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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
So some time last year I was looking for a car to play with. I ended up with a super pile while it was a pretty quick car the crasftmanship, wiring missing hardware and and just half ass installations where everywhere in the tub. I knew this when I first bought the car made a decent cash offer figured since I work for a couple of top level pro race teams I'd be able to revive this car into something decent. Well about two weeks in the car loss oil pressure, caught fire from a rubber homemade dipstick laying on the grades and the transmission blew up sold as a built c4 that was filled with stock parts.. So after I built the trans and heavy cleaning after I douched it with the extinguisher I decided to sell it as is and buy a better safer faster car. but could not sell this one.. Plus it was race season and I travel every weekend so I stuck in the trailer until winter.. Well winters here and below of some pics of the new updates..

pics of the car



Parts before cleaning and porting





manifold clean up didn't try to make the perfect just a quick clean up and gasket match..





Ported and coated the turbo housing since I had to flush the turbo but found no debris from the rod bearings.






[ 2014-11-28, 10:31 AM: Message edited by: wheelsonly ]
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
Now onto the heads since its somewhat of a hobby of mine I decided to take them off in the trailer as I do this during my one hour lunch at work taken me about 5 days to get to this point.. heads a re still in progress hope to finish one bank of porting today and finish the valve job Saturday..






 

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Posted by SIC9250 (Member # 8216) on :
 
Sick build man
 

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Posted by jmcclesk (Member # 1355) on :
 
very nice
 

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Posted by Built88LX (Member # 10758) on :
 
Looking good bro
 

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Posted by Blow_U_In_Reverse (Member # 12298) on :
 
TURBO FTW!!!! Sick build bro

I think i saw this car for sale on craigslist..

[ 2014-11-29, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: Blow_U_In_Reverse ]
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
So quick update on the head did a little pocket porting.. on the exhaust port here are some before and after pics before I do the valve job.. still somewhat in progress but give you an idea..






 

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Posted by racsirx (Member # 1710) on :
 
I thought your neighbor was making you a new hotside? You still need to get a real block before you break this one.
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
I don't have a block yet.. We are going to make a new cross pipe and maybe up pipe.. I need a block I still don't have one
 

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Posted by NK2186 (Member # 12319) on :
 
looks sick! i love the pics of the after port work real smooth compared to the casting.

Have fun with it!
 

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Posted by 93Nacho (Member # 7506) on :
 
Nice!
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
So A little update on my progress for the ratchet coupe.. So I decided to strip down the lower manifold and put it in the parts wash. While that was in the washer I decided to work on the combustion chambers for the cylinder heads. Not trying to remove any heavy material just unshroud the valves and remove any sharp edges around the seats left by the factory valve see cutter. Below are some before and after pictures of the factory cast chamber and reported chamber.. Then I figured since I had the manifold off I would both the manifold to the cylinder heads and port match the manifold to the heads.. Again not trying to remove heavy material just trying to make a seamless port..below are some pictures of my daily process...

Before wash


After


Before chamber porting


After
















[ 2014-12-03, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: wheelsonly ]
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
Another quick daily update after welding In the fittings for the catch can I decided to sand blast and wrinkle finish the valve covers. also clean off the valve with the wire wheel.. not bad for an hour lunch..








 

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Posted by jayl (Member # 185) on :
 
now i know who you are on instagram! lol. Nice work man. You like the quality of that VHT wrinkle? Looks pretty good!
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
yeah I like it as you can see I sprayed it heavy one coat I heated the part to 130 degrees and sprayed it.. then I kept it in our warm paint booth and fanned it with a heat gun. I was scared to do a second coat cause I thought it may look blotchy. but it seems durable I even hit it with mps spray which is like brake cleaner and it didn't remove the paint.. we'll see how it holds up when it gets heated by the turbo manifold.
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
finished off the intake ports decided to leave it rough only using a 60 grit stone in the bowl area and leave the rest with the carbide finish not just gotta do the other side and the valve job..




 

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Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
Sick build
 

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Posted by NEIGHT (Member # 8741) on :
 
Is there any other way to clean off those valve covers? I have chrome on mine to but I want to paint them the same as you.
 

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Posted by wheelsonly (Member # 10220) on :
 
By hand with red scuff lad I'd d/a sander anything as Long as you scuff the surface so the paint can stick
 

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Posted by NEIGHT (Member # 8741) on :
 

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Originally posted by wheelsonly:
By hand with red scuff lad I'd d/a sander anything as Long as you scuff the surface so the paint can stick

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