Just finished the most EXTREME front wheel drive N-body build ever!
 

Well it's been about a month since I finished it, and I just now had time to take the time to post about it on a couple forums, but let me tell you about the latest big project completed at MMS, and tell me this is not the most insane mod-list ...

It started life as a boring 1998 Cutlass 3100, which looks a lot like a 1998 Malibu. This is what we did to it ...

-MMS 3900 Raceblock, forged pistons and rods, custom stroker crankshaft made by Crower, new displacement after bored and stroked is about 4.2L
-MMS Prototype Stage 3 CNC'd 3900 heads
-custom Stage 3 camshaft, with VVT
-custom TCE double roller timing set for VVT
-ported and polished intake manifolds
-MMS dress-up package including powdercoated upper, lower, valvecovers, timing cover, coolant interchange, oil pan, etc and stainless hardware for all
-F40 6-speed transmission
-MMS custom billet flywheel and Spec clutch combo for use with F40 transmission
-Quaife limited slip differential
-MMS custom turbo kit using twin GT-2871R Garrett ball-bearing turbos, custom 3900 twin turbo headers, Tial blow-off-valve, large front-mount bar and plate intercooler
-the list goes on and on

I am fairly certain this is the first time anyone has successfully done a 3900 swap into another vehicle, and retained VVT as well as the factory engine management system.

Here are some pictures of the build:

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I have more pics, but it won't let me attach them. I guess when I get a chance, I'll make a page on my website about the car, but for now, you can find all the pics I posted here ... http://www.grandamgt.com/forum/showt...=1#post1266712

Holy crap.

nuts

Pretty epic. Would love a video to hear this thing run.

Wish the project you did for me was this clean. But hey, I'm learning more about cars fixing mistakes/loose ends from the build. Also still running into random issues the swap due to incomplete work from the build almost a year ago.

I'm working on that. It was just me that day at the dyno, no employees to take video, but I think there might have been a guy that stopped by the dyno shop that day and took some video.

It's clean for a few reasons.

1) Everything you can powdercoat on the engine is powdercoated.
2) All of the exhaust tubing for the turbo kit that you can see is ceramic coated, and all the intercooler plumbing is like a semi-polished aluminum.
3) In building the custom wiring harness for the 3900, since I had to build the harness anyways, I went ahead and did a wire-tuck on it at the same time, hiding as much of the harness as possible.

This combined with the fact that the car had a fresh custom paintjob is why the car looks so clean.

Now as far as your build, why is this the first I'm hearing about issues with your car? You have my phone number, and my e-mail address. If I don't hear anything from customers after they leave the shop, I assume everything is perfect. I'm going to give you a call after I make this post to get to the bottom of this.