nothing better than carnage pics!!!!! reminds me of me
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02-04-2010
nothing better than carnage pics!!!!! reminds me of me
02-05-2010
i never got any more info, he said he would have to look at his build sheet to know for sure. when he gets back to me ill let you know.Originally Posted by badbrad
02-05-2010
Morad still has no L32 pistons,but has plenty of L67 pistons. 6 for $100 so I'll be buying some from him in less something pops up in the next few days.
Ok so is the ZZP engine overhaul kit all Felpro stuff? Price looks good at $219 with head gaskets.
I might be able to beat that at Oreilly with a friends employee discount. Also going to look into a ring set, main and rod bearings. Hopefully the discount will be enough that I can weasel the headers into the mix.
Any other little things I should be doing? gasket matching? any porting or cleanup work? lap all the valves in/de-carbon them.
Last edited by Thinkmoto; 02-05-2010 at 01:27 AM. Reason: more questions.
02-05-2010
Yeah, they are a direct fit. GN is still a 3.8, so same bore. Just compression will be a little less, I think. But a cheaper way out if you want.
If I were in your shoes, I would just stick with the ones from Ed though.
02-06-2010
I have 6 pistons/rods coming from Morad from a L67 motor. Hopefully this coming week I'll be able to get a quote on bearings,gaskets etc heavily discounted.
02-11-2010
It doesn't show up,I'm not a member.
Anyways Where is everyone getting there gaskets from? I was gonna get the complete engine kit from ZZP I need everything gaskets,rings,bearings,etc. Any suggestions on reassembly? Things I should be keeping an eye out for?
02-11-2010
I always buy my Felpro stuff from the local Autozone. Always cheaper than ZZP for stuff like gaskets. Well, either autozone or rockauto, whoever is cheapest.
02-11-2010
02-11-2010
how would you know if you had this problem?
02-12-2010
smashed plugs are usually the best giveaway. the next giveaway is burning oil. the next would be when you take your heads off and see part of the piston missing.
02-12-2010
Car will run rough or get bad MPG's. PLugs will be smashed. It's all downhill from there.
02-18-2010
L67 Pistons/rods came in last week from Morad. They are currently soaking in parts cleaner to be decarbonized.
I also ordered main bearings,rod bearings,piston rings,complete engine gasket kit,assembly lube and coolant elbows from ZZP. I can't get employee dicount at oreilly anymoreSo it looks like no headers for this rebuild.
Planning on getting all the pistons cleaned over the next few days and then starting on the heads. The heads will be decarboned and the valves lapped in.
Any assembly suggestions are welcome/wanted.
02-18-2010
leave everything alone and put it together. carbon on the pistons gets you more compression.
02-18-2010
Ironically EGR is good for performance on our cars for this reason.
02-18-2010
id probably clean the crap out of everything before i put it back together too.
02-18-2010
Everything cept the rotors.
02-18-2010
LOL,the rotors ironically are new and not tooo badly surface rusted yet. Pistons are cleaning up remarkable well. Are the L67 pistons susposed to be bare or coated also? The skirts and top are coated on the ones i got from Morad.
I'm going to be scrubbing everything down including the nasty ass engine bay.
Last edited by Thinkmoto; 02-18-2010 at 06:02 PM.
02-18-2010
the rotors in the S/C are what I was referring to.
02-19-2010
I should have known better. Supercharger is being left alone.
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