So I've spent the last week or so messing with the 85 SVO I bought in November. WHOLE IDEA WAS TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER BONE STOCK SO I COULD FEEL THE IMPROVEMENTS OF EACH MOD DOWN THE ROAD since I dropped an already modded motor into the 91 and never knew how each mod felt. Keep this in mind.
3 weeks ago I pulled the VC and found that the #1 exhaust follower had come off, two of the lobes on the cam were toast, as well as the followers, etc. I pulled the head and one of the head bolts broke off in the block
I guess the 20 years of rust and corrosion had a good grip on it. 
I said screw it and the car sat for two weeks. I periodically sprayed the broke off bolt with PB blaster and hit it with a hammer to jar it loose.
So last week I cut a slot in the head bolt (1/8" sticking out the block) and heated the bolt until it was orange...sprayed it with PB Blaster while it was hot, waited for it to cool, grabbed the impact driver (screwdriver removal tool) and it came right out
I then decided to rummage through my pile of parts to figure out what it was gonna cost to put it back together (cam, followers, head gasket, timing belt, gaskets, cam seal, valve cover gasket, valve seals, etc.). I ended up having everything but the HG and timing belt
I was stoked when I found an old cam that looked in good shape. So for 30 bucks I've got everything I need to put it back together. 
Even had a new T3 compressor wheel to replace the destroyed one on the SVO (still don't know what happened to that one 
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I decided while it was apart that I would do a valve job...the exhaust seats where pitted and barely sealing. I took it to my step dad's place and did a 3 angle valve job. I then decided to give the head a quick port job...ya know, clean off the casting flash, unshroud the valves a bit...1 hour tops and move on. This is where it started to go down hill...(see all caps in first paragraph)
15 hours later I finally decide the head is "good enough" to move on...
What do I move onto? The friggin intakes of course...next thing you know I spend 3 hours porting the inline intakes
So I cleaned up and painted the stock T3 to get ready to install it. I realize the stock E3 manifold that was on it is cracked so I refuse to put it on...back to the parts bin I go and the mayhem starts again: Bob's Big Log Header goes on...T04E 50/Stage III turbo goes on...When is it gonna end!?! I was gonna put this back together stock right?
So now here I am...gotta put the head/log/turbo/intake assembly on tomorrow, hook up a few lines and such and I'll finally get to fire it up.
So now that I modded it (ported head, hybrid, log header, ported intakes, etc.) I need to do the supporting mods before it will really shine. Of course I'll chop off the cat and stock muffler first...then comes a 3" downpipe I've got laying around...then a muffler...then the UPR shifter and handle I bought for it last month...then a cone filter that's in the mail...then I'll need to get rid of these little 30lb injectors so I can turn up the boost and not go lean...of course that means I need an LA3 too...It never ends does it?
Stinger
(Yeah I know...none of the pics on my site are working....don't ask why, I don't know)
3 weeks ago I pulled the VC and found that the #1 exhaust follower had come off, two of the lobes on the cam were toast, as well as the followers, etc. I pulled the head and one of the head bolts broke off in the block
I guess the 20 years of rust and corrosion had a good grip on it. I said screw it and the car sat for two weeks. I periodically sprayed the broke off bolt with PB blaster and hit it with a hammer to jar it loose.So last week I cut a slot in the head bolt (1/8" sticking out the block) and heated the bolt until it was orange...sprayed it with PB Blaster while it was hot, waited for it to cool, grabbed the impact driver (screwdriver removal tool) and it came right out
I then decided to rummage through my pile of parts to figure out what it was gonna cost to put it back together (cam, followers, head gasket, timing belt, gaskets, cam seal, valve cover gasket, valve seals, etc.). I ended up having everything but the HG and timing belt
I was stoked when I found an old cam that looked in good shape. So for 30 bucks I've got everything I need to put it back together. Even had a new T3 compressor wheel to replace the destroyed one on the SVO (still don't know what happened to that one )I decided while it was apart that I would do a valve job...the exhaust seats where pitted and barely sealing. I took it to my step dad's place and did a 3 angle valve job. I then decided to give the head a quick port job...ya know, clean off the casting flash, unshroud the valves a bit...1 hour tops and move on. This is where it started to go down hill...(see all caps in first paragraph)
15 hours later I finally decide the head is "good enough" to move on...
What do I move onto? The friggin intakes of course...next thing you know I spend 3 hours porting the inline intakes So I cleaned up and painted the stock T3 to get ready to install it. I realize the stock E3 manifold that was on it is cracked so I refuse to put it on...back to the parts bin I go and the mayhem starts again: Bob's Big Log Header goes on...T04E 50/Stage III turbo goes on...When is it gonna end!?! I was gonna put this back together stock right?
So now here I am...gotta put the head/log/turbo/intake assembly on tomorrow, hook up a few lines and such and I'll finally get to fire it up.
So now that I modded it (ported head, hybrid, log header, ported intakes, etc.) I need to do the supporting mods before it will really shine. Of course I'll chop off the cat and stock muffler first...then comes a 3" downpipe I've got laying around...then a muffler...then the UPR shifter and handle I bought for it last month...then a cone filter that's in the mail...then I'll need to get rid of these little 30lb injectors so I can turn up the boost and not go lean...of course that means I need an LA3 too...It never ends does it?
Stinger
(Yeah I know...none of the pics on my site are working....don't ask why, I don't know)
