Part Trois: 3.4L Build, The Journey

[DRACO A5OG]

Day 1:

All parts are in!

Crank Shaft:

• Crank Shaft, Polished, Verified Straight, No Cracks, Oil Pathways Clean and Snout Fixed
• Rods, Resized (STD), Straightened, Honed and New Wrist Pin Bushings
• Bolt/Nut kit, ARP M9 Bolt/Nut Kit 40ft lbs
• Clevite 77 (STD) Bearings, measured (Tab) 1.476MM, (Center) 1.495MM (Non-Tabbed side) 1.476MM, Consistent on all bearings, thicker in the middle as it should be

Notes: ARP M9 Nuts require a 12 point ( Triple Square ) 11MM Socket

Bought this toy to verify my torque settings, works very well considering it is from HF

[DRACO A5OG]

Case Assembly:

Last measuring task:

Ground ( well, I chickened out and had a Pro do it at Vellios $45, Yes I cheated ) and Measured Ring END GAP



Top .017
2nd .022
Oil Retainers .015

Don't worry fellas, the file is for any burrs the shop missed, they didn't

DAY 2:

Oil Pump/IMS with New Bearings & Chains, installed
GT3 STD Bearings, installed



DAY 3-4:

Chamfered, D-side Case thru holes and two behind the Oil Cooler (side tracked, modification needed)



Case Sealed, used Master Henry Schmidt's method of Case Thru tighten without O-rings as not to panic on time but I still needed to tighten the perimeter nuts within the time limit. She is sleeping over night, O-ring with Dow55 Tomorrow.

Used Brand New M8 Oval Lock Nut and M8 Crush Washer for the perimeter.

Test Turned the Crank, All Rods moved freely and drop on their own weight, Wow, Smooth



ARP Head Studs, installed

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Tested Rotation, SUCCESS!

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Cylinder, Rings, Piston, Head and Cam Tower Assembly

Had to wait a week for my WISECO RCS09800 true 98MM Ring Compressor Sleeve/Installer, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!


Day 5

Measured Deck Height, glad EBS spec'd for 3.2 heads so I still have the step, it allowed me to measure deck height easily.


Don't mind the gauge, I dropped it and then stepped on it, also take pic cock eyed the readings

Measured 6 times , OCD like that

Heads torqued down verified flat as the Salt Flats.



Next, Cam Tower, Camshaft, #1 & #4 Rocker prep for Timing

Another tool recommended either the Stomski Wrist Pin install tool or Porsche 964 Wrist Pin installer, you have to mod the side tabs but it works freakin great.

[DRACO A5OG]

Day 6-7

Timing Set, A successful 1.25MM both sides:



She is smiling at me

Proper Tools really is a Must! Thanks again Master KTL!

Weekend Break:

Did some Bling, used Craft's Store Metal Oil Based Paint Pen to paint the Logos on the intake and upper Valve Covers, came out pretty nice



Hot bathed in DishWasher :-P



ASSEMBLY COMPLETE DAY 12-14 ( Actual time 4 months waiting for parts and machine service but working on her, about 2 weeks )



Glad to report, no extra bolts and or nuts. WOO HOO

Next, install and break in, Joy Joy Joy

[DRACO A5OG]

The Break In:

Step 1: Filled with 30 weight SAE Rotella

Step 2: Hand Cranked to insure nothing is binding, Nothing is Binding

Step 3: Cranked with Starter, DME disconnected NO FUEL, Cranked Smoothly and Effortlessly



Step 4: Start, Run at 2000 RPMS for 20 Minutes, check for leaks, DUMP OIL, Change Filter.





Step 5: Refill with 30 Weight, Drive Her for 50 Miles, All RPM ranges and decels, check for leaks, Dump Oil, Change Filter.

Step 6: GO visit Mom in Fresno 600 mile round trip, check for leaks, dump oil, change filter, Put in DELO 400 15W40.

[kyngfish]

For a second I thought, why does your CS have eyelashes?

[DRACO A5OG]

[KTL]

Sweet.............

[Tippy]

I would really consider a bolt-stretch gauge for the rodbolts.

Mine were all over the place final torque wise.

Beg, borrow, or steal one.

Our rod bolts are the weak link being smaller IMO.

[DRACO A5OG]

Yeap

Will redo with gauge Master KTL lent me

[Tippy]

That's great to hear!

[cgarr]

I like the flooring. Just had ours done.


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[DRACO A5OG]

Verified:

0.0105"



Surprising, for a POS HF unit, but it wasn't typically cheaply priced

[Tippy]

You're stretching 10-thou? Forgot it was that much!

[DRACO A5OG]

Yes sir, ARP spec states .0100-.0105" or 40 ft lbs

[Trackrash]

Originally Posted by DRACO A5OG

Reserved for Cylinder, Head and Cam Tower Assembly

Have you figured a way to post a pic when editing?

[DRACO A5OG]

Yeah, Wayne forgot to add that feature on editing. So I just copy from photo bucket and paste

[KTL]

Originally Posted by Trackrash

Have you figured a way to post a pic when editing?

Gordon & Jim,

I do it this way. Create a new reply, use the picture upload feature and the link/path for the picture is created. Copy those picture path(s) and paste it into the placeholder post you want to edit. Easy way to do this is have two Pelican windows/tabs open at the same time on your 'puter- one for the new reply (doesn't even have to be the actual thread we're on) and one for the editing of the placeholder post. The key is, DO NOT click on the submit button for that new reply which you created for nothing more than uploading pictures.

Make sense?

[DRACO A5OG]

Lol

Never give up Never surrender

[KTL]

No commercials, NO MERCY!!!!

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