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And please, can we stop with the "why didn't you's", the "why are you's" and the "if i were you i would have's".

I have my reasons for doing things the way I'm doing them. Just gets to be a bit annoying when everyone just starts 2nd guessing you on everything. Did I some how evolve backwards and gain noob status again?

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Got ahold of my uncle, and the head is done, so I picked her up and it's home now :) Said everything on the head checked to be pretty good. The finish on the bottom of it wasn't all that nice so he decked the bottom of it. Has a real nice n clean finish on the bottom now. I'm pretty excited, it's getting to be time to start putting it all back together now!

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Noob. If I were you, I would have definitely not missed the gear, broke the axle, nor would I have blown the HG. Just silly imho. Why don't you go AEM w/NOS for moar power instead of silly E85, omg your MPG must suck sooooooooo bad!





;) See if you can get it back together before mine comes apart/goes back together! 2 weeks I think. We need some mid summer test & compare action mesathinkin!

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Who did your head last time?

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I wasnt second guessing you brandon, but while its all apart, why not replace the rings and freshen it up...

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That wasn't directed at you so much.

But either way, I'm not going to replace rings on a motor with what I consider good compression. My numbers have always seemed a little lower than what others show. I have a feeling my tester just reads a little low.

Last time the head was done up in Andover at a place called Northern Cylinder Head. Real nice guy, he's done a lot of little side things for me, and did a bit of work on my roommates rotary. Always had great results with them, but this one job I wasn't too impressed.

I like the finish that my uncle put on it now though, a lot nicer. Plus I got the nephew discount ;)

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Ahhh ok cool! haha just clarifying. <3

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Finished scraping off the top of the block with a razor. Nice and clean again!

Got the rods/pistons back in. Big thanks to Old Man Hill for letting me borrow his piston ring compressor tool, it worked perfectly. Torqued the rod bolts to 45lb/ft w/ ARP Moly Lube. Retorqued them 5 times because that's what I read to do on another forum.

Scraped the RTV gasket off the bottom of the block. Got a majority of it scraped off the oil pan.

Got the new L19's screwed into the block, and slid the new head gasket on over them.

Decided that's enough for one night. Tomorrow I plan on finishing cleaning all the gasket off the oil pan, then reinstalling it. Then start to bolt the manifolds back on the head. And then get the head set back down on top of the block.

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Good progress!! I like that not all ppl are lazy... lol

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Hope to see this up and running again soon!

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Who cares if your compression a bit low as long as one cylinder isn't really low, just run more boost to make up for it. Ha ha.

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^good choice.

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I took a couple days off as I was researching cobra brakes.

So started back on her today. Oil pan is on. Head is on but not torqued. Got a new axle, thanks to Shane for getting me a good core.

Taking a break here but will be heading back out to torque the head down. Just going to research to see if you're supposed to torque L19's to a different value.

Then start working on putting the cams back in. Maybe get to the timing belt tonight, otherwise I'll just save that for tomorrow.

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Got the head torqued on. I decided on 95lb/ft.

Got the cams in and torqed, kinda. I've tried to be real particular about placing everything into seperate plastic bags, but apparently I still managed to lose a singe cam cap bolt. If anyone has one, let me know.

Timing belt is on. Also put in a new tensioner pulley as well while I was in there.

Also picked up a new axle today. Thanks to Shane for hooking me up with an exchangable core.

That's it for today. Will continue on with some more tomorrow.

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Cool man. Good luck.

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Thanks Texan :)

I've been working on it a little today. Got the accessory belts on, but left the A/C off for now as I don't even have a belt for that at the moment. Got the valve cover on. Most the electrical crap plugged in. Motor mount back in. Vacuum lines hooked up under the IM. Double checked that the oil pan bolts were still nice and snug.

Started to install the new Arc-2 Unit. I may just leave it installed but disconnected for a little bit though, just so I'm not doing too much at once here.

Also cleaned up all the grease that's all over the wheel well where the axle broke.

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There no need for that a/c belt anyway.. :)

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Brandon if you still need a cam cap bolt, I have one for ya.

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Hellz yes I do. You going to be home today, or out n about at all?

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I'll be home for about another hour at the most, then going to a wedding. Call on your way over, or you can just get into the garage and grab it. 651.236.0985.

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Well I had to stop by MAP to pick up a new T3 gasket, and lil brown had an extra bolt on hand, so I just grabbed it since I was already there. So I'm not going to need yours Scheides. Thanks for offering though, I'll grab it in a couple months when it breaks again and I lose another one :)

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Well, got the last cam bolt on and torqued. Put the VC back on. Put the spark plugs in and plug wires, mounted the coil pack and got it plugged in. Going to leave the Arc-2 disconnected for a little while until the car is running ok on it's own. Just don't want to do too many things at once.

Got that T3 gasket from MAP so put the turbo/manifold together. I ripped off all the wrap because it was all coming apart. It's like the heat wrap couldn't take the heat. It all literally just fell off the manifold as I started removing it. Lame. But I did it because I was having my overheating issues, and the new FMIC seemed to cure it mostly so I guess I don't need it anyway.

I've been having issues with the stupid turbo bolts constantly backing out. I think I have finally fixed that issue, see the pictures below :)

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Nice bolt setup Brandon!

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Haha thats awsome! Very creative!

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Nice safety wire :)

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Heh yea I have a whole spare head just sitting in my garage so I was gonna steal the bolt out of it. You're welcome to any parts of it you need, its doing nothing for me :D Nice safety wire job!

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If I'm not mistaken that safety wire is an old military trick right?

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Yeah the military is where I originally learned to do it. It's pretty common practice in the air wing. Also in the nuclear field, we have to safety wire or loctite everything that will ever travel anywhere near the core. So I've done my fair share of safety wiring for the past 7 years. It's now just finally found it's way onto my car :D

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Chris from Dogbox called me today. Said he got the busted axle out, and found nothing else wrong with the tranny. He's going to swap in a known good VC just for good measure, and said he'll be shipping it back in the next day or 2. :)

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Saaweet!!

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And it shipped out today :) I'm gone for the next 2 weeks, but hoping to be able to come home for the weekend, so I can slap this thing in and have her back out on the road.

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Tranny is back. Installed the clutch and torqued the PP bolts to 14lb. I have the tranny up and somewhat in place, and held in with 2 bolts right now but it's not fully in. The splines aren't through the clutch disk, trying to get that fucker lined up, kind of a PITA to do by yourself.

Anyone out there crazy enough to want to come by and help me get this thing together today? Call me, I'll be in the garage cusing at the car.

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I get off work at 6:30 today, if by some poor chance you are still cursing at it, give me a call and I'll stop on over.

I hope you have it done by then!

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Tranny is in. Sucks doing it alone, especially if your a weak somabitch like me.

I'll give ya a call later Swanny. I'm sure I'll still be buttoning things up because I work at a slow pace.

I hope your aren't looking for an hourly wage. Although I would buy us pizza, chinese delivery, beer, pop, you know the basic tools to get the job done :)

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We will have to see how damn beat up I am after work. Short on coverage :aikido:

I have your cell, I'll give you a call on the way home and see whats up.

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sounds good hoser.

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Car is completely back together, including the door panels and what not that had to come off because of the door lock change. Car started up great, but was making a clicking sound that had me scared. Pulled the VC off and everything looked fine. I was getting worried. Started the car again and then layed under the car to see that I never tightened the Alt & P/S belts, and they were all loose and flapping. Tightened them up, set the timing to 5* and she's idling at 1000rpm like a champ!!! Took me awhile working by myself, but I got her done. I'm done for the night. Tomorrow I plan on driving it around and making sure it drives decent, and then give her a nice hand wash since it's covered in finger prints.

Viva La Proving Grounds :D

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Good to hear, Brandon!

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Thanks :)

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Yeah sorry about that. You know women and making plans without you knowing.

Glad you got it done!