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AllanJ 
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 Posted: 24 September 2011 at 9:17am |
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Cool! What are the specs on the parts you bought? Stock-ish or mild performance boost?
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Colby
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Posted: 24 September 2011 at 12:06pm |
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Well, the cam was advertised as being good for towing, if that helps.
 It'll probably be a bit better than stock, but they're not really high performance parts. I just want a car that's pleasant to drive and I don't want to deal with anymore issues like this for a long time. |
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88 Formula 5 speed
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Patrick
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Posted: 24 September 2011 at 1:49pm |
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Great, we'll now have a capable service vehicle on our club runs to pull Tristan's car home.
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Patrick
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Posted: 24 September 2011 at 1:53pm |
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Gary, can you adopt me... please! Great work, Colby's car is going to be real nice.
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Patrick
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Posted: 24 September 2011 at 2:39pm |
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Gary/Colby, I wanted to being this thread to your attention. I'm also in the process of trying to track down a great thread I had read at Pennock's a few months ago which outlined several relatively simple modifications to be done during a rebuild to prevent future oil starvation issues.
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Dawg
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Posted: 24 September 2011 at 6:24pm |
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I bet there's a cat somewhere that's REALLY pissed during this whole process.....:)
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You dream it up....I'll make it
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karnak
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Posted: 25 September 2011 at 10:31pm |
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Well, this weekend i did a ton of cleaning. The heads are ready to be
built back up and the pistons and intake manifold have had 2 out of 4 cleanigs. Colby has the cradle stripped and will start cleaning it shortly. The weekend was not without some excitement though. We have a cupbord above the workbench that randomly fell down. It was a bit scary and could have been costly... think we dogged a bullet there. One of us will post some pics soon... You will see that the top, back fell apart as the mount they give you to hold it up is still up on the wall. This is the type you get at Canadian tire that is in their flyer quite often. Dont buy them. we had some wire in one and books in the other. They were empty enough that there was room for the pistons and old cam (none of which was heavy) 
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Colby
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Posted: 25 September 2011 at 10:47pm |
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Yeah, I was busy removing the last piece off the cradle when suddenly this happened:
 The cradle is stripped now and ready to be restored.  |
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Bassman
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Posted: 26 September 2011 at 6:42am |
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Sheving gave in?
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AllanJ
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Posted: 26 September 2011 at 8:22am |
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Sucks about the cabinet, bro.
Particle board = the "Potato Buds" of furniture.  If you buy more crappy cabinets in the future, screw a ledger board to the studs underneath the cabinet for the cabinet to sit on. Will greatly reduce the stress on the crappy particle board when you screw that to the wall. |
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karnak
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Posted: 01 October 2011 at 7:57pm |
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took a bit to get to post bu from the pictures you can see the "potato buds" are gone and 5/8" plywood has the workbench back in business!
 ...also, the cam and crank are in along with the timing chain and rear seal   |
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karnak
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Posted: 04 October 2011 at 9:44pm |
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So it has been a couple of days so i thought i would toss in a couple more pics. Most of what i have done is clean. Clean and Clean...
 things are shaping up though. here is a shot of the motor with the modified balancer installed. i grooved it and filled the groove with white paint.  the heads with new valves, springs, seals etc.   ..and now, installed and torqued.   push rods and rockers next! |
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Patrick
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Posted: 04 October 2011 at 9:59pm |
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Oooo, she be lookin' mighty fine.
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karnak
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Posted: 11 October 2011 at 9:10pm |
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...been a while, so here is a bunch more pics...
first, a updated cradle shot. it is moving forward.  here is some "cooking" i was doing. lol.  and the parts on the block. cleaning up nicely...  here are a couple of the motor, nearly done   and a before / after just to show how far it has come...   i can't wait for this to get wrapped up... |
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Patrick
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Posted: 11 October 2011 at 9:15pm |
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Looks beautiful. Please tell me you ported those exhaust manifolds!
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Graeme
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Posted: 11 October 2011 at 9:29pm |
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wow.. that looks amazing. I'm really glad this car went to the right person. A jewel in the rough (rougher than I had an idea about...) but very shiny now. I can't wait to hear how it runs.
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karnak
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Posted: 11 October 2011 at 9:51pm |
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I can't wait to hear it also and yes, the extra metal was removed from
the pipes and a crack was welded.
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Patrick
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Posted: 11 October 2011 at 10:43pm |
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I figured you'd be doing that, I just needed confirmation.
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Posted: 12 October 2011 at 4:27pm |
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That's not your stove in the kitchen is it?
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AllanJ
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Posted: 12 October 2011 at 4:53pm |
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Looking great bro!
...just don't forget to put oil in it before you fire it up. |
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