The truth about ST215 3sgte engine

[JDMSD1]

Hahaha,that's luxury.ive never had a project budget that allowed me to spend $500 on a custom harnass by someone else.sounds nice tho.
But the engine is too easy to start with a good relay fuse to the harnass 8 positive points and 2 negatives they run.id rather buy something else for my money.

[UtahSleeper]

Hahaha,that's luxury.ive never had a project budget that allowed me to spend $500 on a custom harnass by someone else.sounds nice tho.
But the engine is too easy to start with a good relay fuse to the harnass 8 positive points and 2 negatives they run.id rather buy something else for my money.

Guess it depends on where your experience is. I knew that if I tried to do the harness myself, even with instructions, I would have taken months to potentially finish it. Where as I can ship it off, work on other things, and simply install it. 400ish for a plug and play harness isn't bad in my eyes. Yes, I would have rather saved the money, but I hate having things taken apart and scattered for months or longer.

[JDMSD1]

That's why I have customers.
Wiring not so bad.
Everyone has their own way. Whatever works.

[All-TracDreams]

Can anyone shed some light on the little stickers found on the upper timing cover for the Gen 4s? The majority seem to be labeled "N2", but I have also seen "N3" (that also happen to be yellow?) and "N4" which are not uncommon. I feel like I may have even seen an "N5" once or twice, as well. Despite searching, the only 2 results that are even relevant have gone unanswered. I feel like it's some sort of manufacture date batch indicator, and/or perhaps denotes whether the engine came with a manual or automatic transmission attached from the factory. These hypotheses are due to the fact that the Gen 5 engines I've seen have had "N6" label stickers. Either way, any insight on this would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: "N5" sighting confirmed! (On a manual transmission Gen 4 motorset, and yellow)

[JDMSD1]

I have seen N2 N4.
Interesting question.
N4 harnass is slightly different at 12 pin plug.
I've noticed.

[abraxxa]

Mine has a white N2 sticker and came from an automatic Caldina ST215.
And it had sleeves...

[MWP]

Mine has a white N2 sticker and came from an automatic Caldina ST215.
And it had sleeves...

Sleeved bores?? From the factory? No way.

[JDMSD1]

Sleeves?

[Locker]

I have an N2

[JDMSD1]

Me too N2.
So yours is sleeved?

[Locker]

Me too N2.
So yours is sleeved?

no clue. I haven't removed the head to inspect...

[celicast184]

They aren't sleeved.... They are all iron blocks

[JDMSD1]

That's what I thought

[MWP]

They aren't sleeved.... They are all iron blocks

This ^.
The only way you could have a sleeved 3S or 5S block is if it was done by a machine shop during a rebuild later in the engines life.

[celicast184]

All aluminum blocks come sleeved factory...