Finished!! Forged piston block, Custom valve head (flowbenched)

[mwinkle353]

You mean other than ordering it from Jegs? Or going down to the local racetrack?

[Ondonti]

well I was planning on dropping the motor today but its been raining all day. I had gotten the trans on the motor and thought today would go well.

[Ondonti]

Motor back in (only passenger and tranny mounts attached) and I installed the hood again. Im glad I can now cover the engine without a tarp :P

[Ondonti]

Lame........I was bolting the turbo to the exhaust manifold and fixing the Intercooler piping and my light died :P

Been using a halogen desklamp for almost 2 years now and the transformer died

[m90daytona]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ondonti Lame........I was bolting the turbo to the exhaust manifold and fixing the Intercooler piping and my light died :P Been using a halogen desklamp for almost 2 years now and the transformer died

what else you got left?

[Ondonti]

bought a crappy new lamp (walmart $5.97)


THere are no fluids in the motor, oil lines to the turbo need to be hooked up..attached the air filter on the turbo....not sure if there is much else. Make sure the electronics are working.

I have a crapload of schoolwork to finish before saturday so I probably need to stop on the car.

[Ondonti]

Got the bottom end back together

Adding an extra washer to each lifter

[Turbo224]

Ill bet you are really hoping that this will be the last time you have to install the motor for a long time! Looks good!

[bansheenut420]

Looks good man! but the car is in a different spot, whats up with that? Keep up the good work and let us know how its going...
Look at that cute "little" hair dryer on there! That thing is MASSIVE!

[Ondonti]

i didnt like the tree that was dropping leaves and the huge puddle my car was sitting in :P
much cleaner workspace and im currently the only roomate with a functional car so I am king of the driveways lol.

[Ondonti]

Well, turning it over to get oil pressure and I have no compression.

Not happy.

not sure if its the cam timing or that the valves are not closing. My dsm friend seems sure that even if the valves were not closing it would read something.

[Ntrain2k]

The new extra washers...........?

[mwinkle353]

Hey Brent,

I think our calcs were off a hair. Or the washers are thicker than expected.

[turbovanman]

It could be with the extra washers, the lifters haven't pumped down and are keeping the valves open, or there too thick.

[Ondonti]

We went with .100" shim on the lifter since we figured that the cam had .067" material removed, and on the 3.0 the lifter is on the other side of the rocker (1.5 ratio).

The lifters are not pumped up at all. they were not pumped up when I installed them and I dont have oil pressure yet.

Wink, I measured and it was about exactly .100" shim I added.
considering the lifters are empty this seems rediculous.