I ordered a new timing gear for my crank to have a replacement spacer washer behind it. this is keeping me from putting my motor together. Tomorrow I need to pick up a 1/2" 12 point and torque my head on.
I could go on about Plasti-Dip for ages but I'll leave you with this quick bullets.
Just like painting it's 90% prep work
whole cars will take 3-4 gallons
I now use it over blue tape for front bumpers and wheel flares when you're trying to protect pain for road cones that jump into your apex...
I'm looking forward to the throttle response and the shock on peoples' faces when they see what a stock ct26 can do under higher compression conditions. Later i can drop down to 8.88:1 with a 2mm headgasket if i ever get the need for more boost.
Got my block and head numbers after going to the shop today. they were working on my head and said it should be done by the end of the day. Anyways crunched numbers and it looks like with my 1.4mm HG I'm up to 9.3:1 So I think i'll be picking up a 2.0 which should put me around 8.88:1
thanks for steering me back on course. I'm just at wits end with this shop. the guy that did my block did an amazing job. However this cylinder head guy keeps trying to feed me the same bullshit every time i call. and last 3 times he sounded genuinely surprised that my block was done and we were...
talked to jimmy the cylinder head guy at the machine shop. I asked him how my head was coming along he said he was the guy that would know. the funny thing is i talked to him last Thursday and he said he would have it done by that Friday. where we are 5 days later and he's feeding me the same...
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