You don't need a 5 point harness, that's overkill. You can pick up a 3 or 4 point for around $100. If your buying seats and rails, then it shouldn't be much more to run proper belts.

Quoting ApexHunter: All of em, so i could do some thorough flushing!This, if you do one end only, you won't get all the junk out and it will be loose. First start up will flush it out and into the engine where it will score up journals.

Come on man, are you really going to cheap out on these?

Ugghh, I want an AMG front sooo bad.

Quoting tektic: Is it ok to mix and match rods of the same make and model? May have to weigh and balance them but should be fine right?Yes, that rod is toast, literally.You can as long as the dimensions are the same. Yes, I would be sure the rods are all within a few grams of each other...

Could be SAE then. Never had as big of an issue as you did.

You'll need to check with iceman, he's got the list of vin with numbers. He will need your vin.

With only 2 pictures.... .

It's a split on the necessity of it. Half say it's critical, half say it's snake oil. From all the pics I've seen of the crud that comes out, I say it's very important when building a 2k dollar engine. I've built a few engines and never done this, and not had any issues, but that doesn't mean it...

G, you got some nice jugs.

Heat and an impact 5mm hex socket. Slow and careful, they can be hard.

^Exactly.Also goes with not pulling out the oil gallery plugs in the head when cleaning it. I pull them out, and use a gun cleaning kit to get all the head oil passages cleaned up.

Whoever bought the 1450s should really pick up that ez tune box. I know this from experience.

Saab once recommended the 9-3 turbo ecotec to go 18k per change because it's synthetic. The advertised interval means nothing. Oil won't break down in a daily driver, at least not fast enough. The primary reason is because the detergents in the oil get "used" up and need to be replaced, hence...

From what I understand its crud that falls out of suspension in the oil. the force of the crank separates it out and pushes it towards the ball.