Will L.
Well-Known Member
Need help on finding some stuff, so anyone please jump in with any info, links, or prices.
Also don’t hesitate to ask any questions, but you guys know nothing will be a short response- haha.
I have to find a factory style harmonic balancer- you cant spin balance with a dynamic balancer. Gave away my one with 70,000 on it to a guy in need, and loaned him my remover/installer tool and just wanted him to guve me back my tool and his old balancer. Oops. Might need a junkyard trip or something, can’t believe I don’t have one laying around still.
I need to recover my seats. Its tan leather right now. I can go back to that or do something custom, like diamond patrern center and two tone. But need to know the cost, if available, for factory style covers. Love to here input or see pics.
My interior is tan on the plastic and I like the job a few guys did here with that spray can paint system. Can someone give links to that, or a lead where to chase down all the stuff?
Any other options besides rhino lining?
My engine is out and all apart. New 18.5:1 Pistons are machined and being Diamondeyze, and tricoated next. Just ordered the gapless rings from Leroy.
Crank going in tomorrow or Friday for polishing. Then I can get the bearings all in and sized to a .001:1 fit. I will get them close as possible through select fit combos. Then the back filler coatings will most likely be needed to get them exact. That is on the tight side if the bearings weren’t coated and if running conventional 40wt. But with the coatings that will be great and the tribodyne oil she will be perfect for a few hundred thousand miles. Soon to order the aftermarket valve springs, might coat them, valves and precups also. Swapping optimizer precups out for my set of diamonds btw. Going to port my heads, hopefully I can near mimic Nate’s successful job on that part.
Once all that coating is done, the entire rotating assembly is going into the machine shop for balance. Folks side note for those that don’t know. These engines are not well balanced from factory, and is under $300. Crazy smart investment.
More to come...
Also don’t hesitate to ask any questions, but you guys know nothing will be a short response- haha.
I have to find a factory style harmonic balancer- you cant spin balance with a dynamic balancer. Gave away my one with 70,000 on it to a guy in need, and loaned him my remover/installer tool and just wanted him to guve me back my tool and his old balancer. Oops. Might need a junkyard trip or something, can’t believe I don’t have one laying around still.
I need to recover my seats. Its tan leather right now. I can go back to that or do something custom, like diamond patrern center and two tone. But need to know the cost, if available, for factory style covers. Love to here input or see pics.
My interior is tan on the plastic and I like the job a few guys did here with that spray can paint system. Can someone give links to that, or a lead where to chase down all the stuff?
Any other options besides rhino lining?
My engine is out and all apart. New 18.5:1 Pistons are machined and being Diamondeyze, and tricoated next. Just ordered the gapless rings from Leroy.
Crank going in tomorrow or Friday for polishing. Then I can get the bearings all in and sized to a .001:1 fit. I will get them close as possible through select fit combos. Then the back filler coatings will most likely be needed to get them exact. That is on the tight side if the bearings weren’t coated and if running conventional 40wt. But with the coatings that will be great and the tribodyne oil she will be perfect for a few hundred thousand miles. Soon to order the aftermarket valve springs, might coat them, valves and precups also. Swapping optimizer precups out for my set of diamonds btw. Going to port my heads, hopefully I can near mimic Nate’s successful job on that part.
Once all that coating is done, the entire rotating assembly is going into the machine shop for balance. Folks side note for those that don’t know. These engines are not well balanced from factory, and is under $300. Crazy smart investment.
More to come...