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well the rebuild was a success. it wasn't too much of a pain in the ass. the shortblock was assembled by the machine and everything else was done by myself.
I ended up messing up the crank sprocket a little.. well, alot. I couldn't find a socket big enough to hammer it on with, so i figured i'd just hammer the sprocket. well i took a few chunks out of the lip of it. I was worried about it tearing the belt up at first, but its fine, not even coming touching the belt at all. I'm going to keep an eye on it.
It started on the first crank. I couldn't believe it. I was having problems adjusting the SFMU down to 20psi for the 440's but it ended up being the goddamn boost screw was out like 6 turns.
All I have left to do is get the front motor mount bolted up (why it's not done already i dont know) and put one bolt in the rear motor mount bracket.
The damn oil sending unit is leaking oil like a bitch, but other than that it's leak free.
Here's the list of parts i used:
JE 8.6:1 .020 Pistons/Rings
Eagle Rods
Clevite main/rod bearings
arp main/head studs
melling oil pump
napa water pump
new tb tensioner
new tb tensioner pulley (idler was already new, so was belt)
Felpro mls head gasket, gasket sets
Motor feels real stong. Sounds GREAT with the hahn 3" downpipe, 3" test pipe, and thermal r&d 3" cat-back.
Total time it took:
4 hours to pull motor
30 minutes to break down for machine shop
1 week for machine shop to do its thing (bore, hone, deck, balance, assemble)
1 day to get motor into engine bay
3-4 hours yesterday finishing it up pretty much.
I was scared to do it at first, but it wasnt a big deal. I plan to push ~14-15 psi once broken in. Sorry for the long post. Thanks dino, sike for the couple of questions i had along the way. --------------------
99 GS-Turbo 3.55 MTX
S16G @ ~15psi - FMIC - Forged Internals
Clinton Township, MI
Status: Parting Out...
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