yegads. Found the source of my oil burning (more than likely) 4 of 8 exhaust stem seals were completely trashed out. Not sure on all of the intake stem seals, only did 2 and they weren't completely smoked.

I'm shooting to be driving the car some time this weekend.

 

anyone around huntsville have a stock rim and tire i could borrow for say... 2 days... and a tatrix cable!? please thanks

 

I have the cable, when do u need it by?

 

oh timing belts and cams, how I hate thee.

actually, I hate my roommate more. I let him do brakes on his damn honda and the mother****er never put my ******* tools back up.
I seem to be harbouring a lot of anger as a result of this round of work.. hm.

Oh well. Got the stem seals in, I need to make an adapter for my slide hammer to the needle nose vice grips, would have made the job a bit easier. Gotta finish the timing belt stuff, put the rest of the junk back on the car, change/add fluids, fix the LICP on the intercooler (and then list it for sale), and decide if I really want to put a 4.5 inch thick intercooler on the front, or if I just want to hold out for a 3.5 or 3.8

 

thanks C... i actually dont need it anymore, got it to work without it... and i dont need a tire yet either, the clutch wont be here till monday so i pry wont have time to do it till the weekend and by then my tires will be in!!!

 

you smoked another clutch?

 

Kenny....You making your own FMIC ? Or are you going w a BR Race ? I've always wanted to make an FMIC.....I've been doing so much Aluminum lately I am digging it. Oh well anything under 1/2..omg w the 1/2 stuff I have been welding today I feel like I am slowing the turning of the earth when I slamm that pedal all the way. The POWAH !

LoLzz

 

no im just getting around to finally getting one... ordered a twin gets here monday!!

 

yeah we're going to build one, trying to figure out which core I want to run and whether or not I want to keep the crash beam.

 

Ditch the crash beam....Garrett Core...very dense but doesn't hinder flow thru to Radiator. Pruven to be one of the best around. I always wanted to do a top/bottom inlet/outlet

 

yeah, we'll see. designing the end tanks is going to be fun

 

hrmmm kenny.. the parts evo.. do u still have the ecu or maf? desided im lookin for a evo8 ecu and 399 or 501 maf.

or anyone know or have an extra evo 8 ecu layin around?

 

BHG on the volvo.



god bless fuses. now that the game is over, I might go jb up the freeze plug that blew out and put the lower half back on the block.

 

With that gasket material it was a matter of time fosho...headstuds are in ur future

 

nah, severe knock from running out of fuel. lower half and exhaust manifold are back on the car. if it lets go during a clean pass / clean tuning session, I'll swap to a cometic. As easy as it is to replace the hg, I'd rather have it let go if something questionable happens vs blowing a hole in a piston or worse. The rest of the gasket was actually in pretty good shape aside from the bits that stuck (ahh, copper coat)