Finally started working on the newer VR today!
Jason (turbo_pumpkin) sent me a phonecam pic yesterday around 5pm of a pic of Roxy's new heart hanging on a cherry picker and I nearly pooped myself. He must have had some extra time and even managed to yank it out in 30 mins (good lord).
Kate and I woke up this morning after a lazy bout of rolling around and finally headed out to pick up some painting supplies i.e. high-temp paint, masking tape and 300 grit paper so we could make the engine schwanky. We got to Jason's house and after a few minutes of hanging out, we got straight to work. Jason helped us get the engine on the stand and Kate and I got to work.
The new baby:
Jason got the engine on the stand and then told us to strip it bare for cleaning and paint. You want us to do what?!
I'll just come out and say it. I can do just about anything with a car EXCEPT working on an engine. I can do a tune-up and change the oil, maybe install an exhaust or valve cover gasket but the task at hand was rather daunting. Kate was showing no fear whatsoever (maybe she was good at hiding it) but after laughing at what we were getting ourselves into, we got straight to work.
Kate was NO JOKE today. We made a deal where I would get the socket bolts and she would get the allen bolts. If we got stuck with something, we could just ask Jason who was outside doing a valve cover seal on a friend's boss's Passat.
I love this gal =)
After just an hour and a half of work, we had the entire block stripped of just about everything except the downpipe and heatshield. The one downfall of the day was after taking off the oil cooler, the fucking thing barfed oil all over my New Balances. Stupid engine! Now we need to go get a new water pump, all new gaskets and a few other things before we start putting the goodies back on including a 2.9 clone and a few other niceties. (Wish we were adding a damn turbo but oh well =\ Kinetic is a no-show after calling them a bazillion times so I guess we will just have to wait for more cash to be saved up.)
It was quite scary taking the engine apart just because I wasn't really used to forcing things loose but Jason kept reminding me it wasn't made of glass and sometimes, things just work better with a rubber mallet. It was a HUGE learning experience for both of us and all the while I had zero doubts of kates wrenching abilities. A strange trait to admire but it really did make me grow fonder of her throughout this whole ordeal.
The best part about the day was just seeing how things worked together on an engine. How certain areas of the lower intake manny was ground down so one could get to a bolt etc. Hopefully in the future we can possibly start working on the engines internals together but for right now, we have more than enough on our plate =)
It was about 6 o' clock so we decided to call it a day for now and go check out a local car show and then go feed the pooch.
We got to the show just as this little number was rolling up... original and numbered GT500. Mmmm, one day =)
Also saw this nice cut off switch application. Now I have some inspiration on how to install the one I got for Roxy a few months back. Really REALLY nice ride complete with a pristine 454 and a 150 shot bottle in the trunk.
Kate and I woke up this morning after a lazy bout of rolling around and finally headed out to pick up some painting supplies i.e. high-temp paint, masking tape and 300 grit paper so we could make the engine schwanky. We got to Jason's house and after a few minutes of hanging out, we got straight to work. Jason helped us get the engine on the stand and Kate and I got to work.
The new baby:
Jason got the engine on the stand and then told us to strip it bare for cleaning and paint. You want us to do what?!
I'll just come out and say it. I can do just about anything with a car EXCEPT working on an engine. I can do a tune-up and change the oil, maybe install an exhaust or valve cover gasket but the task at hand was rather daunting. Kate was showing no fear whatsoever (maybe she was good at hiding it) but after laughing at what we were getting ourselves into, we got straight to work.
Kate was NO JOKE today. We made a deal where I would get the socket bolts and she would get the allen bolts. If we got stuck with something, we could just ask Jason who was outside doing a valve cover seal on a friend's boss's Passat.
I love this gal =)
After just an hour and a half of work, we had the entire block stripped of just about everything except the downpipe and heatshield. The one downfall of the day was after taking off the oil cooler, the fucking thing barfed oil all over my New Balances. Stupid engine! Now we need to go get a new water pump, all new gaskets and a few other things before we start putting the goodies back on including a 2.9 clone and a few other niceties. (Wish we were adding a damn turbo but oh well =\ Kinetic is a no-show after calling them a bazillion times so I guess we will just have to wait for more cash to be saved up.)
It was quite scary taking the engine apart just because I wasn't really used to forcing things loose but Jason kept reminding me it wasn't made of glass and sometimes, things just work better with a rubber mallet. It was a HUGE learning experience for both of us and all the while I had zero doubts of kates wrenching abilities. A strange trait to admire but it really did make me grow fonder of her throughout this whole ordeal.
The best part about the day was just seeing how things worked together on an engine. How certain areas of the lower intake manny was ground down so one could get to a bolt etc. Hopefully in the future we can possibly start working on the engines internals together but for right now, we have more than enough on our plate =)
It was about 6 o' clock so we decided to call it a day for now and go check out a local car show and then go feed the pooch.
We got to the show just as this little number was rolling up... original and numbered GT500. Mmmm, one day =)
Also saw this nice cut off switch application. Now I have some inspiration on how to install the one I got for Roxy a few months back. Really REALLY nice ride complete with a pristine 454 and a 150 shot bottle in the trunk.
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