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6-4-2010
Made a Flywheel lock for the 02m to finally tq the ARP Crank bolt.
I also made up a Cover for the crank side (since there is no vBelt pulley), as well as making the lower bell housing shield.
...and bolted on the front mount for final as well as the other custom coolant pipes.
July 16, 2010
Some progress pics. There are a lot of smaller details that have been address but unaccounted for in pics, etc.
After all of the port work on the head and manifold that I did as well as the time spent port matching, I wasn't happy with the way the stock gasket or the Spacer fit, so I ended up making my own.
Fit is absolutely perfect so my OCD can close the case on this.
Not happy with this fit...
Custom gasket
All new hardware, subframe finished
Finally in the "Mock Bay" Yay!!
July 19, 2010
fter getting the engine into the mock bay, the first problem has arisen and the first design revision is already in order...
The serp tension arm shown below hits the frame rail slightly. I measured and thought there would be enough clearance, but there is not. I could probably trim the lip off of the top of the frame rail there and dent in the side of the rail a hair, but I feel that is a hack. Also, even if I do that, there will be enough clearance, but not enough to swing the tensioner all the way up if I ever need to remove it in the future to change timing belt, etc.
So, I am resigning the arm from scratch out of 3/16' steel as opposed to the stock AL arm with is about 1/2" thick. This will give me plenty of clearance and capability of removing when the engine is in the car. So, I already have it well under way, but need to take some pieces up to the lathe so I can press fit some bronze bushings, etc.
Everything is else is looking pretty good though.
July 23, 2010
Spent some time on the Bridgeport and lathe the other night and finished up the machine work on the new arm. Made two bronze bushings for it and honed them to size. Just want to add a grease fitting to it and paint.
It worked out great, but I still need to address the minor clearance issue with the Shock and the frame rail. Should be much easier than making a whole new arm assy. Have a few options in mind.
I'll get some pics up soon.
It also goes w/o mentioning, but I would much rather run into this now in the mock bay, then down the road when I go to put the motor in.
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