Restoring the SSEi: F40 swap, HIDs, and a HY35 turbo.

[MattStrike]

As promised; my messed up timing cover and oil pump cog. There is some water and metal left over from drilling out the T-30 bolts as well.

So far, so good!


Hm. Looks like something got in the oil pump and gouged a bit of the inner rotor, not a show-stopper.


I wouldn't have had a problem with the wear on the timing cover face, but the ridges in the bore and the outer pump are pretty bad.


My oil passages seem clean.


Looks like this plunger was seeing some decent stroke, I was losing about 0.25" of lift or more because of that.


I won!

[MattStrike]

Last weekend I ordered the parts I needed from Autozone and ZZP. Autozone shipped this morning, and ZZP still has not. A whole weekend lost...

[MattStrike]

Hooray, I found out where the metal chunky thing cam from! And I get to send my crank in to the machine shop now! Hopefully they only want to do the mains...

I'll get a few pictures up later.

Now the debate is, to take it back to the machine shop that didn't want to hone the cylinders last year, or hone them myself and replace the rings, or find a new shop to bore it out and replace the pistons with something even more fun...

[nos4blood70]

4200 high compression supercharged motor time? lololol

[Jrs3800]

At the very least have the Mains Line Honed, and maybe punch it out if its needed... Most 3800's are pretty good about cylinder bore wear, you may be able to hone it out and call it good..

But you may want,

Main Line Hone, punch it out .020-.030 over...

[MattStrike]

I have a bore gauge on the way - I'll let that decide if I need to bore or can just hone.

[yourgrandma]

Moar compression??

[MattStrike]

I had fun learning that I need to use a set of calipers to set up my new dial bore gauge. Fun because it's on the other side of the state from where I'm working on the car .

I can tell that my cylinders have less than .0005" of wear top to bottom and less than .0005" out of round. And the cylinders are all within .001" of each other from best to worst. Until I set my gauge to 3.800" however I won't know the true reading. I'll get to it tomorrow. But with any luck, I can get away with a hone and not spend another $400 on pistons and $200 on machining.

[MattStrike]

I hate snow!


Got to it just in time I see:


That'll be 10 over...


How to tell crud got past the $12 OIL FILTER?!


I'm disappointed that the new machine shop did not call me today (about the block). I hate finding out that if I want something done I have to do (all) the work. I know it's the 'busy season', but honestly when I dropped the block off Saturday if it was that 'busy' they would have been there in force and not just a single person...

[MattStrike]

Block is good, only needs a hone. I'm having them install the cam bearings and freeze plugs too. Should be done tomorrow! Also waiting to see if the crank comes back tomorrow as well (took it to a race shop near dearborn).

[wake]

so much carnage

[MattStrike]

Heads (PAC 105# valve springs), alternator, timing cover/water pump and starter motor are done. Got the valve covers cleaned, the SC cleaned, just need paint. No more metallic red for this engine.

[MattStrike]

Current progress pictures:



45 minutes of work and $35 got me a complete rebuilt starter motor. One of those things that looks more complicated than it really is.


Heads with the new valve springs installed:




Can't wait to order the new bearings, but I have to know how much they took off the crank first! Also, the guy at the machine shop may be able to beat ZZPs price on Hastings piston rings.

[95naSTA]

Nice head/alt colors.

I hope they look that good after heat.

[MattStrike]

As long as the manifold flange stays sealed it should. The engine was painted with body paint before, it didn't let go or burn, so maybe this will work.

[1oldman]

Looking good! - BC

[MattStrike]

Much better!







Getting wrinkle-coated



Up to no good again...

[Jrs3800]

Crank looks like it still has some meat on it... How much did they turn it down?

[MattStrike]

10 under on mains and rods.

It only needed two of the mains turned, but even with all of todays technology they don't know how to do that and they had to do everything...

[SSEiMan01]

Wow! I may just have to paint my valve covers white instead of black now... Good work!!!