What did you do today to your 3/S?

[jras312]

Pretty annoyed with my exhaust valves. I spent $100 on a 5 gallon bucket of berryman chem dip and it worked well on my heads, let them sit overnight and come back and rinse with water and it took care of almost all of the carbon buildup in the exhaust ports and combustion chamber with just some rags. I have let the valves sit for a week and the carbon on them is still no softer than before. Anyone have tips on cleaning those guys? I may just scrape them the best I can and just lap them all and throw everything back together. I mean I'm sure I will have this engine apart again sometime in the (hopefully not too near) future.

I will be putting my rear subframe back in tomorrow after I get my package from cherry hill at the post office. I tried installing the subframe a couple months ago and actually broke the two front mount bolts/plates. I got a pair of used bolts and got new nuts for all 4 corner, the two front triangular plate bolts and the rear bolts that are in the body. The part numbers are different for the front and rear mount nuts and my main concern was did I use the wrong bolts last time I tried to install and that caused the bolt to break? The original mount bolt and nut were kinda rusty so I though it just broke from over torquing but I just don't want to have the same thing happen. The part numbers for the bolts are listed on the invoice as MF445244 'NUT, FR SUSP L' & MB573244 'NUT, LOCKIN'. Anyone able to tell me what part number goes where?

[Andr3w]

Wired the audio system back up, put the fuel pump Hotwire back in, and installed the replacement biss screw. Everything is running great! Last night my gauge indicated 596bhp which looks like it is right around the same power before the tear down. Time for the retune and continue with raising the boost!

Also decided to start working on reducing some cabin noise. Put in some Home Depot weather stripping to see if the original seals were still good.

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Made a pretty noticeable difference so will definitely need to get new seals. Will need to figure out how to deaden the road noise in the rear as well.

Also finally got to enjoy cruising around for a few hours in the rain.




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[donniekak]

Soda blast the valves.

[familyMAN]

I used a wire wheel on stubborn deposits on valves. Tried a few different wheels until I found one that would remove the carbon build up with ease but not blemish the valves. Then hand lapped them. Sealed up great.

[DrGonzo]

I used a wire wheel on stubborn deposits on valves. Tried a few different wheels until I found one that would remove the carbon build up with ease but not blemish the valves. Then hand lapped them. Sealed up great.

Agreed, I just used a brass wire wheel on my drill. Works great and the brass will not damage the valves.

[Beef6]

Didnt do anything to it but got my freshly powdercoated Dejon intake pipes and pc680 case back today. Rad hoses also got delivered. Decided to run with an all gloss black theme, hope I like it in the end.

Can't wait to hear the turbos spool with the dejon pipes!

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[2fnloud]

Didnt do anything to it but got my freshly powdercoated Dejon intake pipes and pc680 case back today. Rad hoses also got delivered. Decided to run with an all gloss black theme, hope I like it in the end.

Can't wait to hear the turbos spool with the dejon pipes!

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Don't be afraid to add some bling, too much of one powder coat color it gets lost:


I was doing the same thing with a metallic graphite


But after seeing it all installed, I realized that even a solid color can be bleh.


So I am open to some bling like polished or chrome now for some contrast.

[Beef6]

Guess I should have pointed out I will have polished intercooler piping and I started polishing some fuel rails to help break it up. So not ALL black technically. Need to polish the spark plug cover and also replace the blue plug wires and couplers with black. I had Ordered Black couplers when I bought the FMIC but got blue and they wouldn't swap them out.

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[Boomer3000]

Guess I should have pointed out I will have polished intercooler piping and I started polishing some fuel rails to help break it up. So not ALL black technically. Need to polish the spark plug cover and also replace the blue plug wires and couplers with black. I had Ordered Black couplers when I bought the FMIC but got blue and they wouldn't swap them out.

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That is awesomely clean!! Love it!!!! Where is you're power steering res?

[jras312]

Well I tried cleaning the valves with the brass wire brush I already had, it got like the first layer off but that stuff it just not coming off completely clean. Might have to go buy some things to make a soda blaster, but I have a hard time believing that will remove the carbon if the wire wheel couldn't. I wish I would have just send the heads to the machine shop but oh well. On the plus side, I got some new parts in the mail and got my rebuilt rear sub-frame back in yesterday; aws delete, new poly diff bushings, new LCA ball joints, adjustable control arms, new wheel bearings and seals, new e-brake hardware, and new sway bar end links.

Tonight will be working on drilling out a broken exhaust manifold stud on the rear head, yay! Also, have a couple on the turbine housings to drill out.