#216470 - 10/23/11 07:12 AM
Upper engine project
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I tore into Bonnie yesterday afternoon, and despite only having about three hours before I lost the sunlight, I think I did fairly well. The wire harness and hoses are being a bit intimidating, especially on the rear bank of the engine, but we'll see how it goes. Engine bay at the start Parts waiting to go on Progress so far I want to get rid of the engine lift brackets on the rear for easier access to the plugs and getting the valve cover off (I'm doing rockers as well) Fells like its going to be tight going back there all around
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#216471 - 10/23/11 11:24 AM
Re: Upper engine project
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Oooh shinies! It'll be worth it, nice looking car will have an engine bay to match
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#216481 - 10/23/11 02:42 PM
Re: Upper engine project
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Teardown stage is complete, except for pulling the rockers. The rear engine lift brackets were a bit of a pain, but not as bad as the stubborn plug boots. Everything else came apart cleanly and with out fuss (well not too much) Now time to clean up and paint some other parts to go back on, change out the plugs while they are so easy to get to, and begin re-assembly. When I lay out the new gaskets tomorrow I'll decide if I'm going to pursue the porting clean-up. If so, I'll do that before installing the new rockers. I grabbed one of the rear view mirrors off of my bicycle (LOL) which is working nicely for looking at the back bank (big help locating the lift bracket bolts) Teardown so far... A shot of the old parts pile shows the water pump with the impeller we dont want (good call guys) and the inside of the valve cover which thankfully were not filled with sludge. The Dex which has poured out hasnt looked cloudy and aside from some gunk around the coolant ports, everything else seems fairly clean. Nice to know Bonnie wasnt in critical health before all this began.
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#216483 - 10/23/11 04:09 PM
Re: Upper engine project
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oooooh shiney parts! hows it feel to tear into the engine and adding nice parts? what wires are you going with?
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#216489 - 10/23/11 11:22 PM
Re: Upper engine project
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#216494 - 10/24/11 09:47 AM
Re: Upper engine project
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Have you not heard all the bad things about MSD coils?
You should have gone with an Intense FWI.
All kidding aside, plenty of people have had problems with the MSD coils and switched back to stock, just FYI.
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#216497 - 10/24/11 04:05 PM
Re: Upper engine project
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tim, just paint your stock coils red. plenty of people have had problems, but others havent. its more of a hit n miss kind of deal. hope you have better luck than others have.
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#216500 - 10/24/11 06:34 PM
Re: Upper engine project
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Another vote to skip the coils.
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#216516 - 10/25/11 06:31 PM
Re: Upper engine project
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*drool!* Gawtamn! That's one sharp looking mill, good man! Where'd you get that filler cap?
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#216518 - 10/25/11 10:02 PM
Re: Upper engine project
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ebay sir richard….
anyways, tim, its weird seeing those engine bay's, so much more room than in a gp its not even funny. where are the supports for the upper half of the engine? sorry for the noob questions, just never dealt with a bonne before.
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#216523 - 10/26/11 09:36 AM
Re: Upper engine project
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well shoot, if youve got the money and the room for it, do it! haha that would be an awesome upgrade.
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