Bump
I was finally satisfied with keeping the 4.0/NV3550 long term, and eventually building a buggy. After the roll at the Lucas Regional race, I had an engine knock that developed more with each trip. I thought I was able to kill the motor pretty quick after landing upside down, but oil starvation is cumulative, and we have been on our side/upside down a few times in the last 2 years
On top of this, our minivan dash has not held up well to the abuse.
Most parts are either in hand or en route, just need to get out to the garage and put it all together:
- GM 6.0L LQ4 tune and harness from Wayne and his buddy
- Rebuilt TH400 w/allison TC, reverse manual valve body
- New dash (keeping it as simple as possible; only 4 gauges, no fancy AL work here
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- Canton Accusump 3qt oil accumulator (no valve)
- Single handle cutting brakes (2in 2out), and jumping on the nylon brake bandwagon (replumbing all 4 corners)
Ideally this will be done in time for KOH, but I'm not going to kill myself to finish by then, I'll just rent a RZR.