Re: Project status....
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 5:11 am
Think I read somewhere that someone made a steel girdle?
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Re: Project status....
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 9:17 pm
As I was assembling this engine, I thought I'd highlight several assembly tools and tips that will save time and aggravation. There are 4 shown in the two photos. Are they obvious?
Re: Project status....
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:39 am
Main studs with vacuum caps to protect crankshaft. Oil pan studs to stretch the gasket and hold it in place.
Connecting rod chopstick to protect crankshaft. Tapered ring compressor for piston installation.
Connecting rod chopstick to protect crankshaft. Tapered ring compressor for piston installation.
Re: Project status....
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 8:28 am
Sharpie marks on the front main bearing to help identify the dowel pin location. I have always marked the location, but drawing a line around the circumference is a great idea.
Re: Project status....
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 9:43 am
I think the "chopstick" is more there to line up and seat the rod bearing without wrapping yourself around the engine block. Protection certainly doesn't hurt though. 
Re: Project status....
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 2:17 pm
Is there a beer hidden behind the block?michaelmount123 wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2024 9:17 pm As I was assembling this engine, I thought I'd highlight several assembly tools and tips that will save time and aggravation. There are 4 shown in the two photos. Are they obvious?
GTR Assy 2.jpg
GTR Assy 1.jpg
Re: Project status....
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 2:18 pm
I like the windage holes....
Re: Project status....
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:06 am
Which windage holes, Chris?
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:24 am
on the right and left sides of the main bearing webbing - not in a normal 944 block!
Re: Project status....
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 12:49 pm
i like to think of hte black things as 'stud condoms".....