After i posted that i have talked with a few guys that went and checked one guy said 2 of the bolts on the bottom were missing they backed right out. its not something that really thought about until the methanol was spraying out

 

Well i took a bit of break from the car for my sanity and my wife and kids needed some QT since the majority of my evenings and weekends this summer have been spent wrenching.

 

im so envious!!! what type of work do u do?

 

I am a drilling fluid supervisor......its hard to explain but I go out to oil/gas drilling rigs and they use a fluid to drill with and I do a bunch of chemical tests on the fluid and advise the oil company on what chemicals they should add to the drilling fluid to optimize it.

 

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Getting ready to install the engine





Engine in




adding the Evans NPG-R





So where am I at now? I have everything installed and the car runs, but i have an exhaust leak I have to chase down then onto the dyno!!

 

Good luck! Your patience has amazed me.

I'm so greatful my stock block is still holding at 110k miles...almost 50k miles boosted.

 

Wow, that's awesome Ryan. 50k and still going strong. I guess I need to update your post on my Boosted on a stock block thread.

 

I had the same problems with cometics and arp studs. Just go with HKS gaskets and L19 studs and you will be good.

 

I doubt the L19s would thread into 1/2" holes very well and HKS dose not make a large enough bore gasket...I will just go with the cometic gaskets that I got cut for the 1/2" studs...the ones that are in the car now .

 

Hey Gord what harmonic balancer are you using.

 

ATI although I have no real reason why I picked that one, i told my tuner i wanted a Fluidamper or ATI he got me the ATI. He said he uses them the most and has never had an issue with them.

 

Well it has been snowing here for the last few days but yesterday i got the car out for a couple hours. The drivability needs some work but the car also has gas that is close to 6 months old. The WOT is great I havent got on it too hard yet I have no leaks but one IC pipe keeps popping off so when i was putting it back on last night i noticed the clamp is bent so i plan to change that out tonight get some fresh gas...then go see if I can find some trouble I have a few friends already planning some shennagins one with a evo9, the other with a nissan GTi-R so i might have to see if I can keep up with some of the AWD boys from a dig with temps near freezing traction will suck but the car is a monsTTer in the ice cold air.