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These two past nights...
That's all I can say right now, I do not want to blow it out of perportion or even have a chance of fck'n ruining this up the slightest bit.

Will report back in on this when it's ok to do so.

Don't guess, please

Dave B, I am sorry for ditching on the phone call so abruptly, Like I said... These past two nights

can someone lend me £2,000 please so i can get my car repaired and pay for my flights and put aside some spending money for trip to US now, k thanks

Bbasso wrote:These two past nights...
That's all I can say right now, I do not want to blow it out of perportion or even have a chance of fck'n ruining this up the slightest bit.

Will report back in on this when it's ok to do so.

Don't guess, please

Dave B, I am sorry for ditching on the phone call so abruptly, Like I said... These past two nights

He met a woman...

^ Uhhh... ME? I'll sadly never find a woman willing to deal with me for more then a 10 minuet span Let alone willing to have sex with me


Life is strange...


Hey is there anyone good at searching for people, I need a favor.
PM me if you can help. Thank you.

Hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving!

Bbasso wrote:^ Uhhh... ME? I'll sadly never find a woman willing to deal with me for more then a 10 minuet span Let alone willing to have sex with me


Life is strange...


Hey is there anyone good at searching for people, I need a favor.
PM me if you can help. Thank you.

Hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving!

Buck up, I never cease to be amazed by the charity of the female species to me.

Thanks for the links, Is there a way to search the web for pic or other info?

Bbasso wrote:Thanks for the links, Is there a way to search the web for pic or other info?

I did a "free people search."
Bloody interweb, every time I find some c00l app. they start charging money for it. Oh btw, I edited me post & PM'd j00 teh links.

those new porsche turbos are... well fast!
opps!

Bbasso wrote:^ Uhhh... ME? I'll sadly never find a woman willing to deal with me for more then a 10 minuet span Let alone willing to have sex with me


Life is strange...


Hey is there anyone good at searching for people, I need a favor.
PM me if you can help. Thank you.

Hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving!

I seem to recall an incident at a track day... somewhere in SC I do believe...

Heeman himself came out of that tent in 20 something degree weather, grabbed the keg and brought it back by himself about 100 yards.

If that wasn't sex that drove that man, it was certainly the tease or lack thereof...

that guy had help carrying that keg

dancing as I type!
underground party in nyc !!!
OMG!

Got pulled over by the POPO and issued two tickets for illegal tint, SOB!
then as soon as they left they pulled another guy over with tinted windows.

I felt like saying and almost did, Got nothing better to do?

But glad they did not search the car or did a soberity test, things would have been much worse.
In bed and ready for a full days sleep

Bbasso wrote:dancing as I type!
underground party in nyc !!!
OMG!

he's a maniac....maniac on the floor.....

Bbasso wrote:dancing as I type!
underground party in nyc !!!
OMG!

Rob?

Dancing?

Where the fcuk is the youtube video of that?

*remembers that damn guy lip syncing to that retarded song that if I could remember I'd look up on youtube but then would have it stuck in my head all damn day*

aw fcuk... I looked for it anyway...

Rob... just for you buddy... it's the first thing I thought of when you said dancing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqak1aswlP4

Dave_B wrote:aw fcuk... I looked for it anyway...

Rob... just for you buddy... it's the first thing I thought of when you said dancing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqak1aswlP4

bwahahahaha!!!!! How did I miss Rob doing that?

Har har, at least I got a phone number from a hottie that was there

I have some vids from the party, I'll get them up later

Have any of you heard of "Storm Rave"? well that crew used to put on some of the wildest illeagal partys (raves) back in the early 90s. They had crowds in the 3 to 4000 range. I don't know if google has any info on Storm Rave, i never looked. But this party was the reunion. Glad I went!

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1519285
Some other are uploading so check back in a while.

And so the short block assembly begins...

Might have a new DD today as well.

Ah... progress...

Pistons are in, crank is in, bottom end is pretty well buttoned up. Hell, the oil pan is on for now (waiting on new pan gasket) Turns over by hand smooth as butter!

Now for these damn ARP head studs... any of you guys know where there is reference to the retightening process after a certain period of time? I know a lot of guys stay away from ARP studs/bolts for this reason, but having the shop, pulling the valve train isn't much of a bother.

Pics later of progress of course.

pics?

I've got a bunch... just leaving the shop in a moment.

Ok... so... and I'm sure those "trained" eyes can tell...

I forgot to reset my ISO from the "night of fire" event. Doh!!!

Don't mine the very VERY grainy pics.

Here is the beginning of the day. Block back from machine shop, light hone job and cleaned and hot tanked. Nice and minty fresh job...



Rings are what seal your engine... sometimes a PITA to install. Oil ring first, then lower and upper oil ring. The top to grooves are fitted meaning the remaining 2 rings can only go one way. If you notice the sharpie marks on the piston... When you install the oil ring, never put it on the side with the wrist pin. Always do the other sides. Oil ring first and use the small oil holes as a guide. From there, the lower and upper each go to one side, with about 3 "humps" distance from where the oil ring meets itself. The other 2 marks on the top of the pistons are for the compression rings. Same idea here, don't line up any rings with another one.







Once your rings are installed on the pistons, you need to prep the block. Grab your helms, or in our case AllData PC system. Get your torque specs/sequence out. Install bearings on the block first making sure to put some assembly lube on them (they only go one way with a "dip" on one side) DON'T FORGET THE THRUST WASHER!!! I've seen a few B-series engines with NO thrust washer installed. INSTALL IT!!!! Now that you have your manual and all that jazz, lay the crankshaft in place and spin it a bit. This will coat the crank journals where the bearings sit. Now that your crank is in place and spins correctly, you install the caps. Personally, I leave the connecting rod brace on when I complete this step. When your done it should look like this...



Here's a view down the cylinders.



Now... every guy has to have a bit of building motivation... can you guess mine? GF brought me a suprise drink... grape sprite... not the motivation though...



Getting ready to install the pistons, I wanted to compare new ITR to new P30 pistons and look at the domes... seems the P30 should gain a bit more CR.



So now comes the piston install process. Some may have wondered how in the hell you get pistons to go in that bore with the rings protuding past the side of the piston. Simple, make sure you have the right tools.







And alas... the piston is in there.



Come to the crank side of the block, make sure the "dips" in the bearing are on the same side, then install and torque the rod in place. (try to use something as shown to cover the studs on the rod. This minimizes chances of cylinder wall damage. Also, when torqued in place rotate the crank shaft to make sure nothing binds. Do this step after you install each piston)

Pretty soon you'll have a motor that looks like this once all are installed.



Flip the bish over and work on the other side now. Buttoning up the bottom here...



I like to put back as much as I can onto the block before installing it. Makes putting the whole thing back in MUCH easier!



And here she sat at the end of the day. Rotating assembly installed, oil pan on (barely, still waiting on a pan gasket but at least no dirt will get in there) Now just waiting on the head to get back from the machine shop.



I should have more pics soon. Once the head is here I'll finish her up. Car should be running next weekend.

nice dave

Lookin Great!
Now where did you have those pics of the rear arms?