R32RennSport
Outlaw Amazonian
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2011
- Location
- Atascadero, CA
It's been about a month so I thought I'd share some updates.
First and foremost I've been meaning to address my oil leaks since getting the engine broken in. I made quite a few rookie mistakes on assembly of my first B series engine and I thought now was a good time to take care of those while everything has been cancelled and make some tuning changes as well. Now mind you I have an "essential" job in the automotive industry and have been lucky enough to keep normal employment and decent pay so I've been chipping away at things in the evenings and weekends when time permits. So up for reseal was basically everything, oil pan, timing cover, fuel pump, cylinder head and I even found some seeping freeze plugs on the hot side.
With the induction off the car I've decided to experiment and choke the DCOE 45s down to 34mm chokes down from the 36mm that were in it and change jetting as needed. I felt the car had great mid range and top but always suffered a little down low and I think this will wake it up a bit, I've never been a fan of tuning an engine for high RPM driving as it generally sees that range only briefly even during spirited drives.
Cosmetically I decided to do a color change on my American Racing Torq Thrusts, mainly because the matte light grey was near impossible to keep clean but also I knew a darker center would ad more contrast. I also commissioned a set of brushed aluminum center caps to be made borrowing from the design found on very early hubcaps and mudflaps. I think the combination will really add some class to the car. I'm thinking about repainting the gold steel wheels to a glossy medium gray now but we shall see. If anyone wants a swell set of custom caps made up contact @idyourride on Facebook or Instagram! Around $50 a cap to start including design work.
First and foremost I've been meaning to address my oil leaks since getting the engine broken in. I made quite a few rookie mistakes on assembly of my first B series engine and I thought now was a good time to take care of those while everything has been cancelled and make some tuning changes as well. Now mind you I have an "essential" job in the automotive industry and have been lucky enough to keep normal employment and decent pay so I've been chipping away at things in the evenings and weekends when time permits. So up for reseal was basically everything, oil pan, timing cover, fuel pump, cylinder head and I even found some seeping freeze plugs on the hot side.
With the induction off the car I've decided to experiment and choke the DCOE 45s down to 34mm chokes down from the 36mm that were in it and change jetting as needed. I felt the car had great mid range and top but always suffered a little down low and I think this will wake it up a bit, I've never been a fan of tuning an engine for high RPM driving as it generally sees that range only briefly even during spirited drives.
Cosmetically I decided to do a color change on my American Racing Torq Thrusts, mainly because the matte light grey was near impossible to keep clean but also I knew a darker center would ad more contrast. I also commissioned a set of brushed aluminum center caps to be made borrowing from the design found on very early hubcaps and mudflaps. I think the combination will really add some class to the car. I'm thinking about repainting the gold steel wheels to a glossy medium gray now but we shall see. If anyone wants a swell set of custom caps made up contact @idyourride on Facebook or Instagram! Around $50 a cap to start including design work.
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