From knowing nothing to having a Thunderbird supercharger on an m20b27i

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A few more pics:

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The head is assembled and on the block.



God-damn it's pretty.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Dropped a youngish head off at the machinist tuesday. Getting it back tomorrow all decked and valve grinded and lapped and hot tanked. $100. Full disclosure, I had removed the rockers and shafts before I brought it to him so it would be a bit cheaper.

The head I had been running had been decked past the dimples so I was constantly worrying about valve/piston contact. Irrrrrregardless, now I'll have a very young looking m20b27 bottom and a completely fresh and young looking head and valve train.

Hopefully, I can go get this thing tuned by a pro in the first few weeks after I get the new motor in and not break any of it (this time). Tell you the truth, I'm a little nervous letting anyone else touch my car. Even if they are a pro.

I'll be pulling it into the shop Sunday to go under the knife. I think I'm also gonna try to get the after cooler functioning. I can feel the timing getting pulled when it's hot out, and it just plain sucks. I am wanting this to be the last time I dig into this car for a while so I can focus on the 335ss.

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"This is me when I was a baby"

ROFL!!!

Loveit.

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cool build. keep the updates coming

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This is me when I was a baby.



This is my motor. (So what? I know! Who cares? It's pretty.)

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Grill paint from True Value. Good to 1000 degrees. I spray it, then I bake it at 300 for 30 min. Cures as hard as a brick.

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Damn, that clean shop is so great. I have way more than 9 sq/ft to stand in now.

I decided to do a ritual valve cover paint job to celebrate.





Added some of the same pin striping I used on the car.





And finally, a family dog pic. This is Cosmo, schooling his little brother Boogie.

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Looky there!!

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Oh shit I cleaned the shop. Its amazing. I want to be in there again. Thank the Jebus. Pics to come.

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Just regasketing the ole m20b27 bottom. I also inspected and retorqued all of the main bearings and caps. They all looked real nice, almost zero wear, almost. Here go some pics for posterity:






I also ordered some "Karlyn" ball joints to replace the bad ones in a set of control arms I have. If you have a 12 ton press, you can save $100+ on control arms. The inner joints from Karlyn were made in germany and the outers had no id. Good quality. Got them all from FCP Euro for like $35.

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Parts!



Engine!