The money pit, aka Spirit R/T

[86Shelby]

Oil pump failure in the fall of 2005. It's all been a snowball since.

No oil pressure is bad. The intermediate shaft gear that drives it looked just as hourglass shaped.
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_0329.JPG

Never good when there are peices of bearing material in the pan this big. :eek:
http://www.geocities.com/glhs420/WTF_1.jpg

Rebuilt the 195k mile shortlbock. This one is just an inspect & measure, rering & new bearing job. Look closely and you'll see the .004" of cylinder taper.

ARP fasteners all around.
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_6739.JPG

Still using the factory issued pistons....
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7027.jpg

Reground higher lift cams from Lonewolf reside in the ported head. This is the wonderful head that numbnut Waldron took 9 months to repair. :mad:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7040-1.jpg

Mmmmmmmm turbo.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7148.jpg

Made some hard lines for the vacuum setup. I despise sloppy floppy vacuum lines going everywhere.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7204.jpg

Other goodies that are inside:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_6714.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_6712.jpg

[Kelvin]

finally! congrats yo

[DarkSlide]

This car is a tire's worst enemy.

[David]

Great log ray.

[Johnny]

very nice, now repaint the valve covers

[86Shelby]

Already got that covered, John. I made these this winter and they're on the way to Texas to be powdercoated, along with the ported intake. For now I'm using stock ones that have been painted- no longer flaky and nasty like the ones above.

From this:
http://www.geocities.com/ray_boy98/IMG_0353.JPG
To this:
http://www.geocities.com/ray_boy98/IMG_0400.JPG

[JesterMX6]

teh hawtness

[spoonraker]

very nice

[MadmaX]

mmmmm. lotus.

[JesterMX6]

OMG lotus.....*goes into road tales*

[SHIFTER]

I thought you sold this car years ago. Shows what I know. Looks good.

[C.J.]

Ray you do awesome work, seriously. Can't wait to see it out.

[Johnny]

very nice to see ray, I didnt figure it would go out unpainted

[86Shelby]

Timing the cams. Total pain in the ass since they are machined wrong.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7248.jpg


The engine is finally done. Might even get in the car tonight!!!!

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7249.jpg

[SHIFTER]

holy **** that is SECKS. I ****ing love those hard vacuum lines

[JesterMX6]

I ****ing love those hard vacuum lines

thats the plan for my next project.....

[Lepa]

no one cares horehay this is about ray's sex machine.

[Thunder]

nice work ray... let me know when you plan on putting the motor in the car if you haven't already!

[toom1h]

Secret source said tonight :)

[toom1h]

Possibly* tonight lol

[86Shelby]

VICTORY!!! :happy: :headbang: :rap: :elephant: :cheer2: :lol1: :cool:


http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7265.jpg

A bit more of this

:carsmiley:

and I'll be doin this.

:drivin:

[toom1h]

I miss my ol' spirit :(

[JesterMX6]

and I'll be doin this.

:drivin:

unfortunate.

[SHIFTER]

and I'll be doin this.

:drivin:

unfortunate.

QFT

[86Shelby]

Still better than sitting in the seat pretending to drive.

[spoonraker]

I thought only PT cruiser owners do that?

[JesterMX6]

Still better than sitting in the seat pretending to drive.

this brings back memories of my old Datsun 210 when i was like.....13 :lol:

[86Shelby]

Those are slicks that are spinning in the gif. I'll accept no lower than 600 ft/lbs out of this.

















Ok, I'll settle for 350-400. :)

[Johnny]

^which would still be a crap ton, and more than I will have in my car...

with 4 more cylinders...

[ali]

looks good

[86Shelby]

One thing that consumed a lot of time and thinking was finding a repair for the rocker arms on the car. The rollers had pitted and scored the cams pretty badly and needed to be replaced. Apparently INA/Lotus/Chrysler decided to make the rocker arms very spendy. Performance Dodge wanted nearly $300 each. No typo. I needed a minimum of 6, hmm, for nearly 2 grand I would expect some seriously bad-ass aftermarket valve train equipment not just stock Dodge replacement parts. So, working with Chad at The Shop and Jack at TMCO, we came up with a solution I think will work. We started off doing an autopsy on one of my bad 16V rockers and a standard 8V rocker. Rollers are the same diameter, same width, the pins are the same diameter....

After 4 or 5 trial runs of different sizes we ended up with these pieces. The pins are made of heat treated 4140 steel. The heat treating ruined the nice machined finish on them. So I spent roughly 1.5 hours on each one polishing them to mirror finish and only took off .0002-3" material on each one. The clips were tack welded in place.


http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_6673.JPG
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_6670.JPG
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/500/medium/IMG_6689.JPG

These are pics of the first run that worked size-wise. It's just stainelss steel; which unfortumately is not suitable at all for a bearing surface, even after hardening. That sucks since the 4140 is more expensive.

All said and done, these new pins along with harvesting rollers and needle bearings from brand new 8V rocker assemblies I'm back in business for now. We'll see how these look periodically. Hopefully everything will stay together real nice.

I wish I would have taken a pic of my wanna-be lathe that I did the polishing work on as I found it amusing. Basically take your drill and ziptie it to a sawhorse. It was horrible trying to get the pins straight in the chuck; they always wanted to be offcenter, I finally settled for them being off by .003".

[C.J.]

wowowowowowowewewewewowowowe

[Johnny]

damn very smart there Rayzor

[86Shelby]

It runs and runs damn well. Nice and smooth. Very traction limited on the wet pavement.


I wasn't kiddin ya; it was actually out today! First time the tank has been filled in over 2 years.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7312-1.jpg

[toom1h]

Lol I heard you guys headed south. I was thinking about headin over but, didn't feel like drivin south for your little get together

:gay:

[supercrackerbox]

It was great, I found Ray out in the garage at 12:30 am polishing his fuel rail . . .

[86Shelby]

True.:lol:

[spoonraker]

working after midnight is the best

[86Shelby]

Looks like the engine is coming back out. There is/was a knock in the valve train. Couldn't find anything wrong. Everything looked just peachy. I popped the exhaust cam out since that's where the noise seemed to be. The middle 3 journals are trashed. A 3 year-old could draw a line straighter than those journals are. No fingernail needed to feel the damage, all you need is a fingertip. I'm scared to take the head off and find out that it's trashed. I worked and waited 2 years to drive this car. After 3 weeks it's all gone. I'm going to the liquor store now.

Looks like this will turn into an actual work log, not just a catch-up to the end of my build.

[supercrackerbox]

****.

[turbodaytona87]

Any theories?

[86Shelby]

Any theories?

I have lots of theories.
Yes, there was a second gunman and the gov't was involved.

Time travel is not possible since the molecules that make you or the machine were in different places at that different point in time and cannot be in two places at once. ** you Doc Brown!

The people that want info from customer service surveys only do it to make themselves look busy and justify thier employment.

Francis Pharcellus Chruch recieved sexual favors by Virginia's mom(a MILF mind you) to lie to the world in his famous editorial.

You cannot have faith without science, just as you cannot have science without faith.

The most relevant is that something wasn't shaped correctly and that caused the damage.

[supercrackerbox]

Any theories?

I have lots of theories.
1.Yes, there was a second gunman and the gov't was involved.

2.Time travel is not possible since the molecules that make you or the machine were in different places at that different point in time and cannot be in two places at once. ** you Doc Brown!

3.The people that want info from customer service surveys only do it to make themselves look busy and justify thier employment.

4.Francis Pharcellus Chruch recieved sexual favors by Virginia's mom(a MILF mind you) to lie to the world in his famous editorial.

5.You cannot have faith without science, just as you cannot have science without faith.

6.The most relevant is that something wasn't shaped correctly and that caused the damage.

1. True, and anyone who doubts it has way too much faith in our government. Hell, the former director of the CIA even released all the evidence shortly before he died.

2. I thought the theory was that two molocules could not occupy the same place at the same time, not two places at two times.

3. Corporate America in a nutshell.

4. Don't know who either of those are, but again, America in a nutshell.

5. Finally someone gets it.

6. Whatever you do, don't give up. We'll figure it out one way or another.

[Thunder]

Looks like the engine is coming back out. There is/was a knock in the valve train. Couldn't find anything wrong. Everything looked just peachy. I popped the exhaust cam out since that's where the noise seemed to be. The middle 3 journals are trashed. A 3 year-old could draw a line straighter than those journals are. No fingernail needed to feel the damage, all you need is a fingertip. I'm scared to take the head off and find out that it's trashed. I worked and waited 2 years to drive this car. After 3 weeks it's all gone. I'm going to the liquor store now.

Looks like this will turn into an actual work log, not just a catch-up to the end of my build.

Damn! Thats terrible Ray. When did you start hearing this knock? Was it there when you first started it up/brought it out?

[turbodaytona87]

Any theories?

I have lots of theories.
Yes, there was a second gunman and the gov't was involved.

Time travel is not possible since the molecules that make you or the machine were in different places at that different point in time and cannot be in two places at once. ** you Doc Brown!

The people that want info from customer service surveys only do it to make themselves look busy and justify thier employment.

Francis Pharcellus Chruch recieved sexual favors by Virginia's mom(a MILF mind you) to lie to the world in his famous editorial.

You cannot have faith without science, just as you cannot have science without faith.

The most relevant is that something wasn't shaped correctly and that caused the damage.

You're a regular Bob Hope:lol:

[86Shelby]

Any theories?

4.Francis Pharcellus Chruch recieved sexual favors by Virginia's mom(a MILF mind you) to lie to the world in his famous editorial.

4. Don't know who either of those are, but again, America in a nutshell.


Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.


Call me whenever you go over to work on the Charger. I'll be watching football or in the garage.


Nate- I'm not THAT old!

Thunder- It started Friday night on the way back from my parent's. Only sounded like a collapsed lifter when leaving Cedar. Got to Lincoln and it was a genuine nasty noise.:eek::mad::(

[Lepa]

**** Ray I'm sorry, that really sucks. Obviously you need someone to cuddle with just give me a call.

[4sfed]

NO!!! Ray this really sucks.... I feel for you man. Let me know if there is anything I can do.

[Vrjetta]

every one start donating to rays paypal so he can get his car back on the road.

[srt-4_uk]

This thread is making me sad.

[Thunder]

looks like tomorrow i get to learn about the insides of a TIII

[86Shelby]

every one start donating to rays paypal so he can get his car back on the road.

Sounds good! PM me for paypal addy.:lol:

looks like tomorrow i get to learn about the insides of a TIII

If it's not too damn cold I'll be out there. Bring your mittens.:) Looks like Thursday-Sunday will be pretty good though.

[supercrackerbox]

NO!!! Ray this really sucks.... I feel for you man. Let me know if there is anything I can do.

You could give the poor guy a warm place to pull the head back off . . . :(

[Johnny]

SOOOOOO Gay,
sorry to hear

[86Shelby]

From this

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7373.jpg


To this in a lazy 2.5 hours

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd65/86Shelby/IMG_7377.jpg


Thanks for the help lifting, Adam.:Thumb:

[supercrackerbox]

Not a problem.

[STOK5OH]

If you needa warm place to work we can stick the frankenfox somewhere and you can use my garage.

[rsisbetter]

****, thats too bad. hopefully it will work out, let me know if you need some help.

[86Shelby]

looks like tomorrow i get to learn about the insides of a TIII

No show last night:doubt:, but I'll be out tonight working on it. Gotta pull the oil pan to check bearings & oil pump.

[86Shelby]

If you needa warm place to work we can stick the frankenfox somewhere and you can use my garage.

I'll keep that in mind if push comes to shove on my end.:)

I suppose the downtime would be a good time to do some of the smaller upgrades I was thinking about. That downpipe is begging for an exhaust driven evac system.

[Thunder]

looks like tomorrow i get to learn about the insides of a TIII

No show last night:doubt:, but I'll be out tonight working on it. Gotta pull the oil pan to check bearings & oil pump.

i'm getting sick again, and after work i just dont feel like much other than sitting and coughing up crap haha. if i can get over this, maybe tomorrow? At least then I'd be able to sleep in a little on sunday.

[Jasen]

Geebus Ray! Call me!

[Thunder]

save me jeebus!!

[supercrackerbox]

[QUOTE=STOK5OH;105654]
I suppose the downtime would be a good time to do some of the smaller upgrades I was thinking about. That downpipe is begging for an exhaust driven evac system.

If you're planning on ordering one of those Summit kits or something, let me know ASAP. I'll split it with you for my car, plus I gotta order a few things from them anyway.