My SuperEta. About to get a lil more Super!

[88SuperETABD]

Damn...so I thought Auto X was completely safe and you can't really screw up your car. Well...cones can do some damage.. Haha.

Here's a video of my fastest lap...i still have a few secs to shake off with my driving skills lol or lack of. Was looking at the standings tho and happy to say I can compete with some nice cars...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMErYpTODtM

My first run out I think I was too excited and came in way too hot and slid into 2 cones...well one got pinched between the fender and tire and pull it out and cracked the paint. Also the valance got pushed back and in on the passanger side and broke the foglight :( *Sigh*

I still finished my runs tho.

[AwakenNoMore]

Awesome work, that engine is going to be sweet.

[88SuperETABD]

And whats the rule on intake polishing? I hear good and bad...I hear the old rule of dont polish the intake is obsolete because the injectors are pointed directly at the valve. where as the old polishing rules were for the older carberated engines.

I understand the surface tension of fuel wanting to stick to a smooth surface, but I'm gonna be using injectors for turbo so thats HIGH Velocity, i doubt its gonna stick getting blasted straight at the valve. I'd think you'd want the air moving as fast as possible so you can get the air at the same speed as the fuel so it can atomize.

[88SuperETABD]

Back to e30's Haha

First off, Berryman's chem dip works pretty darn well as you can see. The bucket says 15-30 mins..theyre high. Did nothing in that short amount of time...but over night...it cleaned em up great!
Before:


After:


I'm cleaning up the rods/pistons, Gonna make ashtrays out of the pistons for myself and friends since I doubt anyone needs eta pistons, maybe try to sell rods heh.

Cleaned up the valves





Had the head cleaned...



It's hard to catch with my camera, but I have a shiny surface on the exhaust ports and chambers. I used abrasive pads like these on a dremel and went to town...it takes no metal off, just polishes. Is that all I want to do? or do i wanna sand it down to be super smooth so theres no pores in the metal?

what i used: http://www.searsoutlet.com/Abrasive-...85&mode=seeAll

Any tips on head porting/polishing is greatly welcomed...

[MR 325]

WHat do you turbo guys do for valves? +1 mm valves good? Are the IE ones good? Vac's are expensive.
Can i just clean up the original valves and get a 3 angle job and be good? Enlighten me please.

The IE valves are good quality but you're looking at a decent chunk of change to buy those and have the head machined to accept them. There's nothing wrong with cleaning up the stock valves and running them. Have a machine shop grind the valves and valve seats.

If you're going to be porting and polishing your head it'd be a good idea to have it hot tanked to be as clean as possible.

And a shameless plug, we sell a dual pattern turbo cam. :)

[88SuperETABD]

So I pulled a pretty nice 885 head from picknpull...(hasnt been milled yet). Will be the head for my 2.9L. Plans for this head will be DIY Polish, Beehive Valve Springs, HD Rockers, get the stock cam that came in it reground to a turbo grind if possible, rebuild everything, basically make it new.

WHat do you turbo guys do for valves? +1 mm valves good? Are the IE ones good? Vac's are expensive.
Can i just clean up the original valves and get a 3 angle job and be good? Enlighten me please.




My awesome work bench :) HAha!


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Also working on getting my car switched over to MS2. So will be getting this bung welded to replace my Miller MAF.


I started cleaning up the head...


also popped the valves out and have em cleaning in chem dip...dunno if this stuff works. ~30$ gamble. lol


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And for the people that like hot rods...here's the other project getting worked on.

327 bored .030 over (332cid)
Dual 500cc Edelbrock Carbs
262 Isky Cam
Edelbrock E-210 Aluminum heads. (2.08" Intake, 210cc runners)
ARP Hardware everywhere...
10:1 Pistons...

Put down 220whp/302wtq on the old stock heads and single shitty carb....it will see the dyno soon for tuning.



It's noticeably running better/smoother/more powerful up top/torquier down low.
It broke a stock motor mount already. So couldnt get a good burnout video...so here's some revs ;)

http://s149.photobucket.com/user/beedee5889/media/0373D3C6-0B23-45E1-B8A5-3CC0735AE4EB-607-00000048C008B1A6_zps64738ece.mp4.html

[squidmaster]

can't wait to see the completed engine, should be insane!

[88SuperETABD]

Oh...and pistons wont be ready til Sep 14th....hopefully...theyve been delayed due to Paul having some health issues.

[88SuperETABD]

Haven't updated in a bit...been super busy working full time + doing dual quads + aluminum heads on the camaro.

Here's the lights installed....they cut off's are weird compared to my US ellips. The light cut off is slanted like this " / / " Not that drastic but you get the point. Is that how its supposed to be? Or do i need to aim them better? Like twist them?



Also got the bronze guides back. lagging hardcore on doing the BBK because I still need to get the rotors/brackets/pads....but I wanna finish my 2.9L.


Finished putting together my DIYPNPMS2...haven't tested it yet, but wanna get it swapped over soon.




Also picked these up off a member here....BNIB


The lightest is 549.5 g and the heaviest being 550.1 g. thats only .6 g difference. pretty happy about that.


iPhone Snap Shot....haha

It's funny I have a Nikon D5100 DSLR and never use it....always use my iPhone. But it takes great pics i think
Another...


Also took this bad boy back home with me to begin the tear down to prep to go to machine shop

Some how on the trip (engine didnt move), It let out about 2 quarts of oil into the bed of my truck. I looked around the engine to see where it came from and couldnt tell...still baffled. that was a mess.

Pistons Out...undoing main caps to remove crank


anyone need eta pistons/rods/crank? from a 87 es with like 200k but the block is in great condition, crosshatching still on it, everything was suprisingly clean

also traded my tails with a local e30 friend. these were tinted professionally..i think they look awesome! another iphone pic

[88SuperETABD]

thanks guys,

I'm looking to get my car swapped over to megasquirt...i gotta go to pick n pull...need to get 19 lb e34 m30 injectors, and thinking about getting the 25.4mm 750iL master cylinder to go along with the bbk. To help strengthen the rears.

The bronze guides and rebuild kits should come in the mail any day.

GF's bday is putting a delay on my build haha. But Pistons should be done in the next couple weeks hopefully

[kingston]

I always love popping in on your build threads. Every time I do, you've done really cool stuff since the last time I'd looked. You've built one pretty special car there, man!

[MR 325]

Love the caliper color! The headlights are going to look great too.

[88SuperETABD]

16x7 et 35, 20mm spacer in rear, 10mm up front.


Also, Finally bought these. thanks to mr vang on this forum for hookin it up!


I've dreamt about having these for years....its finally time.

[lambo]

How wide are your wheels?

[88SuperETABD]

Got my calipers back from the PC.



I like em a lot! They're super bright, the pics dont do it justice. The color is Safety Orange. My only worry is that they melt when I take my car to the track. Supposedly PC is good for like 300° F