Turbo Cage Build
06-16-2011, 08:43 AM
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At the Advance Auto by me, they have high temperature engine paint and right next to that, they have high temperature clear coat. So, you have two choices, (1) High temp. clear coat, or (2) high temp. engine paint.
The parts are looking awesome man! I took the time and read the whole "stage" build of your Super Hawk (like 14 pages!). That was a very informative read. If that is any indication to what this Porsche will be, I can't wait to see it finished!
The parts are looking awesome man! I took the time and read the whole "stage" build of your Super Hawk (like 14 pages!). That was a very informative read. If that is any indication to what this Porsche will be, I can't wait to see it finished!
06-16-2011, 08:47 AM
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At the Advance Auto by me, they have high temperature engine paint and right next to that, they have high temperature clear coat. So, you have two choices, (1) High temp. clear coat, or (2) high temp. engine paint.
The parts are looking awesome man! I took the time and read the whole "stage" build of your Super Hawk (like 14 pages!). That was a very informative read. If that is any indication to what this Porsche will be, I can't wait to see it finished!
The parts are looking awesome man! I took the time and read the whole "stage" build of your Super Hawk (like 14 pages!). That was a very informative read. If that is any indication to what this Porsche will be, I can't wait to see it finished!
06-23-2011, 11:13 AM
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New Front Wheel Brgs & Races
The inner race walks right out with a flat end punch, but the outter is more difficult and requires thermodynamic manipulation. I used a torch to gently heat the hub/housing and that helped, but to make it real easy I then used a cold can of tomato juice to cool the race too. Once cooled the outter race walked right out.
07-11-2011, 05:51 PM
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Distributor MIA
I wont be needing the 1987 technology distributor so I had a hole to fill in the case...I was lucky and found a nice Italian motorcycle frame plug that fits the 30mm hole nicely
07-13-2011, 10:00 AM
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Case saving measures required
I've got 2 iffy head stud holes in the left case that I'm going to repair with Time-serts, so progress is slowed a little. One of the holes wont hold torque even with green sleeve and the other holds with green sleeve, but if I'm gonna fix one I'll fix both while I'm there
07-13-2011, 10:18 AM
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07-22-2011, 08:23 AM
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Case drilled & tapped for time-serts
I finally got everything together I needed to drill & tap the case for time-serts. It took a little while to figure out how to dill & tap with precision w/o using a drill press, but I gotter done so no porcupine case here
07-26-2011, 01:15 PM
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07-26-2011, 01:17 PM
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07-26-2011, 01:29 PM
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Then ordering the parts added even more days. I wanted to use 30mm inserts, but the holes just weren't deep enough, so had to reorder 24.5mm inserts...a lot of hurry up and wait.
All said it cost about $150.00 to save a $10K case and I have enough inserts left over for 13 more holes, but glad I don't need them
08-09-2011, 07:33 AM
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Needed to clean out some cam tower threads. If you don't have a collet stud holder you may wanna consider chasing down the Snap on van cuz it's one of the best tools I own
08-09-2011, 09:37 AM
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Also, inevitably you will come across a situation where the double nuts wont work cuz I did and that's when I bought it. I now have 2 and will buy more as needed cuz he who dies with the most tools wins!
