boosted86
15+ Year Contributor
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- Sep 7, 2005
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Weston,
Florida
well, I decided to document and share my build with the forum. this is my second build ( 1st car was my 99gst_ 6bolt that i crashed 
, motor wsa still running strong though[20k miles on that build]) a little backround on this car/motor. i bought this talon after i crashed my gst (rip). the guy i bought my talon from already had the motor built ( built incorrectly). to make a long story short, the end gap (rings) that the previous owner used was way to small for the amount of boost the motor was being used for ( .012-0.014 top, .017 bottom) so the rings ended up butting and trashing the motor. so.... the build begins.
I ended up using the same pistons ( weisco 9:1's) and had the skirts and heads ceramic coated. used new eagle steel rods, arps's head gasket etc...
ive been noticing that alot of the people that post threads about their builds and end up spinning bearings or trashing there cranks seem to have one thing in common.. they always have there short block assembled by their machinist or by another individual and assume/hope that he/she did it correctly not making sure that proper torque values, clearances, and limits have been followed. if its one thing i have learned about working on dsm's is never trust anyone but yourself. 99% of the mechanically inclined individuals ( mechanics, machinst, etc) will not know how to properly work on a dsm... thats just my .02. which is why i chose to build the entire motor ( minus the actual machine work) by myself , as i did with my previous motor.
day one, taet off the head to see the damage:
number 4 cylinder intake and exhaust valve guides and seals are trashed ( explained the smoke at idle problem i was having)
cylinder wall scuffing.scrached from the rings butting
pistons after the walls were sratched. some of the scuffing on the pistons was due to the PTW being ran to large.
, motor wsa still running strong though[20k miles on that build]) a little backround on this car/motor. i bought this talon after i crashed my gst (rip). the guy i bought my talon from already had the motor built ( built incorrectly). to make a long story short, the end gap (rings) that the previous owner used was way to small for the amount of boost the motor was being used for ( .012-0.014 top, .017 bottom) so the rings ended up butting and trashing the motor. so.... the build begins. I ended up using the same pistons ( weisco 9:1's) and had the skirts and heads ceramic coated. used new eagle steel rods, arps's head gasket etc...
ive been noticing that alot of the people that post threads about their builds and end up spinning bearings or trashing there cranks seem to have one thing in common.. they always have there short block assembled by their machinist or by another individual and assume/hope that he/she did it correctly not making sure that proper torque values, clearances, and limits have been followed. if its one thing i have learned about working on dsm's is never trust anyone but yourself. 99% of the mechanically inclined individuals ( mechanics, machinst, etc) will not know how to properly work on a dsm... thats just my .02. which is why i chose to build the entire motor ( minus the actual machine work) by myself , as i did with my previous motor.
day one, taet off the head to see the damage:
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number 4 cylinder intake and exhaust valve guides and seals are trashed ( explained the smoke at idle problem i was having)
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cylinder wall scuffing.scrached from the rings butting
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pistons after the walls were sratched. some of the scuffing on the pistons was due to the PTW being ran to large.
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