Matts B3 build step 1 N/A

[ejp2fast]

ditto on the hats off thing.. this very well be the most demanding B3 EVER!!!
you're skills are to die for man!

[chrisofna]

Is this car going to be a full-on race car, or a street car?

[festyfreak39]

my hatts off to you for being different!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gorgonheimer]

How did you adjust for timing belt variation with the shorter head deck?

[festyfreak39]

even though you are being bombarded with questions id like to add:

how much did you shave off the b3 head? did you shave as much as possible?

[JPT]

How did you adjust for timing belt variation with the shorter head deck?

...and did it affect the cam timing much?

[mattdickmeyer]

I degreed the cam as installed with stock timing marks, all i'll say is it's far from accurate! for my setup I wanted 104 degree centerline , which advances the cam. I tigged the dowel pin hole shutand redrilled the pin hole in an advanced position. I did this after i finished and installed the head , so any retard it would have caused would be acounted for.

[mattdickmeyer]

Is this car going to be a full-on race car, or a street car?

for now i plan on keeping it reliable and driveable , but im a sso 10.5 racer so steetable mean plated, insured and working lights all else is a grey area!

[perucho]

Matt, your fabrication skills are sick! Thanks for sharing your car's progress!

[takeone51]

even though you are being bombarded with questions id like to add:

how much did you shave off the b3 head? did you shave as much as possible?

yea, im interested as well....

[mattdickmeyer]

.028 off the deck w/ my valves put the chambers around 23cc

[mattdickmeyer]

finally had time to put my festiva on the dyno today , results are impressive. i'll post pics and vids tomarrow , may be putting out power more than the bp.

[wybnrml]

finally had time to put my festiva on the dyno today , results are impressive. i'll post pics and vids tomarrow , may be putting out power more than the bp.

Do we really have to wait, this is going to kill me.:p I can't wait.

[mattdickmeyer]

what i think will make my results most impressive is the relitive simplicity of all , making swap pointless other than to say you did it. I'm running a tired 178,000 mile short block thats never been out of the car, custom upper intake w/ ported stock lower,mildly ported head w/ larger valves , stock cam installed advanced, long tube header w/1.75 exhaust w/ small 1.5 inlet - outlet muffler with only 28 degrees of total timing! I think this will prove well designed/ matched components can really wake these engines. what my combination really wants now is more cam profile.

[bobbyspider]

please let us see numbers!