon compressor lol i have everything else!
went to see kev who was an absolute champion and modded the sump, pulled my balancer off and welded up a bung in the sump for oil return and the holes in the engine mounts so i can drill new ones.
super super appreciative of it as i know he doesn't do much work for people anymore and my brothers shop isn't available to me anymore due to a family discrepancy about how hard i worked for free lol.
there is an oil leak out of the front main seal, so i'm doing the timing cover gasket as well as the front main.
everything else is mint and good to go.
the oil looked a bit black and there is some discoloring of the metal inside that would indicate that the engine is older but all the valves and ports look brand new, so i think it is a low k motor.
with the sump mod, everyone that keeps saying it will foul on the oil pickup, please take the time to research what the inside of a BA sump looks like.
we compared it to an AU sump and the BA sump is slightly longer due to the timing case of the BA motor being that little bit thicker to allow for the cams etc.
now the oil pickup is at a similar height to the first section of the BA sump, as soon as the sump goes down past the first hump, you have free reign to do whatever you want, you could make it a complete square cut and you would be fine.
so that puts that to rest, finally.
now i'm putting nozzles for the injected gas setup in while i have the BBM off the car, if they protrude into the port i will hack them with my carbide burrs.
while i have the burrs out i'm going to modify and free up the BBM itself in a few key areas which i have had some help with so i'm by no means taking credit for this
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that combined with the LS1 tb will really give a noticeable positive effect on throttle response and how hard and far the engine makes power.
only a small increase, but for some time and effort, its a good deal!
i'm going to disable the VCT phasers for now and lock the cams on a timing that i will decide once i read the thread on the AU barra where they have gone through a few different configurations, but i will prob just go as close to 0* as i can.
then when i have some more money i'll do the PWM controller.
i picked up a new gearbox so that is going in with the same clutch which is a heavy duty item and still does its job.
so, i'm hoping i will be able to pull my motor, swap a few bits and then build up the BA motor and fit it by say 7-8pm. i'm going to start at it around 9.30 after i go buy some bits i forgot.
i've done an engine swap in less time than that when the EB was turbo so i'm confident i can do it and show up at the mini meet with DOHC goodness
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