Another build cycle - making progress
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:54 pm
Ok, progress to date:
I posted this over on Rob's site so I figured I'd post it here too...
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Time for some maintenance and tweaking...
After having pulled the engine and trans, I broke everything apart and started with the engine. Leaky oil pan, to start with.
Pulled the oil pan and inspected everything - still looks pristine, no extra parts in the pan and end play on the crank is good - thought about pulling some rod or main caps but decided against it - none of the filters showed anything after I peeled them so the bottom end is likely still pretty tight. I know, I should have sprung for that windage tray. Would have required me to stud the bottom end and I'd already had it line bored and clearanced when I got to thinking about a windage tray. Oh well...
Anyway, it's still all nice and pretty :)
Ya gotta love the macro feature on my little Canon digital cam :) And yes, I know, these are damn heavy pistons, but they're *stout*. A tough old set of Arias forged blower bullets that required a ton of mallory to balance with my new 4340 crank.
On to the transmission:
Needed to do a case swap - found a TH400 HD case and adopted it.
I ended up building the bracket you see here - made sense for doing trans work and I'd seen variations of this at different shops. Next I'll need to put a hinge in it to allow me to pull the trans up horizontal for valve body work, etc.
The billet piece you see down inside to the left is the CaseSaver I ordered from Coan Racing. It helps brace the snap rings and helps prevent taking case lugs out under severe loads and stress. Hopefully this will keep this trans in one piece.
Getting ready to re-install the pump, note my clever homemade guide dowels. Sometimes I amaze myself being this clever <gag> lolsign.gif
And heres the trans back in the shop after having been cleaned up and trimmed for the carbon fibre shield. Ready to rock and roll...
Here's my original B&M converter on the left, and the TCI converter I just picked up from Rob, on the right. Note how heavy the mounting lugs are on the TCI unit compared to those on the B&M. Again, sheesh.
This is always such a sad sight. And hopefully where all this iron and aluminum is gonna end up over the next week. I'm ready to start stuffing everything back in as soon as I get done cleaning the chassis and underside up a bit. Yuck, I hate cleaning.
Other stuff:
I need to pull an axle on the right to find out why it's seeping gear oil from around the bearing/housing end. Right now I'm wondering if that Red Loctite was such a good idea on the brake hangers and caliper mount.
I need to weld in some O2 bungs in my collectors - don't need them yet but it's a good opportunity to get them installed...
I need to install my new QA1 coil overs in the front. Hopefully this will cure the suspension issues I was having.
Stay tuned :)
I posted this over on Rob's site so I figured I'd post it here too...
***
Time for some maintenance and tweaking...
After having pulled the engine and trans, I broke everything apart and started with the engine. Leaky oil pan, to start with.
Pulled the oil pan and inspected everything - still looks pristine, no extra parts in the pan and end play on the crank is good - thought about pulling some rod or main caps but decided against it - none of the filters showed anything after I peeled them so the bottom end is likely still pretty tight. I know, I should have sprung for that windage tray. Would have required me to stud the bottom end and I'd already had it line bored and clearanced when I got to thinking about a windage tray. Oh well...
Anyway, it's still all nice and pretty :)
Ya gotta love the macro feature on my little Canon digital cam :) And yes, I know, these are damn heavy pistons, but they're *stout*. A tough old set of Arias forged blower bullets that required a ton of mallory to balance with my new 4340 crank.
On to the transmission:
Needed to do a case swap - found a TH400 HD case and adopted it.
I ended up building the bracket you see here - made sense for doing trans work and I'd seen variations of this at different shops. Next I'll need to put a hinge in it to allow me to pull the trans up horizontal for valve body work, etc.
The billet piece you see down inside to the left is the CaseSaver I ordered from Coan Racing. It helps brace the snap rings and helps prevent taking case lugs out under severe loads and stress. Hopefully this will keep this trans in one piece.
Getting ready to re-install the pump, note my clever homemade guide dowels. Sometimes I amaze myself being this clever <gag> lolsign.gif
And heres the trans back in the shop after having been cleaned up and trimmed for the carbon fibre shield. Ready to rock and roll...
Here's my original B&M converter on the left, and the TCI converter I just picked up from Rob, on the right. Note how heavy the mounting lugs are on the TCI unit compared to those on the B&M. Again, sheesh.
This is always such a sad sight. And hopefully where all this iron and aluminum is gonna end up over the next week. I'm ready to start stuffing everything back in as soon as I get done cleaning the chassis and underside up a bit. Yuck, I hate cleaning.
Other stuff:
I need to pull an axle on the right to find out why it's seeping gear oil from around the bearing/housing end. Right now I'm wondering if that Red Loctite was such a good idea on the brake hangers and caliper mount.
I need to weld in some O2 bungs in my collectors - don't need them yet but it's a good opportunity to get them installed...
I need to install my new QA1 coil overs in the front. Hopefully this will cure the suspension issues I was having.
Stay tuned :)