That is the rod I threw too. I had cyl 1 bent as well. Gotta pay to play I suppose....

 

What intercooler is that I love that charge piping as well.

 

Thanks for the charge piping ideas Pat!

FOD
Fricked Over Dodge
I know my car looks like a Miata, but it's a dodge.

Funded On Dogs

Fell Over Dead

I guess it's back to the loo for me.

 

CX Racing rx7 v mount or something. 18x3x11 I think, it's Ok, with a real Garrett core it would be awesome.

 

Hmmm, does anyone remember what kind of locktite I used on my clutch and flywheel? Pretty sure I followed Vlad's standard method. I wonder if I should heat this stuff?

Oh well progress anyway.

Looks like I need a better drivers side motor mount.

 

Loctite blue, no heat necessary.

Thanks again for the millionth time Vlad!

 

 

I finally finished what seemed like the unending task of scraping and cleaning the oil pan. There were 2 different kinds of sealant and way too much, it was even all over the baffle and pick up tube. Then with the threat of old sealant on the bolts from the FSM.
Next time I am sending the pan out to be cleaned and buying new bolts.

 

The bigger the gob, the better the job!

 

No MBSP? No worries, just reinforce everything with sealant

 

No no, no.

Just use a clean glove and spread it where it needs to seal. You don't need any in the oil pan and block bolt holes or on the pick up tube. Or running down the inside of the oil pan for that matter, sheesh, there's probably some throwing off the balance of the crank. That block and crank are going out to be hot tanked.

 

I like the sticker placement on the engine stand.

 

Glad you didn't think I wasted it.

So my relatively new pilot bearing feels fubared and looks like it spewed some of it's grease. I have the level 2 bearings from FM. The throwout bearing is solid though.

I think sitting at the starting line revving to 4500 is too much, even for the 6202 RS. Does anyone have a suggestion? My only idea is to carefully pry the seals off and put some stickier grease instead of what comes in there.

Any thoughts appreciated, thanks.

 

I had great luck with mazda pilot bearings, and I reved them a lot.

 

Sounds good, I am going by there this afternoon anyway. Thanks!

 

A little more progress...

Need to put this together and on.

Any thoughts on what orientation the oil warmer should be in, 12 o'clock between both tubes? I have seen some different images and the new block was in a different orientation. I want some new hoses, so maybe I should get them before I tighten the the thing down.

 

Yes I used my old oil warmer even though it is filthy. It's clean on the inside, and the shiny one I have looked dirty inside.

 

While I wait for a few things, I decided to satisfy everyone's curiosity. This is what happens when you put too much pressure on your rod growing up in SF.

And now for the kicker, don't go straight, you want to turn at Castro St.

No wonder the damn thing was so noisy.

 

And slow...

 

Low compression rod, called it!