Hey guys havent been on here in a long time been sooo busy with this car had a few things happen wu
ith it put a water meth kit on it after it popped the standard head gaskets i also put some arp head studs and commetic gaskets in hwr but she popped one of them so ive since pulled it down and am in the middle of rebuilding it bigger and better than ever
my ride vt ecotec
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vt3.8lt
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Re: my ride vt ecotec
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vt3.8lt
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just got the engine out n investigating
got her pulled appart to find the commetic cylinder seal ring blown out in the same spot as factory ones
took it into work where it still lives and pulled her appart some more also found the water pump was toast more than likely the cause of all my problems
what the watre pump looked like
started ordering parts got my pistons
got her pulled appart to find the commetic cylinder seal ring blown out in the same spot as factory ones
took it into work where it still lives and pulled her appart some more also found the water pump was toast more than likely the cause of all my problems
what the watre pump looked like
started ordering parts got my pistons
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vt3.8lt
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Re: my ride vt ecotec
more parts the bearings hardened race series
got my rods
got lots more photos ill upload em as soon as i can get them on my hdd
got my rods
got lots more photos ill upload em as soon as i can get them on my hdd
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Re: my ride vt ecotec
the girdle i had made (mace egeneering)
got the machining done to the block
the camtech cam arived
got everything back from balancing
i think this one is me starting assembly
got the machining done to the block
the camtech cam arived
got everything back from balancing
i think this one is me starting assembly
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vt3.8lt
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got her put together
just got this the other day rollmaster timing chain
this came with the timing chain oil pump kit from mace
this is where it sits today i got the rear min seal on and puit on the sump yesterday the cams in with new acl bearings now i just need to time the cam and install th oil pump kit and put on the timing cover with the new gaskets and ballancer on and i can wrap up the block litterally lol
just got this the other day rollmaster timing chain
this came with the timing chain oil pump kit from mace
this is where it sits today i got the rear min seal on and puit on the sump yesterday the cams in with new acl bearings now i just need to time the cam and install th oil pump kit and put on the timing cover with the new gaskets and ballancer on and i can wrap up the block litterally lol
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krusty
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Re: my ride vt ecotec
Good looking build. Did you drill some dowels to the auto crank? Would be a shame to let down such a heavy build by missing that
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vlad01
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Re: my ride vt ecotec
Do they need it? factory manual non duel mass never use dowels.
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krusty
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Re: my ride vt ecotec
Dual mass has less vibration issues than single mass usually. Being a performance application it sure wouldn't hurt. Dowels cost $3 and a 5/16" drill bitvlad01 wrote:Do they need it? factory manual non duel mass never use dowels.