alright...well...i finally got the kick in the *** from my dad the other day...and yesterday i spent 12 hours...yes...from 9am-9pm working on the 7...

so what did i accomplish you ask? have a looksy below...

BEFORE


AFTER!!!



MY CAR AS OF NOW



today i pulled a bunch of stuff outta the engine bay and scrubbed it up a bit...its not finished...but looks WAY better than what is in the pics...i cant wait to see what this will all look like when it comes together!!!

and for those of you that dont know...that engine is a 1/2BP 12a BRAP BRAP!

 

Niiice! Did you pull it apart to paint it or did you just tape it off?

 

goddamn! so clean!

 

looks sweet, im really jealous.

 

Im assuming you are talking about the engine...the whole engine was pulled apart, cleaned maticulously, ported, cleaned again, painted, then rebuilt

 

Friggin nice. Weren't you trying to sell this car?

 

i was thinkin about it...only cuz i wanted to get a t2...but i came to my senses

 

do you have any tips for someone wanting to do the same thing you did? What did you clean the motor with?

 

Do i ever! First i used water and a wire brush to get rid of the big chunks of grease and such off. Then i let everything soak in solvent (carb cleaner) for about 2 days. Then i scrubbed with Purple Power and a wire brush again. VIOLA!

*NOTE* this takes a ton of time and patience and small cuts (yes..they hurt..but it was so worth it)

Also..as far as porting the engine goes...its really not as hard as it seems...just do your research...draw out the ports...lay down some duct tape...and CAREFULLY start up the varible speed dremel with a carbide bit.

PM me if you have some specific questions....i have lots of pics of all sorts.

 

nice job man! hey, how far is Colfax from Kent?

 

You can port with a DREMEL? I thought you needed higher grade cutting tools!

 

I could eat off of that engine. After it heats up to cook the eggs

 

port in my avatar is a dremel port. dremel is high grade, its purpose built.

 

looks good

 

I too have a free day I should probably work on my 7 too. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

Idk for sure how far...but i can tell you that colfax is 60 miles south of spokane...lol...does that help?

 

how long did it take you to do the porting

 

ooooh...took me about 4-5 hours to port everything...it is very time consuming and maticulous work...you have to have lots of patience and not try to hurry...cuz you're f'd if you mess up.

 

So you're not selling it to me? I feel so dumped you broke my heart! Shipping would've killed me anyway, lol! Have fun man! I can't wait to hear how this turns out when it is all complete and you're blowing by the non-existant highway patroll.

 

so the motor's just ported? no other 'special stuff' added to it?
looks very promising btw. keep it up

 

Sweet

 

definately, looks reaaal good! and your car looks identical to mine when i had my 12a out lol. same colour and all

 

Engine looks really friggin' nice! Good Job!!!

 

Uber-CLEAN!

 

Nice job there. Keep up the good work and you'll have one nice 7.