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2GRFE and the Infamous DQ250.... What's the deal? pt5
Alright this is the biggest update yet. I left the last blog post as a bunch of "here's to come non-sense." Well we accomplished a lot. Let us start with the engine mounts. The driver mount went from 3D printed trial fitment to a beautiful machined piece with Frankenstein Motorwork's rubber isolator. It came out perfect. And the fitment is top notch. This turned out really nice. And on the topic of mounts, we have the rear mount which turned into a bent steel plate with some welding. Simple, but works great. It uses any SW20 turbo rear...
2GRFE and the Infamous DQ250.... What's the deal? pt4
Okay it has been a month, what did you accomplish??? Well, a lot actually. So last blog post, we showed the adapter plate and the flywheel mounted in the SW20 chassis. We determined a lot of issues and solutions since that last post. So let's dive into it. 1) The driver side mount was created, trashed and recreated several times. I spent a lot of time getting the natural angle of the 2grfe to fit correctly in the chassis. Two issues with this. The fuel filter bracket is in the way of the oil pan on the DQ250. I clipped...