| finally after being engineless for 2 yrs. Not as bad as it sounds since the engine was used for mock-up purposes on my newest manifold design in my '91 silver chassis. It's a good feeling to be behind the wheel again; turning the key and seeing 50 pounds of oil pressure, with no misses or strange noises. The new BS S03's make for great hook up, tho I did a 100 foot burnout in the nearby golf course parking lot late one night. Counting my new '91 slicktop, I've got three Z's....that's way too many for my checkbook. I intend to send her down the road after I make a 12 grand stop at the bank. It's in great original condition with 67K, with a few exceptions: New rings in freshly-honed bores, casting de-flashed,
3 angle valve job,
New water and oil pumps,
New SP500 turbos (by East Coast Turbos) and HKS adjustable actuators
AAE exhaust manifolds
Custom 2 1/4" to 2 1/2" stainless dp's
800 mile Nismo 370cc injectors
chucked plenum coolant lines, EGR and PVR
20% over stock clutch assembly....and the coolest feature is.... Re-routed turbo coolant lines plumbed directly from the block drain plug holes thru brass barbed 1/4" fittings.....Reaaally tidy. Check it out...remember, you saw it here first (my only obligatory gratuitous arrogant comment for my "friends").
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Since this is basically a stock rebuild, I don't pretend to impress anyone with dyno sheets. Since few photos have been available from other installations, I am pleased to be able to display an assembled engine. Besides what should demonstrate to be superior performance over stock manifolds in forthcoming testing, the design lends itself to easy installation, proper actuator geometry, simplified replacement of turbos and actuators with the engine in the chassis, and....I think all that chrome ceramic looks pretty bichin too (my biased opinion). Thanks for your interest,
Jon Abeler, AAE (Abeler Automotive Engineering) St. Paul, MN
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AAE exhaust manifolds installed on black '90.... - 
