One good thing is my mother got out of the hospital last night..... She's a little weaker then normal but doing ok right now.....

I got some work done on the motor today..... First thing I did was to get the last 3 cam bearings in , then finished cleaning up the crankshaft..... I also stuck the cam in just to make sure it fit..... I washed everything one last time and got the rotating assembly all in and torqued..... Hopefully tomorrow I can get the cam degreed in and the rest of the shortblock put together.....

Pic's of today's progress.....

 

Looks good Frank


Hurst

 

It's gettin there Jim.....


Well I managed to get the cam degreed in and the rest of the motor put back together.....

The motor is now in the car, only 2 trans bolts and motor mount bolts are holding it in but it's in.....

Progress pic's from today.....

 

Very nice.

 

Looking good!

Can't wait to see what it'll do!

 

Thanks.....

More progress made this evening..... All the hotside/exhaust is on along with the turbo, alt and everything under the car is hooked up.....

I think I may be able to fire it up tomorrow night.....

Pic's.....

 

Whats the deal with the hoses running to the back of the intake? Lookin good again

 

I balances the temp from front to rear on the block, keeps all cylinders more even..... The other plus is the running temp usually drops atleast 15 deg, I have seen as much as a 40 deg drop.....

Most of the time I just tee them together in the back and then either go directly to the front with one hose or go through the heater core first if the car has one..... I just used the 2 -6 hoses on this one because both ports on the water pump were available.....

 

Ive wonder a few times looking at intakes why they didnt at least crossover like the front. Cool

 

vic jr and performer rshared_pm do.