1988 Diesel Starion

[skullzaflare]

Figure ill move this here, so i can post updates

So here it is, 88 conquest/starion, was making around 400hp with a stock bottom end 4g54 on MPI and billet hx40

After breaking the drive shaft at the track, i decided to go a different route. I sold everything, planned to put a twin turbo lq4 (chevy 6.0) in the car.
During parts gathering i ran across a good deal on a 4d56, so i sold everything again! lol, now i have the 2nd in the world known 4d56 Starion
this is my old setup on a wh1c before i got my hx40




During the install


here is the first start
https://youtu.be/KwI8locWNII

initial test drive open elbow off turbo
https://youtu.be/wgBWxf9fSgI

First oil leak


didnt take long after i starting learning on how to adjust the injection pump. turned fuel and boost up, running 25-30psi on the stock turbo
didnt last long though lol


Ordered a custom Kinugawa td04-15t billet


Received a Delica l200 gauge cluster, i began cutting it out and figuring out how it worked to make a tach work in my car off the factory rev counter
https://youtu.be/AR1f-e5hILM

Tach in the dash




testing the 15t on 25psi




Long jump forward of small pitally things
made piping to put a stock intercooler on the car, added a egt gauge, added a nice big Fuso 6.6l diesel fuel filter, upgraded to a 3 row s13 sr20 radiator, high power 14" 2 speed fan mounted on front as backup, 14" flex fan mounted on pump for primary






yesterday had a change to pull valve cover off and clean it up, readjust the valves too
looks better in person, seems the red was oversaturated in the pic

[skullzaflare]

well started yesterday, pulled a gas motor out of my silver shell and began getting it ready. Swapping from the blue bucket to the silver roller started today. though not pictured the motor is now in the silver car, but have not changed fuel tanks/pumps or wiring yet.
on another note, the silver is auto, so no more noisy trans, and i feel like im getting old, im tired of shifting lol

[skullzaflare]

[finalfighter]

that is AWESOME!!! ive been thinking about putting the 4d56 in one of my trucks or building a turbo 4g64. have the dohc for the 4g64 but witch one do you think is more fun? also are you using the stock tranny?

[skullzaflare]

Stock manual was making noise when I put motor in, and I was towing with it.
Putting in car with stock auto now

Depends what you are doing, if you run the stock turbo and stock boost, a stock 4g64 would be more fun. Even with my upgraded turbo to the billet 15t and 30psi, it's still a sled compared to a stock turbo g54

[MainstreaM]

FYI, When Tye put the diesel in the auto Raider, he had to flip the gear on the starter.

[skullzaflare]

I have been using the gas starter no issues, I do have a diesel starter, I tried to flip the gear but the retainer ring wouldn't go back in flipped

[MainstreaM]

PM wrngwae on SQC for more insight in running an auto if need be. Looking forward to seeing how this pans out.

[skullzaflare]

Got it running tonight, with a Few wires tied together lol.
Seems the shifter is out of adjustment, have to put it in the lower select to get upper, aka reverse is neutral, drive is 2nd
However once I put it in drive (2nd) I can push it back to drive and it stays in.
Park is Park always though so I don't know lol.
With wheels in the air I tried to get it to shift, but it said no lol

[skullzaflare]

Update.
Cars trans wasn't good lol. 1st was good, 2nd slipped bad, could only use 3rd if i activated passing gear (3rd worked good) otherwise went directly to OD, nothing would cancel it, OD slipped too.
Drove for a week, swapped trans for a unknown I got out of a field lol
This trans works great, 2nd is a little weak sometimes, 3rd is great, OD is Ok.
So now I'm 2900rpm at 85mph instead of 70mph

Downside, may be from this stupid cold front, I have been warming the car up. I lost 5mpg

[skullzaflare]

So now this one is failing lol, it slipped a little to begin with, so i knew i was on borrowed time. In the process of rebuilding the original. Nothing left of some of the clutches

[Zaque]

Are mounts the same for both motors?

[skullzaflare]

on the starion, i made the L300 motor mounts work (they were a little taller) until i got new g54 mounts. but it all bolts in the same place

[skullzaflare]

Fast forward to the present/few weeks ago

I finally finished rebuilding the trans, put it in, no reverse/N/P...
Swapped valve bodies, same thing...

Yesterday i made a 12hr road trip, came back with some body parts and transmission.

Spent all day today, it is on the road again!
Trans feels a little better than the one i took out. but this will allow me to disassemble the one i removed and the new, to see what i did wrong

[geezer101]

Time for an autopsy! Glad you got it back on the road. A lotta driving just to get parts for it though. Guess it's the nature of the beast...

[skullzaflare]

Time for an autopsy! Glad you got it back on the road. A lotta driving just to get parts for it though. Guess it's the nature of the beast...

Yep not happy about it either lol
Going to get some 2x4's and build a frame to hold 2 trans so i dont have to keep rolling them around while i pull the rebuilt and pulled one apart to see what i screwed up lol