Keep up the good work. I know it gets daunting and you simply wanna drive the thing but it will be worth it.
I’m so anxious to drive it, even though it’s going to be fairly low power for most of the season, just a larger powerband and an extra 100ft/lbs.
Driver’s header done.
Small starter adapter plate to use a 350z starter with a 350z clutch on a Titan motor in the stock Titan starter location.
Starter installed and plunger actuated to check tolerances.
Also did all the crank trigger install stuff tonight. I originally was unsure if I was going to use the stock trigger wheel or put one on the crank pulley. As I decided I’m going to try and run this on stock ECM for a bit I elected to make provisions for the stock crank trigger to fit, which meant cutting up my pretty trans adapter plate. Oh well, revisions for next time! I ended up finishing the trans/adapter and block pieces of this tonight, but didn’t remember to take any photos. I used a small indent which was left in the trans as a guide and worked from there cutting away small bits at a time and rechecking tolerances. Should have that all together tomorrow as well as the shorter oil pickup, pan, header gaskets, clutch, clutch hydraulics, etc. Goal is to put the motor back in the car and start buttoning it up tomorrow.
wait… you didnt CAD that header before piecing it together…!!!
AARRGHH>>> IB4NEWMANSWASBETAR!!!
Can i drive this thing please?
damn nice looking header
Looking good Mike, I drove by on sunday while out on the bike. I almost stopped but was not sure if you were home.
Course! I’ll make sure I overfill the trans so you think you blew it up, again.
Should’ve dropped by! I was here working on it.
:thumleft: Ingenuity
Great to see even more progress / its getting close!
I’m waiting on two parts, my shifter relocation piece, and a couple exhaust nuts from the dealer (wanted them all to be the same). Both will be here tomorrow and then the motor goes in, gets fluids, maybe I’ll start it tomorrow (or atleast try)? If not I suspect Friday.
Shorty oil pan and pickup installed, that’s a 3/8" plate on the bottom of it. I think it’ll be OK if I mount a curb (there is an additional bracing that is 1" tube that goes below this as well).
The pulley/accessory combo I was running left a lot to be desired so I cut up some aluminum spacer, used some studs I had sitting around and made a spacer to put the idler pulley from the other side of the motor between the alternator and water pump, the water pump now has a ton of belt engagement. Belt installed, also made up a nice little piece to tension the alternator/belt out of a few spare heim joints.
Crank trigger is installed, had to drill and tap a hole in the trans case and spend some more time with the grinder to make it fit today when I test fit all 4 pieces together (trans, adapter, engine, trigger). Obviously pulled it back out to keep it from being damaged during engine install.
ATS Twin plate installed, installing those carbon wafers is always a blast :ugh: Put the trans on, did all the on block sensors and gaskets today. It’s basically ready to rock after I get it in the car, put fluids in, install the intake, connect the fuel system and test electronics.
As said above, it’s getting really close!
Def getting close. I dont see accusump on your short list. However, I guess it will be hard for the pickup to NOT be in the oil. Hopefully the crank isnt always in it too lol
Dan
I’m gonna have to figure out the oil situation. I may decide to add an accusump later, but for now I’m not putting one on. Hell for now I’m not even putting the cooler on just because I don’t have time to put together lines, make a mount, ducting, yada yada. I’ve actually got almost 4.5" from the bottom of the pan to the crank, so I should be able to run quite a bit of oil (overfill) without submersing the crank even under higher lateral G situations.
plus, wouldn’t an accusump setup cost you about as much as another motor by the time you’ve got all the fittings and hoses etc? it’s not that bad of a risk until you blow a few up.
Nice work, I don’t want to go back and search, but how much HP is thing gonna make?
Probably like 300whp and 345ft/lbs initially. It’s mostly stock for now.
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Accusump is about half the cost of a new motor. I got a steal on the last one.
But I know I can put together a big dick playa 3 or 4 stage dry sump setup for only another $800 or so on top of the cost of a new motor so that’s what I’m planning for next season.
Here is the ballin Corr Titan offroad truck setup:
Dry sump, huge cams, itb’s, 800hp
Shitty paint job I did on the engine bay. It doesn’t match, you can’t see it when the motor is in. Care face.
Shorty shift plate, it’s actually the unit for a 240z VQ35 conversion, but it works perfectly for my application.
Shifter installed to the trans, fits almost perfectly in the stock location.
Motor installed and wired, have to extend a cam trigger harness tomorrow and install the TB, build an intake pipe for the MAF, and a few other bits and should be putting power through the harness tomorrow, maybe trying to light it up as well. Waiting on a driveshaft before burnouts!
looks great! my burn out thing went off!
Burnouts! SOON hopefully.
Spent the day double checking everything, adding a few sensors/extending some more wires. Basically going over every square inch of everything, which I’m sure I’ll do a few more times. While I didn’t attempt to start the motor today I did make good headway and the list of things left to do is getting much shorter. Not sure if I’m going to make it to DMCC Round 1, but I’m definitely trying. I need to do fluids, waiting on my driveshaft from DSS, install exhaust, make two small pieces to go from the headers to the exhaust pipes, build an intake tube for the MAF/filter to throttle body, connect wires for starter and alternator, install radiator core, radiator, figure out radiator hoses, add 6 bars to the cage, and a few other small things before it’s ready. It’s definitely going to be down to the wire.
Since I got all the wiring done other than the starter and alternator I decided to plug everything in and put power through the system. Everything seems to be functioning normally, OBD reader connects to the ECM, fuel system starts up, throttle body cycles, etc. So that’s good news.
Tried to start the car tonight, all the wiring is done. Discovered one oil leak, and NATS security shut me down (as I expected). Going to call tomorrow and get a new key from Osiris UpREV for the Titan ECM so I can work around the security system. On the bright side, it seems to sync with the throttle body, sensors, and some gauges. So maybe it’ll fire tomorrow, I’m hopeful 
That’s pretty fuckin awesome news. :tup:
great job RED man…