Scott's Turbo build!! (Finally!)
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You know, if the crank isn't too badly damaged (it only ran for a few seconds knocking) I might replace the bearings, oil pump gasket, clean the oil pump and try again... hahahahaha!
Wondering if maybe not replacing that stupid paper gasket between the oil pump and pickup tube might have contributed to the failure. Still haven't pulled it apart to inspect, busy painting the newly sheetrocked basement.
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Here we go again!
Before obtaining the '96 engine I got from FRT_FUN (the recent one that blew up.. ) I was working over another '96 engine I got off Craigslist in 2005 to have "just in case" that sat in my garage until March 2012 when I finally decided to look into it. Turns out that engine was seized up and wouldn't rotate, so this is what I found after pulling it apart:
Not good. The rings slightly rusted to the cylinder walls, but overall condition was good for the most part. No scoring, could still see some cross hatch in a few places through the glazing. Picked up a ball hone and ran through all the cylinders and this is what we ended up with:
Looking good so far, now for the rest:
Now that the cylinder walls are in perfect condition it's time to measure things out:
I don't believe this motor had very many miles on it when it was obtained. Next step was to order rings and that's where we ran into problems. No place in town it seemed could you obtain rings for STOCK bore size, even had some issues online. Didn't look hard enough:
So theoretically, $110 and I'll have a good shortblock again. I hope.
Yeah, I'm one stubborn son of a bitch..
Before obtaining the '96 engine I got from FRT_FUN (the recent one that blew up.. ) I was working over another '96 engine I got off Craigslist in 2005 to have "just in case" that sat in my garage until March 2012 when I finally decided to look into it. Turns out that engine was seized up and wouldn't rotate, so this is what I found after pulling it apart:
Not good. The rings slightly rusted to the cylinder walls, but overall condition was good for the most part. No scoring, could still see some cross hatch in a few places through the glazing. Picked up a ball hone and ran through all the cylinders and this is what we ended up with:
Looking good so far, now for the rest:
Now that the cylinder walls are in perfect condition it's time to measure things out:
I don't believe this motor had very many miles on it when it was obtained. Next step was to order rings and that's where we ran into problems. No place in town it seemed could you obtain rings for STOCK bore size, even had some issues online. Didn't look hard enough:
So theoretically, $110 and I'll have a good shortblock again. I hope.
Yeah, I'm one stubborn son of a bitch..
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