hydrolastic

hello guy's. So i am racing a klde in the lemons series. i have the engine set into the car getting ready to start on the mounts. couple of things i am not sure about. first this engine has the tick that indicates the valve retainer issue so i am going to have to go into it to fix that. i was wondering is there anything i have to do to the oilpan so i don't starve it of oil in the turns? also the rubber mounts on the donar car were all broken i was thinking of making solid mounts and leave off the rear lower mount as there is just not room for it. i would also like to get a rev limiter/shift light on it how do i do that? anything else i need to do?

hydrolastic

So starting off here, everything is looking good so far but i have a couple of questions aside from the ones posted above. this car has a manual speedo i read somewhere that the K8de used a manual speedo drive is this correct? can they fit into the probe gearbox? Aaron

CatSkinner

Sorry for not responding earlier. Oil pan, not sure. Older cars with more room would put a deeper sump on the bottom of the block, if you have the room, you'd probably have to have something custom made. The other option would be to weld baffles in the existing sump, but you have to be careful as to not interfere with anything in the engine. I'd suggest leaving it as is and take a trial run to see if it's going to be an issue.

Rev limiter: depends on which one you buy, MSD carrys one that backs off the ignition rather than dropping it, but not sure if it's badge specific.

Not sure about the KLDE, but if you look on the output of the Probe's gearbox, you'll find the speed sensor, pull it and see if it looks like the end of a standard speedometer cable. It probably has an input to the PCM, but if you're using it for racing only, it should be just a nuisance diagnostic. After seeing the Prpbe's speed sensor, I'd say it's very likely.

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