Yes ddub i did reuse the side seal springs, i wish it waz that easy to take it around the block, but my mom tweeks when i drive it in the driveway

 

Does she ever go out to do errands?

 

first time i ever drove my 7 was for about 2 miles and that was when she was at churchon a wednesday. he he he
just make sure ur not tinkering with it before she leaves, then she'll be suspisous and look to see if it moved....
3 tips
play ps2 or chat here this forum, then soon as she leaves run out side drive and come back,, get back on ps2, she'll never know

 

I drove my 7 for like a mile before I tore the engine out... if you are in a rural/ residential area it shouldn't matter... Hell throw some plates from another car on there and drive it... unless they run the plates you will be golden... My brother and I drove our 280zx home from 3 hours away with plates from my maxima. Never saw a cop but no one thought anything was out of the ordinary... be careful with the driving when mom is not home cuz if you live in a town or your neighbors are nosy sombody might see you driving and report it back... life's a bitch like that... sneek out at night or some ****.

 

but then if you get pulled over expect to pay some big fines.... no registration,no insurance, no tag, no proof of license.... can keep going for a while and if the cop is a dick he can give you a ticket for almost anything on your car....
TwEaK

 

enough with the getting caught things, just try to remind him to have fun. just let go one day man and floor it!

 

If you put in used components and unlapped housings it is possible that it wont get better than that. Ive had and worked on motors that have less than that and still turn some nice numbers.

Later,

 

FWIW, the RA seals are a hard seal and take longer to break in than most others like an atkins. You should see good running results within 1000-1500 miles, but it may continue to slowly gain compression up until 3 or 4k miles.

 

Lapped housings are up to debate, but used sideseal springs can cause lower numbers that's true, just like anything used or out of spec. IMO the sideseal springs should be replaced upon tear down/build up of an engine.

 

the side seals still appeared to be reallly springy.. they came from the 9k rebuilt engine that i got the housings from, so i think they only have 9k miles on em too...

DAMMIT one more month till my permit

 

Psssht, just build yourself a home-made dyno and put some load on it. I bet you have enough FC parts still lying around to do something.

Check this hot piece of machinery out:

 

what the . . . .

 

that looks like a great way to put a big hole in your house!

 

mass produce those things, " The Redneck Dyno"

 

man, that thing is cool looking, but also really scary looking.

 

omg lol, i do thave some old 4 lug shitting laying around hahahah

 

Here's the rest of the pics:

http://www.josephthompson.net/austin/

It was a project some guy did for school and it's pretty neat how it works. I'm sure if you play with the site address a bit you might find the page he wrote about it.