getting the crank knifed recently i've been looking into specifics on this, found a few different examples. knifed: http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1039/1790846/9871119/149626131.jpg "bullnosed": http://www.turbo240sx.ca/crank2.jpg seems like much more material is kept and just the edges...

any particular reason you went with Arias vs Wiseco, Ross, JE, etc?
what CR are you expecting?

plans for the crank & block?


good stuff!

very nice!

would have needed oil ring support.

how is that achieved?

hence about $400 in US bucks.

holy crap! I paid $100 including the auto terminals & shipping to my door.

Peter, lots of info - thanks! the car hasn't really been driven, but was subject to much driveway jockeying while I was coating my garage floor. always fired up immediately, faster response than the original battery. it'll be a while until I get to find out how it holds up to higher temps and real r...

small weight savings plus opens a perfect path for piping from a front mount intercooler.

I don't have a stereo system in mine, nor will I install one.

I started noticing many of the magazine project cars were running them, some with even larger motors. it came with auto terminals, and in the info papers it has some stuff about using it in no-alternator race cars and proper recharging. The alternator might cook it. thats the only thing I'm not sure...

Odyssey PC680 - under 15 lbs and can be mounted anyway except upside down. http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc680.htm Http://www.holdenpiazza.com/puplic/images/86262597.jpg I bought this a while ago to put in my fwd car but was slacking & then didn't want to risk installing it over winter...

putting the plenum and stuff back together today I didn't want to deal with those coolant lines that run to the throttlebody. easiest way would be to just connect them together. I removed the plate with the coolant stubs from the bottom of the TB and simply cut the straight stub off: Http://www.hold...

i'm going to be residing in the hottest region of this country. and i understand theoretically it can be helpful, but have other EFI motors come factory with something like this? i have never seen one nor any performance motors built utilizing such a system. i suppose if crawling in rush hour traffi...

turns out what I thought was a vac line really was for recirculation back to the blower. here's the entire system: Http://www.holdenpiazza.com/puplic/images/5480645.jpg Http://www.holdenpiazza.com/puplic/images/85082453.jpg ^^that's up against the base of the t-stat/water inlet near front of the fue...

i took a look at my sources and found something listed under "Steering Worm Shaft Seal" made by BCA Bearings #222220. no dimensions and a confusing picture I guess is a cross section view of the seal: http://www.partsamerica.com/product_images/AAP/BCA/SEALS/32.jpg it costs $4.36 US & t...

ugly as and sticks out like dogs balls. :laughing4: there was vac feed to the blower correct? there's a line that goes to where it was and I think I remember it. i'll have go dig out the parts & check for stub I guess. but this hose connects to a molded plastic pipe that snakes under the plenum...

ah, I recently removed the blower assembly and put it in the junk bin along with the cruise control actuator. I guess I'll toss the sensor in as well.

thanks

i pulled apart the TB & plenum stuffs today and found this sensor just laying about on top of the #1 runner or so, kinda beneath the fuel rail & first 2 injectors: Http://www.holdenpiazza.com/puplic/images/93277011.jpg Http://www.holdenpiazza.com/puplic/images/35313678.jpg it was still plugg...