Ported my housings today. Racing Beat street port template, so the closing edge was basically unchanged. I also spent at least 20 minutes getting a crappy plug out of one housing. I had to heat it constantly for ~15 minutes with a propane torch (hottest thing I have available out there) and crank fairly hard on it with a 2' breaker bar. I was none too pleased, because the first surprise was the plug is English. 3/8". Great... So once I got it out I discovered a severely retarded person had installed the plug. The original threads were not only screwed up, the whole plug was inserted crooked. It's like they used an impact wrench from the start and probably didn't even tap a new thread
At least I don't
think that the turbo coolant passage right there requires a thread, I figure it's just an o-ring and the LIM holds it there. I sure hope that's the case, especially since the other housing's plug (which is in straight) has been (supposedly) messed up by a shop that couldn't get the plug out. I wonder if they fell for the 'try a metric allen socket', because 9mm is TOO SMALL.
One housing prepped for paint, both are cleaned/brushed:
However, I'm debating if I even want to bother painting the motor at this point. I need to get it DONE, ideally I could start the swap Saturday morning. Any thoughts? Suggestions? I won't be able to do much before 10, I have an interview
at 10am tomorrow, and I have to go pick up my rotors/stat gears from the machinist. Hopefully they'll be done by noon, and I have to clearance my seals still.
Here are the colors, red for the irons and chrome for the housings if I go ahead with it:
Engine stand w/ 13B head. Had to spend $22 for nuts and bolts just to mount the plate. Stupid Lowe's.
Hey! The stock sound pads are good for something after all! Kneeling mats!
