Finally Finished Motor!

[Spoolin4Ever]

I like the whole package, including the interior.

 

[SnoopySLR]

Thanks a lot guys. The interior is not done. I need to get new seats or mine reupolstered. I'm trying to get rid of all the blue. I'm looking into getting a set of Sparco Fighter 2 seats.

I don't need the timing belt cover. I put on average 4,000 miles a year on this car. It never see's rain, snow, or any bad weather. I keep this thing so clean I'm not worried about dirt in the timing belt.... that and the cover broke when someone stepped on it

Also.... 92Fwd4Me is right.... ASE doesn't mean you know everything... I don't claim to know everything, but I'm learning.

 

[Burnett03]

I don't need the timing belt cover. I put on average 4,000 miles a year on this car. It never see's rain, snow, or any bad weather. I keep this thing so clean I'm not worried about dirt in the timing belt.... QUOTE]
You drive it 4k a year... So? Things can happen within 5 miles, or 4k miles later on. Never know when a loose vacuum line, cord, or watever can come in contact with the timing belt and ruion all that hard work. There is no reason NOT to run one, so no reason to argue about not having one.

 

[DSMJim]

Being an ASE certified mechanic has nothing to do with a built motor with aftermarket parts. Wiseco makes the pistons in my car, their break in method is goto the dyno and beat the shit out of it, it doens't matter.

I gave it a bit of a break in, I'm in say 50 miles and im givin it 10psi of boost upto 5500rpm. By the weekend around 100 miles or so it's gonna have 20psi of boost and the shit's gonna rock. No messin around.

We build motors for race cars, did 3 heat cycles and made 600whp on a GSR motor in a race civic. The motor lasted 2 years of racing with over 300 passes down the track at 30+ psi of boost. Daily driving ain't squat compared to that abuse. Hell my buddy marc did a Miata motor, went to the dyno after one heat cycle only and put 26psi and 100hp shot of spray on it. That motor lasted forever until he reved it to 9k and blew the oil pump. It had loads of passes and street driving on it.

The factory manual gives you this BS story about driving easy etc.. so many guys have never done that and it doesn't make any difference. It's seems more liek guys who baby the cars then hit them hard seem to have more problems then guys who just beat them from the start..

Anyway thats my sorry and being a wiseman has nothing to do with that either. I just do what I wanna do. Everybody has their own break in procedure, I'm just sharing mine. So far, so good...