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10-14-2005, 04:56 PM

Skully

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Ok Finaly~

finaly got my engine from the shop YAY!!! my turbo project is gettin somwhere...

here it is...but they screwed up the colour...i said BLACK NOT GRAY!!! EEEK!!!

oh well.....ill paint it myseld im not happy with the paint job...

10-14-2005, 05:15 PM

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Looks good. I wouldn't worry about the paint job. Looks great the way it is!!

10-14-2005, 05:23 PM

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What color is your car?? I personally dont like it Black woulda been SICK

What HP #'s are you trying to reach?? Looks good though.. Full rebuild?? Any mods?
Curious

10-14-2005, 05:30 PM

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yea full rebuild, no mods...had to be .020" over, total seat rings, arp main and rod bolts, line bored crank polished, head cleaned up, new valves springs the works...plan is to get it up to 350-400 if i can manage to pull it off...
my car is black inside out...

10-14-2005, 05:37 PM

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NICE.. Yeah a Black block woulda been sick.. As long as the cars not red though your good..

10-14-2005, 06:33 PM

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Ya, very nice. nice to see you're still around.
It will be interesting to see how an open chamber head turbo does.

10-14-2005, 07:19 PM

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Ya, very nice. nice to see you're still around.
It will be interesting to see how an open chamber head turbo does.

Oh crap.. hahaha I know you didnt just say that.. HAHAHA

10-14-2005, 10:25 PM

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it will have to do because thats all i got...
yeah i been buisy latly so i havent goten much input here but ill pop in and out once in a while

10-15-2005, 02:34 AM

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Hey Skully if you don't mind me asking. What is your displacement after the boring on the block?

2. something? Just curious man, and by the way, verry sharp engine. It should fly down the road!

10-15-2005, 03:28 PM

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according to the calculator it only changed like 30 cc...still a 2.8 man...

10-15-2005, 04:33 PM

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Motor looks good Skully. Black would have been even nicer, but I like the grey. Sounds like your little project is coming along quite nicely. Keep up the good work.

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10-15-2005, 06:39 PM

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thanks tomorrow im takin it into the garage on the stand and strip the paint clean it good again and paint it black...

10-15-2005, 06:57 PM

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thanks tomorrow im takin it into the garage on the stand and strip the paint clean it good again and paint it black...

SWEET!! That'll look awsome

10-16-2005, 10:45 AM

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you guysa got any recomendations on removing the paint..i wanna do this with least dust raising as possible....i was gonna get some paint sripper and a wire brush and go at it slowly...gotta mask off everything super good...

10-16-2005, 11:11 AM

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Brake fluid if left on there for about 20 minutes will let you peel off all the paint in one big sheet!!!!You just don't want to get it on anything rubber. It's also really hard to re-prep the surface for paint after you use it... nevermind, bad idea

Seriously, I'd say use your best judgement as far as stripper's go.

Might not be a bad idea to just paint OVER the grey...

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10-16-2005, 11:16 AM

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yeah ill see what i can do...i dunno about paint on paint...might haunt me later down the road with a big gray spot in the black paint.

10-16-2005, 10:39 PM

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ok well i cleaned it all off..and painted it a few coats...maaaaaaaan it looks like a million dollars, ill take some pics tomorrow when i bring it back into the house...the garage doesnt stay heated whole night so im afraid of condensation with this cold weather so i keep my engine in the house

ill grab some shots tomorrow...sit tight

10-16-2005, 11:00 PM

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I wonder how my wife would take if I kept my engine in the house? I should try parking it right next to the bed on her side and see how long it takes her to threaten that she's going to throw it out the window.

Post those pics up ASAP. I want to see how she turns out with a fresh black paint job. Should look really good.

10-17-2005, 10:54 AM

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I wonder how my wife would take if I kept my engine in the house?

I tried that.. Trust me you dont want that trouble.

10-17-2005, 04:35 PM

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how can you guys have wives...i got no time for any women damn Z takes it all up :-D....

ok HERE THEY ARE!!! black beauty...hehe

now what colour you suggest i paint the rest of the crap...the timing cover, valve cover, intake, oilpan stuff like that ....i was gonna go all silver or something...polish would be deadly but i dont think i wanna put in all the time...

hope you like em...i sure do

10-17-2005, 06:03 PM

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That looks insane!!!! very nice work Skully. I like the red accent on the motor personally, but it kinda depends on what color the car is...

Rod.

10-17-2005, 06:21 PM

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yeah red would look sweet but like i said all black car...i might go for a silver stripe all the way down the middle...the way i imagine it, it should look good....
thanks

looks nice with the cover

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10-17-2005, 07:19 PM

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Looks good man. You didnt paint that in the house did ya?

10-17-2005, 08:27 PM

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in the house? you nuts..its way too dusty :P

10-18-2005, 03:21 AM

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Nice work Skully, and that is clean looking!

I would go with a aluminum silver with the black. That would look tight, and would go with the silver stripe you will put on your Z later. Anyway mad props to you man, that engine is ****!

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