Figured I would get off my lazy butt and post this as I told you guys I would, new motor has been in for a couple months now.

Guess we will start with how it came to me:
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needed to "make it mine" though so, here we go

shinny tin is neat but think I want it to look a bit more stock
(yes Eric I repainted the hidden orange piece)
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Should have sanded the plating down a bit, even with bare metal primer it chips easier then I would like
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Tin is off, good time to install Marios trigger wheel setup
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some more tweaks, opened up a 1.8 plenum to 52mm, used with a modified 2.1 Vanagon TB should flow a bit better (should have taken more pics of all this)
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putting it back together
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And into the car!!!
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probably not the most gentle break in but... off to the autocross!!!! (ok so I did a bit of driving to map out the megasquirt first)

crappy phone camera, this is more for the sounds

http://youtu.be/zDWc1XuVPV4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDWc1XuVPV4

and another...
Little better angle on this one

http://youtu.be/dJIoSCraMlg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJIoSCraMlg

I still have a bunch more tuning to do, and I have not yet switched my megasquirt input circuit over to use the new trigger wheel, but all things considered I think its doing pretty well.

It fixes the one thing I had a problem with my hydro lifter 2L that it replaced, which was the ability to rev over 4800 RPMs. According to my datalogs during tuning I have already spun it to 6400RPM at which point I backed off given the AA pistons but the motor felt like it could have pulled more. Really curious as to what camshaft wound up in this thing.

Not sure the exact valve size either, but its got dual springs.
here is a valve shot for fun
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