GC Galant- Quick rebuild for Motorkhana
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 10:09 pm
I just thought I would do a post to share my progress of what will be a very quick rebuild of my GC Galant. Also because I'll probably have a lot of questions along the way I'm hoping I make it help with.
Long story short I killed the engine (2.6) in a motorkhana about 1 year ago. The Australian championships are now coming up in about 3 weeks time and I'm trying to get it running again and improve its handling performance to a degree (from a increased “fun” perspective)
My plan in short
Priority:
-Engine swapped over to a recon 2.6 I picked up on Gumtree
- Diff locked
- Struts and brakes converted to Sigma GH
- Hydraulic handbrake installed
Low priority: (Probably won’t get finished in time)
-Electric power steering
-Rear suspension improvement (not sure what - probably something dodgy. )
Part 1 Engine
I’m hoping the new engine isn't a dud.
it is an East West 2.6 liter engine that has been converted for a Sigma rear drive.
it has a later model M7 head and I only realised the other day that it is completely different to the cardy intake manifold- it is for injected.
currently I'm making an adapter plate and we are going to convert it 2 electric fuel pump.
I'll be curious if anyone else has done this and had any issues the water jacket port seems like it might be the only issue as they won't line up that well. We are concerned about it getting an airlock in it…. possibly?
I'll keep you posted
Long story short I killed the engine (2.6) in a motorkhana about 1 year ago. The Australian championships are now coming up in about 3 weeks time and I'm trying to get it running again and improve its handling performance to a degree (from a increased “fun” perspective)
My plan in short
Priority:
-Engine swapped over to a recon 2.6 I picked up on Gumtree
- Diff locked
- Struts and brakes converted to Sigma GH
- Hydraulic handbrake installed
Low priority: (Probably won’t get finished in time)
-Electric power steering
-Rear suspension improvement (not sure what - probably something dodgy. )
Part 1 Engine
I’m hoping the new engine isn't a dud.
it is an East West 2.6 liter engine that has been converted for a Sigma rear drive.
it has a later model M7 head and I only realised the other day that it is completely different to the cardy intake manifold- it is for injected.
currently I'm making an adapter plate and we are going to convert it 2 electric fuel pump.
I'll be curious if anyone else has done this and had any issues the water jacket port seems like it might be the only issue as they won't line up that well. We are concerned about it getting an airlock in it…. possibly?
I'll keep you posted