Project "Rely-on-ability" : 6 bolt rebuild

[VETTE_50_TH]

it's only fun AFTER you have spent the money and recuperated. I'm off to tie up some loose ends and hopefully drop the engine in today

So how did it go? I worked on my car today replacing both balljoints and tightening down my loose ass axle nuts. THEY WERENT EVEN FINGER TIGHT!!! WTF

James

 

[blcknspo0ln]

So how did it go? I worked on my car today replacing both balljoints and tightening down my loose ass axle nuts. THEY WERENT EVEN FINGER TIGHT!!! WTF

James

Damn that sucks, at least you got to it before anything happened As for my night? it sucked the big one. Problem after problem after problem, one in which included my engine swinging upside down on the engine stand and breaking my thermostat housing off. I'm very tired and fed up wit the car. Tomorrow will be another day, but for now I'm spent.

 

[VETTE_50_TH]

Damn that sucks, at least you got to it before anything happened As for my night? it sucked the big one. Problem after problem after problem, one in which included my engine swinging upside down on the engine stand and breaking my thermostat housing off. I'm very tired and fed up wit the car. Tomorrow will be another day, but for now I'm spent.

Where was the GF to catch that shit? WTH is she good for is she wont catch your engine. WTF Well im sure it will be worth it in the end. Did you break any of the bolts int the Tstat housing off in the head? Yea im glad too. I thought the movement left and right was my engine, haha, negative, it was the wheels moving side to side. OUCH

James

 

[RipperXX]

That could have ended much worse by the sound of it!


And your right blck tomorrow is another day, just keep on moving. And double and triple check shit. I look forward to seeing the end result of all this. Good luck.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

THE CAR RUNS! After dealing with this NIGHTMARE, I got the car to fire up and she moved under her own power out of the garage today! Pictures, updates, and more things to walkthrough will be on the way as soon as my girlfriend gets back from florida with my point&shoot. Sadly, though, I definitely cannot take the car to JMF's open house tomorrow due to several issues

1. boost leak somewhere (test to come)
2. passenger side axle spline will not stay inside the bellhousing. I took the metal clip out of the axle to stick it back into the spline, but now it won't stay in place? Anything I can do?
3. misc. coolant leaks
4. retorque head after it's 3rd heat cycle and finally button up the valve cover.

 

[VTEC_THIS]

Awesome, glad to see you got it running!

 

[1992awdlaser]

You need to see if the metal clip is moving out of its spot on the axle. I had this happening on a car I was working on when I was a mechanic and it would cause the axle to slide back out. Sometimes the metal clip would slide back into place when the axle came out and sometimes it would stay in the transmission.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

You need to see if the metal clip is moving out of its spot on the axle. I had this happening on a car I was working on when I was a mechanic and it would cause the axle to slide back out. Sometimes the metal clip would slide back into place when the axle came out and sometimes it would stay in the transmission.

yup, I was just researching that. I mangled mine pretty badly taking it out and forgot to put it back in Anyone got a part number for it? I'm calling autozone right now to see if they have it and JNZ doesn't list it on their website?

 

[1992awdlaser]

yup, I was just researching that. I mangled mine pretty badly taking it out and forgot to put it back in Anyone got a part number for it? I'm calling autozone right now to see if they have it and JNZ doesn't list it on their website?

Autozone won't have it by itself. I'm pretty sure this is the right part number MB160387. JNZ lists that on their site. I looked it up with CAPS for you.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

Autozone won't have it by itself. I'm pretty sure this is the right part number MB160387. JNZ lists that on their site. I looked it up with CAPS for you.

Thanks Pat. I ended up finding a FWD one from a buddy, so the car is running and mobile! I took her for a pretty easy moto-man 5 mile break in. Lots of revving, engine braking, and going through 1st and 2nd up to about 5k. After the initial 3 miles or so, I gave her a little boost and man it felt GOOD. I also snapped some pics of the completed car before i stepped in the house. Let me know what you think.

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[mattdev]

Cleanest car on DSMTuners.com

I would give my left nut for a clean setup, nice work, looks like it paid off!!!!

 

[VETTE_50_TH]

Cleanest car on DSMTuners.com

I would give my left nut for a clean setup, nice work, looks like it paid off!!!!

DEF. top 5. How was the JMF open house? I wish i could have made it but i HAD to work. Bunch a hinnerschitz if you ask me. I really wanted to get my 10% off.

James

 

[Black95TSIawd]

Ehh....its alright.

It will be interesting to see what our rematch will look like next season. I hope you get a bigger turbo than that 50trim. Remember, I did beat you with my 20g/stock shortblock/stock trans.


j/k, Tom. Car looks GREAT! I am very jelous as my car is down and I haven't even started working on it.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

Cleanest car on DSMTuners.com

I would give my left nut for a clean setup, nice work, looks like it paid off!!!!

Well.. I was thinking of selling it for 10k.. ok JK I don't think I'll ever sell it

DEF. top 5. How was the JMF open house? I wish i could have made it but i HAD to work. Bunch a hinnerschitz if you ask me. I really wanted to get my 10% off.

James

I didn't make it. The car was running that day, but I had some issues I had to put up with before I took the car out again. The car made a nice 30 mile trip to Edison today and worked out just great

Ehh....its alright.

It will be interesting to see what our rematch will look like next season. I hope you get a bigger turbo than that 50trim. Remember, I did beat you with my 20g/stock shortblock/stock trans.


j/k, Tom. Car looks GREAT! I am very jelous as my car is down and I haven't even started working on it.

haha, I have a stock trans too! I blame it on my shitty driving and low boost! If we ran again with the tune I had, I know FOR SURE that i'd be 123-125mph! I was maxing the GM3bar (31psi), remember my whole stupid NLTS problem? I don't know if I told you, but it wasn't a problem at all! I just rest my foot on the clutch pedal during racing, so it always activates the NLTS half way down the damn track! I don't think I'll ever change the way I drive, so NLTS has been temporarily turned off. Next year we BOTH better be mid to high 11's or else we should just burn it at the track

p.s., update your timeslip. We both know you ran faster than 12.1 ! (by a couple hundredths haha)

 

[kawboy]

Ehh....its alright.

It will be interesting to see what our rematch will look like next season. I hope you get a bigger turbo than that 50trim. Remember, I did beat you with my 20g/stock shortblock/stock trans.


j/k, Tom. Car looks GREAT! I am very jelous as my car is down and I haven't even started working on it.

Oh noes

The stock block give up?

 

[92AWDHX40]

Great thread nice pics, good job.

 

[Black95TSIawd]

Oh noes

The stock block give up?

Nah, its just really really tired. Between that and the noise my also stock tranny makes, the knock sensor go crazy. I dont think ive ever ran more than 14degrees of timing.


Anywho, i'm glad your car is coming along, Tom. Wish me luck in building mine. It should be done in a about a year.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

Nah, its just really really tired. Between that and the noise my also stock tranny makes, the knock sensor go crazy. I dont think ive ever ran more than 14degrees of timing.


Anywho, i'm glad your car is coming along, Tom. Wish me luck in building mine. It should be done in a about a year.

Well I'm always around to lend a helping hand if you need it.

 

[TuRBoTaLooN]

Well I'm always around to lend a helping hand if you need it.

Open up a DSM shop dumbass! Make some money!

 

[crimsonGST]

Okay so for the past hour and a half, ive been reading and i was so involved in this thread i missed my first class todayWTF. Haha oh well, just wanted to say this was an amazing build and a tremendous thread. Definitely need to get a tech article


Two thumbs up!
(and btw i want to marry your car)

 

[kawboy]

Nah, its just really really tired. Between that and the noise my also stock tranny makes, the knock sensor go crazy. I dont think ive ever ran more than 14degrees of timing.


Anywho, i'm glad your car is coming along, Tom. Wish me luck in building mine. It should be done in a about a year.

Ahhh

Same problem I had with my 132k mile 7 bolt. Then it spun a bearing

Best of luck to both of you

 

[MidShipCivic]

Push lock fittings very good where did you source yours from?

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[DirtyBirdRacing]

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Tom, I hope all is well, long time no talk, haha. The car looks bad ass, GREAT JOB. I just picked up a 91 Tsi AWD today, with two engines, and two transmissions along with asorted bits. Its going to be quite a job to get it sorted out and put back together. Hopefully have her moving under her own power in a year. Anyways, car looks great and I will have to come check it out while im back in NJ for the holidays.

Bill

 

[Slippi84]

I think i'm just a little late . Is this the build you hit me up aboaut a while ago? I never heard anything about it so I just figured that you bought one already built. Looks clean. I don't think people got it though you should come over and show them again and put it in my car . I still have to get my hands on long block parts as I bought my shell and turbo and intake setup first with this build and then wil build my engine around them. I did it the other way with my 420a build and ended up SOL because I had a car with a built motor down to bolts and nuts but the compression was too high for what I wanted to do in the end and the trans wasn't gonna hold up to what I wanted either so this time I'm gonna figure out the power adders and supporting mods I want to run based on my goals then build a motor and trans that can take it

 

[blcknspo0ln]

Tom, I hope all is well, long time no talk, haha. The car looks bad ass, GREAT JOB. I just picked up a 91 Tsi AWD today, with two engines, and two transmissions along with asorted bits. Its going to be quite a job to get it sorted out and put back together. Hopefully have her moving under her own power in a year. Anyways, car looks great and I will have to come check it out while im back in NJ for the holidays.

Bill

Bill! Did you text me a while ago? My phone was all messed up and I got it several days late, so it felt weird if I texted you back waaay late. Either way, PM me some pictures!

I think i'm just a little late . Is this the build you hit me up aboaut a while ago? I never heard anything about it so I just figured that you bought one already built. Looks clean. I don't think people got it though you should come over and show them again and put it in my car . I still have to get my hands on long block parts as I bought my shell and turbo and intake setup first with this build and then wil build my engine around them. I did it the other way with my 420a build and ended up SOL because I had a car with a built motor down to bolts and nuts but the compression was too high for what I wanted to do in the end and the trans wasn't gonna hold up to what I wanted either so this time I'm gonna figure out the power adders and supporting mods I want to run based on my goals then build a motor and trans that can take it

No, the build never happened. I had several people interested in coming, but decided to work ahead (like I always do) and get the engine assembled and ready to go. Hopefully I'll never have to prospect a build like that again WTF I'm still kicking myself in the ass from not picking up that hood of yours Anyway, goodluck with whatever project you decide to pick up now.