Never judge a book by the cover! [lots of B6D pics]

[Zanzer]

Zanz, we will need before-and-after pics when you are all done! From muddy to installed.

Will do Tom, I plan on documenting this build very well and I'll probably wait till everything is done to post up so there isn't so much time between updates.

Couldn't you reuse those cams? Hit the lobes with some 1200 grit sandpaper and shine them back up? Babyapires current cam was worse than the pics of those two and I haven't had any problems out of that engine yet.

That looks like a fun project, are you using the current pulleys or getting different ones? I'm wondering what you do to clean those, if anything?

I could and I did think about that but I have an extra set or 2 of cams and I once tried buffing the lobes of a Ford Motorsport B-303 roller cam but it still proved troublesome in the end. Personally it would be a last chance option for me, especially if there is any pitting on the lobes and this being a flat tappet motor. Not saying I wouldn't try it though if I had no other options. If it's just flash rust then there should be no issues with polishing it off and reusing

I probably won't reuse the pulleys since I have a large snout B3 crank pulley to install. But if I have to I'll run them through the blasting cabinet with some glass beads and see what I have to work with.

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Couldn't you reuse those cams? Hit the lobes with some 1200 grit sandpaper and shine them back up? Babyapires current cam was worse than the pics of those two and I haven't had any problems out of that engine yet.

That looks like a fun project, are you using the current pulleys or getting different ones? I'm wondering what you do to clean those, if anything?

[TominMO]

Zanz, we will need before-and-after pics when you are all done! From muddy to installed.

[Zanzer]

Your yard man thanks me LOL :mrgreen:


See Kevin, I told you there was nothing to worry about and you won't recognize this little gem when I'm done with her Thanks again for the hookup on this :thumbup:

[Festevil3]

Nice work on the write up! Glad to see you got the engine cleaned up, and my yard man doesn't have to mow around it anymore. I will be watching this thread for more great work.

[Zanzer]

Hahaha...no, it will be a long slow process since I have 2 swaps ahead of this one and other work to get out first. My car is always last LOL Although one of the mentioned swaps is a 1st gen B6 with a ported head that I built a couple of years ago for a friend. That's going in my white 93...I just gotta see how that engine does after all that head work! But heck, that swap takes maybe a weekend at most

The Capri B6D puts down 100Hp and 95ft/lbs...before mods :evil2:

[kumalaba]

nice find mark, looks like your gona make quick work of that swap. whats the hp & tq figures on those?

[Zanzer]

So here's a nice little piece of information for the B6ME swappers out there:



The other day I was cleaning up around the shop and I have about 8 different intakes laying around. I kept noticing that the B6ME injector harness and the B3 harness looked suspiciously alike, but I got busy and forgot to investigate further.

Bobby's swap question reminded me of this so since I couldn't sleep tonight I went out to the shop and decided to investigate it some more and this is what I found:


That's a B3 injector plugged into a B6ME harness...meaning if you swap in a B6ME there's no need to splice harnesses, it's plug and play




Unfortunately, this isn't the case with the B6D since it uses wire locks like a 1st gen B6 SOHC :/

[Zanzer]

Ya, I figured it was solid by the looks of it and the part where he said he milled it from a piece of angle. My mill isn't huge so it doesn't have that much HP. It would do it but it might take a while. Plus I don't have any 1/2" angle but I do have lots of 1/2" plate so I figured welding one up would be my best option. 6 of one half a dozen of the other

[drddan]

Looks like a no weld. The added piece looks like it uses the 3 original festy bolts to hold it together.
Does have to weld a tab for the alt though.

[Zanzer]

I don't have any better pics because I copied those from his gallery on the site here. It looks like he machined it from a large piece of angle. It replaces the stock cast iron piece that is bolted to the back side of the block just above the alternator. When I make mine it will be welded and possibly gusseted if there's room for bracing.



Here's another pic and a comment he has under it.

I made this rear mount bracket out of some 1/2" angle iron on my mill. It's plenty stout and lighter than the Capri bracket. I have to weld a tab on it for the alternator. I plan on using the stock Festiva alternator.

[bobbyspider]

I don't even understand what the heck that is and how it works lol, I need more angles to look at. is it no weld?

[Zanzer]

Here's a pic of Charlie's mount that I plan on totally ripping off when I do my swap :mrgreen:

[Zanzer]

and as far as mounts go? just like a bp?

I haven't swapped a BP yet but from looking at Danny's BP swap I would say yes. Just mod the front mount like a BP or B6T due to the wider head. Charlie has a really slick mount he made for his B6T that I plan on copying

The first B6 for my swap was locked up from rust on the inside, looked beautiful on the outside :sad:

Nice find, indeed-e-o! Purty!

I got an Aspire motor from the JY that was the same story. Looked great on the outside but I found #4 cylinder was hosed when I tore it down. That's why I only view a used motor as a core to be rebuilt unless I personally drove the donor car and can verify the engine ran without any issues prior to being swapped. Plus I like to rebuild engines

[drddan]

But I've seen engines that looked 10 times better on the outside and were 100 times worse on the inside.

The first B6 for my swap was locked up from rust on the inside, looked beautiful on the outside :sad:

Nice find, indeed-e-o! Purty!