Show of hands. How many of you noobs have ever gotten this far?

>>15453094
Nope. I'm learning though, just recently started wrenching. Painted a set of brake calipers last thursday.

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but of course
i even have a spare subaru engine on my bench

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>>15453105
notice the date was 2005
been there done that

and others have happened too sadly

>>15453094
There no engine in that car???

Took a motor out of a 69 ford econoline thru the front. Also did an engine swap in a '69 camaro, which was surprisingly easy when you have the hoist and two friends. We did it on a steep driveway so we had to really be careful with the hoist with the engine in it

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>>15453094
Yep, multiple times. No pictures on this phone though.

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Waa

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I'm going for a full on restoration.

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>>15453094

>God Tier Ford Barra

>>15453189
Thats not a barra195. Take your false god and fuck off

Almost weekly. Subaru are the easiest. Any german is the worst

>>15453094
I've pulled an engine out of 2 FWD shitbox cars now

>>15453094
Never swapped an engine but I've put in a couple transmissions and done a head/cam swap on a pushrod motor. So I'm close.

>>15453094
7 engine swaps here.
Japs, Euro's and domestics.

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>>15453094
Yep. Had a piston skirt shatter at ~146k miles and decided to rebuild the whole engine

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>>15453462

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>>15453477
The bastard in question

>>15453094
Pulled an engine? Uhhh yea. Have you ever rebuilt one?

>>15453462
Fuuuuuck. I love, LOVE the 4.0, but got damn Chrysler did their best to ruin them. I've got some clatter on my 227k XJ and I'm trying to decide if I want to tear it down or replace the engine. Just fixed the AC too.....

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>>15453094
Dropped this out just recently

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>>15453553
Rebuilt more than I've swapped. Used to be a machinist

>>15453595
Hmmm. So can I send you my Chevy Heron Head?....

>>15453094
How do you learn to disassemble and rebuild engines? Are forums enough? Should I take a class?

>>15453094
Looks like a Subaru sparkplug replacement

you're black

Show of hands. How many of you noobs have ever gotten this far?

>>15453655
i have never had sex with a submarine

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>>15453094
From today actually.

I need to fabricate some sort of metal bit to get it to reach to the boltholes though, finished rigging up the wiring and everything works, but it's just ziptie'd in right now.

>>15453462
I want to get a blown 4.0 just to make a 4.6 stroker. I dont even have a jeep anymore (right now). Did you by any chance do anything like that when you replaced yours?

>>15453613
I started out sweeping floors and as doing gunk brush work. It was like an apprenticeship. Slowly started moving my up and learned the trade one step at a time. This was before message boards and all that. Taking a class at a community college might be a good idea.

>>15453605
No

>>15453094
No picture- camera out in garage. Seem welded my miata's engine bay while I was swapping from the 1.6 to the 1.8. Bay empty, including seem sealer.

>>15453488
Did you try to rev over 3000?

>>15453615
>pulling the engine out to do plugs on a subroo
Git fucking gud you faggot

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>>15453094
Does this count? Replacing core support, also replaced the transmission

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>>15453900

Managed to wiggle the engine & trans out of a 2001 camaro.

Was a PITA but I wanted the trans and the 3.8 had a rod knock.
>Paid $400 for the car
>Drove home with a rod knock
>Sold as a roller for $800
>Kept the 4l60e for the 1500
>Sold the 3.8 as a parts block for $200

Not too shabby.

>>15453655
>file deleted?
this board actually has mods? wtf have they been doing this whole time

>>15453094
I would never get this far with an auto. Waste of time.

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>>15453845
The first time I cracked open an engine was to replace a burned valve in this 2.4l 5 cylinder. The real misery is that the valve cover directly holds the cams in their journals. The gasket material for the valve cover is literally applied with a wiz roller to the entire thing.

>>15454109
Definitely not the best design.

>>15453189
That's not a barra you faggot

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Only in my old civic did I ever have motor/trans both completely in/out.

In all my years of DSMing I've never done more than pull a head or trans.

Well I did buy a parts car once and pull the motor out of it though if that counts.

>>15454066
Mincy bitch

I've replaced the trusty ol' 350 in my chevelle twice but that's about it. Not much more difficult then building a Lego rocket ship. Though I've never really rebuilt it. I just pull her out, strip her to a short block and hand her over to a coworkers/buddies top alcohol team. I just pay for the freeze plugs, bearings, seals, (sometimes) rods, pistons, and whatever the hell else I need. Then a case or two of bud light covers the machine work and assembly. Pretty sweet gig. Then I hand the heads over to another buddy that works for V (he's worried about his job now, though. Madcaps on the market) and he works his magic on my heads for more beer. Then (sometimes them) and a different comp eliminator guy and my ex girlfriends dad ( top dragster guy) completely take over the nitrous. I'm so thankful for the community I've been blessed with.Haha like they say, it's not what you know but who you know. And bough I may mot be able to rebuild and tune a juiced engine on my own. I can prep the shit out of a track. I love it when big teams ask me my opinion on track conditions and now to accommodate them

>>15453094
yuck, my work has me dealing with enough shit

>>15453094
on my truck I've gotten as far as pulling the trans to do the clutch and rear main seal.

On my '56 bug I've broken it down about as much as possible. Pulled the engine, trans, and all the suspension out. Pulled the body off the chassis to replace heater channels, bulkhead, and floor pans. rebuilt the motor, tore it all the way down to the bare case for new bearings and all that jazz.

My other bug as gone as far as having all the suspension removed and the engine/trans out.

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>>15453094
Kind of. I pulled the tranny with the motor

>>15453094
not yet. it hasnt failed yet

Of course, taking an engine out is only a 3 hour job.

That's baby shit, try replacing a valve on an engine in just 3 hours.

In the fucking dark.

>>15454502
Honestly, I've been there. Except the replacement valve was sacrificed from a perfectly ruining pro e/t car that took too much stripe in the 1st round. I didn't personally replace the valve but my buddy and I drained and pulled the head of the doner car while the big boys dealer with the recipient car. I don't know how long it took but it was between 1st and 2nd round of a busy ass day so it might have been more then 3 hours. Hectic as fuck none the less though.

>>15453094
Why is the flywheel attached to the transmission?

Never had to. Thank you Engine Jesus, mother of all lubrication for protection my motors.

>>15454528
Total goober

>>15453583
Didn't paint them red or some bullshit like that, just a subtle gunmetal gray. Wasn't even my car, the owner just wanted them to look nice again.

>>15455940
I guess everyone has to start somewhere.

>>15456487
That's my reasoning. The engine rebuilds and swaps will come, just gotta start somewhere accessible.

>>15453848
Man I hit the rev limit just past 5k all the time in that thing
>>15453738
Sadly I didn't and I still kick myself for it. It was my only vehicle at the time so I was in a rush to get it back up AMD running asap which meant just having the cylinders bored .030" over and buying readily available new parts to throw in. I didn't want to spend time tracking down the various pieces to build a stroker. I also wonder if I should have done a cummins 4bt swap

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>>15456555
Totally understand. I am in the middle of that myself, struggling with what to replace because I need it on the road, but the whole cars apart so why not replace it all.

http://www.jeep4.0performance.4mg.com/stroker.html

I have an old 4.2 siting in a barn and I really want to use those parts with a newer 4.0 to make a 4.6. When the car is put back together I may start collecting the parts to build one just to set in the shed until I fine a cheap Cherokee body. I just think it's neat what you can make out of a bunch of old used parts.

>>15456555
245.11 ci, now, with a slight compression increase. Granted not much, but it's something extra.

>>15453613

just read this board from time to time and you will be a certified mechanic just like the rest of us here on /o/

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I disassembled my car. This is all that is left.

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>>15453094

>>15456681
It's always tough to get that far into a project and go back together all stock. When you've only got one roller time is an important factor. I prefer to keep my daily driver close to stock for dependability and to take my time with other projects and do them right.

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>>15453094

When my chevy breaks down i really wanna replace with a performance engine but i am way too inexperienced

>>15458286
why mess with a mickey mouse bleed valve when you have a threaded wastegate rod?

>>15453116
OMG UR RITE XD

>>15453569
>muh raised suspension

>>15453094
Okay, put it back in.

>>15458562
>put it back Tyrone

>>15458472
Its a 7lb wga and I'm using a mbc to keep it shut till 18psi.

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have you been this far OP?

>>15453094
>trans isn't even out
>bay isn't even stripped
Casual.

>>15458646
Darton sleeved a honda, yeah a few times.

>>15458757
not darton sleeves. what did you set your P2W at if you don't mind me asking?

>>15458782
>P2W
faggot

>>15458909
quality

>>15458782
Trade secret

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>>15458646

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Hand

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>>15459261
https://youtu.be/Shbc3-29zXE

>>15453094
What's up with these posts lately?
Where's all the tripfags?
And wheres piston? Did he pass away?

>>15453094
Helped my pops replace a 4EAT and 2 3.0's in our Outbacks. Does that count?

>>15459282
Took a long break from 4chan. Came back and all the tripfags are gone. Where did they go?

>>15459282
>Giving a shit about trip fags.
>Implying they dont just benchrace and assume they know what theyre talking about

>>15453553
the last 4.0 i rebuilt out of an 89 had three pistons in pieces and still ran. Im not sure why these engines are so prone to breaking piston skirts but its very common.

I would suggest if you hear any clatter to rebuild the engine as you probably have broken skirts. The engine i rebuilt one of the pistons literally came out in three pieces, im amazed it still ran.

>>15459282
I haven't been using my trip because I don't really need to and I've been working on the nova so I haven't had much time to browse

>>15453094
Bought a Subaru? Thankfully I only considered it, didn't make any real mistakes.

>>15459343
There was a lot of talented individuals here in the past.
Sure there was always 16 year olds who made their way here when researching a cai for their moms civic- but there was a lot people with real world experience.
I used to build formula Mazda chassis' myself.

>>15453094
I've never had to pull an engine I've dropped a transmission several times.

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Get on my level op

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>>15459528
From the front

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>>15459541
I guess I've pulled a few engines...

>>15453094
I've swapped at least 100 engines, 250+ transmissions, dozens of rear ends, probably 100 transfer cases, rebuilt 40-50 engines and transmissions each, probably close to a thousand brake jobs, unknown amounts of oil changes, pretty much anything you can think of I've done at least a dozen times.

Being a do it all type of mechanic means you do what needs to be done to pay the bills. Strangely enough, I've never done an alignment, and only a couple sets of tires changed.

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I like to take things part and not put them back together.

>>15459797
>five point slow

Gross.

>>15459807
I know, it's awful.

Someday I'll get some C heads and throw a eaton on this teksid block I have laying around.

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>>15453094

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>>15459832
Fucking moot eating my pictures

>>15453094
Cool, I guess.

I-i changed the AC compressor on my s-shitbox

>>15453615
Holy shit you ain't kiddin

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Think I got my trip right.
Just lurk these days.

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>>15460143
0/1
I'll keep posting till I remember.
>This brand new bearing though.

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>>15460156
0/2

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>>15460161
"Yo Z Revy?"
The day my mustang II was mistaken for a Z buy a specimen of African American decent.

>e85 SC 347 build in makes

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Eh, It worked when I put it back together back in the ranger, just crossed my fingers that I didn't fuck up reinstalling the timing chain before starting it up.
Never pulled out a tranny ever though

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>>15460174
gorgeous

why do we have to ruin the aesthetic of engine blocks by adding ugly wires and plastic and manifolds...

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>>15460209
Guv'ment

>girdles don't play well with others.

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>>15460174
What afr's did you get?
185's , strip port, 58cc chambers, no air here.

>>15460290
Dude I didn't have to clear my pump anywhere near that much for my girdle.

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>>15460332
195 renegades with 72cc. Titanium upgrades.

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>>15453119
i feel the pain of fbody ownership

>>15460350
Damn those 72's look huge compared to mine.
I kinda like my 11.2:1 though.
If you haven't bolted up the heads yet, i suggest some cosmetic mls gaskets. Well worth the $140.

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>>15460340
It's a thick one from Probe. Also had to tune a nut.

If I don't split my block in half after the first pass I'll be impressed.

>>15460364
>*cometic
Damn autocorrect

>>15460364
Goal is 9:1 static so I can run 10+ psi on e85 without having to retard timing/ignition. Factory ford blocks only good for about 500 horses then turn into modern art after that. Hoping I'll have enough money saved by then to buy a dart block and then really see what this setup will do. Since this block was free I'm not gonna complain.

>>15460365
I pushed 592hp out of mine.
Not running the super right now, but had it on for about 2 years with zero issues.
Damn ball bearing drive Paxton's. Hate rebuilding them. Some day I'll throw a vortech on there.
I have a gear drive timing set so everyone still thinks its supercharged...

>>15460381
That was 7psi.
But I also lived in Vegas at the time and had 100 octane at the pump. Some brands of 93 it would ping.
And I hope you have a moates quarter horse or twEECer or something because its not going to run on the E9L

>>15460391
A9L
I need to go to sleep, been up for 20 hours working and can't type basic pony stuff...

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>>15460381
Considering the kenn Belle twin screw for the 5.0s and fabbing a2a cooler for it.
If I ever get to that stage of the build. Still bracing car and brakes and upgrading fuel delivery and special ethanol injectors coilovers and goddamn boost motors I'll probly never do it again after this.

>>15460402
Cooler is almost pointless if youre going to run 10psi.
At 14 I would.
At 7 I wouldn't
10 is iffy.
You might lose more pressure than the temp change / charge density would benefit you.

>>15460402
>>15460416
Umm just realized you said the kenne bell.
Twinscrew doesn't have anyway to route to a cooler, it replaces the lower manifold and pushes straight into the heads, no duct work after the screws that you could route.

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>>15460416
Cool thing about twin screws though is that the density won't drop. And depending on how much HP 10 pounds yields; I'll turn it up till I hit max safe power for the block. I like twin screws, a lot. They can heat soak though. Several forums later this looks like the perfect solution.

>>15460441
There is a way.
>Weld shut the exit hole at the top of the housing.
>Make new exit hole
>Fancy welding

It's doable. And the numbers I'm seeing from the people who've done it are impressive.

>>15460456
Pretty sure that's a custom build.
Side mount like on old gns, not on the manifold. I haven't seen any ford kits that mount like that.

>>15460461
It is custom. Doesn't mean I can't replicate it.

I tried to replace the wheel bearing on a corolla. I couldn't get the bearing out and lost a bolt.

>welp time to cut off my balls

>>15460466
Ya totally.
I was just trying to think of how to do it with 5.0 style- one of those would require so much fab it really wouldn't be worth it IMO.
Didn't think of the old side mount ones.
Haven't even seen one in over a decade.

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>>15460470
I built about 200 pic related.
I just spent 2 days changing a belt on a lawnmower.
Some jobs just suck man, no matter who you are.

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>doing my first engine swap on an old datsun (old one died)
>brother in law and his brother are helping me/showing me along the way
>they get drunk and decide to put the engine back in without me
>they do it by hand despite having a block and tackle/gantry set up nearby
>ring me up and tell me to come round and help hook all the wiring and hoses back up
>we get it started
>CHK CHK CHK CHK CHK CHK CHK CHK CHK
>fuckers bent the engine/trans spacer in their hurry to put the engine in so the flywheel was rubbing against it
>have to pull out the transmission, take off spacer and bash the shit out of it with a hammer to flatten it out
>it just werks.jpg

It was definitely an experience taking out and (sort of) putting an engine back in, and that's just with a basic as fuck '70's era 4 cylinder. Would do again if need be.

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>>15453094

Yup, 5 days total to tear apart completely, put everything new back in and have it driving.

>would've been 3 but got set back by transmission shop giving me the wrong kind of electronic lockup th350
>summit also mailed me the wrong harmonic balancer

>>15460365
Used a ton of probe pistons and girdles back in the day. It was good stuff. Thank God they went away grin neon pink packaging.

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>>15461938
Running a set if Icon forged pistons. Shop didn't have any probe ones.

>>15459600
those highjacks

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>>15453094
I just did this on a Legacy last week.

>>15462355
Icons are a pretty steep drop in quality from probe aren't they?

>>15462756
routine spark plug changes don't count

>>15453119
Why do you say multiple times? Is it just an LS1 thing? I just bought a 94 firebird formula to replace my v6 Camaro, are there things I should be wary of (needing a rebuild wise)?

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>>15453105
I've notices 2.0s from Crosstreks are pretty cheap, I'm so tempted to buy one and build it up to turbo.

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>>15456957
That looks soooo 2nd gen F-body

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>>15453119
>>15460360
Heh

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Let's meme it up lads.

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>>15465335
The original ls1 lasted to 225k miles before it spun a bearing. Run hard, put away wet. Drag strip time on the weekends, days on gravel roads getting nasty when nobody else is about, interstate runs with the cruise set above 140, street races, etc. I'm surprised it lasted that long. The second ls1 ran for about 30k before it rained like a motherfucker for a week and the city drainage backed up and flooded flooded everything out. I ended up hydrolocking that one. Put an lq9 in it, 10k later hit a puddle in the bottoms that was deeper then I thought it was, bent every exhaust valve in the heads Bottom end checked out so I put a set of ls3 heads and some other bits on and called it good. Its got 300k miles on it now.

Engines are great unless you get water in them.

Oh, transmissions and rear ends though. I'm on rear axle number 4 I believe and it's guts have been replaced with a 3.42 lsd when it shit itself the first time. It's probably on borrowed time, but I've been trying to launch a bit softer to prolong it's miserable life.

This is transmission number four. It's a gmpp 4l60e that's been built up a bit by a local trans place. I don't work on it, fuck that, but they sure did a good job. Not a slip or soft shift under power in the last 7 years. That's the way to go, stock transmissions don't cut it if you abuse your car.

Suspension is (was) original and
>made it
to 300k miles. Rattled and creaked like a motherfucker for about the last 40k. A young girl turned out from a stop sign and I couldn't stop in time. I've since fixed what broke from that (spindle, fender, swaybar, wheel/tire) but was already saving suspension parts for a susp overhaul so I just bought a beater and left it in the air. I pressed the last bushing in today and have one lower balljoint that needs to be done, wheelbearings to put in, and shocks to put on before I can reassemble the front.

Should be back on the road in a couple weeks. Yay.

>>15460360
What struggles do you speak of my friend? I am considering a fbody purchase. Are they hard to wrench on?

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>>15453094
Fuck yea anon

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>>15465642
I'm pretty sure this is what my balljoints look like on my Firebird. My entire front end is nothing but thunks, thuds and clicking.
I have the new uppers, I should probably change them this week. How bad are the upper / lowers to do on a 4th gen?
Had a shop tear down my 150,000 mile 4L60E and the only issue was some wear on the reverse drum where the band clamps on it. 2nd would slip on a WOT downshift for 1-2 seconds. Got it all rebuilt with tons of goodies and a 3400 converter :^)
Haven't killed a 10 bolt (yet).

My 6.0 LY6 in my Sierra is at ~150,000 miles. Lifters have been ticking for over three years now. Cats are fried, my rear bumper has a nice black spot of soot all over it.
I beat the shit out of it and it just werks.
The gen IV V8 is an amazing engine.

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I got this far, does it count?

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>>15465900
Gen1 a best

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>>15465271
Machinist I bought them from says they are on the same level. Same grade aluminum. Even called up SCAT who supplies my machinist. They also vouched for them.

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>Before

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>>15466022
>After

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>>15465900
The uppers aren't bad, they get drilled out and the new ones get bolted on. The lowers are a bit of a bother though, the moog replacement parts are slightly oversized so pressing them in is a bear. I measured them with a caliper last night and the new ones are about .6mm bigger around. I put them in the freezer (bushings too) to shrink them a bit to go in easier, but using the press to do the lowers still makes me uneasy. This is my first time using a press and I was warned that pieces can shoot out the side when there is tension on the press and I've been hit and messed up by stuff before. You have to put lots of force on those lowers or ream out the hole, and I'm not reaming anything.

3/4 times it was my fourth that would start slipping, then third, then I was limited to first and second gear. If you've never hit the interstate using only second gear, it's not fun. One time I lost first and second though, no limping home there. I don't have a stall, I'm kind of wondering what that limits my cam choices to, I want something smallish anyway (218-220 intake dur) for the lowend. Don't really want that -loose- feeling of a big stall. How is it in yours?

They really are amazing. You have basically he same engine that I do except yours has beefier rods, slightly lower comp, relieved pistons, and vvt. Neat. I'm astounded by how much more power you can make with just a camshaft swap. Yours would be even better, they're doing great things with vvt cams these days.

>My 6.0 LY6 in my Sierra is at ~150,000 miles. Lifters have been ticking for over three years now. Cats are fried, my rear bumper has a nice black spot of soot all over it.

Sounds like it's time to upgrade, sir!

Pic as of this morning.

>>15453094
Never with a car, but all the time with airplanes.

Airplanes are easy mode though

How can i tell if i have a burnt valve? Is it as easy as just checking if my exhaust is sucking,?

>>15467007
Pull head(s). Look at valves.

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>>15453094
I did a swap in 2 days, step up fampie

>>15467316
that is so cute
did you go from a 2.2 to a 2.5?

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Didnt do it myself, but I kind of sort of assisted someone who knew

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Rebuilt engine and trans, new clutch, flywheel, mounts, radiator, hoses, all sensors in the block, distributor, plugs, plug wires, fuel lines, fuel pump, starter, alternator, battery, grounds,
Sad to say car still isn't running yet

>>15467578
why did it need so much work? i thought hondas ran forever without any maintenance.

>>15467601
Bought the car thinking the same, guy said it needed an axle and a trans mount, replaced both and found a hole in the transmission, pulled transmission for a rebuild, so i thought might as well pull the engine for rebuild (185k) and just ended up replacing shit for preventative maintenance seeing how the car is almost 30 years old

>>15458514
Yep, gotta do the sick baja Fiero lift kit

>>15467609
a hole in the tranny? i want to see that! how the hell did that happen

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>>15467624
I didnt buy the car my dad did, if i was there to see it i wouldnt have paid the 700$ for the car

>>15467639
how in the fuck did that happen

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>>15467639
by the way i had the tranny rebuilt in my vw and it was over 30 years old, did not look anything that bad.
threw in a lot of new crap even a taller 5th gear

and it absolutely had some fucked up parts in it.

>>15467660
This was a boyracer honda tho

>>15453094
Not yet but I need to change all the seals on my ea82
so this is going to happen pretty soon, should be fun

>>15467639
JB weld a piece of plastic over it

>>15467718
you did not see the metal shavings come out of the oil of a 110k mile tranny. it was like a pretty glitter of syncros

>>15468128
I already bought a rebuilt si transmission, i have no use for this

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yes

>>15456957
Christ is that like a 8000 stall converter? It's tiny.

>>15467433
what engine is that?

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Didn't even have to lift it out.

>>15468846
but can it do a burnout?

>>15468846
Fiat?

>>15453094
No, apartment tier.

Oil changes, serpentine belt, u-joints, ball-joints, tire rotation, bumper replacement (girlriend backed into a fucking cement pole with our truck...) that sort of thing.

Can't wait to have a garage that i can let my car sit for a while when doing real work. My dad was a mechanic, so he can help me with stuff over my head. Really regret never having any bonding with car repair just simply because i've got no place to work on them.

Also remember he used to take me as a kid to work on his cars but i didn't care back then... it's a shame really, because i have a feeling he tried but... i just didn't care.

>>15468865
not recommended

>>15468866
yep

>>15468911
Noice.

>>15468772
>He doesn't have an 8000 stall converter

>>15456681
You can go wilder than 4.6, 5.0 strokers are getting more and more common.

>>15458646
>serial number milled on top of the piston head
>>15459220
>Trade secret
faggot

>>15472542
The paperwork that comes with the pistons has the specs.

>>15454493
For a large diesel maybe, but a two man team can have a big block out in 45 minutes

Only one car, no garage, no tools, no past experience. l'm sincerely jelly for being able to wrench on your car.

Once l get enough space for a piece of shit to wrench on l'll buy one and start learning.

>>15474579
same boat bruh. all i want to do is get mad car knowledge but i don't have any close car freinds, the property to work on cars or any tools.

>tfw never even done an oil change

Apart from just routine logbook maintenance, how can I learn to be good with cars? Buy a shitbox and mod it?

>>15474624
Basically. Buy any 90s shitbox and fuck around with it. Break it, fix it, have fun with it.

>>15474633
But what if it doesn't break? My car's 16 years old and apart from regular maintenance shit it's literally never had a problem.

>>15474671
Eventually, something will.

>>15474679
But then it could be out of action for weeks while I try to fix it, meaning I'd have to catch the bus like a peasant.

Buy two shitboxes and alternate, peasant.

>>15474721
But then I'd get fucked with rego and (third-party) insurance fees.

Maybe a shitbox and a nice bicycle?

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Ripped everything out of a shitbox donor to swap into my first gen '92 Micra with the help of my friends.

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>>15475464
Refreshed the engine a little and reassembling it now. Yeah, I know 1.3 is basically a lawnmower by American standards, but it's pretty much my first project. And it should result in twice the horsepower I have now.

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>>15453094
Done it all

>>15475488
what kind of zero turn mower is that going in? i think the Ferris mowers have CAT engines.