Engine Mods - i'm going to progress this in reverse, from newest to oldest.

As of Feb. '09, i think i've spun another bearing. i have no luck, right? i replaced a broken valve spring and the whole lifter set, thinking those might be the noise, but it's still there and getting worse. So, i've decided to upgrade again, to the LX9, aka the 3500. better designed heads and intakes, cast steel crank rather than iron, oil squirters on #5 & #6 for better cooling, and some other little stuff. it'll cost me some $$$ but it will be worth it once it's ready to go. Having the heads ported, and a cam, just like the old motor, but this one only has about 30k on it, so it's fresh. Here's a stock photo, but once it's all said and done i'll get you guys something a bit more real.

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After that, i started to build my fast motor. Had a lot planned, but i re-used the block and spun another bearing. decided it was time for a "new" bottom end, so i took the ported heads and intakes, and the cam, and put them on the 90k mile stock bottom end.

Stock 90k bottom end                                                                                                     Windage tray
Custom Cam - Int & Exh. 220* and 224* Dur. @ .050, .506" int. and exh. lift, 111 LSA, 107 ICL
Ported intakes
Full Race Ported and Polished heads
Modified combustion chambers
LS6 Valve Springs
Stock exhaust manifolds
ClutchNet Stage 3 clutch & PP
#24 3.4 DOHC Injectors
Custom tuned chip

This pushed me to a 14.5 @ 95mph

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Phase 1 of the swap was completed in the late-summer of 07. The stock 3400 was in and running. it was meant to be a built motor from the start but a spun rod bearing took that from me, so i just put in a stock 90k mile motor for the time being. still faster than the 3.1 was.

Dynoed and run at the track...
191 hp and 202 ft/lbs 
Best of 14.84 @ 92.04mph

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It didn't take much for me to clean up the engine bay, though. a couple hours and some elbow grease, along with my cheap-o WAI and the polished intake from my old blue sunbird, and i had it cleaned up really, really nicely. I was pretty proud of that engine, just because i managed to keep it so clean.

This is the engine on the day i bought the car, in December 2005. Not too bad, for having a hair over 100k miles, but still scuzzy none-the-less.