IonNinja

I got frustrated pretty quick with those hoses. They were on there pretty good plus not in the greatest of locations so I said F it

There is enough slack in the hoses though to reconnect them. Worst case scenario I just pick up some new ones.

bmxracerchamp12

iTrader: (5)

its not hard to get them off lol. mine came off pretty easily after 112k miles and again over the weekend after 5k miles on the new block

IonNinja

Finally got off my ass and took the old block off the stand and put my new block on there



Should be breaking the block down this week to put my new goodies in...

Quad-coupe07

any farther man?

IonNinja

I got a chance to work on the block again...

Removed the OEM pistons from the block


Then I took the bedplate off and removed the crank


Do I need any special sealant for the bedplate?


After that I started deglazing the cylinder walls


All four cylinders deglazed. Its kind of hard to see the details but do you guys think I hit the cylinders pretty good?





Next I plan to replace the crank bearings and bolts, re-install the crank and then I'll deal with the pistons and rods

Quad-coupe07

looking great man! btw u get ur block worked on like decked or anything

IonNinja

Nope

I just plan to check clearances and keep it movin. Not in the budget to bring it to a machine shop ATM

574

iTrader: (5)

I bought my zzp block used and it didn't need decked

noorj

iTrader: (17)

put a straight edge on it and check with a feeler gauge. the GM spec is 3 thousands flatness

2.2balt

You have stock bore Wisecos? Which compression ratio as well? Planning on doing the same thing to mine (before the motor gives up lol)

1LowLS

Yes and 10:1 ^^^

bmxracerchamp12

iTrader: (5)

i have the same setup 10:1 and going turbo on it

2.2balt

So its not really worth it to go with the overbored Wisecos? Planning on getting a second motor to build, but not sure if stock bore or overbore is better. I can't see the walls being so messed they'd have to be bored out beyond stock...

bmxracerchamp12

iTrader: (5)

im sleeved .20 over. but you should not need to go bigger

06_ion2

Are you finally going turbo'd now?

IonNinja

So I was cleaning my pistons off and I found this on #3. Same cylinder that I spun the round bearing on





I dont remember any of my valves looking unordinary but now I'm all paranoid

Gotta scrap together some piston money now though regardless

Btw that's a shitload of carbon buildup for only ~3k miles!

1LowLS

looks like from oil too.weird.could be the guides gave out and had enough slop to tap the piston.

IonNinja

I think the contact happened when I disintegrated my rod bearing

I was definitely burning a shitload of oil though, all 4 pistons look like that

I must have been super tired when I posted this though because I forgot I had a different head on the car when this happened so my current valves should be fine.

Build is on pause until I get a new piston and I need new lower crankcase perimeter bolts. For some reason I didn't order them when I got the main girdle bolts.

IonNinja

Unless your cylinder walls are fubar'd I would go stock bore. The sleeves are not that thick to begin with

I was hoping to go turbo next tax season but not looking likely now

I'll worry about that once I get this bish up and running

IonNinja

dbl post

noorj

iTrader: (17)

you run a catch can?

IonNinja

I wasn't...I have one now though

I think most of that build up is due to worn valve guides in my old head

Quad-coupe07

got any updates man? I love this tread and am going to build my ion qc after taxes get here

IonNinja

Nah, I still need more bolts and at least one new piston

I'm considering getting all new pistons though because I'm unsure of the condition of the piston skirts on my current ones

bmxracerchamp12

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taking his sweet ass time lol. dont worry i havent touched mine in almost 6 months. slowly acquiring new parts and we have over 2' of snow