2.6 mitsubishi

[TopDollar69]

Is the 2.6 mitsubishi an interference engine?

[bakes]

yes it is a valve bender if the chain goes .

[Dodge Aries K]

*Shrugs* I've heard otherwise... but usually if the chain goes out it's because the small silent shaft chain went first... which means it was running with no oil pressure...

[1966 dart wagon]

...time for a 2.2 turbo swap

[TopDollar69]

I was thinking 2.5 turbo swap. I spoke with the guy on the phone last night and told him I would take it. Now I just need to get down to SF to pick it up.

[1966 dart wagon]

SWEET, well give me a ring when your in town, and if you need any help thats cool

[SebringLX]

No no no.... 2.4L and stoke it out to a 2.6L!

[1966 dart wagon]

No no no.... 2.4L and stoke it out to a 2.6L!

even better

[WickedShelby88]

Whats wrong with the 2.6 as it sits? I mean this one in particular. Is already broken? You can get a balance shaft eliminator kit. Also there are numerous ways to build them up. There is also the 2.6 wideblock that will accept a head from the 4G64(not sure if I got that right), but basically same as eclipse head. Whats this going in?

[BadAssPerformance]

Whats wrong with the 2.6 as it sits?

Probably too many things to list... for starters, I'm guessing the head is already warped?

[WickedShelby88]

lol, yeah. One of those deals you might as well ditch it for a 2.5. That is usually more common than not.

[TopDollar69]

I'm not sure whats wrong with it for sure since I don't have the car home yet, but the previous owner stated that it doesn't run and he thinks the timing chain went out. Strange since it looks to be a low mileage well taken care of 85 NewYorker.

[BadAssPerformance]

New Yorker... easy turbo swap

[WickedShelby88]

The 2.6's in the front wheel drive variety seemed to have more problems then their rwd siblings. +1 easy turbo swap!

[bakes]

Go with the 3.0l 3spd swap and drop a Holset turbo on it then hold on!

[TopDollar69]

Well, I got the car home last night. The Lebaron tows pretty well for a chick car. It was a terrible trip though since there was a rollover on the interstate. We sat for an hour before they finally cleared the road and let traffic through. Keep in mind this was at 1:00AM, so we didn't get home until 2:00AM, needless to say mom and baby were not happy. Oh well, I got a clean california car with 50K miles for $450, not a bad deal IMO.

[WickedShelby88]

That is a sweet deal! Sounds like one of the cleanest yorkers in the community right off the bat.

[Vigo]

Hey, that car looks familiar!








But since its an 85 it has those different taillights so its technically more like my other one...




I have opinions on several facets of this issue...

1. I would not keep the car a 2.6. Tepid performance.
2. The swap that was mentioned involves using a 4g64 2.4L bottom end which should bolt up identically at the tranny and front mount. The motor comes with a sohc head, but you can swap a 4g63 dohc head on top of it. So basically a 2.4L DOHC mitsu swap. If you leave the stock pistons and run it n/a, it even has high compression because of the differences in chamber volume. I WOULD consider doing this, but you would need a standalone like megasquirt to run it, most likely.
3. I would also consider 2.5 turbo swapping it if i just wanted it to run. Im taking this route with my 84 executive sedan which came with 2.6.

However, im not giving up on the 2.6 entirely... I have an 80 plymouth pickup with the 2.0 and the 2.6 out of the limo.. Im thinking i will try and combine them into a running rwd 2.6 and possibly using starion turbo stuff on it. I did have grand ambitions for the 4g64 hybrid swap but now i figure i should just try and get the most out of what i have, since it wont take much power to make the thing fast. It weighs a lot less than my new yorkers



Easy: 2.5 turbo
Interesting: Turbo dohc mitsu swap

[TopDollar69]

I think I will end up going the 2.5L turbo swap route. If the turbo minivan I had spotted is still for sale that is. If not, it's hard to say what will end up happening to it. One thing is for sure, I don't like the looks of the mess of vacuum lines under the hood on this 2.6.

[Vigo]

I would recommend using wiring out of an 87 turbo k-car such as a new yorker, caravelle, lebaron, 600, etc as they're generally pretty easy to find and would be pretty much a complete drop in. I bought an 87 harness for my 85 several years ago from someone on the forums.

Let us know how it all comes together! I havent even started on the executive sedan swap, except that i throw the swap parts into the trunk as i come across them in my piles of parts. hehe.