sooooo. I/we have been busy.
i gapped the rings, and multitudes of other stuff. i can now build a motor solo, except for the many tools i do not have yet to do such a task. there is a lot of specialized stuff to do this.
rings on, bores wiped, pistons installed, nice assembly lube goo. and with these ARP's, there is specific tightening instructions. the ARP mains, had to get torqued to 60 ft/lb and broken free, 5 times total. the 625 rod bolts were 55 ft/lb 3 times.
next the oil pump and front/rear main seals.
now we come to another custom setup. the crank gear. IE makes a crank gear dowel pinning kit, but i asked Pete to make me a setup (that is replicable if i wanted to change the gear) with dual dowels. i know he made extra, so you have to ask but i am sure he will sell this in a kit as well. but it is to help prevent shearing the keyway on our crank gear. fit gear. measure gear and drill. install dowels. install gear. install ARP bolt. VIOLA!!!
and that pretty tensioner setup.
and thats the bottom end. we put the pan on it, and tucked in to bed for the remainder of the time. it sits here in Hot Rod Row, with another 20/20 setup that is going into a MK4 GTI and converting it to R32 running gear, transverse AWD. BIG TURBO 600+ whp street car. and the motor on the right is an ABF for a 2.0L 16V with low compression setup for high boost, another street car.
