HHUUGGEE Thanks to the Following:

We've been busting our ass on my car for the last week or so, and I just wanted to give a huge thanks to the following people. These are the people that make this community worthwhile, and I can't give enough praise to these people for their help, their knowledge, or their willingness to give up their time or car parts to help get my car back on the road.

Kingwrex (Stephen)
pEd (Ped)
420 (Jason)
Wagunz_pwn (Cohen)
Jason (Jason)
Jeb (Jason)
Breel (Brian) - good call w/ the plugs :rofl:
oneiguy (Shaun)
Sparta (Dana)
Slowwrx (Matt)
Techlord (Rick)
Ball Engine (David and Andrew)
Batlground (Dan and Brandon)


There are other vendors who have helped me out that I would like to thank, as well as my roommates for letting me destroy our garage. Thanks Cohen for setting my garage on fire. I'll post more in my journal along with pics, but I just wanted to give a shout out to these guys.

Btw - motor is SOOO close...dropping in tomorrow (hopefully). 500 HP, here I come

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Before:


After (crappy cell phone picture):

 

wtf LJ set the garage on fire? i knew i shouldn't have given him that wheel. i will be by monday. call me when you are on the way home.

 

Wirelessly posted (From Your Mom's House)

no, i just went a little crazy with the can of brake cleaner.

 

lol.

 

hell why do you need plugs? you didn't notice me walking out with your turbo did you?

 

Lol. Obviously I couldn't make it, would have been there had I still lived there. Wish I could be there tomorrow, but I have no vehicle still. Good luck!

 

Sorry i wasnt there today. I will def try to stop by on my way back into town and help finish that beast.

 

glad to hear it. I had to see alton brown last night otherwise I would have been there

 

Is it running yet?


Seems like I'll never finish mine.

 

Drew i have your credit card and the other spark plug

 

Wish I could have made it out as well. Hope all is running smoothly for you man!

 

*sigh*

motor's in :banana:

turbo kit goes in tomorrow, then off for tuning

 

Sweet. Gonna break it in on the dyno or do the old fashioned drive for 1000 miles?

 

break that bitch in hard.

 

both

We finished everything under the car today so nobody has to crawl up under there anymore except to bolt the DP to the catback.

Nothing on the top's on...so tomorrow will be fuel system (new bosch 1000cc :dirty, ac, harness, intake, timing, radiator and turbo kit. Next move's up to King as he's going to help with timing, then it's off to BG for the AEM install / tune. I'm going to run both the stock ECU and AEM so I can switch harnesses and pass emissions.

I'm pretty surprised the clutch isn't stiffer...I'm sure it's going to take some getting used to, but to just push it in it's not too much stiffer than stock (ACT 6 puck sprung w/ ACT HD pressure plate). I'm sure I'll be saying something different the first time I'm stuck in Atlanta traffic, though.

 

i'm thinking of taking a leisure cruise up to the dragon to break it in...never been up there before

 

I'm up for it, may come up Tuesday

 

OT - wtf are you doing up at 4:30 on a Sunday night?

 

Maybe he had to get up to go to work?

 

I honestly dont think the dragon is the right place to break your car in.

 

the rings are already sealed in, the only thing i'm breaking in is the new setup / clutch

 

Huh total seal rings come broken in?

 

How do you break in new rings to a new cyclinder wall outside of a motor?

 

motor's been on the dyno, seals are good

 

Ah they must have a engine dyno. That's sweet.

 

Thanks Matt. Now the rest of the puzzle.....which 'side' did the crack start at? Is it cracking downwards towards the bend or the other way around? That make sense?

 

crack started at the top of the pickup and worked its way down.

 

Thanks Matt. 99% of every one of these start in this manner. Sending analysis to SoA. They've got to jig this thing better.

but the simple solution is Killerb