"StudyStudyStudy" (jesterjin)
06/21/2016 at 14:50 • Filed to: None
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"StudyStudyStudy" (jesterjin)
06/21/2016 at 14:50 • Filed to: None | 2
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Mixed feelings at the moment.
I figured I had enough room to at least take the engine apart. I’m in a small space so a hoist is probably out of the question. Putting it back in is going to be interesting, but the internet says the block itself is about 130lbs, so I should be able to lift it out once I pull all the guts and stuff out of it.
I started with the easy stuff, draining the fluids, unbolting the valve cover. Usually you would want to run a compression test to give yourself a target for which cylinders are problematic, but given the racket that the bottom end was making I decided that I wasn’t going to add to any of the damage.
I was expecting to find rod ends, nuts and bolts etc sitting in the oil pan. Unfortunately, or fortunately, that wasn’t the case.
The drain plug had a nice sludge on it. So bearings indeed had been eating themselves alive. Just a matter of finding which ones now.
Luckily I had built the mounts with just enough clearance to wiggle the oil pan out without having to lift the engine, unfortunately I had also built the mounts to move the engine back far enough that it sits under the hood latch (hood flips forward, latch is on fire wall). I might just cut out the latch at this point since it is a known failure point we will have to see. Either that or I will have to extract all the studs and pull the head forward then off.
And I definitely found metal bits and lots of them sitting in the pan.
I took off a rod end and found the bearing intact, which made me worry that the racket was from up top, such as a dropped valve.
I took off the spark plugs and to my relief none were smashed. I’ll probably get a better picture once the head is off, but for now I am hopeful that the bores survived.
I haven’t found quite the culprit for the noise. I imagine it is going to be the crank or rods that I haven’t checked at this point. Hope is that the bearings were sacrificial and saved the crank.
I bought some main parts for the rebuild, a set of used rods, and a relatively recently rebuilt head. The gent who sold me the head was also going to throw in a blown engine, but without a way to transport I had to leave it behind. I have made a deal to pickup the crank if needed so hopefully the main parts are accounted for. I have to take the block apart quite a bit more before deciding on if the block needs boring which will then decide which pistons to buy.
Plan is to disassemble as much as I can, inspect the block first which will determine if I have to source a new one or if I have to order upsized pistons. Have the used rods resized with ARP hardware and new bushings on new replacement pistons. New bearings for the bottom end as well as an upgrade to the oil system with a more serious pump and a better flowing oil pump line. Then take a look at my remote oil filter and see if I can adapt AN lines to it so that hopefully this doesn’t happen again. The turbo doesn’t look like it is in the best shape so now might be a good time to just go ahead and throw in my bigger turbo as well. If the engine is coming out, not doing the clutch/pressure plate/flywheel would just be down right lazy.
Money spent:
Used good condition rods - 90
Used rebuilt head - 150
Subtotal: 240
Total spent - 21974
Steve in Manhattan
> StudyStudyStudy
06/21/2016 at 14:55 |
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What sort of car is this?
Party-vi
> Steve in Manhattan
06/21/2016 at 14:58 |
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Steve in Manhattan
> Party-vi
06/21/2016 at 15:20 |
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I remember those - new in a showroom. I have some mileage on me .... Great cars.
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StudyStudyStudy
> Steve in Manhattan
06/21/2016 at 15:29 |
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Well they did come back refurbished to the show rooms for a year or two, heck I think I remember seeing them too :)
Nibbles
> StudyStudyStudy
06/21/2016 at 15:34 |
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Twenty-one thousand for a five-hundred dollar car? INCONCEIVABLE!
Rico
> Nibbles
06/21/2016 at 15:48 |
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He’s like Acura, no matter how ugly the bird beak is they stay steadfast and soldier on.
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Steve in Manhattan
> StudyStudyStudy
06/21/2016 at 15:54 |
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And 260Z and 280Z ... they built a great sports car - spare and light. Not so much anymore.
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Nibbles
> Rico
06/21/2016 at 15:55 |
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I invested 18 grand in a $1000 project once; it’s not too unbelievable :)
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Rico
> Nibbles
06/21/2016 at 15:58 |
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As they say, in for a penny in for a pound.
I would only do that if it was an investment in which I’d be getting more money out of it when it was all said and done.
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Nibbles
> Rico
06/21/2016 at 16:01 |
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Did just that, too. After it was done, we tooled it around to the shows for a couple years. Won a number of awards and purses. Sold it for $44k. Well worth the investment :)
I believe it’s been resprayed since (which sucks, my brother did a HELL of a job on the ghost flames) but it lives somewhere in California and looks like this:
(Sans flames, from what I’ve heard)
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Rico
> Nibbles
06/21/2016 at 16:19 |
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Nice work!
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Nibbles
> Rico
06/21/2016 at 16:21 |
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Thanks! I’ve been looking for another project that I could be as invested in (emotionally as well as financially) as this truck was back then. The Saab didn’t do it, the Kawi didn’t do it, but I hope this IROC I’m gettin’ does