Gsl-Se Center Iron vs. 12a Center

Rogue_Wulff · 11-21-2008, 04:24 PM

Jeff, You bring up some valid points.
My actual plan, is to swap the 13B in place of the 12A, since the 12A has oil control ring issues. This 12A would then be set aside, as a "backup" engine, in case the 13B gives up on me.
As i have time, and funds, I had planned to freshen up the 12A, then reinstall it, and freshen up the 13B. During the 13B rebuild, swapping the center iron, and mild porting is planned. I doubt I would go very radical on the porting, unless the 12A really worked well for the daily driver. Any radical ported engine would likely find a home in my SE chassis, and relegated to use as a weekend toy/track car/autox car.
The SE needs more suspension attention than I really want to do, before it can see action as the primary autox car next season, and the 12A car has coilovers and other goodies, but a smoking issue.

As for doing multiple porting/builds, I'd rather avoid doing that, as my shop time is not easy to acquire. I hate not having my own shop/garage to work in.

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11-21-2008, 04:24 PM	#19
Rogue_Wulff Non Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 310 Rep Power: 18	Jeff, You bring up some valid points. My actual plan, is to swap the 13B in place of the 12A, since the 12A has oil control ring issues. This 12A would then be set aside, as a "backup" engine, in case the 13B gives up on me. As i have time, and funds, I had planned to freshen up the 12A, then reinstall it, and freshen up the 13B. During the 13B rebuild, swapping the center iron, and mild porting is planned. I doubt I would go very radical on the porting, unless the 12A really worked well for the daily driver. Any radical ported engine would likely find a home in my SE chassis, and relegated to use as a weekend toy/track car/autox car. The SE needs more suspension attention than I really want to do, before it can see action as the primary autox car next season, and the 12A car has coilovers and other goodies, but a smoking issue. As for doing multiple porting/builds, I'd rather avoid doing that, as my shop time is not easy to acquire. I hate not having my own shop/garage to work in.