Went to Pick-A-Part this past weekend and picked up a few things. Also got one of the gnarliest sun burns I've had in a long time (didn't expect to be out there as long as I was). I ended up finding my OEM side skirt (passenger side), a full sized spare that was in surprisingly good shape (tire and wheel), some misc. bolts and nuts, and a reservoir cap for my clutch reservoir.
We also picked up a timing light, and timed it properly (sucker is dead on now). While were at it, I went ahead and did a full valve job again, since the last time, I didn't gap them quite right (we went with .008 on intake, and .010 on exhaust to give it some room to flex. Not a good idea lol). I noticed my head is pretty damned charred, so I'll be doing an engine flush and switching to full synthetic when I do my next oil change. I pulled the spark plugs, and found out they are absolutely shot (completely charred on the ends). Those were replaced with NGK Platinums, gapped to spec. The car is also blowing a bit of smoke at high RPM's, so I'm assuming my piston rings are bad. A B series is looking more and more tempting... Here's what the head looks like right now:
Pretty burnt!!
While I was at it, I decided to paint my cam cover, and put that back on (dip stick has been flopping all over the place, I was afraid it was going to smack the cam and get caught up in there. That would have been bad...)
Pics:
Cam cover, after cleaning the hell out of it:
Applying primer after scuffing it a bit:
And painted, flat black. I forgot to take a shot of it on the car. I'll get a bay shot next update:
As of now, the car is running crazy good. It's near silent after we adjusted the valves properly. It's kind of scary actually.. with the timing correct, and the valves done properly, the car has a really smooth power band. It feels like a new car. I still need to adjust my idle via idle adjustment screw, and paint my windshield wipers. After that, I'll be picking up a new AC compressor and blower kit, replacing my axles/clutch/flywheel/rear main seal, then moving on to the big stuff: headlights, grille, fogs, lip, exhaust, suspension, wheels, and maybe a swap somewhere in there (dependent on whether I pick up another car as a daily).
We also picked up a timing light, and timed it properly (sucker is dead on now). While were at it, I went ahead and did a full valve job again, since the last time, I didn't gap them quite right (we went with .008 on intake, and .010 on exhaust to give it some room to flex. Not a good idea lol). I noticed my head is pretty damned charred, so I'll be doing an engine flush and switching to full synthetic when I do my next oil change. I pulled the spark plugs, and found out they are absolutely shot (completely charred on the ends). Those were replaced with NGK Platinums, gapped to spec. The car is also blowing a bit of smoke at high RPM's, so I'm assuming my piston rings are bad. A B series is looking more and more tempting... Here's what the head looks like right now:
Pretty burnt!!
While I was at it, I decided to paint my cam cover, and put that back on (dip stick has been flopping all over the place, I was afraid it was going to smack the cam and get caught up in there. That would have been bad...)
Pics:
Cam cover, after cleaning the hell out of it:
Applying primer after scuffing it a bit:
And painted, flat black. I forgot to take a shot of it on the car. I'll get a bay shot next update:
As of now, the car is running crazy good. It's near silent after we adjusted the valves properly. It's kind of scary actually.. with the timing correct, and the valves done properly, the car has a really smooth power band. It feels like a new car. I still need to adjust my idle via idle adjustment screw, and paint my windshield wipers. After that, I'll be picking up a new AC compressor and blower kit, replacing my axles/clutch/flywheel/rear main seal, then moving on to the big stuff: headlights, grille, fogs, lip, exhaust, suspension, wheels, and maybe a swap somewhere in there (dependent on whether I pick up another car as a daily).
yeah they're getting a nice scuffing/primering/coat of flat black. They're pretty thrashed!
