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Rattlinbone · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 265 Location: Seattle, WA

My car
Here she is, Ain't she a beaut? A diamond in the rough...

Engine Bay Then
Here's what it looked like under the hood. PO painted the block ORANGE! WTF? Nothing rhymes with orange!

Engine Bay Empty
Well, this had to happen.

Block
And it started to get shinier...

Pistons
and shinier...

Bearings
And shinier...

Shaft
and shinier...

Block with Pistons
And shinier still.

Engine
Until...

Engine Bay Now
TA DAH! Here's where the money went!

Drives pretty nice now. Still lots of gremlins to sort out. It was neglected and abused for a long time, but I'm doing my best to get it back in tip top shape!

How about that?

Slam · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:44 am Post subject:

Nice work! What's the CR w/the JE pistons?

And is that a shiny new TIMING COVER I see?
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Grenadiers · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:14 am Post subject:

Very nice, great job, shiny is good!
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Brockoli · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:35 am Post subject:

Lookin good. I am also curious about those pistons
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Rattlinbone · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 265 Location: Seattle, WA

Scorpio · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:04 pm Post subject:

Compression Ratio
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Rattlinbone · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 265 Location: Seattle, WA

Compression ratio. Well, I'm not sure right now today, The mechanic said about 9.0:1, but I'm still breaking in the engine. I'm just about to hit the 500 mile mark and so I'm going to be changing the oil, adjusting the valves and torqueing things down a bit in the next month or two, (just what the Haynes manual recommends) and when I do that, I'll be checking the compression again. So I'll let you know.
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the_mad_electrician · Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Posts: 1073 Location: Central Georgia

Wow looks great! Makes me want to hurry with my build!
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Slam · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:08 am Post subject:

I'm curious partly because the reliefs in the crowns are huge - are you running some very aggressive valve setup?

The build looks great, BTW. Nice job.
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Nobbi · Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 1398 Location: Germany

Great Job !

is that a new engine coolant expansion tank or is it somehow painted?
If new,where did you get it?

Nobbi

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Rattlinbone · Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 265 Location: Seattle, WA

That expansion bottle is a nearly new one. We found it in a salvage car in a pick-a-part lot in Nampa, Idaho. I can't recall what it's called right now, but I also found a nearly new little plastic nozzle that kinda tucks in under the nose panel at the front of the engine bay that attaches to a flexible tube that goes down to what I think is a water pump (?) out at that salvage yard. Mine was pretty cracked and corroded and brittle, and finding these in good shape is kinda difficult, so I hear. These were nice and white, no UV damage and had hardly a scratch on them.

The timing cover was pulled off that smae car and given a good scrub and a coat of black high-temp engine paint, same as used on the block.

Of course there are things I would like to do still.
* I think replacing the fuel lines is in order. These are working fine, but the braiding is a little dull and frayed in places.
* Most of the hoses are new, but here and there we reused the old ones, so I'd like to get around to replacing all of them eventually.
* Those things that lift and separate the wires, some of them are missing a few teeth, so I'll have to get around to sorting those out as well. Without them, the spark plug wires kind of just sit on top of the valve cover, and I don't much like that.
* Speaking of which, the distributor case at the back is looking a little yucky, so I might take it off and give is a polish or a shot of paint, just to make it look nice.
* Also, I have been looking at the tubes coming off the vacuum device at the back of the engine bay,

They don't inspire confidence, so I would like to find a good replacement for those.

You know how it is. The more I look, the more I see. Basically, tho, I intend to put all my time and energy into the engine and vital systems before I turn my attention to body work and interior stuff. Still, I think I'm off to a good start.

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Brockoli · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:11 am Post subject:

The white snorkel helps cool the alternator that it is connected to.

I would recommend not letting the spark plug wires touch the head. It can get pretty hot and you don't want to damage the shielding of the wires. I think I had mine zip tied to the passenger strut tower. There are two little openings that work perfectly. You can see them in your photo.

I bought silicone vacuum lines for $15 to replace my plastic ones. They look better and they had the right outside diameter to fit in he vacuum canister you pointed to. The inside diameter was perfect too.
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'79 924 Sebring Edition(Sitting)