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**asshanson** · 04-06-2009

Yesterday I got the bearings and rods all attached to the crank, but didn't know how tight to make them. Then Emily's parents came over so I was done for the day. Tonight I torqued all the rod bolts down, so the bottom end is all set to go now.

Got the headstuds installed yesterday with blue loctite, and today I noticed one had seeped some goop up and was loose, so I redid that one. The rest were in great shape, nice and solid. I copper sprayed the stock composite gasket and installed the head. Lubed up the ARP hardware and torqued down to 85 ft-lbs.

After the head was on I got the intake manifold installed and plug wires routed, as well as all the sensors plugged in. The only things left are to bolt on the turbo, do the timing belt, and put the oil pan back on. It should be up and running by Thursday at the latest.

In the pic with the coil pack, check out the home made bracket where the AC was bolted on. No JMF fancy bracket for me, just metal stock.

04-06-2009	#318
asshanson immune from paybans Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: West Des Moines Drives: poorly Posts: 4,358	Re: Make slowboy not so slow Yesterday I got the bearings and rods all attached to the crank, but didn't know how tight to make them. Then Emily's parents came over so I was done for the day. Tonight I torqued all the rod bolts down, so the bottom end is all set to go now. Got the headstuds installed yesterday with blue loctite, and today I noticed one had seeped some goop up and was loose, so I redid that one. The rest were in great shape, nice and solid. I copper sprayed the stock composite gasket and installed the head. Lubed up the ARP hardware and torqued down to 85 ft-lbs. After the head was on I got the intake manifold installed and plug wires routed, as well as all the sensors plugged in. The only things left are to bolt on the turbo, do the timing belt, and put the oil pan back on. It should be up and running by Thursday at the latest. In the pic with the coil pack, check out the home made bracket where the AC was bolted on. No JMF fancy bracket for me, just metal stock. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by asshanson; 04-06-2009 at 10:26 PM..