Just giving a little update
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Just giving a little update
Well let me start off by saying that I am an ass 
and I had AEM cam gears. I finally had some time to install my EMS. Me and a good friend of mine (Xclusive on TR) got some time to do some minor street tuning and set the car up very conservative. Well I was out cruising around with a friend and I felt pretty confident with the car and started doing a small third gear pull.... I ran it from 3000-6000. I was very impressed 
. I heard a small jingling sound and then the sound of some type of metal hitting the ground, I said ,"Big deal I prolly left a bolt on the wiper cowl". I heard again shortly after. I pull over and pop the hood..... everything looks fine, car runs good and drives good. I start heading home and i heard the noise one more time..... then the car starts running really weird and shuts down. I try to start it and the motor sounds like it has no compression. Well long story short those damn adjustment bolts for the cam gears broke or rattled out! Thank god this isnt an interference motor after the rebuild! The bad part is I didnt figure this out until I had the motor on the way out of the car! I decided to remove the stock ecu completely, Build/tuck my MS harness, paint the engine bay and order some new parts!
New ish:
C&R / visteon radiator
gt3076r w/ .63 exhaust housing
FIDANZA 5 BOLT CAM GEARS
Synapse 40mm synchronic wastgate
V band downpipe
new oem water pump and throwout bearing
hahn fuel rail w/ 850cc injectors
6 an fuel line all ss, aeromotive regulator w/ return line setup
MSnS
forged aluminum lug nuts
and some new gauges since the stock ecu is gone!
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this is pic is before i put the car down:
and I had AEM cam gears. I finally had some time to install my EMS. Me and a good friend of mine (Xclusive on TR) got some time to do some minor street tuning and set the car up very conservative. Well I was out cruising around with a friend and I felt pretty confident with the car and started doing a small third gear pull.... I ran it from 3000-6000. I was very impressed . I heard a small jingling sound and then the sound of some type of metal hitting the ground, I said ,"Big deal I prolly left a bolt on the wiper cowl". I heard again shortly after. I pull over and pop the hood..... everything looks fine, car runs good and drives good. I start heading home and i heard the noise one more time..... then the car starts running really weird and shuts down. I try to start it and the motor sounds like it has no compression. Well long story short those damn adjustment bolts for the cam gears broke or rattled out! Thank god this isnt an interference motor after the rebuild! The bad part is I didnt figure this out until I had the motor on the way out of the car! I decided to remove the stock ecu completely, Build/tuck my MS harness, paint the engine bay and order some new parts! New ish:
C&R / visteon radiator
gt3076r w/ .63 exhaust housing
FIDANZA 5 BOLT CAM GEARS
Synapse 40mm synchronic wastgate
V band downpipe
new oem water pump and throwout bearing
hahn fuel rail w/ 850cc injectors
6 an fuel line all ss, aeromotive regulator w/ return line setup
MSnS
forged aluminum lug nuts
and some new gauges since the stock ecu is gone!
picture time:
this is pic is before i put the car down:
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. Je pistons, crower rods, arp head studs, MLS head gasket, crower cams, valve springs and retainers, 1mm ss oversized valves, head work, 2.4 lifters and rocker arms, mellings high volume oil pump, clevite 77 main and rod bearings, Southbend dxd clutch, AMC LSD, modern performance t-body, hks bov, ebay front mount and an AFX crank pulley. There is more but its too early and I am too lazy to type it!
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wait wait..you took your engine out again..dang you need to take mine out some time. i wanna paint my bay too. that radiator looks shiney.
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