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By robster
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:56 pm #188989 Thanks, I'm pretty happy with the sound system! Its nice balacend and dosn't have that neck brakeing punch from the base. And the best thing about it that the most audio eqipment is stealth.

Here is the latest update, its not much but you know small stepps make the difference :D

polished the engine mount a little bit

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By robster
- Thu May 20, 2010 11:00 pm #195777 Found some time to get allong with the engine.

Cleaned, sandblasted, painted and rehoned the block. The Flexhone is a realy good tool for deglasing.

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borrowed some measuring tools from work and did some measurements. And this are the results:

Piston to wall: Z1=36µm Z2=38µm Z3=40µm Z4=37µm
rod play: Pl1=30µm Pl2=30µm Pl3=31µm Pl4=29µm
main play: HL1=22µm HL2=37µm HL3=29µm HL4=39µm HL5=25µm

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Put the crank and pistons in.

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Tomorrow im going to start the head assembly.
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By robster
- Sun May 23, 2010 9:19 am #196284 Getting closer. Pre assembled the mani

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Done! Now about the head, getting the valves in was a real pita when you dont have the right tools. I used a ring spanner and my fingers[po]

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The next thing was the oil pan. Cleand it and put some new paint on it. Put some new skrews in because the old ones where rustet as hell!

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Hehe, now everything is clean and sealed

After that i used some klay to check how the quench aera looks like.

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Bang! That's tight only 0,5mm left.

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And how about the valves?

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They got so mutch room, the dont even touch the klay!

So now that i have everything in the green zone it's time to install the ARP head studs.

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Allmost done. Some parts are missing like some brakets and new waterpump etc.

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By teal_dx
- Sun May 23, 2010 1:35 pm #196293 That engine is a beautiful sight! I love fresh builds. You have excellent resources too, tools and shop. I'd like to see some more pics of your shop some time if you don't mind.
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By Dippin_EG
- Sun May 23, 2010 3:34 pm #196303
teal_dx wrote:That engine is a beautiful sight! I love fresh builds.



agreed, that thing looks fresh as hell, But it looks like you didnt hot tank the head seeing the build-up in the coolant passages... Did you?


great job by the way.
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By Carfanatic
- Sun May 23, 2010 3:37 pm #196305 looks great! :thumb:
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By 93hatcheg
- Sun May 23, 2010 4:56 pm #196316 damn dude you definatly have my dream hatch! hah i have always wanted to build a motor and and paint everything black and then get all my performance parts in a anodized black so that when toyou pop the hood at night no body can see your motor lol

p.s. the polished motor mount is awesome
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By robster
- Mon May 24, 2010 12:57 pm #196467 Thanks to everyone!

teal_dx wrote:That engine is a beautiful sight! I love fresh builds. You have excellent resources too, tools and shop. I'd like to see some more pics of your shop some time if you don't mind.


Sorry to dissapoint you i have no shop, there is just an old dirty garage at my parents house! :D

Dippin_EG wrote:But it looks like you didnt hot tank the head seeing the build-up in the coolant passages... Did you?


No the head had never seen a hot tank.

@93hatheg: The engine will get a white valvecover or a kevlarcoated.
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By OverRev
- Tue May 25, 2010 2:04 am #196597 Very Nice sir, i wish i have the money to rebuild my engine like that :( keep it up sir... :thumb:
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By Xaser
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:39 pm #203001 Thats a beautiful engine rebuild, really like your work :thumb: your car is just awesome.
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