Sneak peek.. STG 2 Iron motor- all the parts from Buick..

Awesome! Keep us posted with some pix.

ps...glad this finally worked out for you

 

Hi Rob
Glad to hear about the progress. Did Jim say what type of fuel to run ? I'm running CamTwo blue in the "X" just to play it safe! I understand you can't cut the seats for the valve and my heads have lots of track time from years ago.
Take care and post some pics.

 

Just heard the engine was delivered today!!!

I'm out of town till Thursday and can't wait to see it in person... :TU:

It's been a long project but well worth the wait for something this special!

 

Thats awesome Rob - Glad everything turned out!

Post some pic's!

 

Did you ever get this motor in????

I want to see a vid:3gears: :3gears:

 

Chuck,

Last I heard, Rob and family were moving to Cali from FLA, and the new motor was staying in the shipping box till they got set up in the new place..

JW

 

Well - I wish them good luck in the move.

Just got big block on my mind:TU:

 

Lets see the ingredients are 1 Stage 1 4 spd GSx and add a Tri Shield built Stage 2 engine. Yes, I predict many smiles while driving this one.

 

Wow, can't believe I've been waiting this long to get the engine swap done :-(

Anyhow, I have everything disconnected and I'm ready to hook up the hoist and pull out the engine. Then I'll clean the underside of the car and detail it before installing the Stage 2. Have everything here to complete the swap. I'll need to have the car flatbed towed to a muffler shop to make the head pipes to connect the headers to the mufflers. Thinking I'll have them put an X-pipe in there....

 

Nice job Jim.
Thanks for posting.
Looking forward to more updates.

 

Wow.. 4 years in the crate.... I guess we can call it a "crate motor" Stage 2 now.. :laugh:

Good luck with the install Rob.

JW

 

Awesome Rob!
Just one thing wrong though... Flat bed tow to the muffler shop??? Here's your chance to drive it shifting through the gears with open headers!!!

 

I would be interested to see the results of the testing of different air cleaners that was mentioned above.Jim, have you ever posted those results?

 

Boy, I don't recall..

I still have the data, just have to dig it up. Will do so when I get a minute and start a new thread. This weekend?

JW

 

That would be great!

 

Head pipes removed! 100% ready to lift the old engine out. Just need a helper to guide the transmission off the crossmember and to steady things while lifting and rolling it out of the engine compartment!

 

unless you have an extra long arm on the crane id remove front bumper,grill, and drop trans x member , just me

 

Got the engine out! That's it for today. Tomorrow start moving items over to the Stage 2 engine and prepare to install it on Saturday. Did this by myself. Would have been a bit easier with some help but not to bad even alone.

 

I put the GSX on a dyno with the current engine so I could know what I had before doing the Stage 2 engine swap. It was a Dynapak 3000. We did pull the air leaner lid and it increased power by 16hp. Thats in line with what I recall Jim mentioning when he tested various setups on the dyno with my Stage 2 engine. I recall he also said that the KN air filter with the air filter lid was the same as an open carb, resulting in zero power loss.

Jim will chime in and correct me if my memory is off...