Homerandabe69's 93 z28 Build Thread

[Homerandabe69]

I apologize for the shitty purple tint on a lot of the pictures. My HTC One has a messed up camera and goes purple in the slightest of low-light conditions.

Among many other reasons, living in Hawaii sucks because parts take forever to get here. I either have to pay summit 14 dollars for 2nd day air on anything I order, or I need to wait 5-7 business days for Amazon.

During this delay, I decided to polish my fuel rails.
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This is what they looked like to begin with. They were pretty dirty and had a lot of nicks and pits in them.
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I decided not to spend too much time sanding them down because some of the blemishes were so deep. I also just didn't care that much for nice rails.
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I also painted the crossover pipes and brackets black but didn't get an after picture.
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Crank installed and caps torqued to 80 lb-ft in 3 steps.
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After the delay caused by the bearings, I finally got my rods measure out and ready to install.
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Half the rods installed. I used Karl Ellwein's tip and used a feeler gauge in-between the rods as I torqued them to keep them from twisting. Interestingly, 80 lb-ft ended up getting stretch to the recommended .046" +/- .001 on all the rods. I used an ARP stretch gauge.
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Rods all torqued and timing set installed. I have a cloyes true double roller set with oversized gear. I am using a Kevko aftermaket oil pan so I had to modify the windage tray to fit. That is the pickup that was provided with the pan. I installed a higher PSI white spring in the pump. Crankshaft end play was about .002" and rod to rod clearance was about .0017".
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Measuring deck height. Before I had the block machined for the second time, my piston depth was about .025". That combined with the typical .026" gasket left me with .051" quench which was more than I wanted. I want something closer to .040" to prevent detonation as much as possible. I had them deck the block to 9.000" this time and still ended up with pistons about .016" in the hole. I'm not sure why they aren't at 0 piston height but its low enough to work. I am using a cometic .026"x4.110" gasket.

[Homerandabe69]

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My poor T-56 has been sitting in the garage for so long. I got it over two years ago with 75000 miles and it still hasn't had another mile put on it.

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I recently built a new house with my girlfriend and made sure to have a garage included in the plans. We got the land for free essentially so we got the house for the price of the build which was an offer we couldn't pass up. I added a bunch of gladiator equipment and got that big craftsman chest for super cheap through sears. You guys should watch slickdeals.net for when sales come up on this stuff.
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I got my aftermarket pan installed but it ended up coming off again later. I will explain in a later post.
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Intake painted with POR-15 Aluminum. I stupidly did two coats and it ended up looking like shit. The first coat went on beautifully and looked amazing. Still looks alright though with the rails installed.
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Heads installed and torqued. The cometic gaskets are very nice and fit perfectly. I suppose that is to be expected from $160 head gaskets.
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I got the TPIS cover from EFI Connection to go along with my 24x conversion. Super expensive but it looks great and saves me the trouble of finding a proper cover.

[popo8]

Lookin good. If i were u... id pick a theme color and paint the fins on the intake... then misc items on the car to pull the theme together.

[Homerandabe69]

I actually polished the intake fins. It looks pretty good in person with the polished rails. I kind of have a black and silver color thing going with the engine but I am keeping the car the original maroon color so there isn't exactly going to be a cohesive theme.

[Homerandabe69]

I'll be working on a ship for the next month so I will update some more when I get back.