Looks like the parts will be ready from the machine shop on Friday. Wooo-Wooo. They said the head was in great shape and got the 1mm OS valves cut and are ready to put it back together.

I ended up having them fit the rods and polish the bearing surfaces just to be sure things are super-sweet. They are spending a little extra time getting everything balanced as well.

 

Sounds like the machine shop here. They try to make you feel like crap if you don't get every option they recommend.
Perfect example:

They built a motor for a guy, included all the "bells and whistles".
At the same time they were cleaning and checking a block for me. They wanted me to bring them all the parts to assemble and they wanted to do all this extra stuff.
The motor I built is still running, leak free. Their "built motor" is sitting in a guys garage with trashed bearings and about 10 oil leaks.

Some machine shops try and guilt you into spending more money.

 

More parts came today. Main bolts and some flanges for fabricating the O2 and dump tube.

 

why did you go 5 bolt?

Scorke

 

That's the housing that was on the turbo I bought. I got the turbo lightly used from someone here for a nice price. It's off an AMS kit, the guy went 35R then 850R. Housing is .63 for spoolage - which is what i was looking for.

 

Picked up all the parts from the machine shop.

- Block was cleaned. The cold tank solvent ended up removing the factory paint. Did anyone else notice the inside of the block was painted? They had to work to get the paint out of the inside so it wouldn't flake off and get in the oil pickup.

- Block was bored and decked. Mains checked.

- Pistons and rods were balanced part-by-part to match, then the entire rotating assembly including the flywheel and clutch pressure plate. Rod ends were checked and polished.

- Head was cleaned and glass-bead shot to remove carbon build up. Then faced. And a valve grind and cut for 1mm oversize valves. Then reassembled with BC valve springs.





Did others replace the freeze plugs after being holt/cold tank cleaned? I'm up in the air on that. I also need new deck pins as the originals got marred removing them with vise-grips by the machine shop.

I'm thinking going tank style on the engine compartment by painting the block grey and the valve cover olive drab.

 

my freeze plugs were replaced

 

Fresh paint. Cast Iron Grey for the block. I'm going to use flat olive drab for the valve cover, and do some lettering in Army Tank fashion.

 

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All these pics make me want to build my motor.

 

^same here...I have a feeling mine wont see til next summer I need to start planning. Jared, I cant wait to see her done.

 

Don't do it in the summer. I've missed too many track days! I should have started in November. I could have bought so many cool tools with what I've spent so far... plasma cutters, band saws, small milling machine, vinyl cutter....

 

did you change what size turbo you were going with? at first you said you were doing the 3076, but just a few posts up, you said the guy you got your turbo from went from a 35r to a 850r.

 

yeah, that's why he ended up with the 3076, because the guy he got it from moved on up to the bigger turbos...

 

^^ Yeap, that's the deal. I got the 3076 from sem23tex who has a 2.3RR from AMS. He swapped the 3076 for a 35R, then a little later went to the 850R.

Anyone have input on boost levels. I'm thinking 22-25psi on 94 octane pump gas and 30-35 psi on race gas.