very nice build. I wish I had the knowledge, *****, and money to do this.

 

sorry for not getting back to you regarding your question i miss it..

The reason why i don't use straight shot oiling is do to centrifical force and oiling inconsistancies in the rod bearings when straight shot drilling is used on the mains . For years we have had this issue with EJ crankshafts spinning rod bearings do to there straight shot oiling..

 

I guess I have the *****, not sure about the rest though.

 

Mark do you use straight shot oiling on your 2.2 cranks? GregGSC, Mark has been doing 2.2 custom stroker kits for a long time now with great success. Just an FYI on his background.

 

The motor is almost buttoned up. I'm just waiting for the tensioner pulley and a degree wheel so that I can time the cams. After that, it will be ready to go back in the car. I bought all stainless hardware from the local hardware store. $20 well spent IMHO.

 

If yuo bought a degree wheel set you will most likely need a dial guage tip extension and also will need to fab up a bracket which bolts on to the head and creates a base for the magnetic base.

 

Yeah, that won't be a problem. Thanks.

 

I received my Spec Super Twin yesterday, and its even more beautiful in person, lol. I wish it wasn't hidden and I could look at it all the time. Anyways, Adam from MAP is the shiz and has been taking really good care of me. FP is lagging on the turbo hot sides, so he is having them send the turbo to me and he found a hot side somewhere else and is having it coated for me so I get everything faster. Now that is customer service!

 

Did you ever get an answer or clarification on this?

 

I spoke with a few people, and they all told me the crank thrust is within spec and not to worry about it, so thats what I'm doing.


I am using an Eagle 94mm crank and custom Wiseco pistons.


I also degreed the cams today, and they were pretty far out. I wasn't all that surprised because I had read that Revolver didn't have very good QC. Anyways I ended up setting the cam gears at -12,+1 which makes them straight up. When I ran them before I just ran them, which probably explains why I only had 5 in/hg of vacuum at idle. They had way too much overlap that way.

 

Here's a few pictures of the progress. I had to paint the trany mount because my battery f'd up a while ago and the acid burt the paint off of it. I didn't want any bare metal, so I just masked it off and painted it black.

I also dropped the manifold off to get coated, and it should be ready tomorrow or Monday.

Lastly I pulled the front bumper, stock intercooler and intercooler sprayer. Btw, the sprayer is WAY too heavy for what it is and where its located. I will be running a duct from the bumper to where the air filter is.

Oh, and 1 car apartment garage for FTW, lol.

 

Lookin' good. Are you running Revolvers?

 

Yes. I know there are more popular cams now, but I really liked them when I ran them before, and they weren't even timed right, lol. They have an aggressive idle, but other than that, I thought they were a really nice running cam. If they don't make the power I want, I will switch them out for the latest/greatest down the road, but I tend to think I will be happy with them.

 

nice work dsevo

 

Thanks guys. Tell me that when it actually runs though.