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Old 06-17-2011, 07:27 AM
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Thanks 2slow2flurry-ous, my shop is a bit too small. With all the "stuff" I have crammed inside it, there isnt much room to work. But if forces me to work clean anyways.
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Yes sir I was planning to bring hptuners and my laptop. At least we can adjust a little and get the idle right.
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Old 06-17-2011, 09:23 AM
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lol, im still hoping i can get the thing running tomorrow. If i can get everything done tonight I want too, then firing it up shouldnt be an issue.
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Old 06-17-2011, 09:31 AM
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nice build
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Thanks man, I hope it turns out well.
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Got the transmission put in yesturday along with the harmonic dampener. That is a huge pain to get torqued down properly. We were able to get a bunch of wiring finished, radiator in, power steering cooler in, and the driveshaft and torque arm are in. Hopefully today I can finally turn it over. I also had my gauge overlay showup in the mail.
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Nice gauge overlay!
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Thanks man. Big Dave and myself were able to get the car up and running today. I will post up some finished pics later.
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Sounded good. I'm sure your neighbors loved the 1 am start up lmao.... Well I'll be over on my next day and we shall put a tune on her so u can drive that and not the space shuttle.
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Thanks again for the help Dave and the tune(once i get it). Here are a couple of finished pics.
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Looks outstanding man, good job! So tune then...dyno?
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How many miles were on the engine before you started the rebuild?
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Old 06-19-2011, 04:13 PM
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Mileage....>174000. Thats a reason why I pulled it apart. After I checked clearences with bore gauges, micrometers, and dial indicators though everything was in damn good shape. The bores are only 0.001 bigger than the stock bore, when I fitted the rings everythinglined up good.
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Good job Steve, cant wait to see that thing
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Hopefully I will be out driving around this weekend. Also I might have found a new saturday meeting spot.
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Ok, I hope my 145k LQ4 is in good enough shape to do exactly what you did. Thanks for the pics. Do you have a complete parts list of what you buy and any extras you forgot? you can PM me if you do. I want to make sure I have everything accounted for, but I know trips to the parts store are inevitable.
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I will pm you an entire sheet of everything that i did to my car softballnrd27.
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I'm dying to see pics of this thing out of the garage with the exhaust finished. Great job Steve.
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Nice job and quick on the rebuild! Wish I were still in the S.A. area and would have gladly dropped by and played mechanic w/you.. .. ..

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Congrats steveo! Cant wait to check it out! Want me to sign the fender well?
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