so im going to the track this thursday and running in the 1/8th mile so this will be fun, still need to get my trany fluid and get the motor installed my friend never called... getting this motor in is taking to long.

questions
I heard over filling the tranny was bad = true or false with explanation
and where do i grease my act clutch when installing it? it came with this purple liquid stuff and I lost my instructions... looking on google to find my answer but other answers are appreciated

 

YES overfilling the tranny is worse than under filling. Reason being is simply this you will have more pressure than your seals are made to handle meaning you will blow seals by overfilling. Just had to give someone a quote to replace there seals in there tranny because of this very thing. The grease you have for the clutch is most likely just to grease up your input shaft of your tranny and the center of your clutch disc so the input shaft slides nice and easy into the clutch disc. You WILL want to do this, I made the mistake a couple times early in my mechanical endeavers of not doing this and it can make mating the tranny to the block a PITA.

 

ok gotcha so when installing my my motor is there anything else I need?

I pretty much got everything and I need to pick up some oil pan gasket. ok so when I apply this do I want it wet when applied or dried? I think my oil pan leaking oil a bit from my turbo installation

 

I hope this all goes well for you. Last night, I jokingly said "so, wife...I'm going to drive up to dallas and pick up a new engine, can you make sure to grab my dry-cleaning while I'm out?" Well...forum appropriate version, she didn't go for it, and I'll be less of a man if I try...literally...

*seriously though kids, violence is not the answer, this was all said in good fun*

 

lol bro just do this unplug a hose and say dammit hunny the car wont start I think it needs a new engine... trust me it will work say the compression is low and Ill meet you halfway

 

Thats kinda funny I thought about running my car hard and trying to blow it up and buy that block. My wife would not go for the old "car wont start dunno" since I am working on a different car every few days lol. I also realized that engine would cost me a minimum $1000 over whatever your selling for since LSD would be mandatory for me then lol.

 

glad i dont have a wifey.. or a gf for that matter.. nothin sucken me dry other then myself! lol

 

well I wont be installing the motor anytime soon need to save up money to get an engine hoist, so im willing to make some really good deals, if this is the case I can just buy pistons rods, bearings and rings and install these parts without taking out the motor. Plus trying to boost the car to 400+ would be amazing

 

cherry picker.. umm... 120$ from harbor freight.. my engine stand was like 40$ from them

 

^^+1 to that and if you look in the back of some of the car and driver magazines and such you can get a coupon to get it down to $100. thats what i did...

 

+2 My hoist is actually hella nice and sturdy. Paid $100 for it off CL it was litterally brand new dude bought it and used it once for a project (actually to install an engine in his plane so you know he didnt buy a junk hoist) even came with a 2 ton load leveler. Just look for the deals

 

I have been looking and there 200+ here I have found some good ones but they don't disassemble and I need that kind so i can transport it

 

harbor freight like Demon said...I got mine with a coupon from I think Super Street mag. You have to assemble the one from harbor freight which took like 15 minutes.

 

When you change your oil save the oil and dump it under the car and say your engine died LOL

 

haha I like that one lol


here is a vid of my 2 step

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu7U9Ze4jGk