Damn man sucks about the diff but looks like you have a really nice upgrade. Nice little teaser video!

 

I never posted this, but when we initially took the motor apart to have the o-ringing done, we saw the pistons were touching the head....

It turns out the machine shop took too much off the deck (we verified this after measuring deck height). The easiest way to solve this issue is to go with a custom piston. Luckily, one of the baddest piston manufacturers our local to us. They will be custom through Moran Motorsports.

The motor is machined and ready to go back together as soon as the pistons arrive which will be any day. Once they arrive the car will be up in no time and ready for the Shootout

Motor crap... gaskets, fluids..


Drivers wheel bearing was totally shot, installed a new OEM one.


Painted the catch can wrinkle black


USB to serial port in the cig lighter location. Used for logging wideband for stock ECU and for AEM port in the future.

 

wow sorry to here about the piston issue but its great that a company like that was able to help you out. great stuff man.

 

For sure man. It seems like a lot of people are in a time crunch to get their cars ready for the Shootout

 

I myself being one of them. If you seen my car now you would never think it could be back together and painted in 17days

I thought the motor was out just for the threaded freeze plugs lol. Glad you caught it and have a good team backing you up. All that hard work and time deserves some single digit passes at the shootout!

 

Haha yeah it was out for those and o-ringing until we saw the deck height ordeal... It still ran fine but you could see the marks where it was touching.

Thanks man we will see what happens

 

I can't read whats on that carbon plate

the waiting game is the worst, looking forward to seeing it at the shootout.

 

It reads out "Antilag Racing". A group of some crazy 4g63 heads out in Lansing

Waiting totally sucks, but i'm excited to get it back together and enjoy it the rest of the year

 

Oh no those idiots

let us know if you need anything , we will be happy to help

 

Thank you warren, it is much appreciated. See you in a few weeks

 

I haven't seen Diamond Pistons being used too much in the Import Scene. I definitely know they make some crazy good pistons for the Domestic Market. Can't wait to see how they hold up in your rebuild.

 

Thank you. I will be sure to post up with how they work out.

 

Do you think thats why the freeze plug was popping?

Sounds like you definitely upgraded though, I read about them somewhere.

 

The plugs were popping because the head was lifting. The head gasket was also completely shot. I was pushing coolant on all 4 cylinders.

 

USB to serial port is really cool!!!