Finally got around to getting a pic of my mod to the pivot arms.
You can see where I cut the arm about 3/4 of an inch shorter, and relacated the ball, by knocking it out(press fit), drilling the same size hole, and drilling/tapping the backside of the ball for a small screw.
In retrospect...
Thanks for reading, Ev!
Had a little bit of a scare tonight...
Was hunting around Driftmotion.com's website for a few things I need, and saw that they sell dowel pins for aligning the head to the block...
HOLY CRAPBALLS!!! DOWEL PINS FOR THE HEAD!!!
Did I install them? I can't remember... Are...
So today was just a little bit of fiddling around with little stuff, and taking note of what gaskets/ fasteners I still need.
When I pulled the old motor, I dumped alot of tranny fluid on the floor, and though the kitty litter soaked it up, I was getting tired of the stank,
so it was time to...
Hoses look good.
I'm in the process of installing mine as well. Mine are the generic Ebay silicone full-engine set that a number of people on here have picked up.
So far, they seem to fit nice and tight, and are shaped properly to replace the originals.
Couple of pics of the manifold in place.
Still have to sort out some of the coolant hoses. I can't figure out which are for the throttle body, from the silicone kit I got.
Thanks for looking guys.
No, there's no benefit to the black powdercoating performace-wise, but using a powdercoat finish makes it very durable, and means i dont have to keep the aluminum polished, and also would hide any dirt smudges. I had read someone else's build thread years ago(couldn't...
So...
I went over to my buddy John's house a couple days ago, and got some more work done:
Along with the intake, I also did a few small brackets and support rods, as well as clearcoating the coolant piping.
Tomorrow should see the final assembly of the engine. Then it's on to the clutch/...
OR, you could have moved the pivot ball on the motor's actuator arm in about 1" inboard, and not have to mess with the rod at all. This changed the distance that my headlights moved by half, and they didn't slam.
I plan to redo my headlight system after my engine work, so that i can swap from...
They fit without mod, except for injector #1 in my case.
I had to:
A: Remove the small bracket on the fuel rail, that's held in by one screw.
B: Slightly dremel about 1mm of aluminum from the fuel rail.
Both mods took about 2minutes.
Here is the entire thread that I had made...
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