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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16-'17-'18
Look into Monster Clutches. Very high success rate, and I love my Stage 3 it has stock pedal feel and drives great.
I had a Spec in my STI and it was a PIECE OF ****!!! It went out in 3 months..
I had a Spec in my STI and it was a PIECE OF ****!!! It went out in 3 months..
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Burning Brakes
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thanks that doesn't do me anygood in a picture. I broke the one i was using i guess it was cheap lol. damn i just want that balancer to come off already. guess i will clean the pistons and the rest of the engine bay and go buy a different one to try. it has been removed before by gm but damn the knarled it to hell.
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Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego CA
alright heres my update. I finally found a puller like the one above i rented it from Kragen, worked without issue. pulled the front cover off pulled the cam, installed new cam, about to swap oil pumps and the timing chain. oh yeah i also cleaned the top of the pistons just for the hell of it. (damn that takes some time). just have to check the head bolt holes to make sure nothing went down them, install studs, do a final wipe of the bores and deck and bolt on the heads. (im sure im forgetting something but i will remember when i see my list).
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Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego CA
well i started putting my car back together I got the cam in and the oil pump, chain. I made sure everything was good and put the front cover on. and put the UD pulley on, now here is my question how do you know if the pulley is fully seated? I used my old bolt to torque the pully to 240ft lbs. now is the bolt supposed to be a bitch to break it loose again?
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Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego CA
I used my old bolt to torque the pully to 240ft lbs. now is the bolt supposed to be a bitch to break it loose again? really need some assistance on this one!! Plus it looks like the head of the bolt is rounded is there something i can use to make sure it doesn't completely round?
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Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego CA
still nothing huh,.....well i hope i don't break anything lol will give it another shot when i get home. UPDATE
I went to my shop and found a great piece of equipment that i used It is an ATP 7520 HT-PT 3/4" rated at about 1000 lb ft of torque. and damn is it expensive im glad i didn't have to pay for it. I used a 1/2" step down and went at it my compressor popped the breaker a couple of time and everything was good. well as you can tell from the bolt the threads are ****ed, im just glad it came out in one piece. I will grap a tap and chase them down or just clean it up but the crank looks fine. For all who don't know or couldn't guess (probobly wont post either) I tried to use the old gm crank bolt to push the pulley on well this is the outcome DON'T DO IT LIKE ME!!!! so i will grab a tap and either rent a pulley install tool or I will make one.
and my bolt once i got it out
I went to my shop and found a great piece of equipment that i used It is an ATP 7520 HT-PT 3/4" rated at about 1000 lb ft of torque. and damn is it expensive im glad i didn't have to pay for it. I used a 1/2" step down and went at it my compressor popped the breaker a couple of time and everything was good. well as you can tell from the bolt the threads are ****ed, im just glad it came out in one piece. I will grap a tap and chase them down or just clean it up but the crank looks fine. For all who don't know or couldn't guess (probobly wont post either) I tried to use the old gm crank bolt to push the pulley on well this is the outcome DON'T DO IT LIKE ME!!!! so i will grab a tap and either rent a pulley install tool or I will make one.
and my bolt once i got it out
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Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego CA
Made my own install tool.... some allthread, washers and some nuts and it works perfectly. Im doing this install myself with pretty much no help from anyone and its going pretty good. hoping to have the heads on and torqued and the intake on today. hoping for more but we will see. I am taking pics but will post them later on when i have more time.
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Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego CA
hey guys need some help. im having some issues trying to figure out my pushrod length.
the cam is a 228 232 114+4 .588 intake lift and .595 exhaust lift the heads have been milled .015. and i am using the gm mls head gaskets .050. I used the comp cams pushrod tool and came up with 9 and 3/4 turns to get it to 6.800 but i am lost now lol. help me out so i can get this thing back on the road.
thanks
luke if there is any info i am forgetting let me know please
the cam is a 228 232 114+4 .588 intake lift and .595 exhaust lift the heads have been milled .015. and i am using the gm mls head gaskets .050. I used the comp cams pushrod tool and came up with 9 and 3/4 turns to get it to 6.800 but i am lost now lol. help me out so i can get this thing back on the road.
thanks
luke if there is any info i am forgetting let me know please
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Burning Brakes
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From: San Diego CA
well 1BADGTM and I did some math and the length i need is a 7.326 pushrod that includes the .075 lifter preload. I can round that to a 7.325 and get this sucker rollin. Thanks Mike you helped me out of a jam. whats even cooler is he has some pushrods from his trial and error head and cam swap that will fit the bill.
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ISIS SUCKS FAT CHOAD
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On another note, I finally got my exhaust Leak's all situated. I did notice that the rear diff is leaking the case has a nice coat of gear lube on it the reverse syncro in the transmission is getting worse, I have to hold the shifter in reverse when I back up all of this is FTMFL.
Man, I'm not looking foward to changine the rear differential or the transmission.
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Burning Brakes
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yeah i would do the rear when you take care of your clutch issues lol. well i got the car together I stopped posting pics and stuff on what i was doing cus there seemed to be no intrest and most questions i had i answered them myself. I just have the rest of the varam to put in and thats it. initial start up will be tomorrow afternoon I will post a vid even if its of it no starting or it blows up lol (crosses fingers) and yes mike i did get a tune from ryne and it is quite different from yours, but i finally got my hptuners issues resolved. ok time to go to bed
ISIS SUCKS FAT CHOAD
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yeah i would do the rear when you take care of your clutch issues lol. well i got the car together I stopped posting pics and stuff on what i was doing cus there seemed to be no intrest and most questions i had i answered them myself. I just have the rest of the varam to put in and thats it. initial start up will be tomorrow afternoon I will post a vid even if its of it no starting or it blows up lol (crosses fingers) and yes mike i did get a tune from ryne and it is quite different from yours, but i finally got my hptuners issues resolved. ok time to go to bed
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Burning Brakes
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sent it to ya. well car started fine no issues idles good has a normal sewing machine sound so that issue will be addressed with the pushrods. only thing i gotta look at is the oil pressure at initial start up it went to over 50psi drove it a lil then when it idles it will go to like 35 or a lil more i need to see if thats ok or if its an issue, because when i accelerate the pressure goes up but i love it. the car pulls real nice in the upper rpms just doing normal spirited driving. thanks for the base tune Ryne see you when we work out a day, thanks Matt for helping me finish putting my car back together, thank you to mike for the tech advise. there are others to thank for advice given to many to name lol. looks good
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Burning Brakes
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I got home and drove it again tonight WOW its a great boost in power and its not fully tuned. I am also impressed with the bilstien shocks those made the ride very comfortable, it used to be really harsh before. I have a vid of the initial startup that will be posted tomorrow or saturday.