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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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Dont hate on the dirtyness. I will be tearing it apart soon enough.

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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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damn dude......... screw the semi prof port........ you got the real deal
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Amazing

I just finished reading this thread and I have to say that the results so far are quite incredible. Considering the shape the car was in when this project first started up to now has given me hope that my car will one day run again. Thanks for the inspiration and the laughs.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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Nice Doc, PPORT!
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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So I went to take the flywheel off, and realized I had the wrong flywheel "stopper". Mine was for a NT flywheel, and this one is a turbo flywheel. I ordered the part, and I'll be opening her up this weekend. BTW, the "mockup" motor is mounted in the car with new solid mounts. Mounted lower and farther back than stock. And the front suspension has begun to be modified. The control arm is now fancy adjustable stuff! No more antiroll bar up front either. Maybe I'll get pics of those one day and post em hahaha. Im just excited to be able to turn my wheels with the fenders on the car!
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:45 PM
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just use a chain to keep the flywheel from moving
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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Dude, post the pic already. I'm sure LILHemi is dying to see what is going to kick his piston ***.
i cant wait til we drop a small block in this thing. all you guys are gonna **** bricks
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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So I went to take the flywheel off, and realized I had the wrong flywheel "stopper". Mine was for a NT flywheel, and this one is a turbo flywheel. I ordered the part, and I'll be opening her up this weekend. BTW, the "mockup" motor is mounted in the car with new solid mounts. Mounted lower and farther back than stock. And the front suspension has begun to be modified. The control arm is now fancy adjustable stuff! No more antiroll bar up front either. Maybe I'll get pics of those one day and post em hahaha. Im just excited to be able to turn my wheels with the fenders on the car!
you ***. do i need to go down there and take pics for you? car looks amazing right now. really coming together. me and doc went down to summit last weekend and bought 12 fuel filters for this thing. hopefully that will keep the birds from nesting in his fuel cell
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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after all this work you have failed to put the luggage rack back on the trunk lid




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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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after all this work you have failed to put the luggage rack back on the trunk lid




I threw that luggage rack away a LOOOOOONNNGGGGG time ago.

PS. I opened the motor last night!!!!
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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Motor is open, and appears to be in good condition. Time to start the rebuild process. How do I determine what rotors are in it? (compression) And how do I determine what stationary gears are in it? Or what the front counterweight is for that matter? I know it has a turbo flywheel, but I dont know how to determine if its from a T2 or a FD. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks guys!
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 10:16 PM
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as for your flywheel question,mazdatrix has a page on how to identify flywheels,once you identify the flywheel the rest should pretty much match the year of that flywheel.
here you go
http://www.mazdatrix.com/faq/flywheel.htm
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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Ok. My flywheel is numbered with a "318". So, according to that chart, it is a 86-88 turbo flywheel. And going by that, it would indicate that it is a 8.5:1 compression, correct? I'd like to double check the rotors and counterweight just to make sure this is all matching stuff.
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 12:37 AM
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if they are 87-88 they have the pitting in the chamber,if they are 89-91 they are smoother in the chamber and might have some lines running across.i never figured out how to identify the front counter weight.hope this helps.
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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Doc, if you're going N/A you want the higher compression N/A rotors. I just use the mazdatrix guide and weigh the rotors you have and use their chart and that will tell you which one's you have. You can alos, tell by the shape of the couterweights off of the mazdatrix website to tell which one's you have. Don't just go by what flywheel you have. I tore down two 12a's that had 83-85 rotors with 81-82 flywheel. People that don't know what they are doing mix match parts all the time. If you are going all N/A, I recommend balancing the rotating assy anyway.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 10:38 AM
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Sorry if this is a noobie question but along the same lines. Is there a way to identify the engine's year just by looking at the exterior?
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is the first full-length animated feature (83 minutes in length) in color and with sound, one of Disney's greatest films, and a pioneering classic tale in film history. It was financed due in part to the success of Disney's earlier animated short, The Three Little Pigs (1933). Although dubbed "Disney's Folly" during the three-four year production of the musical animation, Disney realized that he had to expand and alter the format of cartoons.

It was the first commercially successful film of its kind and a technically brilliant, innovative example of Disney animation. It was also the first film to release a motion picture soundtrack album. The story was adapted from the original Brothers Grimms' Fairy Tales, but in a bowdlerized or sanitized version, without overt sexual references or violent content. Disney's version of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale was the second of its kind - the first was a five-minute Snow White (1933) starring Betty Boop (with an appearance by Cab Calloway).

It was the first Disney film distributed by RKO Studios (this arrangement lasted until 1953, when Disney established its own distribution company - named Buena Vista). Snow White was the last major classic film that Disney released to the consumer market on videotape - in late 1994!

The story is a familiar one: raised by a wicked and vain Queen (voice of Lucille La Verne), beautiful Snow White (voice of nineteen year-old Adriana Caselotti) is taken into the forest to be murdered. However, the Huntsman (voice of Stuart Buchanan) cannot commit the horrible deed, so she flees and finds refuge in the home of seven diamond-mine workers/dwarfs.
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by "LILHEMI"
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is the first full-length animated feature (83 minutes in length) in color and with sound, one of Disney's greatest films, and a pioneering classic tale in film history. It was financed due in part to the success of Disney's earlier animated short, The Three Little Pigs (1933). Although dubbed "Disney's Folly" during the three-four year production of the musical animation, Disney realized that he had to expand and alter the format of cartoons.

It was the first commercially successful film of its kind and a technically brilliant, innovative example of Disney animation. It was also the first film to release a motion picture soundtrack album. The story was adapted from the original Brothers Grimms' Fairy Tales, but in a bowdlerized or sanitized version, without overt sexual references or violent content. Disney's version of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale was the second of its kind - the first was a five-minute Snow White (1933) starring Betty Boop (with an appearance by Cab Calloway).

It was the first Disney film distributed by RKO Studios (this arrangement lasted until 1953, when Disney established its own distribution company - named Buena Vista). Snow White was the last major classic film that Disney released to the consumer market on videotape - in late 1994!

The story is a familiar one: raised by a wicked and vain Queen (voice of Lucille La Verne), beautiful Snow White (voice of nineteen year-old Adriana Caselotti) is taken into the forest to be murdered. However, the Huntsman (voice of Stuart Buchanan) cannot commit the horrible deed, so she flees and finds refuge in the home of seven diamond-mine workers/dwarfs.
WTF are you smokin Whatever it is, pass it over ehh
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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mmm peripheral port goodness!
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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This car is bad. What an awesome setup im fukn lovin it man! I take it your running PP with NOS? What shot are you looking at doing? Its gonna have to be massive to beat LILHEMI's 9.7!!!!!
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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Yes, pport on NOS. I'll run as big a shot as it will take. Going off my previous luck, it wont even survive a 150 shot.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimbo II
This car is bad. What an awesome setup im fukn lovin it man! I take it your running PP with NOS? What shot are you looking at doing? Its gonna have to be massive to beat LILHEMI's 9.7!!!!!
All he'll need is a little 50 shot to beat that.
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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All he'll need is a little 50 shot to beat that.
says the guy with no running car who pussed out of a race hell, ill give you space
its just a little ol chevelle...


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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 06:25 AM
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Is that even a real dragstrip? That **** looks crazy.
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