Well I've been sitting on this one for a few years now. Its starting to get a little closer so I figure I'll share. Its not quite the normal... but I figure it will make some of you think
As some of you know I bought this truck a few years back thinking "It's a v6, I won't cram a 4g in it!". Well my mind started wandering and the parts came along and got the best of me...
I always had a thing for GMC Syclones, maybe because my first truck was a 91 Sonoma. However I just couldn't make myself buy one. So here I am, building my own Mitsubishi varient... Maybe I should codename it Tsunami...
Bought this totaled 3000gt VR4
So they both came with a 6G72, the car one is DOHC, but the lower blocks are pretty much the same. There was a raised portion on the car block I had to notch off to clear one of the motor mounts, other than that, it all bolted up.
The car engine the thermostat on the back of the heads, so I used a 94ish montero 3.5 liter water pump and thermostat housing to move them to the front, as well as some custom fabrication on the rear cross over and return pipe, and the water pipes for the heater core. I'm using a 2005 Galant 3.8 upper intake, bolter to the stock 3000gt lower intake.
I used an upgraded clutch pressure plate for a Starion, and a sprung 6 puck disc for the truck from Clutchnet.com
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This is it sitting in the truck, before I moved it over to my new place.
I'm using the 3000gt accesories, and rerouting the lines for the AC and power steering, they are on opposite sides from stock now, but the lines are actually shorter this way. I'm also went single turbo (tdo6 20g), easier fab than the stock twins, and I think it would be way easier to deal with. The twins could be made to fit, but it would be very tight. The CAS will not clear the firewall, so instead of cutting it, I have 2 choices, first is swap to a 93+ front case, and head to use the separate sensors that the used on the newer ones, as well as swap the ecu. Or as I'm having done, we are making it work from the front of the head.
So go ahead and call me crazy
