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Later on down the road at around the end of winter about the 3rd year ive had it i was goin to for a drive and was boosting up a hill in town. soon after car was running really wierd. So i limped it home and the worse it got... I got around 6 blocks away and it totally gave out. Got home and imediatly compression tested it finding that the rear seal gave out. Back in it went into the garage to pull the engine again. As the car sat again with no engine. I soon found a guy that was sellin a fresh rebuild with a large street port and 3 mill apex seals. Bought the engine from him and installed it and had it running again with time to break it in. During the down time before I found and bought the engine I had got some other parts such as HKS gauges, Racing Beat 3in DP and PS, new exhaust gaskets and a 3 in flange HKS Hi Power 3 in muffler, HKS PFC-Fcon and a manual boost controller. I also took the time to clean the engine bay and paint the rails black. I simplified the engine harness by taking out all the emission plugs and unpinning the wires that were no longer needed. Made a mounting plate for the new gauges out of fiberglass where the warning lights went and moved the warning lights under the radio. I finished removing the AC too by pulling out the ac core box from under the dash and removing the core and reinstalling the empty box so i can still utilize the heater. After most of that stuff I got underway with reinstalling the engine once it arrived.
First was when I got the engine and had it on the stand awaiting some gaskets and a few other parts before I put it in.
Second was when I had got it in the engine bay.
Third was the painted intake manifolds more down time stuff.
Fourth is the car up and running again ready to work out a few bugs and start the break in.
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