Well Bobby the brakes fit pretty good! I stuck one of these wheels on just to see that it will work ok. It will be coming off again until the body is back on. It appears that it will look nice.

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Indy Northstar-Stretch ~ LT1-NOS Roadster

quote Originally posted by Fiero2m8: Hi Charlie, Just went through your entire build thread. Kudos to you for sticking with it - my build thread have been around that long too. That was a long time before that first fire up - congrats as so many projects never get finished. A couple questions that I may have skimmed over the answers: 1. What year Aurora engine? 2. Could I get a few more details or link to the aftermarket ECM setup? (in case I switch to fuel injected in the future) 3. How did you fix (or did you fix) the compression in the #8 cylinder? Cheers, Ryan P.S. The speedo you sent arrived undamaged and looks good - thanks again, plus for you!

Hi Ryan, thanks for the Kudo's! It was very rewarding to hear it fire up finally!

My Aurora engine turned out to be a warranty pull because of the #8 cylinder. (which is why it has so few miles on it.) I am hoping it is just the valve seals or valve guides. The engine has date stamps on it that show both 95 and 96 so I am going to guess it is a 96. I suppose they could have switched heads attempting to fix the #8 cylinder problem but I doubt they would have bothered.

The Holley 950 commander setup is old-school but with a wide band O2 sensor and a laptop I believe it can be used with success. Ryan.hess's 7730 setup would be really nice but I had bought this one before he posted about his method. Check out chrfab.com for more info on the Holley and other engine management systems they sell. Allen will take the time to talk to you and give suggestions.

As soon as I get the body back on the car I will test drive it to see if any more mods need to be done while I have the engine out for repairs. Then when I get it back together it should be ready to go for a while. (then I can get the A/C lines hooked up to the compressor and be ready for summer)

charlie


PS, + back at cha.

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With the help from one of our members, I was able to get a smokin deal on a brand new S1 Aurora engine complete with intake system including injectors plus a brand new PS pump. Might make it easier to install PS later in life when more money is on hand. More of these engines are available, BMTFIERO should be posting in the Mall soon with the info. Here are a couple of pictures just after I removed the engine from the crate. It needs to be cleaned still... These are the ones rated at 290 torque and 320hp. From what I can tell, most if not all the extra power is achieved by changing the cams and reving it higher. Edit: After reading several different reviews and articles, it appears that the 290 torque is at 5000rpm and the 320hp is at 6500rpm. I am seriously considering adding the stronger valve springs from chrfab.com to allow the engine to rev higher than 6500rpm.

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