Recent content by gotovato

I gotta get one of those. I have a tool for plastic razor blades which works well but steel ones are needed sometimes

This head/block should be in good shape. We’ll see anyways. I’m not trying to set records here just have a 210hp spare engine lol fuck. I’ll do valve seals and maybe my oem+ cams and good enough

I like this. My buddy has some big honing stones which are flat. Those work well for block prep. My big mistake last time I did this was not cleaning up the block deck. I left some teflon on there from the previous head gasket and of course it ended up leaking at that spot. So razor blades and...

Machine shop not an option here. I’m not fucking with the bottom end at all. I’d rather steal the head for my build and buy another unopened long block then do what is essentially another build. This isnt cost or time effective so it ain’t happening. gonna be 110% DIY and if that’s not gonna...

so whats my best bet for head/block prep for reassembly? Last time i did just the head/gasket i didnt prep the block and the headgasket went after 8 track days. Do i just scrap the block clean with a razor or what lol

This was literally the next thing on my mind to try

So…I was ready to literally kill myself. I was so over this shit. The magnet couldn’t reach it. It wasn’t happening. Thankfully my friend is a patient man because I was either unaliving myself or starting to drain fluids to pull this engine. In my mind it was one or the other. Little bit of...

It’s ferrous thankfully so the magnet can grab it BUT it’s position wouldn’t allow for the magnet to reach it Also the way it was bent. When I finally got the magnet on it it was just catching all the spark plug threads it was impossible. Couldn’t get it straight enough to come out. There’s...

Only used these 10000 times to find TDC. Fucked me good today

Happy Sunday.

Unfortunately I considered all of those things. No idea wtf is going on. My alignment is off pretty bad. Pulls to the right hard so maybe there’s some drag there or something but I doubt it. Engine must just be clapped idk. I’ll leak down test it and see

I just want some consistent reliable power lol. I ain’t even asking for much here. Give me 230whp with 165wtq and we can do some serious damage with that lol fuck sakes

gearing is definitely magical stuff. I honestly thought id have some close ratio gearbox by now but my tuner has definitely convinced me we dont need it. shifting more is slow. no peaky power bands here. all about that midrange torque and spreading it out as wide as possible. This does suck...

Gearing is the answer to the "k20 dOnT mAkE aNy ToRqUe" problem that the entire internet seems to have. That and poor cam selection and terrible VTC tuning. That said, am definitely missing that 10ftlbs and 15whp. It felt real real strong with those numbers. enough to walk away from bolt...

Went for some logs over the weekend as tuner was making some corrections at part throttle. I decided to do wot log, you know health check type thing. I did one on satuday and 2 on sunday back to back. always the same road, same start point, same direction. WELL... Looks like I've lost over...