dark_fairytales

I did it without breaking any piston rings. After going through each piston and cylinder I verified that I only need to swap the ring on pistons 2 and 3. It was nerve racking when I pulled the rings, and I almost biffed it, but all turned out well. It did however take me Four attempts too get the piston to slide into cylinder 3, the oil ring kept hanging up on the lip of the block; my good friends Determination and Patients got her in place though.

And of course it did not happen without pictures.

ducdug

Ooooohhh, that cross-hatch is sheer mechanical porn.

space-junk

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very sexy indeed!

Iperea

Looks cool man.Send pics if you ever build it.

Iperea

Good work man. Looks great. Just out of curiosity, why didn't you replace all the rings?

dark_fairytales

The rings are matched too the cylinder, but not the piston. Pistons 4 and 1 were in the right orientation so those rings did not need to swapped. However, pistons 2 and 3 were not right, so I needed to move the rings off of piston 2 and put them on piston 3 and vise-versa, Now all it right.

I will do a build thread for the bumper when I do it, but there has been other projects around the house that have kept me from building it.

magnet18

That engine looks awesome

dark_fairytales

Thanks Magnet18, it has been alot of work to get the engine to the point it is. Most of the tough stuff is done at this point so things should start moving along pretty quickly now. When all assembled the engine should look really good, however I messed up the paint on the valve cover so I will be re-doing the valve cover ( kind of embarrassing for me).

gsp4life

That's a great-looking paint scheme. What happened to make it chip off like that?

space-junk

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probably still some oil residue. remember my flaking purple valve cover on the taco, keith? hahaha. it happens to everyone.

dark_fairytales

bingo.

dark_fairytales

Valve to piston clearance:
INTAKE = .112
EXHAUST = .126
RECOMMENDED =.080

That should be the very last measurement that I need to make regarding the new rotating assembly, OH WHAT A FEEL'IN!!!
UPDATE
I decided to work late tonight (11:30PM). I finished this evening with torquing the head down. I am making some real progress now.

space-junk

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*thumbsup*

dark_fairytales

Today the engine is really starting too look like a 22re. I installed the timing set, cover, oil pump, alt. mounting bracket, A/C mounting bracket, water pump.

dark_fairytales

Well I know this is not that big of a deal, but it really feels like one step closer to the finish for me. I really took my time getting the oil pan installed tonight; I did my best too keep the pan looking pretty and not scratch the paint, or get the silicone sealant all over the place. Hopefully the pan is sealed up good, it would suck to have to re-do the silicone because of a leak.

dark_fairytales

Latest update, the engine is almost complete. The garage was boiling, but I kept plugging away at this thing. I should have it running this week, or certainly the weekend.

dark_fairytales

This is a great feeling, this is the very last part in my two parts boxes.

Here is the completed engine.

Waiting on the electric fan to be delivered which is keeping me from finishing the radiator and coolant install, hence no start up video. I will have this thing on the road in no time.

space-junk

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you need new belts too.

dark_fairytales

The belts are fine, so I will be reusing them.

gsp4life

Good call, I've found v-belts to last 80k miles easily. Have a backup for the alternator/fan belt, everything else can be dealt with later.