{"id":959,"date":"2011-09-06T20:01:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/?p=959"},"modified":"2011-09-06T20:01:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T20:01:28","slug":"new-motor-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/new-motor-time\/","title":{"rendered":"New Motor Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pntrst_main_before_after\"><\/div><p>At the last Redlint Time Attack we finally killed one of the first 2.4 EVO motors in the US. This was the third 2.4 EVO motor we built back in 2004 for our shop EVO 8. \u00a0I dont like the smaller available sealing surface available on a 2.4 block that has been bored .020&#8243; oversized, the head gasket (along with the assistance of 520 ft lbs of torque) is what finally let go on the motor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=961\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-961\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-961\" title=\"swinging-02\" src=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/swinging-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=960\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-960\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-960\" title=\"swinging-01\" src=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/swinging-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So we reused the Mitsubishi 2.4 crank and took the opportunity of it being all apart to switch back to a 2.0 block for a 2.3 stroker motor. Wiseco pistons, Manley rods, new bearings and a general freshen up. We&#8217;ll be hanging the motor in the car this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=962\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-962\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-962\" title=\"turbo\" src=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/turbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=New+Motor+Time\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\" data-lang=\"en\" data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/new-motor-time\/\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"pntrst_main_before_after\"><div class=\"pntrst-button-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\" data-pin-custom=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\"><img data-pin-nopin=\"1\" class=\"pntrst-custom-pin\" src=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-buttons-pack\/bws-pinterest\/images\/pin.png\" width=\"60\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/new-motor-time\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/new-motor-time\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the last Redlint Time Attack we finally killed one of the first 2.4 EVO motors in the US. This was the third 2.4 EVO motor we built back in 2004 for our shop EVO 8. \u00a0I dont like the smaller available sealing surface available on a 2.4 block that has been bored .020&#8243; oversized, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[39,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/roadraceengineering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}