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I'm fairly certain you can't just pull out main bolts and put some ARP studs in and call it a day. All of the engine builders I know say that you need to get the block machined with studs while they line bore it... I could be wrong but worth looking into?

You are correct sir. Didn't read my last post? The block is at the shop right now! Thanks for lookin out!
 
Picked up my block in the way home from work today! Got all clearances in ballpark of .025" and they polished my crank for free. Sweet.
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Time to torque her together. Stay tuned...
 
Finally got the door and subframe!
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Old door:
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I just need to hit that frame with the wire wheel and give it a coat of paint. But it's better than my current bent one.

Cleaned up the valves a little bit:
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And lapped them:
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I did the oil port mod again:
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Then put the new valve seals in along with the manley springs and titanium retainers:
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Okay so I got the crank torqued down with the girdle and the arp's, aswell as the pistons in and torqued. Heres some pics of the progress!

First I cleaned the shit out of all the bearing and the bore/cap surfaces:
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Then I put all the bearings in:
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Greased'er up and dropped it in!
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Twisted the arp main studs in (with moly lube of course:thumb:):
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Main caps on:
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Girdles in, along with the washers and nuts(more moly lube):
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Torquey, torquey! Clicked it to 60 ft/lbs:
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It's beautiful, isn't it?
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Bagged it up for the night:
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Up bright and early! Cleaned the rod bores/bearings, which reminds me, I need to go buy some more brake clean...
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Pistons in!
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43 ft/lbs for the ARP 2000 rod bolts:
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Progress:
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That's all for today.:thumb:
 
Haven't updated for a while so here's what I've been up too lately.

Moved the car around for more room:
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Dropped the transfer case, driveshaft, exhaust, and pulled axles:
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Drivers side axle center boot was in two pieces so the axle came apart on removal.

Hooked up the lift to the old engine:
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Pulled her out:
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Steipped the old block of all the parts I need and wrapped them with their corresponding nuts/bolts:
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Out with the old:
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Double checked specs on new oil pump:
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Set up the belt side on the new block:
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Bled the lifters, and torqued my cam gears onto my cams:

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Head is ready:
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Rear main installed:
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Torqued the head onto the cometic mls:
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Cleand and painted all the parts i'm reusing:
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Also got some more new parts in:
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I'm taking the head back off and changing the head gasket because I decided to go with a Felpro permatorque MLS as suggested by the guys at Force. That order is scheduled to be here on Wednesday. If all goes well, this engine should be getting dropped in next weekend! Also, my dsmlink speed density package is on the way.
 
Some more parts I got:
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Permatex copper spray, Felpro MLS permatorque, some 3mm, 6mm, 8mm silicon vac line, Jay racing Saturn alternator relocate, RTM urethane sub frame bushings, oil pressure sender relocate, Throttle body gaskets, Stubby exhaust mani bolts, plug for the head, meth nozzle bung.
 
My DSMLink package showed up yesterday!:rocks:
It consists of:
V3 Full Software
Cables
GM 4 Bar MAP
GM IAT
1g Socketed ECU

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I then took the head back off, removed the Cometic MLS I had on and replaced it with the Felpro permatorque MLS
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I used copper spray just because it gives me some extra peace of mind
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Took the rubber off my wheels that I bought before christmas and gave my buddy a $50 to sandblast them, and my valve cover
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I bought some paint today too. Gonna paint the rims gloss graphite, with the wedsport blue inner lip left on, some red caliper paint to touch up the calipers with, and I got some cast iron colored VHT ceramic coating manifold paint! Still need to decide on my valve cover, I would love to polish it up but that seems like a shit ton of work. We'll see.
 
What I've been up to lately:

I sanded down one of the rims, took a long ass time before I felt it was ready for paint. Still have three more to goROFL

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Then my arm wwas tired so I decided I would go ahead and port the oil filter housing:
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Coated the FP mani with some ceramic paint:
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Then i received my order which consisted of: Jay racing timing belt tool, Straight cut drive/driven oil pump gears, and a CAS o-ring.
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...Yep, I did some more research and decided I'd go with the straihght cut pump gears rather than the helicals I had previously installed due to the increase in side load on the helical type gear.:applause:

De-burred them on the wire wheel:
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I'm placing an order for one of these types of restrictors for my turbo oil feed:
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And this is how I'm setting it up:
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Closest to the bottom of the picture is the restrictor coming from the OFH then I have the attchment for an oil pressure gauge to monitor the pressure I'm getting POST restrictor, then a -4AN up to the turbo.

I have more to update but not enough time right now. Check back soon!
 
Okay got some time to update more.

Picked this up on sale for 70% off:
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Got home and began taking the front cover back off again to change the pump gears. The permatex tack gasket really works good. Good thing I got another gasket.
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Side-by-side to show the difference:
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Popped em in:
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One thing I really noticed is that the helical gears spun alot smoother than the flat gears, but that is to be expected with a straight cut.

Then after I had that all installed and good to go, I pulled the compressor housing to tap for the vacuum nipple:
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Then I mounted it all on the engine:
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Once that was done I took the subframe outside the get these old rotted bushings out:
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It started raining so I came back in and put the OFH on and the pick-up tube:
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I had to cut the piece that connected to the main bolt because of the arp studs I have now.

I ported the drain hole on the oil pan just in case I ever get a larger drain line down the road, I wont have to take the pan back off. Its about 18-19mm now. I felt that was good enough.
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Then bolted the pan on:
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So I cut the mount so I could fit my -10AN drain:
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Afterwards I found out that that drain line I had wasn't going to fit with the fittings I had, so I began looking for some 45* -10AN elbows and said fck it and decided to just go -12AN so I ordered everything I needed for a -12AN drain which will be here on Wednesday.

Got another shipment in:
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Consists of: o2 housing to downpipe gasket, tial 38mm wastegate gaskets, turbine housing to o2 housing gasket, power steering belt, all three front cv boots, -4AN restrictor elbow, psi gauge, and Saturn alternator

I stripped all the old ruined conduit and shrink wrap/tape off my engine harness and fixed any broken wires and put new conduit on. This was pretty time consuming.
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Then I received the aluminum SMIM that I got from a member on here:
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Put the new gaskets on for the tial and o2 housing. Copper sprayed and tightened down.
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Mounted the intake mani and polished up my valve cover and set it on top to see what it'll look like:
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:sneaky:

Afterwards my buddy came by and we got the subframe out surprisingly quick:
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I removed the bent subframe:
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I ordered some por-15 which will be here on Tuesday so I'm going to cover the new subframe and control arms with it before it goes back in. Also going to wire wheel any rust off the undercarriage while it's out and por-15 coat that aswell. It's not bad at all for rust though, I expected way worse tbh.:
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POR15 works better on rusty surfaces then nice clean bare metal surfaces, just an FYI. Otherwise very nice build you have coming along.
 
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