From knowing nothing to having a Thunderbird supercharger on an m20b27i

[Ether-D]

Got the head back. It's oh so shiny. I'll be putting the rockers and shafts back in tonight with a complimentary valve adjustment. Then slap it on the bottom end I've been dicking about with for the last two months. Feels good to be making some damn progress.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Tell you the truth, I'm a little nervous letting anyone else touch my car. Even if they are a pro.

To add fuel to the fire... just because someone is a "pro" doesn't mean he's good at his job.

Took a friend's Mjata to the only guy in the state who still tunes the TEC2 he's had in the car for 15+ years... The guy was a fucking moron and hacked up the O2 sensor wiring, as well as setting the upper HALF of the load table for 12.5 AFR and other "I'm too lazy to actually tune this engine" level of stupidity. Be VERY careful when picking a tuner.

[Ether-D]

To add fuel to the fire... just because someone is a "pro" doesn't mean he's good at his job.

Right. This is what I'm afraid of.

[Ether-D]

The head is assembled and on the block.



God-damn it's pretty.

[Ether-D]

A few more pics:

[Ether-D]

Pulled the ole vert into the "shop" today. It looked like this:



Cussed and screamed and farted. Then it looked like this:



Farted some more. It looked like this:



(F)Artsy shot:

[Ether-D]

Broken motor mount and trans mount on the driver's side. Ordered new ones. I also ordered a new clutch. Sachs pressure plate (made in Germany) and fx racing kevlar somethingorother disc (made in USA) for $200. The combo is rated at 305hp and about the same tq. That should be plenty.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Mad Torx, j0!

[goarmy]

Great way to show love to the M20 ;)

[Andy.B]

Woohoo. Making progress!!!!

[Ether-D]

Some interesting vehicles in this...

[Ether-D]

This evening I put the intake and exhaust manifolds onto the new motor. Also painted a bunch of brackets and such. I'm about sick of painting…

[Ether-D]

So, the timing belt is on and I was turning the motor over by hand with a breaker bar and I'd swear that I was feeling one cylinder with lower compression. So instead of just checking the compression, I fretted and pissed and whined and was all "I'm just gonna not check the compression and I'm just gonna install this damn thing because I've been working on it too damn long to have to pull it all apart and redo it now". But my good buddies known to you as Chondamax and Agent here on r3v, said I had to check and if I didn't, I was a moo-ron. So I did and this is what I got:

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So I was glad. Thanks again AndyB. and Swanny!!

[LJ851]

It appears you need to recalibrate your elbow.

[Ether-D]

I zeroed it out so it should be back in calibration.