SnowTh1ef
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My build!
Cylinder heads I bought from someone on GPF came quite dirty, so here are pics of cleaning them/making them usable
left is after, right is before
exhaust stud broken off in head
local machine shop charged like 20$ to take it out. so not bad
dirty valve
partially clean heads soaking in parts cleaner
parts cleaner eating through the gunk
all valves and springs locks etc bagged and number for different cylinder numbers and heads, not necessary, but I wanted to do this just to be sure, as it was my first time with cylinder heads even off a car, much less apart.
much cleaner heads!!
nice mating surface
fully reassembled heads and new valve seals.
now that the heads are clean and ready to go, on to tearing apart the car!
Lim and other assorted emmissions removed
So originally this car came with an air pump to put into the exhaust... I thought that was silly. Removed all metal lines, and it just turns out that the flange fits a quarter nicely, so a little (maybe too much...) orange RTV seals it right up. friend has HP tuners so I figured we would just tune out the code. Turns out, there's no code, awesome!
pretty rebuilt and clean heads almost ready to go on car!
me being a goofball in the engine bay, removal of rear header at this point I think.
more stuff out of the way, valves and rockers starting to come out.
Pistons!! Cylinder head has been removed.
cylinder walls have factory honing at over 145k miles, very nice!
better pic of front head off car
http://i.imgur.com/6yAD1en.jpg
both heads off
AHHH, SUPERCHARGER ON MY CAR!
Finished product!!
*****NOTE**** I got 60LB injectors and am running e85. That is why I am able to run a 3.6 inch pulley on a ported blower on a high compression engine. currently seeing a whopping ZERO degrees of KR. Engine runs beautifully. On gas, I would recommend starting with at least a 4.0 pulley or higher until you have supporting mods or know you can run a smaller pulley safely. This car was bone stock prior save for the cone filter. Any questions or help with a topswap I would love to answer!! This project was awesome, fun to do, and was done by me and a friend over a weekend with basic mechanical knowledge and finding info from forums.
Me pumping corn into my car
Cylinder heads I bought from someone on GPF came quite dirty, so here are pics of cleaning them/making them usable
left is after, right is before
exhaust stud broken off in head
local machine shop charged like 20$ to take it out. so not bad
dirty valve
partially clean heads soaking in parts cleaner
parts cleaner eating through the gunk
all valves and springs locks etc bagged and number for different cylinder numbers and heads, not necessary, but I wanted to do this just to be sure, as it was my first time with cylinder heads even off a car, much less apart.
much cleaner heads!!
nice mating surface
fully reassembled heads and new valve seals.
now that the heads are clean and ready to go, on to tearing apart the car!
Lim and other assorted emmissions removed
So originally this car came with an air pump to put into the exhaust... I thought that was silly. Removed all metal lines, and it just turns out that the flange fits a quarter nicely, so a little (maybe too much...) orange RTV seals it right up. friend has HP tuners so I figured we would just tune out the code. Turns out, there's no code, awesome!
pretty rebuilt and clean heads almost ready to go on car!
me being a goofball in the engine bay, removal of rear header at this point I think.
more stuff out of the way, valves and rockers starting to come out.
Pistons!! Cylinder head has been removed.
cylinder walls have factory honing at over 145k miles, very nice!
better pic of front head off car
http://i.imgur.com/6yAD1en.jpg
both heads off
AHHH, SUPERCHARGER ON MY CAR!
Finished product!!
*****NOTE**** I got 60LB injectors and am running e85. That is why I am able to run a 3.6 inch pulley on a ported blower on a high compression engine. currently seeing a whopping ZERO degrees of KR. Engine runs beautifully. On gas, I would recommend starting with at least a 4.0 pulley or higher until you have supporting mods or know you can run a smaller pulley safely. This car was bone stock prior save for the cone filter. Any questions or help with a topswap I would love to answer!! This project was awesome, fun to do, and was done by me and a friend over a weekend with basic mechanical knowledge and finding info from forums.
Me pumping corn into my car
