...because after a while you sort of get used to 300 whp, and you start to wonder what a few more will feel like.

I built the 16V turbo motor a couple of years ago, after I blew up the 8V turbo motor. The plan at that time was to build a rock solid bottom end, but just do the basics up top. So, using a 240K mile junkyard '94 B230FT core, I used some Wiseco forged pistons (with added valve reliefs for the 16V head) and some RSI H-beam rods. The top end was just a junkyard fresh (200K mile) head with new seals, stock 16V car cams, an 8V intake on an adapter (to help with clearance issues in a 240), and a log manifold with a GT3076R turbo on it. Engine management by Megasquirt, with some large-ish 1000cc injectors, it's been running on E85. Last fall it dynoed 304 hp/297 ft lbs at the rear wheels. Which is pretty fun.


But time for the second phase of the plan - building a top end to match the bottom end. Parts have been gathering for a while.

A new MS3X Megasuirt computer to replace the old MS1 V2.2 that's been running the car for around 5 years:


Some VW solid lifters, Ford 4.6 V8 valve springs:


Some fairly gnarly reground cams (which require 4mm lash caps, which are apparently fairly hard to find):



Underdrive pulley (with proper offset to account for the wider 16V timing gear), steel 16V timing gear with actual Woodruff key (in place of the cast stock gear with tiny alignment nubs):


Toyota COP (Coil On Plugs), DSM crank angle sensor on a Yoshifab adapter (goes in the block mounted distributor spot):


Ram's horn style exhaust header - to replace the log manifold:


(the old log manifold):


Very spiffy custom intake manifold:

The old one - 8V intake on an adapter - the head, the adapter, and the intake were all ported to smoothly blend the roun *V runner shape to the oval 16V port shape:


Engine coming apart:



Pistons look great inside - no signs of any detonation, it's pretty hard to make E85 detonate, though. Looks like some tiny speck of metal found its way into #1 at some point, there are about 4 or 5 little pockmarks on the piston top, but whatever it was was too small to do any real damage, and made its way out the exhaust before too long.

Bolting the new parts on are only half the job - lots of new wiring to do, and then setting up the new MS controller will be a challenge - I can't just load up the settings from my old MS1 box.

If all goes well, 400 hp. And probably a thread in the future on a rear axle swap (it already has a Mustang V8 T5 transmission). I'm thinking idly about a Toyota 4Runner/Tacoma rear axle with the electric locking diff...
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'63 PV544 rat rod, '93 Classic #1141 245 (now w/16V turbo)