For the haters and second guessers, bench racers and more.

[dville_gt]

Use a razor blade to get most of the junk off the block surface, then take a 2x4 about 10 inches long with a piece of 400 grit sand paper and use that to do your final cleaning of the block surface. It will ensure you get a nice even load on the surface and not dig in and leave low spots. Then use brake cleaner to clean the surfaces off before assembly.

Doing this will also show any low or high spots you may have.

What bolts are you using for the new heads? Arp i hope?

i like using these on a angle die grinder.

http://www.harborfreight.com/catalog/product/view/id/7636/category/426/

[greenbullitt]

Was waiting on someone to answer!

hell, I answered 2 days ago. He just didnt like the answer!

[RuStYpNuS]

Mike we have met a couple times.....if you haven't seen my Project Stepchild thread I suggest just taking a look at it. We tore my lightning block down to do a heads can swap and after seeing my bottom end which looked close to yours without the melting plug issues I opted to rebuild. If I would have left it at that it would have cost me less than $1k but as you will see I have taken my time and upgraded a lot of other things. Yes its been since mid November since I started the build but if you could NUT UP and rough it for 2 weeks your end result will be far better for you. Have City motor supply vat hone and install new freeze plugs and your out 300 bucks if that and about 2-3 days wait. Slap it back together with new bearings and go another 200k

[racrguy]

Mike we have met a couple times.....if you haven't seen my Project Stepchild thread I suggest just taking a look at it. We tore my lightning block down to do a heads can swap and after seeing my bottom end which looked close to yours without the melting plug issues I opted to rebuild. If I would have left it at that it would have cost me less than $1k but as you will see I have taken my time and upgraded a lot of other things. Yes its been since mid November since I started the build but if you could NUT UP and rough it for 2 weeks your end result will be far better for you. Have City motor supply vat hone and install new freeze plugs and your out 300 bucks if that and about 2-3 days wait. Slap it back together with new bearings and go another 200k

fuuuuuuuuuck that.

[dville_gt]

fuuuuuuuuuck that.

x1 trillion

[91CoupeMike]

Thanks Brooks!

[Super Coupe]

Brooks knows his stuff and will tell it to you straight. I'd listen to him over anybody on this board.

[RuStYpNuS]

Lmao I tried

[80coupe]

Lmao I tried

Come on now Scott.

[turbostang]

You're welcome, but I haven't said anything that wasn't already said earlier in this thread - I just said it a different way.


I didn't read the whole thread, but it appears you're doing HCI on that hi-mileage shortblock?

I don't know that it's a good idea, but I can't say that I haven't done it many times before. It all depends on how tight that shortblock is from the start. FWIW, crosshatching isn't necessary a sign of a motor in good shape, it's just one with low wear - not that the rings are sealed better than one with no or less crosshatching.

[JC316]

FWIW, crosshatching isn't necessary a sign of a motor in good shape, it's just one with low wear - not that the rings are sealed better than one with no or less crosshatching.

The way I look at it, the only thing good crosshatching means is that the engine doesn't need to be bored. I got a saturn at auction with 108K miles on it, misfiring and smoking like all hell. Crosshatching was perfect, but for some reason the rings collapsed. No sign of overheating. Shit ton of carbon on it though.

[03shadow4v]

Now, excuse me while I go put some water in Buck Nasty's momma's dish.

This guy .... Head gasket looks good , save the $$$ for a rebuild and reuse the head gasket

[91CoupeMike]

The way I'm looking at it is, I didnt have not one single issue with the engine and it's performance for the 3 years I have driven it. The track times always improved and never fell off, it trapped higher each trip to the track. It got good mileage and didn't burn oil, smoke or misfire. The only problem so-to-say would be the wet plug #8 and smoke maybe once a month if I engine braked to a stop.

Made good power.

But I do understand it's a thing you do while you're there. But I honestly don't have time for that, and want to see how long this short will last.

[90GT50]

The way I'm looking at it is, I didnt have not one single issue with the engine and it's performance for the 3 years I have driven it.

uhhhhh...

[racrguy]

uhhhhh...

Ignore the melted plug, and the bubbling coolant.