Thread: Tearin' her down!

Well... We finally got the wheels to turn! Chris (my roommate) and I had to completely remove the gearbox coupler and modify it. I wish I had taken pictures, but we both were so frustrated that neither one of us thought of it. 8 hours or screwing around under the car just to figure out that the task at hand could have been accomplished in less than half an hour.

I have noticed a slight pop under initial acceleration. I'm going to guess that it's one of my motor mounts not being tight enough, because I went back and tightened all of the cradle bolts and strut tower bolts. That leaves me with motor mounts. If I get a chance tomorrow between class and work, I"ll see what I can find. Time to update the sig...

how does it feel? you ported your heads right?

It feels real good. It's not tuned yet, so it's a bit rich at idle and lean under heavy throttle, so I've been taking it real easy.

congrats on getting it all back together.

Originally Posted by DanGTP

PICTARZ!!

I just want to say that with my experience around engines i have never seen it a spun cam bearing that allowed for a new cam bearing to be installed on the same block. After reading his post about this i came to following conclusion.

Source of the knock was the cracked manifold.

Source of the cam bearings coming out DanGTP.

Either way he fixed it and made it right but look at the tool marks on cam bearing, they should not be there if it spun. Also, where is the oil pressure light or metal shavings?

Maybe one day he will come clean and let us know what really happened but it really does not matter anymore b/c he fixed it. I am just playing the odds here and stating my opinion. I am not harping or calling anyone out i am just listing some known realities. Mistakes happen no harm no foul.

Peace

The crack in the manifold was the source of my soft ticking, but the lout tick/tap that I was getting before the teardown was coming from deeper in the block (the bearing being beaten to death by the lifter). The scratches and dings on the bearing are from me using a screwdriver to pry the bearing apart so it would drop off the cam (it had already separated at the joint). The major damage (folding) was done to the bearing by the lifter. The oil pressure light did come one, and I later put a gauge on to check the validity of the light being on. So, as of now, I have on pressure switch, just a sensor where the switch was.