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The meet tonight is gona be fun, im gona hopefully get that boost gauge in.

Your having the intake done at the meet right?

 

your money is better spent on building a block. that is what goes first... but if u wana do a head..its worth it ur going to see gains... but not monsterous ones.. your looked at 500+ in parts and labor alone not including a head. IMO its better to build the block for more power on a boosy app. because if u wanted more power u would just have to turn up the boost. and run a 3" exhuast for anything over 300 whp

 

Not any time soon. But if I were to remove the cylinder head. At that point how much harder would it be to remove the short block?

I think in the future I can live with the downtime on my car. I'll just use my dads other car. That way I don't have to buy a spare engine.

 

its hard.. u have to remove the valve cover, then remove the cam guides and the timing chain off the cams to get to the head stud bolts.. then u have to remove the coolant piping, then remove the head, then remove the starter, the alternator and then the tranny from the block which now u need to remove the axles from both sides, then u need to remove the pass. motor mount then the wiring harness for the sensors and thats about it...theres other stuff u need to take out to get to it but thats a quick summary...and u need to take it out from the top.. the subframe will fight you and not give u a good time trying to take it out from the bottom.. top is easiest way.. bottom is murder..

 

yea, I was hoping to do it at home b4 the meet, but i wont have enough time, or the tools to do it, so i was hoping i could at least borrow some tools at the meet, and have some ppl who have done it b4 help. ill also bring the turbonator, cuz I dont know how to install that

 

Ooooooooooooooo.......Myyyyyyyyyyyyyy.........Gooooooooood

lol

 

LMAO turbonator!!

 

Oh and i forgot who it was asking about that turbocharged/superchared tc but here it is, yo ucan buy it lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Scion...em160201052655

 

hmmmm..... the cylinder head removal doesn't sound so bad..
I'm thinking since I have to change the head gasket any way, I might as well change it to a Cometic MLS gasket, and to also have the valvetrain done. Your right though pete, I should probably leave this after the shortblock is done. Its no good if a piston or connecting rod goes =/

The short block...."DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!! DANGERRRRRRR"
sounds like its wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy out of my league, for comfort.

What if the shortblock isn't sleeved, and I just get pistons and rods. Do you think the shortblock would be able to handle 400-500whp?

 

Dude Geo is gonna kick more ___ now that he's getting an intake.

 

uh oh serg better watch out ;) lol

 

yea he is coming for me and joe now... dam we are screwed

saying it and doing it are 2 dif. things.. the way i learned was to go to a junkyard and find a fked up tc and start taking ____ apart.. when it comes time for ur car u will atleast have some familiarity... for 400-500... i would do what this.. darton,erl or golden eagle sleeved block, new rods, lower compression pistons (8.5 or 9.1) and have everything balanced and blue printed.. crank can support 700... u will wana upgrade to ACL bearings also...thats about it roughly...

 

Damn, i found the oem ground effects sideskirts unpainted for $115 shipped and im really tempted ot buy them..........

 

Do eet!!!, on trdsparks its about 127 for one!!


Anyone know anywhere to race on a road course down here, or how to get into some sort of time attack action?? I always say i wanna try it but never do....maybe i can get the coils in eventually and actually do it, lol

 

I remember hearing about auto xing around here not to long ago, ill look into it for ya

 

theres 2 ways to go about this.. you can either A. do autoX which from what i hear is alot of fun but killer on your brake pads and tires lolololol...or B. save up money and when sebring up north has road coarse days to race on their track u can participate but its a little expensive.. u have to take a class with them first.. then take a course tour.. then a course courtesy test.. then u can race a few laps.. im saving up money for this !!! cuz its bad ___

or we can take out some aggression at one of those indoor go cart tracks in opa locka... or the other go cart track up north by boomers... IM SO DOWN FOR SOME KARTING! lol... and i know a hook up for go carting...

 

I think we should all go carting, that actually sounds like alot of fun

 

Im def. down for some karting...

Ive heard of sebring but i also hear sebring sucks as a track....plus i would mind a BBK, coils, and nice new rubber, and a few other goodies for some autoX...think i can borrow one of ur seats so i wont go sliding round everywhere.... j/k

Slicks would be used for autoX'ing as well right??

 

I'll check out which one is closer. I know golden eagle is in california. Thats gonna cost a lot for shipping.
Hopefully darton or erl are closer.

From what i've seen at junk yards. They usually sell the long block. Do you think its possible to just get the short block without the cylinder head?

 

yes its possible sergio...

joe u dont need much... im not into details what u an and cannot do.. but you can talk to liz(froubaby) shes done it before so shes knows what to do...

carting sounds like a fun idea... hehe atleast we would all be equal lol