Bay painted, rebuilt engine installed and first startup
 

New to the area and wanted to post up what I have been up to.


Picked up a rebuilt street ported engine from Rotary Resurrection and wanted to share some pics of the install. Kevin Landers was a great person to work with and helped me get this engine shipped to NorCal.


A few pics of the engine build

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Picked up at a near by port

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Old engine pulled

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Bay before I started to clean it up a bit.
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Started to clean it up a bit
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Primed
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Sent the injectors out to Witchhunter.com to get serviced.

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Finishmaster a local auto paint supllier hooked me up with some basecoat and clearcoat with the harderner and thinner.

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Had the alternator apart to throw on the rear powder coated cover that I've had forever.

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Put it back together and had it tested at Autozone and passed without any problems
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Clutch had a bunch of hair line cracks in it. Old ACT HD setup that I've had for about 4 years.

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Replaced it with a Sachs unit for the time being. See how long this one last. Pedal effort is lighter. If I don't like it then I might just pick up another ACT pressure plate.

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New flywheel as well. Replaced an older SRmotorsports aluminum flywheel that has been beat down. Didn't want to go through SR to get a new friction disk. Just ordered a new steel ACT instead.

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New water pump. The impeller is made of aluminum instead of plastic and looks to have a deeper housing.

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Bay painted

Basecoat
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With clear
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In the bay
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And everything thrown back in
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I made the mistake of putting the upper intake manifold back on before testing the fuel system for leaks and sure enough I had a leak when I turned the fuel pump online by one of my hose clamps. Pulled the mani off and just had to tighten the hose clamp. Found that I had a leak on the coolant line to the throttle body as well.


After cranking to engine over without any fuel or ignition or about a minute just to verify that oil pressure was building on my gauge. I started it for the first time and fired right up!

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Wow! Great build and right up. Beautiful car! Props and welcome!

Looks great man! Im impressed!