Project BlackHeart

[SPD_FRK]

wait i just got the hint 38" spinners

LOL....gawd no...no spins on this ride man

[SPD_FRK]

Another teaser/Hint...

[beam514]

. yummy.

[4g63lover]

hmmm... I wonder what is up your sleeve? I see two 6G74 rods and pistons and one 6G72....

The car has come along way bro. You brought it back from the dead!

[SPD_FRK]

hmmm... I wonder what is up your sleeve? I see two 6G74 rods and pistons and one 6G72....

Are you sure about that one Jigz?

[4g63lover]

Are you sure about that one Jigz?

I'm going with the stamping on the rods. lol So I MIGHT be wrong. lol

[SPD_FRK]

I'm going with the stamping on the rods. lol So I MIGHT be wrong. lol

That's the tricky part...but you are right, though there was a design change made on the rods for this. I will say the rods in the center are the ones being used though

[4g63lover]

hmmmmm....

[beam514]

well they do look quite a deal larger than the other 74 rods

[M-Rod]

I really wonder what that center one could be from. Probably not a Diamante. It even looks like it uses a larger crankshaft as well. Could the Montero 6G74 have differences, and that's where this is from? I am extremely interested in seeing what is going on here.

[Ivory8g]

*mysterious laugh* muahahaha....

[mysticj]

Mmmmmm...something big...Damn I think you beat me to it...

[csj]

I'm thinking a very modified 3.8L 6G75 with at least one turbo, 5-speed swap, and maybe AWD to top it off.

[SPD_FRK]

I really wonder what that center one could be from. Probably not a Diamante. It even looks like it uses a larger crankshaft as well. Could the Montero 6G74 have differences, and that's where this is from? I am extremely interested in seeing what is going on here.

The rod/piston combo in the center is from a 3.5L engine such as the Diamante or Montero. The one on the far right looks to be a different size, but the rod journals are identical between the "regular" 74 rods and the thinner one on the right...the one on the right just has the bearing still in place.

I'm thinking a very modified 3.8L 6G75 with at least one turbo, 5-speed swap, and maybe AWD to top it off.

Well you got it figured out, just take off the AWD portion...I am not about to take up that modification lol.

Turbo is a "possible" but as of right now it will be getting a full tear down and rebuild for N/a with some serious parts installed. The only reason I would likely stay N/a is for the throttle response, and less expense on top of such a build like this.

[SPD_FRK]

Mmmmmm...something big...Damn I think you beat me to it...

Idk if I "beat you to it" yet, it wont be done until Spring time I would imagine. Already have a few of the current 72/74 parts sold that I didn't need, and once I can get the old engine and trans out then I will spend a lot of time within the engine bay cleaning up wiring and stuff.

The engine build will be a complete tear down, rebuild with forged pistons, swapping out for the 74 rods, set of cams and valve springs, balancing...pretty much a built block.

[mysticj]

I was thinking either a non-mivec 6G75 or Hyundai/Kia 3.5L...Currectly, I'm searching for a 98-02 Diamante for a 6G75 swap.

[SPD_FRK]

I was thinking either a non-mivec 6G75 or Hyundai/Kia 3.5L...Currectly, I'm searching for a 98-02 Diamante for a 6G75 swap.

I was thinking about doing the MIVEC 75, but after more consideration I am just sticking to the non-mivec 75.

[mysticj]

I was thinking about doing the MIVEC 75, but after more consideration I am just sticking to the non-mivec 75.

The main difference are the cam profiles and compression ratio, everything else is pretty much the same. The good part is you can keep the dizzy if you like and swap the 3.0L valve covers, and everyone will think it's a 6g72.

[SPD_FRK]

The main difference are the cam profiles and compression ratio, everything else is pretty much the same. The good part is you can keep the dizzy if you like and swap the 3.0L valve covers, and everyone will think it's a 6g72.

You can run the distributor on the mivec though too

The cam profile is one of the "big" changes going into the motor, I just didn't want to mess around with the mivec stuff since they are still trying to get it all figured out to work correctly and not screw stuff up badly.

[Ivory8g]

Bout time someone guessed it :p