Nice garage/setup. How many miles were on the motor before tear down?

 

I'm gonna custom order a set of 9.5:1 pistons from diamond. 10:1 is too high for running that much boost.

 

that shop is actually cobalt-addiction... again big ups to Kenny for letting me work there.,..
that motor has approx 5k on it... so everything is good.
and for this motor.,.. I"m only goin to run a 2.85 pulley 60lbers and nitrous... (75 shot) should be fun

 

Nice pics! Good luck on the rest of your build. Can you elaborate on the pistons? How many miles are on them? What did they look like? Thanks

 

everything internally looked like new... stock pistons just look like cast p.o.s.'s domed no valve relief... the usual gm economy piston...
motor has 5k or so on it so internally its good... there is a pic of the piston on one of the workbench shots... but only a side view..more pics to come

 

Cool. Thanks. Who ported your head? What valvetrain did you choose?

 

head isn't done yet... I"m waiting to hear back from RIPP since they are local.. but I was gonna go with all ferrea valve train components...
I found another guy from the RL forums that gave me a great price... so its a toss up right now

 

looks good man, good luck with the motor! so you say its pretty easy to work on, hmmm....good to know incase i ever rebuild the motor. the only motor i ever rebuilt was a 350, and though it was pretty easy....keep us posted and get some more pics when you get a change......
good luck!!!

 

Lookin good Paul. GL with it. I can't wait to see that thing tear down DPA.

 

Well as an update... my ARP head studs and Cometic gasket arrived this week... but its gonna be awhile before I get my head back, and the pistons arrive... but keep an eye out for this post cause I will post some step by step pics and instructions on how to do this build...

 

Is that a black R32 I spy on the lift?

 

Step by Step!? Damn dude, you are awsome!!!!

Back2Gm, actually, R33 ...but shhhh, i didn't tell you

 

Damn I was close...side marker light and quarter glass owned me. Now that's a sweet project car.Who's R33 ?

 

thats kenny's from c/a it actually had the drivetrain out of a r32 at the moment (car came from cali like that)... but he is doing a gtr front clip swap and putting in an rb26,,, but shh I didn't say anything....

 

And with the write up someones gotta do it.... I do have the book, but reallife is better IMO... but each step will get its own litte write up...

 

Have fun with it man . This still just the prequil to the bigger build up when the engine in your car come out ? Your making me kinda jeolous here , Im a$$hole deep building my Z28 ....I reeeeeeeeeally wanna devirginize the SS too . Im jus gonna have to get my eco fix watchin your updates .

Its cool to hear the ecotec shortblocks are that easy to work on . The only engines Ive ever had tore down is LT1's and LS1's .

 

yeah I"m a chevy small block guy myself... but I usually work on 60s and 70s muscle cars.. this is my first foray into a 4 banger

 

i rlly wanna buy a 2nd motor, build it up and drop it in but these are my worries.... how easy would it then be to sell my old motor if nothing was wrong with it? and ive broken down and rebuilt a bunch of motors and im only 18(almost 19) but none were actully but back in a car and ran, i did it all for educational purpose... so im kinda worried about building a whole new motor and screwing it up when i turn it over

 

Well you can get teh build book and follow it and you should be fine. Seeling the old motor, I seriously doubt that you'll have any issues doing that. Anyone that wants to build the motor up will be looking for one.

 

^^^yeah i am sure you could sell the motor just fine. those build books seem very useful too. i have the 300hp lsj and the ecotec build book, lots of pictures too.....

 

If you've ripped apart a motor and built one before, use the build book and you should be straight. I've never ripped apart an engine, and all I had to do was pull the oil pan to pop out the pistons to do the swap like the build book states. Unfortunately lack of funds only permitted a head resurface, golden eagle studs, and cometic headgasket. The build book was an awesome step by step I followed. That is something I will say GM did right for a change!

 

yeah I have a copy of the build book...**** is like a bible... but I have the benefit of havin an extra motor to work on, so its easier to do out of the car

 

where does one buy a build book and for what cost?

 

Kenny grabbed it for me at Sema from the GM booth...
good man ,, good man...

 

Is it the same build book that I've seen posted before in pdf form? I've seen two different ones. If it is just search for it.