What did you do today to your 3/S?

[keo92stealth]

well I had the pan off, so I figured I may as well, but ended up only replacing the rod bearings and not the mains since the rod bearings were in such good shape.

How hard was it to replace the bearings with the motor still in the car ?

[AdamVR4]

Wait wat? I thought you were up and running Adam? What happened?.....or are you building another engine?

Yep. Plan is to give the original 3.0L hell at the track some more before doing hot and cold compression tests and ceremoniously pulling it. It will be built in the next few years so I always have an engine ready to go... or it will end up in a stripped racecar... who knows.

[AdamVR4]

Time to buy bigger turbos adam.

I really hope I can convince myself to stick with 16g's for a bit on the 3.5L... but upgrading turbos is one of my favorite things in life... lol

[Ninja Performance]

I really hope I can convince myself to stick with 16g's for a bit on the 3.5L... but upgrading turbos is one of my favorite things in life... lol

and the 3.5 will spoolup larger turbos like the 16gs on 3.0. Hard to resist. Although 16gs on 3.5 will spoolup faster.

-Chris

[DocWalt]

How hard was it to replace the bearings with the motor still in the car ?

Rod bearings aren't hard to change in the car.

[CoreyB]

None are really that hard to change in the car, just need to be careful and patient.

[Ninja Performance]

It's true. All the bearings can be changed with engine in car. Ask Adam, I am pretty sure he has done it in his driveway on his back with car only on jackstands.

Patience is the key.

-Chris

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

The main bearings are somewhat hard and a little risky to do with the timing belt still tensioned. It is not that easy to roll out the upper 1st main safely.

yes, of course it can be done, I've done it a couple times, but don't get the impression that it is an easy task. In this case I feel it isn't worth the risk seeing how good the rod bearings look. I'd rather run this motor and couple years and get a pampena block later than mess with it.

[keo92stealth]

I always figured it wouldn't be and easy task .

[keo92stealth]

I really hope I can convince myself to stick with 16g's for a bit on the 3.5L... but upgrading turbos is one of my favorite things in life... lol

I know the motor comes first on the list but have u been thinking about what the next set is gonna be ?