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Is the air filter on backwards? And do you keep the wood tool tray in the trunk??
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BLS's word of hate have kept me awake many a night at the mess of this wiring. He insiunated that this was worse than his N20 era wiring. :shock:
https://i.imgur.com/gUfVeTkl.jpg So we got to updating https://i.imgur.com/zrGUMNNl.jpg Still have some work to do to tidy, but its simpler and cleaner meow. https://i.imgur.com/1QLhPFml.jpg Does this do anything to make the car faster? Nope. But, now, I can sleep at peace knowing BLS wiring is as good as my polishing skills. :bertstare::bertstare::bertstare::bertstare: |
https://media.tenor.com/thNFeYsbsVUA...s-the-lies.png
With that out of the way. I'll respect your work when you start wrapping all your visible wiring in red split loom. Until then, you show off your spaghetti electrical fire elsewhere and keep my name out yo mouth. |
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In prep for eventual teardown, built a halfway decent workbench
https://i.imgur.com/xTC7Bgzl.jpg Yanked driver side manifold https://i.imgur.com/KT26IX7l.jpg Not bad of a seal, maybe a tiny leak between 3 & 5 https://i.imgur.com/pEgjYW4l.jpg And the reason for the season, wet, oily plugs https://i.imgur.com/3Y92N3Cl.jpg Waiting for leak down tester to arrive today |
Pile of stuff on a bench can only mean one thing
https://i.imgur.com/Lz6JSYel.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4GkBi5bl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/F7W5yAEl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/C0Amd14l.jpg |
Top your workbench with a sacrificial layer - https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hardboar...2777/202189720
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Ply wood is cheap pal.
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I thought he meant the 2x4 under the hood :bertstare:
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After a rough start realizing my argon was empty, snagged a new fill at lunch today
https://i.imgur.com/EMKXi3il.jpg Then I managed to snap the bolt on my Vband, but metal hot glue gun and a old bolt made short work of that https://i.imgur.com/69MKRLMl.jpg Much more room now, and can actually get a wrench on crank to do rockers etc. Previously compressor housing was about ten mils off balancer. https://i.imgur.com/OxbvQa5l.jpg Downside, is radiator is shoved hard up against the car and turbo is tight https://i.imgur.com/ZWqUXkCl.jpg Should I just chop front off and get the RSM front end? Probably. |
After a lot of going back and forth with myself.. decided to cut. Will need to figure out top mounts, but bottom is mounted to lower rad support. Gotta finish up the hose roughing in then take everything out to clean up edges and weld hotside.
https://i.imgur.com/3iHw5QPl.jpg Now have clearance on both sides of compressor housing http://i.imgur.com/0tRfuXMl.jpg |
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Top mounts seem simple enough to make. Could even consider something like what I did on the blue bird. How much more better should the fancy elbow flow?
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that rads been 10.01.
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Big photo dump from the past week or so
Had to modify the radiator to get room for the air filter on turbo. Also added vac line port to elbow. https://i.imgur.com/wHqgKPQl.jpg No more coil of copper, proper backpressure damper cylinder https://i.imgur.com/XnjmXC9l.jpg Painful purchase but MLS gaskets are the best https://i.imgur.com/ZZEuBPql.jpg While I was waiting for heads, have been experimenting with manifold heat management https://i.imgur.com/0wexbJ7l.jpg |
And the heads, machine shop found some lovely gems from the previous owner of these heads
https://i.imgur.com/P82MzZtl.jpg But both heads resurfaced, 0.007 off both to clean up https://i.imgur.com/wc3ZGNMl.jpg Its hard to see but the bolt/head stud holes were reamed out, and then sleeved so the port breakthru didn't suck oil down from top of head https://i.imgur.com/PZX823Nl.jpg Pretty sure every LT1 owner goes thru this picture at least once https://i.imgur.com/RFp7geIl.jpg Heads on, rockers & guides setup, intake bolted down https://i.imgur.com/cqUPUVul.jpg |
How many angles was the valve job?
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Obtuse ones
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When running?
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