Project DD

[empera]

progress...since i cant post in the supra build gallery i guess i'll post here...dun wanna "not follow" the rules...anyways here are pics of the work we did today...started to take the crap off the head.

It was very messy in there, need new valve cover gaskets while im there, bolts were extremely loose. Hopefully we can have the head off sometime tomorrow and then we'll see where we can go from there.

 

[foreverpsycotic]

EMP, check out JDMexchange. They are right there in philly.

Good people, my buddy got a clip from there.

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

holy fuck that is a lot of oil in the galley.

 

[empera]

ok took the head off yesterday, and if u think theres a lot of oil in the galley...well check these out.

Very messy...

started cleaning it.

The head bolts on the exhaust side were loose as fuck so that coulda been a cause or caused by the BHG...

 

[xarewhyayen]

wow man, alot of progress already. sorry i'm missing it

 

[empera]

wow man, alot of progress already. sorry i'm missing it

heh no need to be sorry i didnt expect it.

If everything goes to plan head should be back on sometime next week depending on machine shop and when i get the gasket and bolts.

 

[Mk3runner]

so you deemed it loose head bolts?

 

[empera]

yes im pretty sure that was the cause.

 

[xarewhyayen]

heh no need to be sorry i didnt expect it.

Id be there if not for work! Glad to see you're doing it yourself and saving the bux. lmk if you need any hoses or belts or any odds and ends, ill get ya them from my parts place at my cost for ya, or through the dealer at shop cost if i can.

 

[shaeff]

Nice! My cousin has been trying to sell his. If it weren't an automatic, I'd buy it for sure.

Gorgeous car, Emp!

 

[empera]

its ok ima keep it auto...sooner or later ima drop in the TT engine or a few GE and still keep it auto and still have it auto...this is a budget fix up until i can get another engine.
Just had the head resurfaced it was pretty damn bad but hopefully it will be ok with the stock hg and headbolts...just waiting on parts and we'll see how everything comes back together.

 

[Mk3runner]

updates?

 

[empera]

still waiting on parts...fuckin rockauto is shipping from 5 diff. warehouses...dun ask me why.

 

[Mk3runner]

well at least its on its way.

 

[IJ.]

still waiting on parts...fuckin rockauto is shipping from 5 diff. warehouses...dun ask me why.

Why are they doing that?

 

[empera]

hehe...well i got the timing belt and 1 cam seal today

 

[empera]

....and just got the replacement head bolts.

 

[xarewhyayen]

lol@ one cam seal. They have to take a lot off the head? that'll raise the compression ratio :naughty:

 

[gaboonviper85]

lol@ one cam seal. They have to take a lot off the head? that'll raise the compression ratio :naughty:

not if he gets the correct headgasket. Even if you throw a stocker back on you will never feel the 5hp difference...LOL


Jay...did it catch your fingure nail like I mentioned and do you see tool lines....if so you can bring it to my work and I'll fix it up if you wish.....ps I may start part-timeing at ecam race engines LOL...he wants me to work for him. Call me if you want me to fix the head...

 

[xarewhyayen]

not if he gets the correct headgasket. Even if you throw a stocker back on you will never feel the 5hp difference...LOL

Haha i know he wont feel the difference, but more compression is ftw. and i know he said he's doing a stock hg so yeah probably gonna raise it a tiny bit. He wouldnt know the difference if it was a 15hp diff as he never drove it before :biglaugh: