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Originally Posted by JShiz
fap. fap. fap. i need to learn how to fiberglass...
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Fiberglassing is fun, between that and welding, there really isn't anything that you can't build..... add a CNC mill as well and sky's the limit.
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Originally Posted by Roen
the phone pwns you again.
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Normally I'd say, "LOOK AT THE FRICKEIN TIME," but I was actually painting.......... until 6 in the morning.
So it looks like the "Do or Die Weekend," turns out to be a die... two things. I had my oil pump machined and it didn't show up on time. Can't finish the long block until Monday night at the earliest. The bigger dissapointment is DAVE GIBSON'S ENGINE BUILDING ABILITIES. Short story on how I came upon this motor. Someone spent 7 years and $25,000 on an FC project which included a Dave Gibson built, ported, REW ported housings, cryo treated bearings, etc etc etc. The straw in his project was when the motor seized after 25 minutes of idle. S6 thrust plates/bearing in an S4/5/cosmo stat gear = spun the main bearing, toasted the needles/thrust, ate the stat gear and cooked the e-shaft. Everything internally was is great shape, or so I thought. Even if I got a few plates, a rotor and a pair of housings out of it I would be happy. So $500 later and it's mine. Whats wrong with it, or what was wrong with it
I had to finish the intake porting, no polish, looked like he stopped after the stone and the ports themselves leave something to be desired.
RE housing, RE sleeves.. RE SLEEVES for a GT42 turbo
Non-coated bearings
& I guess tolerances don't mean shit for side seals, some were .03mm, others as high as .25mm. After a 6 hour marathon game of musical side seals and pulling some from the other blown Cosmo and from the n/a that I pulled apart, all but two are within .08-.05mm, 1 @ .1 and the last @ .15mm. I can live with that. The bottom line though is that not ONE of the seals that I took out I reused in thier original slot. Some I discarded all together. They either looked like they were clearanced with a bench grinder, had multiple angles on the seals, one was even missing a piece and it was on the housing side, not the spring side. How some people get decent reps is beyond me. I may actually start a seperate thread with pics of these seals, that's how disgusted I am.
So after sourcing a replacement set of housings and porting them, finishing the porting on the intake, re-clearancing all the seals, the motor is finally ready to be stacked, first thing tomorrow.
Some pic since the last update -
Fresh new engine bay - still wet - yummy
Shop cleanup day - the FC gets a little sun
Back inside and reassembly begins.
I swear, engines are much more compact when they're assembled. Worst part is, that's not all the pieces either. I had everything ceramic coated in 3600* flat black. I for one can't wait to see it assembled
One more pic.
