Send the pistons and piston rods to the machine shop. Have the rods align bored. Trust me on this one. You'd really only like to do this once and the minute you unbolt a rod....it's needed.
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11-04-2009
Send the pistons and piston rods to the machine shop. Have the rods align bored. Trust me on this one. You'd really only like to do this once and the minute you unbolt a rod....it's needed.
11-03-2009
Just got a call from my machine shop and they said the crank looked so good all they are ganna do is polish it
the oly signs that the engine had 185xxx on it is the exhaust valve seats they were hammered pretty good
did the valve gringing today and have of the valve seats its a bit tricky i found out if your not used to it
11-04-2009
The block pistons rods crank balance shaft and cam all went every things getting aligned and checked new pistons and so on
I even sent the cam to get checked just incase money falls short and i cant get my s1x
11-04-2009
I run a devils own kit and have no problems. I wish I would have built a 3800 instead of the I6 for my jeep when we had to do engines.
11-04-2009
Yea it was ganna be my 86 c30's 454 or my gp's engine and as much as i want to build up my truck the gp was bleeding oil pretty bad looks like it was just the oild pan but stillOriginally Posted by 01GTP
now the heads are off to the machine shop the exhaust valveseats were shot couldnt gring them with out going to deep but its ok i figured it would need something unexpected
11-05-2009
that's definitely more of the engine than i've seen, props on putting up pics, it was a good idea. i'd love to do the same thing here in a few years but it's probably just wishful thinking. what school are you going to?
11-05-2009
San Joaquin delta college Its a Junior college here in ca They are GM sponsored
I looked t wyo and uti type programs but im a broke ass and didnt wanna be 40grand in dept lol
The engine build is definatly an experiance and ive already made a few big nono mistakes but its all good
11-05-2009
haha i get ya on that. i wanted to go to one of those schools, i did my research and my parents pretty much said they wouldn't pay for it. it's not like i had much of a job either, i turned 18 a week after bowling green started this semester. the only good part was i'm here on a full tuition scholarship and a few grants. i should only owe about 2000 after this semester, hard to get mad about that
11-05-2009
yea Im actually going free but projects cost money such as engines brake and trans classes Im happy about it though plus they are really focused on the ase tests
11-05-2009
wyo tech is kinda pointless to go for just automotive. They are not even nateft/ ase school.
11-05-2009
Yea i was looking at them at first for the fabrication aspect but after touring the sacramento facility i changed my mind real quick
11-11-2009
So the builds at a stand still waiting on parts
Heres a break down of costs so far
Shortblock shop costs 1000 roughly
thats cleaned up block
align bore crank
polish crank
regrind cam Just in case and I only get a 17 buck credit if i didnt
new pistons
reconditioned connecting rods
Full gasket set
head bolts still may use studs
all bearings
oil pump
oil pick up
Heads Used stage 2 intense heads w/valves/springs checked and reconditioned by a machine shop 700
s1x cam intense pcm flash jp single timing set 520
ported blower with smoothflow mps 3.4 To start 170
Moroso wires 65
oil assembly lube rtv locktite 125ish
2600ish so far
11-11-2009
someone who is starting with a 3.4 on a cam setup? wow, guy, you clearly have listened to us. i love how people just assume that they can run like a 3.0 pulley right away..hahaha.
got any other pullies that you are buying? youll need them with cam and heads.
11-11-2009
Daniel... holler when you are ready. I think I have 3 3.2 pullies and probably a couple extras of 3.0 and 3.1.
11-11-2009
I plan to drop down to a 3.2 atleast after i get the car up and running scanned and all that fun stuff out of the waysomeone who is starting with a 3.4 on a cam setup? wow, guy, you clearly have listened to us. i love how people just assume that they can run like a 3.0 pulley right away..hahaha.
got any other pullies that you are buying? youll need them with cam and heads.
11-11-2009
I figured 3.4 was a good starting point
But yet another set back some a$$ hat busted the window in my wifes car so now i get to pay for that instead of sending my blower off to get ported and the mps put on
Can you pull the stock pulley off and put an mps on with out the special puller?
So pissed off right now dude busted her window triing to get the cd player a security gaurd chased the guy so he didnt get the stereo but the kicker is the doors were unlocked thats going to be 150 to replace
11-11-2009
I made my own. You don't need to buy a special pulley. But you can't just use any run of the mill pulley puller, especially to install it.
11-11-2009
Looks like im gonna order one with my intense order
11-11-2009
Personally I would rent one from zzp is the cheapest way to go and once you have the MPS hub on it, you shouldnt have to worry about it ever again... Mini does seem to have a good price for purchase of it though.....depends on which way you want to go.
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