the REbuild thread
#43
I was just idling thinking about bearings and washers on the way to work and I suddenly had a moment of panic, that's all. Probably residual *ohshit* left over from yesterday's bearing issue. Everything is fine.
This is a 99 engine. I rebored/honed the cylinders, went to arp main studs and had it align honed, had the crank polished and everything generally cleaned up. Replaced all bearings with fresh ACL bearings.
This is a 99 engine. I rebored/honed the cylinders, went to arp main studs and had it align honed, had the crank polished and everything generally cleaned up. Replaced all bearings with fresh ACL bearings.
#46
I thought a lot about this and since I'm basically just replicating my last build I'm going to keep them.
Benefits
-cools the piston
-lubricates the wrist pin
Drawbacks
-lowers oil pressure (never been an issue and I'm going to an upgraded pump anyway)
-heats up oil (never been a problem since I already run an oil cooler and was consistently running under 200F oil temps under heavy load)
-oil consumption (never been a problem)
So basically this mod is addressing problems I don't have and raising the chance of detonation. I like having nice cool combustion chambers.
Admittedly I could start running E85, but I'm already dialed in fine with 93 octane and E85 is a huge pain in the *** to get here.
Benefits
-cools the piston
-lubricates the wrist pin
Drawbacks
-lowers oil pressure (never been an issue and I'm going to an upgraded pump anyway)
-heats up oil (never been a problem since I already run an oil cooler and was consistently running under 200F oil temps under heavy load)
-oil consumption (never been a problem)
So basically this mod is addressing problems I don't have and raising the chance of detonation. I like having nice cool combustion chambers.
Admittedly I could start running E85, but I'm already dialed in fine with 93 octane and E85 is a huge pain in the *** to get here.
#47
About to order the oil pump and the harmonic damper.
Now that having the engine done is realistically a few UPS trucks away, I think it's time to start thinking about smaller stuff.
I was going to do the rear main seal and the front main seal and use Right Stuff for the oil pan, oil pump, water pump and thermostat housing. I am going with a new head gasket and new timing belt as well.
Anything I'm possibly forgetting as far as small stuff that will be annoying if I forget?
Now that having the engine done is realistically a few UPS trucks away, I think it's time to start thinking about smaller stuff.
I was going to do the rear main seal and the front main seal and use Right Stuff for the oil pan, oil pump, water pump and thermostat housing. I am going with a new head gasket and new timing belt as well.
Anything I'm possibly forgetting as far as small stuff that will be annoying if I forget?
#56
Yeah no gasket.
I'm being extra careful because I still have nightmares about the water pump replacement I did 10 years ago. I did it three times and it still ******* leaked. Then I realized that the shaft on the replacement pump was leaking. Trololo. The upside is that my timing belt alignment game was top notch afterwards.
Is there a rubber anything that goes between the round part of the oil pump and the oil pan?
I'm being extra careful because I still have nightmares about the water pump replacement I did 10 years ago. I did it three times and it still ******* leaked. Then I realized that the shaft on the replacement pump was leaking. Trololo. The upside is that my timing belt alignment game was top notch afterwards.
Is there a rubber anything that goes between the round part of the oil pump and the oil pan?
#59
Yes there's a seal that goes there. And RTV it too on the corners.
#60
Is there manual for this that isn't complete ****? Back a million years ago I relied on a manuals but I eventually found they were pretty much all awful. I tend to use google for everything these days.
I've taken apart and successfully put together everything else on the car at least once, so it's not a completely shitty approach. Also, so much of my current build is aftermarket stuff, I just follow the specs of the parts anyway.
But yeah, I would appreciate guidance.
I've taken apart and successfully put together everything else on the car at least once, so it's not a completely shitty approach. Also, so much of my current build is aftermarket stuff, I just follow the specs of the parts anyway.
But yeah, I would appreciate guidance.