well another update, got all my clutch stuff on, then my back started hurting (being laid up for 24 days in the jail with no physical activity will make your endurance go to ****), i also cleared out 2/3 of my back yard which hasn't been maintained in over 4 years, overgrown and like a jungle on the real... i think i heard Tarzan back there....
all i did was the clutch, which was kind of a pain in the ass with the flywheel bolts... all i had was a ratchet wrench to get the 8 bolts on and it didn't want to seat right till the very end... at least now all i have to do is bolt the tranny up, install fuel rail, coil packs and she's ready to be dropped in the car tomorrow...
anyways, on with pics and captions...
everything ready, bearing puller, ACT 6 puck unsprung clutch, fidanza flywheel, and F1 pressure plate...
got the flywheel on, man it was a pain in the ass.... i wish i had more tools, it would have been a breeze then... took me almost 20-25 minutes to get it tightened down right...
ACT 6 puck unsprung FTMFW!!!! get your left leg strong like bull for doriftos... gotz more grip than my lady on my mushroom tip son....
cheap busted ass F1 pressure plate... lets hope it's up to par with the ACT and the Fidanza....
not much, but it's all downhill from here..... motor goes in tomorrow... hopefully get a start up by night fall.....
well guys, i've done massive amounts of work today.....
pics and captions.... AND START UP VIDEO!!! as bad as the start up was... will fill in at the end....
starting for the day.... first step, tranny.... wasn't too too bad to put on... could have been worse....
so i decided to rock the rocker arm stoppers, no value on engine insurance...
for ****s and giggles, i want to show you guys the difference in my heads...
here's the "new" motor....
here's the head on the old motor.... AMAZING, all new hardware, the timing chain guides on the tensioners don't even have scrape marks from the chain yet, and it seemingly has all new hardware... will let y'all know bout this later..
everything's on, looking good....
up up and away!!! lot easier to work on the smaller things when it's in the air like this.....
my neighbors must LOVE me.....
getting her on in there.... my buddy Ryan on the left.... no replacement for awesome friends.... we worked right on through the super bowl and he didn't care.... "gotta do work and get it in, i came here to see this car run and wont leave till i do".... he left at 2:30am....
DO WORK!!!
motors in... all that's left at this point is the grounds, and the hotpipe, intake, and fluids....
ran out of light, so i put the hoist, and my singe halogen lamp to work.... awesome... lemons guys.... lemons....
come on..... **** is HOT....
FINISHED!!!!! all that's left is start up!!!
and for those who are interested, here's the youtube link for the video.....
YouTube - first start up...
motor sounds SICK, and as unhealthy... and no, thats not an exhaust leak.....hence what i was saying earlier about the CLEAN head on the old motor.... i'll be yoking the motor back out on Tuesday, and swapping the good clean head on it, and hell while it's out, i'll go ahead and drop the HKS cams in there.... new chain, tensioners, freshly machined, no scoring on the cam journals.... can't go wrong with it....
i bought this motor from JDM online, and so far, besides customer service, i'm not very pleased with it, to say the least....
more work on Tuesday..... stay tuned....