Put the tranny on and mounts.
Epoxed the end of my fuel lines
Cleand the block for the oil pan
Don't know if the pressur plate is installed right. Directions say to install the light side of the pressure plate marked with paint to the heavy side of the flywheel stamped with an X. The pressure plate has so many paint makes its ridiculous and the flywheel has no X.
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
Geez thats dirty lol.
Im finally home. Here is a pic of my valve cover off. I have about 140,000km on this motor.
It all looks good though. I like seeing someone taking the time to make it right. Hope you enjoy that ecotec power!
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Powder coated the oil pan.
Installed the ttr control arm bushings
Installed the oil pan
Installed the prothane dog bone mount
Painted the control arms
Painted the dipstick, powdercoat wouldn't stick to half of it.
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
Philly D wrote:Geez thats dirty lol.
Im finally home. Here is a pic of my valve cover off. I have about 140,000km on this motor.
It all looks good though. I like seeing someone taking the time to make it right. Hope you enjoy that ecotec power!
Your engine has 140,000 km which is 86,000 miles. I bet you this engine has well over 150,000 miles. That's over 250,000 km. my car has 162,000 miles on it. This engine isn't that bad. I saw a lot worse. I only paid $80 for it and $50 for the transmission.
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
What is the difference between the one I bought?
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
40 dollars for piece of mind!
DEFINITELY get the new style tensioner. The old style is a 2 piece and the piece on the end that pushes against the tensioner guide has a tendency to fall off. The new one has a snap ring to hold it on.
"In Oldskool we trust"
Now everyone tells me this when I want to have the engine in this weekend.
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
Y3llowCav wrote:DEFINITELY get the new style tensioner. The old style is a 2 piece and the piece on the end that pushes against the tensioner guide has a tendency to fall off. The new one has a snap ring to hold it on.
It fell off on me 2 times already and took me forever to get it to reset.
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
Lol there's your sign buddy. Thought I mentioned this via text but I guess it was someone else. Good news is that it's easy to do without taking it all apart. Just pull the valve cover or timing cover so you can hold the chain in place and replace the tensioner.
"In Oldskool we trust"
Maybe I'll just put a snapping on it haha. I'll see if I can pick one tomorrow. I'll just call napa, advance auto parts, autozone, and all the other shops have them all deliver them and pick one then send the rest back lol
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
BOOOM Bombshell!
42 Lb injectors
SAAB Garret Low pressure turbo
saab oil feed line
3in exhaust
thrush muffler
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
Are you HP tuning or Gm reflashing?
I asked oldskool if he could tune it with HP Tuners why?
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.
Luckily oldskool lives in the next town over.
"In Oldskool we trust"
Just checking...
Also itll be nice to see what a HP tuned Saab setup will do.
Philly D wrote:Also itll be nice to see what a HP tuned Saab setup will do.
True, I can't think of any off hand.
"In Oldskool we trust"
Finished porting the intake. Just cleaned the ports up.
Lapped the valves.
Installed new valve seals.
Cleaned the bowls.
Installed a new mls head gasket.
Installed Saab oil supply line.
Almost done (:
Installed all the timing components
Installed the turbo
Realized the rear manifold doesn't cover the egr port.
Need to fix my oil pump it's out of alignment.
Intake is installed
Valve cover installed
I need to drill and tap the block for an oil return.
On the inside my car looks like a fighter jet.