Red car going under the knife
01-30-2016, 01:38 AM
#17
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Well ... it's a big knife. At first we thought it was a rod, nope. Greg kept looking and discovered that the oil had a grey tint to it. He ran a camera into a cylinder to only see scarred walls. When I did a top end refresh I had the intake powder coated. When I was re assembling i cleaned the heck out of the inside of everything but not clean enough. I guess there was a pocket of sand that found it's way into everything that moves. Greg happens to have another similar engine that he can swap out and hang as many bits from my engine. So the motor comes out, new motor goes in. I think the upside of this is that now we can look at the steering rack, a/c, motor mounts, clutch etc. At the end of the day I will have a good with good mechanicals ie: ( Greg Brown motor)
Now for that coffee table or rather cocktail table.
Now for that coffee table or rather cocktail table.
Where did the intake refresh come in?
01-30-2016, 12:15 PM
#18
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Jim
Yes this is the same car. While I was waiting for the MAF and the LH to come back from Rich
I got into doing a refresh. When I got everything back from Rich, my new intake, fuel rails back from the powder coater, cleaned injectors etc, it ran like a clock ( for a while) Then when driving towards San Diego on HWY 5 the excess blast media got into the motor. This was just before Sharktoberfest. I called Mary to get an appointment and here we are.
Just think of what I would have saved if I had just painted the intake with a rattle can.
As Winston Churchill said:
"Success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Yes this is the same car. While I was waiting for the MAF and the LH to come back from Rich
I got into doing a refresh. When I got everything back from Rich, my new intake, fuel rails back from the powder coater, cleaned injectors etc, it ran like a clock ( for a while) Then when driving towards San Diego on HWY 5 the excess blast media got into the motor. This was just before Sharktoberfest. I called Mary to get an appointment and here we are.
Just think of what I would have saved if I had just painted the intake with a rattle can.
As Winston Churchill said:
"Success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
01-30-2016, 11:00 PM
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Jim
Yes this is the same car. While I was waiting for the MAF and the LH to come back from Rich
I got into doing a refresh. When I got everything back from Rich, my new intake, fuel rails back from the powder coater, cleaned injectors etc, it ran like a clock ( for a while) Then when driving towards San Diego on HWY 5 the excess blast media got into the motor. This was just before Sharktoberfest. I called Mary to get an appointment and here we are.
Just think of what I would have saved if I had just painted the intake with a rattle can.
As Winston Churchill said:
"Success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Yes this is the same car. While I was waiting for the MAF and the LH to come back from Rich
I got into doing a refresh. When I got everything back from Rich, my new intake, fuel rails back from the powder coater, cleaned injectors etc, it ran like a clock ( for a while) Then when driving towards San Diego on HWY 5 the excess blast media got into the motor. This was just before Sharktoberfest. I called Mary to get an appointment and here we are.
Just think of what I would have saved if I had just painted the intake with a rattle can.
As Winston Churchill said:
"Success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
I admire your "enthusiasm".