832/2000 rebuild in progress.......

Since she's actually 'apart' now...figured I'd start a thread.

Traded a brand new XR70 for this; it ran but not well. Had to have her
towed to the house. Here she is the day after I got her.....

Shoved in the garage........

Tearing her apart.......

And then I was stuck; until Jamie and Kevin came over....

Still got a ways to go; and lots of parts to buy. Not looking for anything
disgusting speed wise; just a little faster than my Evo was. I think if I get
a straight 400 to the wheels I'll be happy..........

.....for a while at least /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

Looking good man keep it up.


Jesse

 

Already ordered the Evo III 16G kit from Forced Performance.......great deal!



Jamie came over tonight and gave me a hand (I'm pretty good at most things when it comes to cars; but I've never torn down a head or block before).

According to Jamie; everything looked good except for rod and main bearings........got those and piston rings on order from Parts Dinosaur.

I was told I'll be shown how to remove these.........

Time to clean this up and paint it.......damn you Jamie.......lol

 

Soooo..........not thinking that Santa had remembered me as when I woke up I had no presents waiting; having my neighbor tell me this was delivered to them by mistake was pretty nice!!!!!

Oh ya......stickers are at LEAST 5hp per!!!!!!

Can't wait to get this build done!!!!!!

 

[alansupra94]

Holy bread batman, you could make some extra cashing being santa!

Looking good so far! I would recommend some 2G pistons. I went from 1G compression to 2G compression and holy sh*t the difference is amazing.

 

[citymunky]

Nice built! I think the all the Hampton Roads area members should do a mini-meet sometime soon, I have a good camera to snap some pic's.

 

After actually sitting down and pricing everything; my initial thoughts of actually building the bottom end went out the window. After pulling it apart everything looked pretty damn good. Just replacing the normal wear and tear stuff and putting her back together.

With the 16G I won't be putting any outrageous numbers down, so I think she'll be just fine.


As per a Hampton Roads meet up........soon as it warms back up (and she's running), it will be time for Genro's again!

 

[Romanova]

Talk about a big stinky box of WIN

 

[citymunky]

Quoting sargeek1975:



As per a Hampton Roads meet up........soon as it warms back up (and she's running), it will be time for Genro's again!



Genro's is mostly a Muscle Car meet spot. My G35 don't even fit it there.

 

^ Go after 7 or 8 on Saturday night.......you've been missing out is seems......

 

[citymunky]

I guess. At 10 I usually show up at the back corner of the parking lot by Freedom Wash.

 

Finally got around to ordering some stuff; it's tough trying to find Link used for a decent price so I just dispensed with the bullshit and bought it new. Pulled out the ECU and it just needs to be socketed......

Also ordered a Fel Pro gasket set.

Soon as Mark gets that IC and exhaust off I should be in business..........also getting those Evo springs/retainers from Spooldu.

......still need a clutch/flywheel though.

 

[talontyme]

Quoting citymunky:
I guess. At 10 I usually show up at the back corner of the parking lot by Freedom Wash.

Freedom is where the ricers hang out you won't ever catch Rob,JB4,or myself there.Genro's starting at 4:30-5ish till sun down was there most weekends last year and there was plenty of imports and at least 7-8 dsms including my self.

 

So ya..........I haven't done a damn thing with it in months. Can't afford every part I need new; so I've been waiting til I find something. The last thing I need to get it on the road now is a clucth, as I found some injectors I'll be picking up later this week.

On to the pics.........

I picked up a '91 AWD Tsi a couple months back; but it's been down due to the return line. Ordered the kit from Extreme PSI and Jamie welded it on for me. Was gonna go back on the Talon; but I think I'm gonna ask Jamie to weld a stock return line on for the Talon and this will go on the Galant.

Was originally gonna paint the block.....but since I'm not going through the hassle of painting the head I said screw it. At least I could clean it.....

Two bottles of Simple Green later:

I've never built a block before.....so my 'mechanics' decided to show up and show me what's what......

Measuring each ring for each piston/cylinder wall......

And the bottom end is done......

Couldn't build the head as we needed some sticky stuff that we didn't have (don't ask me what it's called; I have no idea)

After I get my tax return I'll be picking up a clutch; so she should be on the road within a month at the latest..........

 

Got around to working on it the last couple weekends............got the head together and on the block. For some reason I couldn't get the retainers to seat on the exhaust valves; but I did the intake ones just fine........

Switching to non-abs lines........

Figured I'd start and finish some stuff to the Talon today........I was very wrong.
I've already swapped out the seats and shift knob. Still needed to swap to a 2G mani, swap the front springs (which are Evo's) to stockers, replace the valve cover gasket and replace the oil pan with one that has a stock return line welded to it.

In the process of tearing it down I broke this (gonna get one off the Galant for now):

Prolly found the reason why it's not boosting right, switching it to 2G (also found a vacuum line not connected to anything):

And can't get this damn wheel off til I find a size 12 allen wrench........

Ahhhhhhh....................DSM's. Ya gotta love 'em.