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Z6 head gasket is identical to the y7/y8 -- I don't like them, have ALWAYS had seepage problems even on good surfaces, I have to use copper spray to make them stick worth a fuck.
Go composite, it's cheaper, easier, and in the long run will probably last you much longer.
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Haha. When I did my clutch I found mine were about as tight as they were supposed to be. A normal breaker bar, I don't have access to power tools since some jackass stole my air compressor, popped 'em right loose.
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Alright, think the composite will handle the high compression and my heavy foot? it is always full of oil and has a oversize radiator
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Definitely. I've run an 11.7:1 D15B/Y7 setup for two years before it quit on me (the motor froze up, I hadn't added antifreeze to the car and it had been sitting so I didn't think about it) and never had head gasket issues, even after overheating it SEVERAL times and bringing it to redline on 90% of my shifts.
Very durable setup, I think you'll be pleased with what you have w/composite.
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I DROVE THE CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE NEW ENGINE WOOHOO
still have my vacuum leak at the intake manifold, but I have to wait for the holy week-ends to be over to have my gasket and fix that.
three things:
1- oil feed for the turbo is leaking (will fix tomorrow)
2- coolant hose (heater core return) is leaking, will fix tomorrow
3- a bit of milky stuff in the oil cap but not in the oil, this engine did not run in a long time, i'll assume it's water from condensation or something before declaring BHG
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Most likely is. My dad's F150 has that same problem too. No slime on the engine itself, lots of slime on the inside of the valve cover near the PCV and oil fill cap.
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bah, I'm plastigauging the d15, do you know the rod bearing clearance? and do you think I'll have a problem with vtec on the p29 pistons?
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Oil change,
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well nevermind. I guess that's all i did really. Other than filling my new toolbox and dicking around.
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Oh, that's a pretty good point. Looks like I'm going to be looking for a extremely strong breaker bar since all of the air impact guns anyone I knew with one didn't even make a dent in it and we drained the bigger air compressor quite a few times that we borrowed also..
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Replaced the intake manifold gasket and power steering hose
No more leak, AT ALL
run like a champ, lots of vacuum.
tail happy, boost happy, driver happy; SUPRA
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Yeah but how happy is that wallet :P
Good luck with the car, you going to get it dyno'd?
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going to get it dyno'd this summer with the rest of supraquebec (discount, tehehe)
wallet isn't so badly hurt, this swap is under the 120$ mark at the moment, free engine+the setup I already had
edit: well, make it 210 with the full tank of premium I just put in at 1.56$/L
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>trying to figure out why my seat is leaning toward the left
>take entire seat apart and reinforce it and make sure it's straight and everything
>not the problem
> ._.
>get under the car and notice floor is bent
>fuck
>rip up carpet and it's not bent
>WHAT THE FUCK
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Got gasket kit to rebuild the '73 4 bolt main 350 I have sitting in the shop, it's getting boosted in the 'vette.
Also got Edelbrock Performer intake for $15 from my racing buddy who broke a coolant port on it. Already got it fixed and ready to go, will probably paint the dull aluminum before it goes onto the engine.
Decided to go with single turbo on the 'vette, I'll be using a tiny .57 trim first, for some quick boost. Will upgrade to a bigass motherfucker later when I get more cash.
Can't wait.
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Someone's bottomed out, hard. Or came down on something.>trying to figure out why my seat is leaning toward the left
>take entire seat apart and reinforce it and make sure it's straight and everything
>not the problem
> ._.
>get under the car and notice floor is bent
>fuck
>rip up carpet and it's not bent
>WHAT THE FUCK
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I still blame his FAS.
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ya its my ass trying to squeeze in that car
of course fuck media tags
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Did nothing except DRIVE THE GOD DAMN BITCH AND HAUL ASS WOOOHOOO
sorry, I'm happy all the BHG symptoms are gone and that the power is incredible
put some airs in the tyres, woohoo
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Damn, Arc. You're making me want to ditch the Corvette project for now and build another Honda engine for my Civic to get this econolump out of it.
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put some gas in a masons tub, put valve covers in said gas, got oil and gaskets off.
should be painted by this weekend depending on if I have to go to work or not.
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stay with the corvette and turbo it ?! torque+power+sound+badass+original+yourbradlyyouca ndoitIhavenodoubtsaboutit+amiright?+fuckamericanwh owillbashmyideas+Ishouldprobablystopthisshit
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Building a 3S-GTE for my brothers MR2. Worked on cleaning up the transmission today. Went from this:
To this:
A can of engine cleaner, and a days worth of scrubbing, masking, and painting.
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Thanks!
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WHere have you been? That was my plan all along.
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I just want a light, turbo econobox too. The 'vette is a heavy beast and it shows.
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Getting ready to replace the LSD on my car. It comes stock with a 4.10, and honestly I'll probably just replace it with the same one. Either that or a 4.27. The current LSD is a bit messed up, so I figure it is a good preventative measure to replace it with one in decent shape.
So that'll be fun. Luckily I have access to a lift, though.
(1991 BMW 318is)
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I finaly got around to pluging up my CD Changer.
When I bought the car some one cut the wires to the CD changer and stole the wiring + CD changer.
Baught one with wiring and all about 4 months ago.
Wired it all up and noticed I accidently made + and - touch and arc. OOOPS
after tidying all up I tried to test it, and the radio would not come on.
Check the main radio fuse it was ok, thin remembered ohh hey there might be a fuse on the back of the radio. So I got to work trying to get the radio out.
4 hrs later. I get it out and changed the fuse.
NOW ON TO THE AUX INPUT MOD!
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Naw man, turbo the Vette and keep us updated. :excited:
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Do both at the same time, that's the best solution.
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I poked around with tools and maked it go faster!!1!111!!
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It actually does go faster. I cleaned the carb inside with carb cleaner and switched out the spark plugs so now it fires on all four cylinders and has much better throttle response
This... might be the reason for the fourth cylinder not firing
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Was in the engine bay fixing some stuff, but turbo the 'vette. Will be awesome
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Get this guys
I just changed a crank sensor in someone's transmission.
Nissan, why the fuck do you do shit like that?
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Going to up the boost to the previous 18psi I ran before the winter, 5psi just doesn't cut it, it never did
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I'm getting the intake and wirign sorted out on the 'vette this weekend. Cleaned up the intake today, my dad is modding the two bolt holes to bolt to my later model heads later on and then it'll get a coat of white paint. Why white? Because the aluminum isn't a very good finish and I can't be bothered to polish an intake right now. And white is clean.
I hate when motherfuckers paint engines orange. It's a fucking terrible color. I'm sick of it.
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I like orange engines, but I would choose black or aluminum over it.
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Dark/darker blue or buffed mirror finish, orange is to dukes of hazard for me. Besides, darker colors are better for heat dissipation.
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Orange is a big GM thing and a LOT of people around here paint SBC's orange. Mine will be unpainted block, idk what color heads, sating black valve covers with reddish orange lettering, and a white intake manifold.
Probably going black on the heads. Maybe a deep red?
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Deep red seems like a nice color for a vette engine, though black may look trick.
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I don't really see the point in painting engines. They all end up a dull black after ten or fifteen years, and unless it's a museum piece people never spend any time ogling it anyway.
If I were to paint one I'd do it in the OEM colors that it was in when it was built.
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It's hard to paint an engine OEM colors when it's not OEM :|
I like painting engines because it makes them look not like ass in your car.
Ten or fifteen years of good care and the engine will still look new. Don't let oil and shit sit on your engine. It pisses me off when people do that. Keep shit clean if you spend that much time working on it.
Besides, in 10-15 years, I'll have built another engine for this car. 10-15 years is more than long enough to go without rebuilding an engine. Not saying everyone should rebuild their engines every 10-15 years, but it's good practice. Especially for the mechanically inclined.
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A clean engine compartment makes all the difference when either selling a car, or showing it to your buds. When on the rare occassion you do show off your engine compartment and it looks really clean it makes a nice impression on the vehicle as something in good condition and cared for. As opposed to a dirty, un touched engine compartment which, if everything elce is clean, ruins the overall feel of the vehicle. Something better experienced than explained.
Paint is also nice to have on an engine, I wish my dad would let me take apart my engine and paint it, stands out when everything elce is so clean. Paint gives a performance feeling to a stock engine, if I were to paint mine it would look like a lot hotter engine while still being stock.
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