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Old 03-13-2012, 03:43 PM
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I think Eddie planted the Rat on dyno day last month....
Old 03-13-2012, 03:46 PM
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I think this calls for:

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oh rats
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you doing LWFW+LSD on this also?
Old 03-13-2012, 06:40 PM
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Roger on that...the 4.0 LWFW

Guard LSD
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Originally Posted by FLA997
Roger on that...the 4.0 LWFW

Guard LSD
been planing the same on my 7.2 but cannot really justify dropping the current clutch/lsd with only 3.5k miles on it!
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Originally Posted by Larry Cable
you doing LWFW+LSD on this also?
Absolutely yes sir! LSD is going to Guard.....
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Old 03-13-2012, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by FLA997
I think Eddie planted the Rat on dyno day last month....
LOL, nasty sh*t right there !
Old 03-13-2012, 10:18 PM
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Rob, engine looks really clean, don't know if sharwerks cleaned already, but it does look really clean (Rat aside)
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Ha...yeah I asked the same thing....and they hadn't cleaned it yet. Surprising.
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The engine now goes into James' engine room and is ready for the tear down:


Fluids are all out and although it has 20K on it this engine is mighty clean:


Stripping the top-soil including the intake manifold:



Getting there!
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Hmmm....almost too clean...you must have my engine mixed up with someone else's....
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Now that is customer service, getting the play-by-play.

So Alex, on a 20k mile motor, will you even need to split the case?
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Originally Posted by FFaust
Now that is customer service, getting the play-by-play.

So Alex, on a 20k mile motor, will you even need to split the case?
Actually anything above 15K and indeed with this one being raced we're doing new rod bolts, bearings etc... To be safe!
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Hmmm....almost too clean...you must have my engine mixed up with someone else's....
Haha I know eh I mean that rat threw us but other than that bugger it's been very clean indeed. Somebody loved her


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