Fenda's uber garage Engine Build

[Fendamonky]

I can only hope... if this motor has turned into a boat anchor I'm gunna be WELL gutted...

[Fendamonky]

Ok... Pic dump from last night.

Disassembly of the front stack:







Off goes the front CW, looks good, slides around fine, everything seems good (aside from the stat gear bearings, they need fresh ones pressed)



These guys look just fine



Some surface marks, but I don't think it's outlandish...






Like new... for the most part



No whirling dervish's here!!





Each part went into it's own sandwich bag, then came (gently) into here.. NOT planning on misplacing anything



Left with this in the front.


After the front was disassembled I pulled up the FSM and started loosening nuts to get the studs out. (And yes... it would seem there was a slight coolant leak


By the time I got the studs out my wife was getting aggravated with me... She had gotten home about an hour earlier and wanted Chinese food for dinner (I needed to go out and get it ... A happy wife is a happy life, so I obey when it comes to fattening her up ). I went slightly out of order per FSM disassembly and cracked the rear stat gear off before removing the iron. A couple (relatively) gentle blows from the hammer/block of wood unseated the bearing and it came right off.



I don't know about you... but that bearing looks pretty damned good considering it ran without oil for a minute or so!! (I'm still gunna swap that out though, not taking any fucking chances!!)






I did notice some odd marks on the stat bearing though... It looks like it either received pitting (without any sign of rust) or it did not fully smooth down a roughed finish on the metal.. I have no idea if that's normal or not..





Again though, the bearing looks remarkably un-mangled!!



Here's the view I was left with last night when I left the engine for the evening..



This morning said "fuck that shit" and pulled the rear iron off while waiting for the car to warm up..

Rotor looks good... and it lifted on the e-shaft easily, so at least I know that THAT bearing isn't completely fucked and fused to the e-shaft..



You can tell that it looks like the e-shaft may have blued slightly though... BUT!! The Oil Control Rings look fine to my novice eyes (god PLEASE let them be good!!! Too many monies..)



The Iron looks fine, though I didn't get a picture of it uploaded. Thank god for race clearanced rotors!!!