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[autotechnica garage]

I'm thinking a retro interpretation of the pajero evo, weeeeeeee!!
rally raid time!:wrc:

2.4 liter 4g64/63T twin cam engine looking to make between 300-350hp when done.
The trucks curb weight is 3260lbs so it should scoot along pretty well, looking for a 0 to 60 time somewhere near the 4.5 second range roughly.
The drivetrain is going to stay 2WD/4WD selectable as the KM145 trans has proven itself reliable up to 400hp, maybe in the future I will upgrade the trans to a SS2 out of a newer 5speed montero to give me the option of 2WD/AWD/4WD or maybe not....

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Crank in, all 2.4L of this big girl wears a full girdle haha.
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The laboratory
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Doing a complete overhaul of everything to get it abuse worthy. There's something like 10+ yrs of deferred maintenance lurking under this thing and a tired trans that howels like a WRC gearbox. haha, poor little truck's had the shit beat out of it off road for many years.
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Found a super rare factory mechanical LSD at pick n pull!
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LSD trip FTW! haha
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packages with car stuff yea!!
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Poppin in the bouncy bits!
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aaand this is why you don't get in a hurry.... bent oil control ring FTMFL haha.
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Getting it ready 4 paint
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Oh boy, mail santa brought me a box!
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It's baaack...
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and better than evar! (I know, not a big deal with your fancy newfandangled evo ECUs that are already flashable <_< )
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Next comes this
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It's been slow going lately, were in the middle of moving the shop to a bigger building so .....
Artsy piston shot!!!
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Cleaned the head, no more dirty thoughts....
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Test fit
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[autotechnica garage]

Getting the factory thermostat location cleaned up for a block off plate
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Measuring to drill for 2nd coolant hole at the rear of the head.
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Treasure located, time to dig
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Start with a little bit, there's not a ton of room for error. EGR passage on one side and valve dome wall on the other
and its gotta line up with the passage on the block
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First small hole drilled
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drilling second larger hole after confirming correct location
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Done, yay!
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Lines up nicely
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Notice front of RWD head gasket has no coolant passage holes
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The maddness behind this is, because I'm moving the thermostat housing to the front of the head I need to improve coolant flow through the rear so coolant doesnt sit there stagnant and steam. I accomplish this by closing off the ports in the front and opening them up in the rear of the head therby forcing the coolant to flow up through the back of the head from the block and to the front exiting via the newly located thermostat housing.

Moving into the thermostat cave with the boroscope, scary!!
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Shavings from drilling are on the floor of the coolant passage which is actually the celing as the head is upsidedown right now,
the big circular structure ahead with the casting line in it is the outer jacket of cylinder #4's valve dome, no monsters yet.
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Were on the inside of the coolant passage in the head looking through the hole I just drilled,
yes that is my eye ball pressed against the outside bottom of the head looking back inside, haha found the monster
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Helping the epoxy paint on the moddified headlight bezels to dry
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Stir in some moddified BMW 5 series projector buckets
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With a nice press in fit.
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Add some clean epoxy adhesive action
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compared to old sealed beam
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I can haz projectors!! and retain factory aiming ability. I might give 'em halos, depends on how rice I feel later.
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rarrr!
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Bigger injectors yaay!
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Mitsubishi loves california so much that they included a model of it with every 4G! haha
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It looks like it's trying to crawl back up in there...
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So it was obliged...
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Progress on the rally truck today!
Now it's on to the 10% of the stuff that takes 90% of the time.... :rolleyes:
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The engine assembly sits behind the front axle. This is a good thing. :icon_smile_driving:
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Craft time! gotta modify the pan to clear the front diff
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pieces mocked up gotta weld...
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All kinds of projects goin on here!
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too late, will finish pan tomorrow.