broke at pg project thread

[dsmreck]

found some sparkle in the oil and heres where im at. got the head off and everything actually looks pretty good so far. i will pull the rest tonight

[dsmreck]

ok 2 days later and everything is out. no matter how hard i tried I still ended up with a bag of bolts. I was happy to see the rods and pistons are absolutely perfect. head and cams looked good. I am getting a good deal on another 2.4 block and crank, but I really wanted to go 6 bolt 2.0. Oh well for now I can build on a budget and still end up with the same engine I had and save some money. If I get this thing going by pg2 I will be very happy...

[dsmreck]

should have my next crankwalk block and crank tomorrow. I will be sure to reuse all the parts that had metal shavings back in my new block just like the moron I got my car from. I have a hard time understanding why someone would spend 6k on a rebuild just to reuse a few hundred dollars worth of new parts but neither here nor there. I can't wait to get started on this build

[dsmreck]

i now have a block and crank to try out. need to do some measuring now

[dsmreck]

some update pics on the engine

[goodhart]

Wow lookin nice! I like that valve cover

[dsmreck]

thanks goodhart its looking like i should have it in the car soon.. 2.4 dohc 7bolt stock crank arp mains acl race bearings eagle rods weiseco pistons 87mm bore block and head decked cometic hg all oe gaskets and oil pump bse. 1g ported head ferrea stainless valves. sent my 3582r chra off to fuel systems in wi for the garret exchange 550 for a new chra. so far so good.

[CornFed2.4]

+1. Definetly looks sick! Good job

[dsmreck]

thanks nick i have a ton of pics just seemed boring to pist them all. been wirking my ass off on this one i assume the turbo will be here late this week or next week. coming down to get my drieshaft i hope to have it running by next week if all goes well

[dsmreck]

got alot done. got my driveshaft, oem shifter, and 3rd diff mount after finding mine was completely shot...engine, trans, and transfer are now in their home goes toi easy with three guys getting the engine with trans mounted in the bay... need a few bolts that i cant seem to find to keep rockin out. turbo should be here late this week ir early next weej...

[mark4g63t]

lol at that last pic.

[97gsexx]

hahah

[DSMINMN]

Last picture = WIN. lol

[Shane@DBPerformance]

That's your problem right there. A severed human head in the engine bay is known to cause problems on these cars.

[dsmreck]

thought a good tuner like shane would have found that on the dyno lol...figured you guys would like that one...

[dsmreck]

got alot done last night it took me a while to fix and hide wiring a little better but everything is done up to needing my turbo for start up. i should be recieving my redline fluids today so maybe ill get the diff, axles, and driveshaft in tonight and put fuids in...

[4seasons69]

Looks good! What turbo are you going to run?

[dsmreck]

i sent in my garret 3582r in on the exchange program. 550 for a new chra. so i will be running that... seems like a good turbo. with shaft play surge and bad crank and bearings on the block shane made 525hp 425tq uncorrected. it was 611hp 496tq shootout mode...all that at 30lbs. there was also surge around 26/27 lbs.

[4seasons69]

Ah gotcha very nice.

[dsmreck]

thanks man...well i talked to jeff from fuel systems in wi today and he said he will be shipping the turbo tomorrow so bummer next week will be
first startup now...