My pleasure. That's how this is supposed to work.

Got some quality motor time in. All main and rod bearing came in .0015 to .002 oil clearance.

Can anyone confirm my notes from last time on torque numbers, torque in 3 steps with oil on threads:
Main Caps 47-51 ft-lbs
Rod Caps 36-38 ft-lbs

Shortblock is together! Finally progress!

Anybody got any hints on how to remove the the compressor side blades on my turbo?? I removed the nut but cannot get the blade of the shaft. It seems to be seized to the shaft. I've soaked it in PB Blaster for 4 days, lightly tapped it with a dead blow hammer and I tried a 3 jaw puller (very light torquing of the puller bolt).

Hmmm...race you this year? I'm not so sure about that. The car is NOT where I want it, and it was hastily thrown back together last time, so some TLC is in order. I'm keeping the car for sure, but the amount of time I'll have to work on it will be in question.

I should have all my "extra duties" finally settled down by the middle of the year, and after that I'll be taking off for multiple Air Force schools. I doubt I'll get to the car this year, but maybe next. Maybe.....

Good thing this damn car doesn't eat anything!

Yeah, I figured I see if I could get you going. Don't worry I'll wait!

Well at least you get to keep the car and good luck getting the "extra duties" settled!

Got a water pump from NAPA and put it on today. I LIGHTLY grey siliconed both sides of the gasket and torqued to 132 in-lbs.

Then I remembered reading something about it being bad to silcone both sides of a gasket....what do you guys do?


Got my GPOP turbo rebuild kit today....but I still can't get the compressor of the shaft after a week of soaking in PB Blaster!!

I ALWAYS coat both sides of gaskets for coolant... and use hardly any sealant on any other gaskets.

Finally got the turbo apart! I finally said the hell with it and use a 3 jaw puller to press off the compressor shaft. Cleaned everything up last night, looked OK visually. Hopefully I'll get it reassembled this weekend.

Got the shortblock done also, just need to get the redrilled head back from Mullvains and I should be good to go.

Well crap...put the rebuild kit in the turbo and and it still has some shaft play. Probably could still use it as is, but it'll bug me. Looks like looking over my collection of four centersections I have, that the bearing start spinning in the centersection and adds shaft play.

Anybody ever seen factory rebuild instruction for a 14b or 16g? I found one for a Holset that had shaft play min-max. I'm curious what the specs (shaft diameter, shaft play, bearing diameters etc) are on the MHI turbos.

I haven't Chris.

Put the head together today.

With the cam on the bottom of the base circle (no lift) the valves don't close on any of the cylinders. Are my lifters pumped up?? I just dipped them in a container of oil and put them in the bores. If they are too full of oil, how can you bleed them down?

I'm afraid they'll him the pistons if I started the motor like this.

I think you need to put a paperclip in the end of the lifter and there is a button you hit that will relieve the pressure. There is a vfaq on it. Hope it helps.

http://www.vfaq.com/index-main.html

Steve

Nevermind....I let them sit for 3-4 hours and they equalized and the valves closed themselves.

Got the head on today and got some stuff put back in the engine compartment. Engine should be done this week.

Good to hear. Sounds like you will be done with time to spare before racing season actually takes off. Good Job!

Oh man...I hope you didn't just jinx me!

More work done tonight. Primed the motor, here's the oil flow using a 18v cordless drill driving the oil pump. Seems to be much better than before This is after Mullvains drilled out the head bolt holes. I opened the oil passage bolt hole slightly with a dremel to ensure no restriction.


Here's a couple shots assembled, I need to repaint the valve cover cause it looks like a$$.

Damn, That's huge flow Chris! Good job man.

I finally got the car pushed in the driveway in preparation for getting the motor back in.

Went well right up to well the passenger side axle somehow got hooked on the frame and snapped the trans side end off! Add $60 more to the rebuild kitty....at least the wife was in charge of watching for a problem like that while me and the neighbor pushed so I can't get yelled at for spending more money!

Hopefully I'll get the engine and trans in this weekend.

I called Gpop shop where I bought the rebuild kit for the turbo. They make oversize bearings to make up the slop from a worn centersection. So i still have to work that out. Problem is I need to find what the standard jounal bearing clearance is to figure out what size bearing to order.

Well it was a beutiful weekend for working on the car...and getting some yardwork done.

Got the trans in, it's plumbed and wired. Got the new axle in and went though all four brakes, clean and lubed and fixed the locked rear.

Rebuilt the turbo and is within the specs that I got from the GPOP Turbo shop. Has some shaft play .013-.014 but according th GPOP .012-.015 is OK.

All that left is put the turbo in, connect the downpipe, radiator and water lines!!

Damn near there buddy!