Guess it's time for a build thread.

[project86]

Okay! Enough plaguing the lounge with my FC stuffs. Now I'll make a build thread.

Background: I bought these two FC's for a decent price. Guy said both had blown coolant seals, and one had a recent rebuild. Maroon car has OEM sport duckbill, Finishline fogs, (ones busted) aluminum hood, and an auto trans. Gold car is pretty basic. Both have rear seats and the optional high class radio with all the different options and 9 band EQ.

I got to work seeing how bad off the cars were, and preparing to buy a new motor. I check the gold car, won't crank. Put a socket on the main pulley, won't budge. Pull the spark plugs, rusty. Drain the oil, about a quart, the rest was orange water. Shit.

I check the maroon car. Spark plugs look slightly used. Check the oil, it's pretty clean. Try to crank the car, motor spins freely. Puts out three strong puffs for each rotor. Drain the oil, old oil and atf. Yes! Check the water neck, no thermostat. YES!

So I got to work, pulling the old, seized 13B out of the gold car. Everythings moving along fine, til I crawl underneath. Trans drain plug and fill plug, both, are gone. Slave cylinder is frozen. Shit!

Oh well. Next step: Remove the good motor out of the maroon car and diagnose all my problems.

Pics up shortly.

[jerd_hambone]

Okay! Enough plaguing the lounge with my FC stuffs. Now I'll make a build thread.

Background: I bought these two FC's for a decent price. Guy said both had blown coolant seals, and one had a recent rebuild. Maroon car has OEM sport duckbill, Finishline fogs, (ones busted) aluminum hood, and an auto trans. Gold car is pretty basic. Both have rear seats and the optional high class radio with all the different options and 9 band EQ.

I got to work seeing how bad off the cars were, and preparing to buy a new motor. I check the gold car, won't crank. Put a socket on the main pulley, won't budge. Pull the spark plugs, rusty. Drain the oil, about a quart, the rest was orange water. Shit.

I check the maroon car. Spark plugs look slightly used. Check the oil, it's pretty clean. Try to crank the car, motor spins freely. Puts out three strong puffs for each rotor. Drain the oil, old oil and atf. Yes! Check the water neck, no thermostat. YES!

So I got to work, pulling the old, seized 13B out of the gold car. Everythings moving along fine, til I crawl underneath. Trans drain plug and fill plug, both, are gone. Slave cylinder is frozen. Shit!

Oh well. Next step: Remove the good motor out of the maroon car and diagnose all my problems.

Pics up shortly.