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Alright, she is back on 4 wheels for hopefully the last time Still need to tighten a few bolts up, put in the shocks and clean some minor rust on a few spots on the springs and the suspension is pretty much done. THEN IT'S ON TO THE 3RZ SWAP, running new brake and fuel lines, figuring out where the gas tank is gonna sit and a million other things...
Crank scrapers and Windage trays are all designed for racing. Mostly drag or circuit track. Any benefits are seen in the higher revving engines. All they do is help keep more oil in the pan, and not slinging around. Putting one in our motors is more of a waste, in my opinion. But keep us informed of your build, I know its a slow process, but I enjoy seeing your rig coming alive slowly. You motor pic reminds me of my headgasket job I am elbow deep into. And I just called 22REPerformance for parts last week. I wouldn't hesitate in ordering from them again. Definitely better made stuff. I ordered their Headgasket, and then for all the other gaskets I got a Fel-Pro. Fel-Pro stuff doesn't compare to Putneys stuff. Putneys headgasket is twice the gasket.
... I'm no expert welder by any means and have only been doing it a short while. I'm posting a weld pic so if anyone can point out anything I can do better by all means let me know.
Question for everyone. I upgraded to the LCE dual row timing chain ~2000-3000 miles ago ... I don't want to cut any corners so I'm looking for peoples opinion whether to run the old or get new.
I am no expert welder by any stretch, but according to the experts on welding bead analysis, it looks like you may be moving the gun a little too fast. Gnarls.
.BUT the one thing that's really bugging me is I cant just stick a nice gusset in that corner due to the radiator. Looking at your frame it looks like that's exactly what you did. Have you checked the clearance on the radiator or do you have a plan for spacing it? moving it? maybe its not an issue on a 22R but I have a 3.0 (swapping to 3.4 next winter) and mine runs right up into that corner and hangs about 1/8" below the crossmember. I am really hoping a new set of body mounts brings it up enough I can gusset the lower corner but other than that I think I am going to have to bend the inner frame reinforcing plate into that corner and hope that does it. Just curious if you checked that...
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