Wallyman's rebuild thread, aka watch me make a mess.

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06-24-2011, 06:52 PM

wallyman424

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Wallyman's rebuild thread, aka watch me make a mess.

I'm gonna try and make this a little bit of a chronological picture journey through my rebuild. Today was day 1, spent about 4-5 hours just taking things apart and getting them partially cleaned.

First I pull off the undertray and am greeted by some shrapnel:

Ok, I already knew there was a hole in the motor, now to take off the front facia/splitter and intake/shrouding

Nothing crazy yet. Lets pull the radiator

Lots of space, maybe I will be able to pull this off w/ an engine hoist after all. Now to get the headers/coilpacks off. First out w/ the dipstick...

uhh, thats not supposed to be there... Didn't know I had a hole on that side of the motor too. Have to pull the valve covers to get the headers out.

Valvetrain looks good, maybe the heads are salvageable. But wait... what is this?

A little closer

Yes, that's right, you can see daylight through my engine block...

Here's where I stand right now:

Maybe I'll do some more work tomorrow.

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06-24-2011, 06:59 PM

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Good Luck

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06-24-2011, 07:09 PM

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****************Holy Shitoli!*****************

You and ronson should have dualing CF teardown threads. Who gets the prize for the most destruction? I feel for you both! Aren't you just lovin your racecar today?

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06-24-2011, 07:13 PM

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06-24-2011, 07:24 PM

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Good Luck

what he said!

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06-24-2011, 07:38 PM

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At least you've kept your sense of humor about it. Thanks for posting pics of the carnage, and I hope it's back together soon.

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06-24-2011, 08:18 PM

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does this mean u will be at VIR =)!!! Everyone was pretty bumbed that u were unable to be at Road Atlanta.

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06-24-2011, 09:51 PM

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Damn Wally - when you frag a motor, you really destroy it !! Where did you find your LS6 longblock ?

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06-24-2011, 10:03 PM

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Wow! what a disaster! Good luck!

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06-24-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by wallyman424

I'm gonna try and make this a little bit of a chronological picture journey through my rebuild. Today was day 1, spent about 4-5 hours just taking things apart and getting them partially cleaned. First I pull off the undertray and am greeted by some shrapnel:

Some of them parts look like you won't need to bother cleaning them .....

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06-24-2011, 11:47 PM

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At least you've kept your sense of humor about it. Thanks for posting pics of the carnage, and I hope it's back together soon.

You got the right attitude man!

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06-25-2011, 12:17 AM

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Watching this one like a hawk.

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06-25-2011, 01:03 AM

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Looks like a cheater motor to me. Lighter weight and extra cooling through the illegal holes in the block.

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06-25-2011, 01:17 AM

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uhh, thats not supposed to be there...

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06-25-2011, 02:32 AM

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I'll be watching this one as well. Do you have a timeline in mind Wally?

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06-25-2011, 06:32 AM

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Looks like a cheater motor to me. Lighter weight and extra cooling through the illegal holes in the block.

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06-25-2011, 07:47 AM

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06-25-2011, 09:43 AM

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I'll be watching this one as well. Do you have a timeline in mind Wally?

I'm hoping to get the motor out this weekend and the new one in next weekend. This would be the perfect time to lay the radiator forwards, but we'll see how much I can get accomplished.

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