Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

Looks good! If youre cheap and dont want to buy a plug you could put the tape on the inside and use touch up paint to paint it white. Did that on my 2g and didnt look the best but didnt look horrible

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

I went with the Home Depot household black plug. Some RTV from the underside and you're all set to go.

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

FYI your car needs to look as clean under the hood as Leisure's does when you're done with it...

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

I have a 4" FP core and all the AC stuff still in place.

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

bah, DSMs don't need AC.

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

Steve, you can have the A/C stuff if you want. I wasn't really expecting to get anything for it, and it fan be used by someone that's cool.

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

After looking around for different options, this may be the route I go. Looks like the 2g ones are 25mm.

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I forgot what I did.
I took a body plug and it fit perfect. that with some weatherstripping adhesive and its perfect.

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Shitty weather this weekend, so I just putzed around with my motor mount inserts I got for xmas. Well 3 or them anyways, I didn't want to take the wheel off outside to get the passenger side one off the car. I will do that once weather is nicer outside.


The sawzall made pretty quick work of getting the rubber junk out as well as the metal rings that need to be cut out.

Rear motor mount, rubber cut out:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...93642151_n.jpg

Got the ring out, ready for paint and insert:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...44339309_n.jpg

Big giant Drivers' side mount, ring and rubber out, ready to be cut down and finished:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...41932672_n.jpg



Finished product of all three.

Front:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...88066851_n.jpg

(This one was a bit of a whore because it isn't two pieces, and it has to be pressed in. I eventually got it with lots of lube (TWSS) and the bench vice.)


Rear:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...96279950_n.jpg

Drivers' Side:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...51653516_n.jpg

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

NIIIIICCCCCEEEEE

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

Motor mounts look awesome!

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

I had some days off this week and finally went and picked up my brothers' engine hoist. When I got it back I got it on the stand and started tearing shit apart.

Prepare for carnage!!






Getting the engine from hoist to stand. Didn't really plan this pic at all, and didn't notice till I got some funny faceboook comments. haha 4g63 Allis!

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...15562546_n.jpg


Got the intake manifold off and found this...Where is the rest of the valve? You can just faintly see the cracked valve guide as well. Phone didn't want to focus very well down the runner like that.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...48169302_n.jpg


Got the junk ass crank pulley and water pump pulley off along with the timing cover. The water pump bolts were just a tiny bit more than finger tight. I'm not sure that has anything to do with the failure though. The timing belt was loose as hell too.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...51480608_n.jpg



Ahh! There's the problem! Think it'll buff out? ;)

This is Cyl #1:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...35224131_n.jpg


Cyl #2:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...86830050_n.jpg


Cyl #3:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...01200031_n.jpg


Cyl #4:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...01228697_n.jpg




So the head is junk, I figured it would be, so that is not a surprise at all which is why I picked up the 2g head last summer.



On the the pistons.


#1:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...21870965_n.jpg
Nice pile of aluminum shavings there, my guess is that happened when I was turning it over and over while trying to get it running before I discovered the beat up spark plug. What's weird is that the engine didn't make any noises until I cranked it probably 15 times and I stopped and checked the plugs.


#2:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...39124822_n.jpg


#3:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...08609937_n.jpg


#4:
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...34476899_n.jpg


Pic of all 4, in order from left to right, 4-3-2-1:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...69442231_n.jpg

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

That looks awfully familiar! Lol. When mine went it didn't make any noise either. Mine would even fire up and run like crap lol.

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So, after the cruise and my trip to TX I'll be in the market for some 2g pistons on 1g rods. Amazingly enough, the cylinder walls looked damn good. No cross hatching obviously as I'm sure this motor has a million miles on it, it's glazed pretty good. But no major scratches! Nothing I could feel with my fingernails anyways. :) I'm sure I'll be able to check it out better once I get it further apart.

Next time I get up there to work on it I plan on flipping the engine and pulling the oil pan to see how beat up the bearings are. I'm not expecting much, hopefully at least the crank and block are usable though, otherwise it might get expensive quick.

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

LOL at #1 piston, are you planning to do a 2.0 rebuild or 2.3? Whats the plan for this bish?

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Stock 2.0

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I have 3 good looking rods if you are interested. Just throwing it out there

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

300whp? more?

Re: Goodhart's budget beater 1g
 

600whp

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Lol idk how many hp ill have. Gonna stick stock appearing for now, maybe like an SCM61 for fwd traction lolz some day. No matter what this combo will hold whatever power I ever give it. More power= more problems :)