The Project Pad

thanks, looks good hank :-D :cheers:

That intake manifold is really a piece of art, cannot wait to see it in the bay!!

Wow casey. For some reason I just saw this link now. Looks like you're shooting the load on this one. It's going to be a monster. Can't wait to get a ride.

casey looks god :woowoo: Make shore you brace the crap out of that em.

Done yet?!

3B'dB3 wrote:Done yet?!

28psi is fun 8)

H2O?

apavlov13 wrote:H2O?

Yep, I'll be there but with the A6

3B'dB3 wrote:Done yet?!

jk, not done... Accumulating funds at the moment

:( Oh well better luck next year.

Block is finally disassembled! Pistons look great, but I'm thinking I should have teh crank polished - opinions? Pics below will show the crank and a couple of the bearings. Now begins the cleaning stage...

polish it up, why not? hwo much could it cost

gee, Ive never heard of a Polish Crank. Did It have a hard time immigrating?

have it measured, then see if you can polish it. it should be within spec. but yeah, polishing isn't expensive, i had it done to my zermatt crank for like $40

Pardon the ignorance: Does polishing a crank have any purpose?

Twisted5000 wrote:Pardon the ignorance: Does polishing a crank have any purpose?

its baller

my2000apb wrote:

Twisted5000 wrote:Pardon the ignorance: Does polishing a crank have any purpose?

its baller

ballin dawg...

Twisted5000 wrote:Pardon the ignorance: Does polishing a crank have any purpose?

I just sort of feel like giving the bearings a fresh surface to work with

Mine looked just like that when I tore it down. I put it back together with good parts and spin it to 8200. It's got nearly 20k miles on it since the rebuild. Polishing can't hurt, but I doubt it's necessary.

123quattro wrote:Mine looked just like that when I tore it down. I put it back together with good parts and spin it to 8200. It's got nearly 20k miles on it since the rebuild. Polishing can't hurt, but I doubt it's necessary.

glad to hear you had similar wear and that it's nothing to be concerned with. I guess it'll come down to (like everything else) cost. If its something like $40, I'll probably just do it for baller status

it only takes them a couple minutes, when I have seen it done, they just put in in a lathe, turn it really slow and go over each journal with a crank polishing band. Shouldnt cost to much at all.

Heres a crank for that bad boy. Just slap on some stiffer springs. Wan't to build a Stroker?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taMV8CcszbE

Sorry I just had to, couldn't resist. Wonder what this would cost for a simple polishing eh? hehe.

derracuda wrote:have it measured, then see if you can polish it. it should be within spec. but yeah, polishing isn't expensive, i had it done to my zermatt crank for like $40

Like Derek says, pressure wash it, have someone measure it, and polish it. These cranks are pretty tough, those scratches will polish right out and if done properly looks mirror smooth. The bearings have lots of crap imbeded in them.

Made a quick pass through the engine bay with some simple green and soapy water and got some pretty good results! Yay southern cars!

I forgot to take a real before picture, so here's a passenger side halfway clean pic (note the driver's side rail)



And the after pics - I still have a lot of heavy cleaning to do on the subframe and tranny however







Oh yea, and the reason I pulled the motor, the bad valve cover gasket

looking good, keep it up

ahahaha love the reasoning...I totally forgot about that.