the t3d's FIRST "Performance before Appearance" BUILD THREAD!

[the t3d]

so this is what i got done today! not much, but tomorrow is gonna be GOOOOOD:evil2:

sandblasted the pumpkin

a beautiful hammered silver finish. it came out NICE! :love:

this is what i got done on the block. so COLORFUL! i love it :biglaugh:

haha i painted some more things! it's an addiction i swear lol


i picked up the head today, so picks and reassembly of the head is up for tomorrow! LOTS of pics and happy faces! :naughty:

ENJOY!

-t3d

 

[Idealsupra]

ted make sure you cut away the little bit of gasket sticking out above the block surface where the timing cover goes to the block... cant tell if you did so in the pics

looks good so far

 

[jugodegolf]

Putting in a lot of work. Isn't too shiney...thats a good thing.
Dont' like shiney:3d_frown:

 

[the t3d]

ted make sure you cut away the little bit of gasket sticking out above the block surface where the timing cover goes to the block... cant tell if you did so in the pics

looks good so far

haha yup that was the first thing i did

 

[the t3d]

Putting in a lot of work. Isn't too shiney...thats a good thing.
Dont' like shiney:3d_frown:

haha no nothing tooo crazy and a black and blue color scheme :love:

 

[the t3d]

more pics coming later today!

 

[IJ.]

a) Wonder how much grit/dust from the blast cabinet got up inside the vent and how long till the Diff dies?

b) Also have to wonder if you used a solvent based paint on the fan and how long and at what rpm the blades will come off

c) What your guide dog thinks of the paint scheme?

 

[the t3d]

a) Wonder how much grit/dust from the blast cabinet got up inside the vent and how long till the Diff dies?

b) Also have to wonder if you used a solvent based paint on the fan and how long and at what rpm the blades will come off

a) hopefully not THAT much. if anything, i can take the color off and clean in out

b) lol are you talking about the paint coming off or the blades coming off?

 

[the t3d]

c) lol leave my paint scheme alone. it'll grow on you IJ! just wait....

 

[IJ.]

a) I'd at least pull the cover and wash is out with Gas before running it.

b) Blades

c) Like fungus?

 

[the t3d]

a) well, it's not full of oil yet, so i guess i could do that

b) they better not fall off, i'll be sad!

c) lol think of it as a bruiser

 

[the t3d]

MORE PICS!

like i said. i got the head today and got started :icon_bigg

cleaned out the head again and started lapping the valves. damn that was tiring! :aigo:

somewhat bead blasted the exhaust manifold

painted some more today!

got the new Eibachs and GR2s on the front. the rears will be done tomorrow :icon_bigg

and finally got the front sway bar bolted in.


assembly of the head will begin tomorrow! :evil2:

 

[natedogr]

damn man, i wish i had this much progress this quickly. how would you suggest me clean out my exhaust manifold? i don't have any access to a sandblaster or anything

 

[the t3d]

haha you can't get to any parts washer? hmm. that sucks. i'd say ALOT of carb./throttle body cleaner. it dries faster than brake cleaner. and maybe a small wire brush to scrub the ports out good. they do sell like cleaners at auto parts stores. maybe askin one of them what they recommend wouldn't hurt...and maybe some HIGH TEMP paint to make it look all nice =0)

-t3d

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

isn't it so much nicer doing the suspension with the engine out of the car? lol
I would have regretted not doing mine with it out.

 

[7Mboost]

haha you can't get to any parts washer? hmm. that sucks. i'd say ALOT of carb./throttle body cleaner. it dries faster than brake cleaner. and maybe a small wire brush to scrub the ports out good. they do sell like cleaners at auto parts stores. maybe askin one of them what they recommend wouldn't hurt...and maybe some HIGH TEMP paint to make it look all nice =0)

-t3d

Actually brake clean dries a lot faster than carb cleaner. You can get your manifold sandblasted by a local shop for cheap or you can get a small sandblaster from Harbor Freight Tools for cheap.

 

[the t3d]

haha i thought it was the other way around.

oh yea. i replaced my rack, sway bars, struts and springs. SOOOO much easier without having a motor in the way

 

[natedogr]

well i'll have to check out my local shops then. how's the head comin?

 

[the t3d]

i'll show you with the pics :icon_bigg

started painting the exhaust manifold in good ol' high temp black

got the old rear struts/springs out and installed the rears. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW SHE SITS!

after cleaning the inside alittle bit, i installed the lsd. looks NEW!

haha here's my hippi looking teacher

this my head work station with the head sitting on stands

here's me literally installing the seals

i used a 9mm deep set 3/8 drive socket with an extension to firmly place in seals in. the socket fit perfectly over the top of it. it also helped with keeping the seals in place when i put the valves in :naughty:

here's that crazy kat (me) lubing up the valves

got a some valves permanently installed

finally got all the intake valves/springs and whatnot done. that took alittle muscle :aigo:


so the exhaust side is up for tomorrow and possibly putting the head on the block. we'll see how it goes! i'll keep you updated...............with pics of course :icon_bigg

-t3d

 

[Idealsupra]

heh...that exhaust manifold is going to flake VERY quickly.... none of the high temp spray paint will stay on the exhaust manifold. it will look pretty for about a day or two and then look like shit