Northstar rebuild: Will style (Page 53/119)
ALLTRBO JUN 27, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by mcaanda:



What he said. ^^^

Are you leaving now? We need to talk, gimme a call.

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Will JUN 28, 09:11 AM
Pictures!

This is the obligatory piston shot. That's one of my Cometic MLS gaskets:



Cylinder head bolted down with no valvetrain:



Valvetrain assembled. How many different applications are in this picture? I have a Crane moly-disulfide lube on the intake cam, Comp white lithium lube on the exhaust cam, Clevite bearing guard in the cam journals and lifter bores, ARP moly assembly lube on the upper head stud threads and under the nuts and blue Loctite (or rather the Permatex equivalent) on the bottom threads of the head studs



Built up timing drive:
Erik JUN 28, 09:37 AM
How much does the custom MLS gaskets cost?
Will JUN 28, 10:16 AM
They're not "custom" because Cometic already had the dies to punch out gaskets for the Northstar. They're more like "made to order". For an engine like the 60 degree V6 for which they do not have dies, they'd need quite a large order to justify making the dies.

They were ~$125 each.

I chose the thickness of course, and was also able to request a .010 smaller than stock bore in the gasket, to help keep crevice volume down.

The Northstar clutch alignment tool should have a diameter of .822 for a length of .800, then a diameter of .865 for a length of 1.375.

The Northstar can use 25mm flywheel bolts. This includes .570 thickness of the crank flange, .300 thickness of the flywheel, .060 thickness of the spacer and the thickness of a washer. The max depth through the crank flange is .650 (which leaves .080 gap between the flange and the rear main bulkhead).

I got my 12.9 flywheel bolts from Lawson, but ARP also lists the following:
671-1002 180K psi 8x1.25x25 12pt 5pk
661-1002 180K psi 8x1.25x25 hex 5pk

The 12583148 fuel rail is what I used.

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ALLTRBO JUL 03, 07:18 PM
Well, Will is gone now of course (thanks for your service and God speed, dude!), but let me tell you my vision for the no-too-distant future. It's something for all to look forward to.

Next summer he'll get back to a shiny (albeit dusty) new V8 waiting for him, and I'll have my water/air intercooled turbo TGP 3.1 5-speed '88 GT (MIDTRBO) here and running well by then (and it'll be faster than his 6 year uber-reliable Northstar build, hah! ).

What this means is none other than a video-taped blast through Thornton Gap with Will in front and me following with the in-car camcorder! What's Thornton Gap you ask? A very awesome roller coaster through the Blue Ridge Mountains crossing the famous Skyline Drive, that's what.



Will grew up around there and could drive this mountain with his eyes closed. I followed him in his N* Fiero with my modded AWD Talon a few years back, and have wished it was recorded ever since. I've been through there several more times in the Talon, in Will's Formula, in my twin-turbo Camaro, and on my GPZ1100, and I absolutely MUST do it in the soon-to-be MIDTRBO. What better way to break-in two awesome 'new' Fieros than to drive them how they were meant to be driven!

Stay tuned for summer '10!
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'88 Fiero GT - getting there
'96 Talon TSi AWD - 11.9 @ 116, sorta broke again still
'90 Camaro IROC-Z twin-turbo - sorta broke again still
'85 Kawi 750 Turbo - sorta broke still
'95 Kawi GPZ1100 - 10 second daily driver, heh

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30+mpg JUL 03, 07:38 PM

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ALLTRBO:
'88 Fiero GT - getting there
'96 Talon TSi AWD - 11.9 @ 116, sorta broke again still
'90 Camaro IROC-Z twin-turbo - sorta broke again still




When it comes to cars, maybe your UserName should be ALLBRO (short for all broke) !
ALLTRBO JUL 03, 07:50 PM
Ouch. That's not funny.

It's hilarious.

I'm working on it, I really am! Everything just sort of fell apart all at once (except the Fiero, which I bought without a drivetrain... stupid!). With chronic severe time-wasting health problems, everything is slow-going. I've made more progress in the last few months than in the last few years, though. Someone else is nearly completing my Fiero for me. :/
Will JUL 09, 08:42 PM
I haven't driven this one, but it looks pretty good, too:

http://tinyurl.com/ncsjfx
ALLTRBO JUL 11, 05:35 PM
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Would you like mudders with that 4x4 Fiero, Will?




Well it looked good from further up, that's for sure!

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ALLTRBO JUL 11, 06:09 PM
Nevermind. :/

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