Swifty's never-ending project thread! - Page 20

**LingLing** · 03-31-2010

Yeah buddy! Looks great! Nice work!

turbotalon1g · 03-31-2010

awesome, good luck man, you might make the 15th after all?

Swifty1638 · 03-31-2010

I certainly hope it all works. I found another cometic hp hg I had, still sealed in the bottom most area of the bottom drawer in my toolbox..talk about lucky! So, it went together faster then I thought, because I didn't need to buy a new one. I hope it seals well enough after being copper sprayed, and I had to pull out...4 studs to get the washer down around them, for the headstuds, because the springs/seats are a lot beefier then before. The shim is also like 2-4 times thicker then stock. If this motor setup doesn't rev, I don't know how else to fix it. I over analyze things too much, but whatever..

blackrosenova400 · 03-31-2010

Take a picture and show us the headgasket you wanted to reuse.....

Swifty1638 · 03-31-2010

LOL, already threw it out, to force myself not to reuse it. I can take a pic of the sticker that came with the cometic though!

niterydr · 03-31-2010

Looking good!

awd-drifter · 03-31-2010

lookin good man. when my cousin heard the car, he told me it sounded pretty mean. hopefully it'll ride even meaner

Kevin 1G Drummer · 03-31-2010

Looking good! A trick I always do is that before you put the head down on the studs, put the washers down in the holes where they belong. It makes it more of a pita to get on, but makes it easier, since you don't have to pull the studs.

Swifty1638 · 03-31-2010

true, I wasnt thinking. It was hard holding the head and intake mani and dropping it down on the car, by myself, leaning over the car. But, I got it. I just hope it holds together.

Kevin 1G Drummer · 03-31-2010

As long as you got the studs good and tight again before you put the nuts back on, it should be fine.

Swifty1638 · 03-31-2010

Ya, I just get anxious. Did I torque things correctly, is this done right..will this leak, etc. I dwell too much, but I am a perfectionist at times, so I check and recheck a ton too.

blackrosenova400 · 04-01-2010

Come on Swifty spill it, you did reuse the gasket and dont want to admit it!

How many people have an unused cometic headgasket that they completely forgot about!

Swifty1638 · 04-01-2010

um..me? When you acquire shit over time, and have a full toolbox with a "junk drawer" you find shit you didn't know you had, like this, or the coils I had, and like 30 used spark plugs, and other gaskets. You trying to call me out or something?

blackrosenova400 · 04-01-2010

Lol I am I am!

Did you get your oil cooler mounted?

niterydr · 04-01-2010

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Originally Posted by Swifty1638

um..me? When you acquire shit over time, and have a full toolbox with a "junk drawer" you find shit you didn't know you had, like this, or the coils I had, and like 30 used spark plugs, and other gaskets. You trying to call me out or something?

I found a bunch of stock 9b turbo parts, oil feed lines, and 6x9 speakers in my tool box when cleaning it. I forgot I had those.

Anyone want 9b exhaust housings or maybe some apline type s 6x9's? LOL (Kidding, keeping them all).

Swifty1638 · 04-01-2010

Will those speakers fit the front doors on talon? Mine are blown.

And no, I still need to figure out a bracket for the oil cooler.

**mlomker** · 04-01-2010

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Originally Posted by blackrosenova400

Come on Swifty spill it, you did reuse the gasket and dont want to admit it!

Not sure what those sell for but the Cossie on mine was enough to make me cry. I could see the temptation.

niterydr · 04-01-2010

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Originally Posted by Swifty1638

Will those speakers fit the front doors on talon? Mine are blown.

And no, I still need to figure out a bracket for the oil cooler.

No I think a talon takes a 5.25" if memory serves correct.

GSXMatt · 04-03-2010

your mom.

Swifty1638 · 04-05-2010

Finish welding/porting today, and then shipped to my house tomorrow..yay! He ran into issues, and scrapped the second WG idea, so it's taking longer then expected..