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Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:34 pm
by 124JOE
thats not a crack
if it were there would be a black carbon line
from exh fumes
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:47 am
by Fi8spider
Divers wrote:Well...removal has started...this should be fun
radiator is out and moving ahead.
Good choice.
I can't wait to see it all sorted, cleaned up and back in place..
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:39 am
by Divers
After a great conversation with BEEK the other day...decided to post an open ended question about the engine rebuild.
Background -
I do not want nor do I need nor can I afford a race engine
My flywheel is out with Jason being lightened and dowel pinned already.
I have the rear seal and bearing already to be replaced.
S0........
What should I do? Let say that I have a budget not to exceed $500 (I will accomplish the labor or beg BEEK for help
Thinking about increasing the compression (cheap increase in HP)
......anything else......outside of gaskets.....
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:17 pm
by Divers
WooHoo...
Engine all disconnected and ready to come out! Hopefully next weekend!
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:32 am
by 124JOE
cool take some pics
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:20 pm
by Divers
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:45 am
by Divers
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:49 am
by Ky2000
Sweet dash...
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:09 pm
by Divers
What a freakin mess!!!!!
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:33 am
by 124JOE
yes she needs your love
by love i mean MONEY
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:55 am
by Divers
Luckily I was planning performance valves and such! The head does not bother me that much (until I remove the cam's tonight and then freak out when I see their condition!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!
The pistons are a whole other issue...the cylinders look bad and may have to be bored...which means probably larger pistons to the tune of $400 for HC....YUCK!!!!!
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:07 pm
by Divers
End of a good night of work....
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:11 pm
by thechadzone
Nice clean-up on the head, sorry you found the engine in such a state. Sounds like its on its way to great heights. We're both at a similar place within our engine builds, and I see I'm lucky to have discovered the internals of my 1608 to be in good shape so far...
So did your cams turn out to be usable?
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:46 am
by Divers
So far everything is just a mess...once clean, the cams looked good. The valve guides even look good, however, I will be changing those also. Started trying to get the block apart, but the crank pulley is killin me.
Re: 1981 Restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:43 pm
by 124JOE
you can go rent a pully puller at autozone
i did and just kept it $20
it comes with a case that way
