Hi guys,

Here is the deal. I'm military and have to ship my car to my new overseas destination. I'm currently in northern Utah and have to take my car to the Southern California to the military shippers.

I'm currently putting in my MAP shortblock with a new Competion stage 4 clutch. I don't have to be down there till mid April to drop it off. I should have it up and running by the first week of march to do break in. I will probably only have about 1200 miles on it before I make the 12-14 hour drive to SoCal. The car will have all new fluids and belts ect.

I'm just curious if the built engine will be reliable enough for sustained rpm for a long a distance. Mods are in signature minus the new engine and clutch.

Anybody ever done a long trip on a built motor. Like 700 plus miles.

 

As long as the rings seat like thet need to you should have no issues... check the oil a lot on the way!

 

That's what Nate from MAP said. Thank you so much for responding though. Its nice to have to vendors say things should be fine. The drive will suck though. I just need to make it there, if something happens and I don't make it there and miss my port call ill be in deep shiz....

You know how it goes, you guys deal with lots of military

 

I'm still interested if anybody else has driven a long distant with a freshly built motor

 

How long is the drive... I used to drive to Spec-Ops... 6 hour drive... just checked the oil a lot...

 

750 miles.... I'm dreading it. I will probably go the entire way with no music just listening for any sound lol.

 

best advice you could be given. check the oil every time you fill the gas up!

 

chances are it will burn next to no oil though if the wristpin is not moved on the piston. if its a 2.0L or 2.4L it wont burn no oil probably. it seems on 2.3's and 2.4LR etc they will burn oil more then standard pistons because the bottom ring gets interfered once the wristpin is shifted up. now a days though the new design pistons do a good job at oil control no matter what.

 

Oh I will be trust me, I'm hoping by Friday to turn the key then ill be hitting you up to smooth it, then break in then power then the long *** drive....

 

Good to know, it's a map assembled 2.0

I hope you haven't forgot who I am lol

 

I did Denver to Phoenix 900+ miles maybe 200 miles after a fresh build all on
E85. Then 6 months later Phoenix to Salt Lake City. 2 years later on the same engine and the car still rips.
I just checked the oil level every stop never had to add any.

 

Thanx man! That's what I like to hear. I think I've seen you in slc. Or there is anothe tt with cf hood. It was passing though.

 

I did 2 9 hour drives with about 500 miles on a newly built engine. Almost everything was changed out except the crank and block.

I had no issues.

 

Sorry, off topic, but whrere are ya headed? I was stationed at Hill for 3 years, then I PCS'd to Aviano 4 years ago. I have about 7 months left here and I'm hoping for another overseas assignment haha

 

This is what gives me hope my Evo will be around for a while. Reliability and longevity