corytate

yeah I have been looking around on the l6 forum a lot more, and I have decided that I want to go with one of the 2.8 blocks (hopefully can source a siamesed flat top block from what I've been reading) and then getting the e31 head ported a bit, probably bigger valves/seats as well. I'll be going that way at least in the beginning so I have at least some parts already to work with (head and intake/carbs) when I went to look at it and put half down to hold the car, we went ahead and mounted the engine in the car and strapped it in the back to make it a bit more stable, but it's nothing to un mount it either, it's basically mounted right now to make it easier to transport and get it out of the way. I'm going to go ahead and post all the pics I took the other day of the car in my album.

alright thank you. the issue about the "e88" manifold was I couldn't find anywhere if it was stock for the l24 or if it was frankensteined from a 2.6. now that that is answered its pretty obvious that it is a 2.4. I'll more than likely be running it in the car while I build a 2.8 with all different parts. I might as well just find a zx block and one of the good flowing heads, and just save and get the triple weber setup that comes with the mani and all. thanks for your help everyone

to clarify, was thinking f54 block +e31 head. I definitely want to stay carbed. anyone with experience with this block/head combo?

Fantastic, I have the round top carbs. I guess when the guy pieced together the engine he just had a 2.6 mani lying around. the plans are to run a zx block with flat tops with head and all else that I have now, but I'll probably run this engine for a while just so I can drive it around and get everything else set up while I work on getting and piecing together the l28 Thank you for your quick response, as I move forward on this car I'll start a build thread for sure.

Fantastic, I have the round top carbs. I guess when the guy pieced together the engine he just had a 2.6 mani lying around. the plans are to run a zx block with flat tops with head and all else that I have now, but I'll probably run this engine for a while just so I can drive it around and get everything else set up while I work on getting and piecing together the l28 Thank you for your quick response, as I move forward on this car I'll start a build thread for sure.

From what I've been able to find out from casting codes on the engine I'm getting with the S30 I'm in the process of buying, I've got a 2.4/2.6 block, 2.4 head, intake mani from the 2.6, and the twin SU's that came stock Block code is p30 head is e31 and the intake has "e88" on it, which I thought was the code for the 2.6 head? plans are to eventually go ZX block with flat tops, and keep the e31 head and carbs, maybe going triple webers or triple mikunis. Shooting for a 10:1ish CR n/a carbed build. So my questions are this: 1)in the ad on CL that the guy bought the engine/trans from (he needed the trans and the guy wouldn't separate)it was supposed to be an l28, which it apparently isn't from the codes. 2)any advantage to using the mani from the e88 head on the e31? 3)Easy way to tell if the SU's are the "performance" oriented ones or fuel economy/emissions carbs? 4)easy way to tell what pistons/rods/crank are in there? like codes on the crank, etc. I know on, say, the qr25, everything has a code on it somewhere, I just don't know where to look and how to decipher them on these engines. That's all I can think of for now, hope this wasn't too noobish of a first post. Thanks for your help!