Apparently I got a little carried away this weekend

[the caveman]

Does it cost more or less when Giles doesn't have a lab coat on?

[burn_your_money]

I heard rumors that it was 47 degrees C with the humidity today so I was lucky to get him to do any work at all

And yes Todd, that is the man known as Giles

I think the paint is called Machine Grey or something to that effect. I'll check tomorrow.

[Baron VonZeppelin]

I heard rumors that it was 47 degrees C with the humidity today...

OUCH !
Thats 116 F !
Was only 99 with index of 107 here today.
Tomorrow its supposed to be hotter. 
We've been running about 10+ F degrees over normal averages for past 2 months. Had one 'mild' spell for few days about a week ago.
Its been murder. And it aint even August yet ......

The pix look grey or blue. It was a tuff call.
I'm guessing Giles made you get all the purplepink paint off before he would touch that pump. It worked out for the better. lol

[catlin_cava]

1 week ago I was driving in the middle of the after noon with the heated seat on, today its 33 and going to feel like 40.....

[burn_your_money]

Machine gray is the name of the paint

After searching the forums for hours I decided that it would be best to peen my precups since they were loosey-goosey in their holes. I placed the headgasket on the head and peened 2 areas that were inside the combustion area, away from the sealing ring on the headgasket.



Because the AAZ is a bit taller then the 1.6 I had this spacer made for the exhaust.



As you can see it was a bit too small. This fixed it





Some progress



I had to make an EGR block off plate for my intake



Luckily I don't like throwing things out and I was able to find a hose that worked perfectly for my CCV





I wanted to bolt the tranny up to the engine tonight but I noticed that my clutch push rod had extreme play in it. I had the bushing but no seal. Hopefully it will come in tomorrow and then it's time to go for a test drive

[Baron VonZeppelin]

Looking Good and coming along Great.

....except for that nasty looking shortblock !

Just a suggestion - get an old paint brush and degrease it (engine) with mineral spirits. Let dry. Buy a pint (0.5 ltr) of oil base enamel [insert color here]. Brush 2 coats with a decent brush.
Will look like new and hold up for years.

[burn_your_money]

Thanks Todd. Unfortunately time is of the essence. I figure I'll deal with the block when I rebuild that in a few years.

[Baron VonZeppelin]

I use to try to keep an open mind about time, years ago.
But time suxx, it just does !

After you get running good and settled into new destination, you could just use Gunk degreaser on shortblock and rinse. Wait a day. Then brush on a couple coats. The brush is easy to do versus spraying/masking and gives better film build.
Minimal masking required.

I use a 1" brush with handle cut off.
Will go about anywhere you want it to.
I do spray the valve covers, but you got that covered already.

It all looks so good otherwise, i'd have to slap some paint on that block. But too, i'm a painter anyway.  

[Smokey Eddy]

Hey Tyler! you and I at the same time! Except your intake is better than mine.
I removed a similar amount of material from my head too but this was the second time going at it!

What really gives you a 1up is the injection pump work you've got.

all i've got in mine is really good dynamic advance and a 1.6td boost pin and almost no governor. 

when i ported my valves i used the carbon shadow outline as a guide for material to remove and i tried my best to carry the width all the way down the runners. but i got scared quickly and flap wheeled it.
my flap wheel got the finish a little smoother than that but your exhaust ports look much nicer than mine.

oh and i got a piece of something in my eye and had to go to a walk in clinic and get viscous drops for my eyes... they got visciously infected within a couple hours. Glad to see you were more careful (i did wear eye protection)

[burn_your_money]

I'm really not that worried about the block. My bay looks like crap and I don't want to fully overhaul this car any time soon.

You are crazy Eddy. I was worried taking that much off! I was quite afraid of getting too close to a coolant passage and causing a crack or overheating problem.

How do my exhaust ports look better then yours? Have you posted pictures? I did use a flap wheel but I didn't bother trying to get it super smooth. It's going to be full of oil or soot soon enough so I just see it as wasted effort.

That piece of something must have hurt. Is your eye healed?

[burn_your_money]

In ya go



Here's a neat trick for pushing the bushing out so you can get your alternator in place easily



Here I'm using a prybar to hold the rotor from turning so I can torque my inner CV bolts. The prybar is wedged against the ground. Also notice the elastic on the triple square bit



Closer



Done! (enough to take it for a quick test drive anyways) - Notice the lack of rad support/headlights.



I installed one of these thin rad fans because all the mounting points were rotted off my fan shroud and rad.



And here is a horrible, horrible video of test run #1 

[Rabbit on Roids]

those inj. lines are sweet lookin, they aaz specific? they are bent alot differently than the 1.6 lines im used to..

[Baron VonZeppelin]

I cant do the videos with my turtlecharged internet.

Whats the count on test runs up to now - hows it doing so far - all biscuits and gravies staying in place ?

[burn_your_money]

Thanks, and yes they are AAZ specific. Taller injectors and longer delivery valve holders...

You aren't missing much of anything Todd, it's a miserable video. So far only the one test drive. I was at my friends cottage all weekend so it has been waiting patiently for some more attention.

[veector]

nice progress man