MitsuStyle - View Single Post

**JET** · 11-26-2003

I will play fair as long as Rick does. I thought we had already gone through this on MN-DSM, but here goes again.

My engine was crankwalked after 7k when I pulled the tranny off to put the Shepherd tranny in. Note that the tranny guides were in place until then. This means that the missing tranny guide had nothing to do with the crank walk.

When I put my Shep tranny in I had weird clutch engagement. I had been having this trouble for a long time and had talked to Rick about possible causes for it. He recommended bleeding my clutch a certain way, that didn't help.

Anyone at the shootout will remember me bleeding my clutch 10+ times trying to get the damn thing decent.

I do not know for sure when the crankwalk started, but I was having shifting problems within a month. I broke it in for 500 miles and had never been to the track.

The main culprit we came up with on MN-DSM was that the block was not align honed after the ARP main studs were put in. After much searching this has happened to many other people.

So, the lesson here is to get your block align honed if you are using ARP main studs. It ended up being a $3500 lesson for me, even though I asked Rick if I needed it and he said no.

11-26-2003	#4
JET Is funding Exxon. Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ham Lake Drives: like a bat outta hell! Posts: 7,983	I will play fair as long as Rick does. I thought we had already gone through this on MN-DSM, but here goes again. My engine was crankwalked after 7k when I pulled the tranny off to put the Shepherd tranny in. Note that the tranny guides were in place until then. This means that the missing tranny guide had nothing to do with the crank walk. When I put my Shep tranny in I had weird clutch engagement. I had been having this trouble for a long time and had talked to Rick about possible causes for it. He recommended bleeding my clutch a certain way, that didn't help. Anyone at the shootout will remember me bleeding my clutch 10+ times trying to get the damn thing decent. I do not know for sure when the crankwalk started, but I was having shifting problems within a month. I broke it in for 500 miles and had never been to the track. The main culprit we came up with on MN-DSM was that the block was not align honed after the ARP main studs were put in. After much searching this has happened to many other people. So, the lesson here is to get your block align honed if you are using ARP main studs. It ended up being a $3500 lesson for me, even though I asked Rick if I needed it and he said no. __________________ Is burning corn and stayin' warm! My motorcycle is stock and reliable, my Talon is neither!