why hasn't anyone drilled threw the bearing and the oil galley on the thrust bearing and beveled it so the crank pulls the oil out of the "pisser" to aid in crank walk? I've seen it done on chevys with thrust wear problems...

quick update: i found a evo-III 16g turbo with very little shaft play for 70 bucks!!! so i gotta modify my header a bit, re-clock the turbo so the j-pipe isn't such a PITA, finish porting(much thanks to the 16g porting tech article), figure out my coolent/oil setup and re-plan my D.P.im STOKED!!!

the block is a little taller, the crank sensor is on a different cylinder so you gotta rewire the injectors, plugs and rotate the sensors, you use the 2gnt head, you gotta rotate the pistons 180. do some searching, its all out there man. alain has a shit load of posts about the 2.4L swap.

ya i built the board myself, im using srt4 pistons, rods, rings, water pump, and timing shit.

its been a while but heres an update on my progress with the 420a dsm. im kinda planning my next 2 builds at the same time, first im gonna get the turbo sys. on the 2.0 block and get it all running than down the raod when i get this 2.4 block all built im gonna throw it in. im toying with the...

resonators help cancel out certain frequencies of sound in the exhaust, but they create turbulence in the exhaust flow as well. IMO resonators and cat's are garbage...

i agree it goes to the second turbo in your trunk.ROFL sorry i couldnt help it!

sounds like the input shaft baring to me. if it stops as soon as you start to disengage the clutch and everything else seems to function properly thats what it usually is.

im hella broke right now and need to do some logging. i got a laptop and i was woundering if this ebay auction will work, i did some researching but couldent figure it out.eBay Motors: ELM320 OBD2 EOBD ISO Interface Code Reader elm~320 (item 370072372286 end time Feb-21-09 11:00:52 PST)

i bought a parts car to swap the 5-speed into mine. and i want to put my auto in the parts car and sell it because i can fix it. i dont want to put all my stuff on the parts car because it will be way more work. any information on this will be great!

how the hell did my old ass thread get hijacked all the sudden??

Its not a writeup, I just wanted to see if anyone had anything to say about how I did it.

i couldn't find much about this so i figured it out and decided to post it and see what you guys think about how i did my FCD. first i unscrewed it and let it hang and checked the voltage at the signal wire with the key on run(because that would be equal to no vacuum/boost in the manifold). it...