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Yea I think blue threadlocker will be the way to go.

Yesterday I painted the distributer, finished por 15ing the cradle, rubber undercoated most of it, painted the lower intake, checked all piston rings for clearance after squaring them in the cylinder with a piston. 3 of the rings had a gap of a little under .010 so I used sandpaper glued to a piece of flat steel stock to take a little material off the rings. I installed all the rings on the pistons and then I got too tired to go on so I went to bed. A few pistons had some dings on them on the sides, probably from shipping, so I used some 400 grit and sanded them down to flush with the sides so they dont score the cylinder walls.

I hope to get all the pistons installed and get the oil pan and oil pump installedtoday and paint the block, maybe get the new heads dissasembled to start porting

Edit: At lunch time I went out and bought this. It will go where my cat was for the time being and I will be running side exhaust out the right side in front of the rear wheel FOR NOW. I am really dedicated on going turbocharged which means new crossover and totally different exhaust so I am not investing time or effort into making my exhaust go out the rear for now, but it will in the future, the side exhaust is temporary

[This message has been edited by zkhennings (edited 08-09-2012).]

Timing Cover Painted



Block Painted


Cut shifter and welded it down lower to shorten it. Still have to cut the threaded section off then rethread. I like the bend.



That section on the lower rear frame rail welded back up. Needs to be ground down fully Or I might just leave it because no one is going to see it.


New brake line. It is a dark dark green and has to couple with another shorter section because it was no long enough on its own and I didnt want to spend the money for flaring and stuff. I figure in the future if need to replace either piece now I can just get a premade one.


I rerouted the fuel lines opposite of how they were. They were still routed for a 4 cyl. I chopped them right after the 90 degree bend out of the tank, then used rubber line and fuel hose clamps to attach high pressure fuel line and route it the opposite way. It will clean up the engine bay a lot. they are routed behind the heat shield, and there is no longer a Cat there to get super hot.


Front suspension off, windows in. I fought the front suspension for a while. Bolts were fused to sleeves. I used a dremel and a pneumatic hammer.


I thought I got more pictures of the actual engine assembly, I plastigauged everything to make sure it was in tolerance, got a new oil pump and pickup tube. I am stupid however and just did not do a great job installing the pickup tube so I am going to take the engine back out to redo that, and redo putting on the timing cover with a sealer instead of just a gasket, and I am annoyed but whatever I am going to make a brand new engine assembly perfect and nothing less. Anyways, new flywheel and heads mounted, heads came back off for porting, I just used them to pick up the engine.



My solution for the seat bolts I ruined. I drilled holes then welded from the bottom bolts ( I forget what size I just brought the old ones with me) They are grade 10.9. The steel is 16 gauge plate.





Engine and tranny mounted on the cradle

[This message has been edited by zkhennings (edited 03-20-2014).]