With the engine rebuild and the powder coating, it's only going to cost me $1300. I might just cough up the extra dough and get the Cometic head gaskets too.

Cough, and forged pistons cough

I'm going to sell some of my parts off of the Eclipse so I can get some cash for the rebuild. I'm going to try and get Eagle H beam rods too.

Those rods should hold up fine to 500hp. Spend the $270 on the forged pistons and go with the compacted graphite head gaskets. Mustang guys are running into the 9's on them and they're like $15 each

What time do you want to meet up tomorrow? I can do afternoon to 6pm.

6pm still works for me.

Keep in mind my wife goes to work at 6:30, so 6 is kinda pushing it.

I get off work at noon today, have a meeting with the sheet metal dude about the porsche, then pickup my lady at 3:30 most likely i'll make it there well before 6. If not i'll just cruise by your house and pick the stuff up, so no big deal.

Were you able to look at the tb yet Guy?

Yep, this week has been kinda stressed with my workload and the holidays, i got all the sensors and doors off but it looks like its tac welded together. But its all shiny now.

Tach welded? Sounds like GM quality there.

Yeah after the countershaft is pressed through they tac weld the throttle cable mounting spring on. Pretty common with OE stuff, accufab does the same thing. I'll get it really really really clean, and paint it silver to match and bake it at a really low temperature to make sure it doesnt burn up the seals inside. Gonna be the closest thing i can do without grinding off the welds.

Sounds like a plan to me.

What do you think about this color: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SU...0190/?rtype=10

Its not a single stage, requires a clear. No bueno.

http://powder365.com/store/index.php...dex&cPath=1_15

This place has a bunch of cool colors. I want to do my exhaust manifolds and cross tube red, but they don't have it. Might just have you media blast them and paint them red myself.

Guy, what were those head gaskets you told me I should get?

Thanks for the link, I was looking at those awhile back.

Powder coating looks great.

I realize I'm late to the party, but awesome truck! I love those things :thumbs_up: Hard to believe you pay so damn much for gas on the left coast... here in the midwest gas is only like $3.09

No kidding... I installed new struts on my daily last week and despite having a 500 ft-lb impact wrench and a bolt that was soaked with PB blaster for a few hours, I couldn't remove that bolt on the rear saddle joint holding the strut. I ended up shearing off the bolt and I had to drill it out and instead installed a new bolt/nut... dumb...

That silver PC looks great, too!

I just came back from NE a couple months ago and gas was dirt cheap, and better quality. I miss that.

70% of fuel cost in CA is gubberment tax.

...and you're state is still broke :(

Seriously

Here are the parts:


They look good in the sunlight.

Sexy

ditto

Im almost there with the money, which amazes me. January should be the month to get this back on the road!

Cool ride!

Thanks.

I just saw a super clean black Typhoon right down the street from my house and made me sad. I want mine up and running already.

My pistons Im going with.

holy shit, you know those are sold individually right?

At least it's only 6 :D

I know, but Ive been doing quite a bit of reading on the SyTy boards, and I guess quite a few people use them with great success. Im going to pick up some Eagle rods as well and Ill be happy. Im getting a hookup on a Garrett GT42R that Im going to throw in later on, maybe after tax season.

Guy, those pistons I showed you with the Dart coatings have gone down in price and they come with the plasma rings and pins too. If I can get the guy thats buying my old motor out of my Eclipse to paypal me the money now, Ill just buy them then.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110766703862...84.m1438.l2649

What do you guys think?

Probe pistons and rings, stock rods. Will outlast your power goals easily. And be less then half the cost.

I just dont want to be doing this all over again. The Sy Ty guys are not so comfortable using hypereutectic pistons, most of their builds using them fail. This truck is setup in stock form to run 15psi. Ill look into Probe pistons later and see what they have.

Im trying to figure out where i said hypertoocrackits? FRS probe pistons are forged and identical looking to the JE ones you posted and are only $350 for 8 of them, call and have them make you a deal on 6. The stock rods are pretty fuckin strong on a sbc. And i dont see you making 500rwhp any time soon. And if you do you'll be in the same position i'm in. Save the money, keep the power to around 450rwhp and you'll be a happy happy man

Sorry, but I bought them anyways. :o