3.6 conversion; Part one

[thrown_hammer]

Where and when are you loading? I may be available.

[rfix'n]

In the midst of a conversion myself although I do not have my motor yet and have mostly done cleanup work to this point.

What do you plan on doing about oil cooling? How about exhaust? These seem to be the two most expensive things to solve for our SC's.

[Kevin Stewart]

I am really not sure about the exhaust, i have been looking for a set of ssi heat exchangers like bb, when I get the motor we are gonna slide it up to the tranny and see what the problem is, If I can alter the exhaust i will untill i find a reasonable priced set of headers/heat exchangers, I am taking a different approach to cooling, I have the c2 nose so i have more room, I race stock cars so i have friends that work at or own race shops, the plan is to use a hot rod oil cooler with thermastat and fan, I have already seen a couple that will work and the price is about half a part made for a Porsche, I have a trombone oil cooler and its not enough, but the hoses go all the way to the front and you can buy adapter fittings, I may end up running braided lines all the way, these two things seem to be where the second biggest expense is, I will post pictures as we go, I dont have a open ended budget for this project if i wanna race my stock car this summer, so im taking it a step at a time, but i plan on having it running by feburary, the idea is this car will return to my daily summer driver, Kevin

[Jack Olsen]

Just for the record, I don't run SSI's.

I have B&B headers.

[Kevin Stewart]

Jack, sorry it was supposed to be b&b not bb as in your car, in a hury typing, anyway do you have headers or headers with heat, in Indiana I gotta have heat or ill only drive it 5 months a year, as always thanks for your input, any ideas are welcome, Kevin

[widebody911]

I'm using B&B headers w/heater boxes, and a repro RS heater bypass and have good heat. We get down into the high 30's, low 40's here, but I still drive around in shorts.

[dean]

Originally posted by widebody911
I'm using B&B headers w/heater boxes, and a repro RS heater bypass and have good heat. We get down into the high 30's, low 40's here, but I still drive around in shorts.

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[thrown_hammer]

Any update?

[RickM]

Gorgeous engine....I'm following this thread with great interest. Hope your digital cam is fixed.

[k9handler]

Kevin...we need an update! Give us our fix, we gotta know whats happening...cmon man!

[Kevin Stewart]

I hope you guys have read my other post as in 3.6 conversion parts 1 2 3 4, there should be an update tonight as i did recieve some parts, no saying much has been acomplished but I hope to install next weekend, Kevin