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blackawdtsi · 07-21-2011

I took advantage of this decent weather and tore my oil pan off today.

While poking around the car I found this, which I was told was hooked up:

And this:

Considering all of the I/C piping was also loose; I'm going to go over the whole car before it leaves the garage again.

Anyway, here's what was in my oil pan.

And I bet you can't guess which one was spinning haha.

Even though the bearing looks like it had a bad night in gitmo, the crank is surprisingly smooth. If the one rod wasn't blued from heat, I would throw another set of bearings in and see how it went.

I didn't have enough time to pull the motor out today but at least I know the situation now. The next decent day I'll get the motor out and send the rods out to be reconditioned and crank to be cut. Hopefully the crank doesn't need to go past .10 under. If it does, I won't be running it since DG Motors wants $180 to re-nitride it and who knows when I'd get it back. I have a nice OEM crank I picked up but I was trying to save it for the next build.

Will update when the motors out.

07-21-2011	#36
blackawdtsi Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In my garage Drives: 2G DSM Posts: 600	Re: Back at it I took advantage of this decent weather and tore my oil pan off today. While poking around the car I found this, which I was told was hooked up: And this: Considering all of the I/C piping was also loose; I'm going to go over the whole car before it leaves the garage again. Anyway, here's what was in my oil pan. And I bet you can't guess which one was spinning haha. Even though the bearing looks like it had a bad night in gitmo, the crank is surprisingly smooth. If the one rod wasn't blued from heat, I would throw another set of bearings in and see how it went. I didn't have enough time to pull the motor out today but at least I know the situation now. The next decent day I'll get the motor out and send the rods out to be reconditioned and crank to be cut. Hopefully the crank doesn't need to go past .10 under. If it does, I won't be running it since DG Motors wants $180 to re-nitride it and who knows when I'd get it back. I have a nice OEM crank I picked up but I was trying to save it for the next build. Will update when the motors out. Last edited by blackawdtsi; 07-21-2011 at 08:17 PM..