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[EricF]

Between working around the clock to help keep the company on its feet (it is Sunday afternoon, I am at my desk, answering e-mails and doing paperwork), having an offer on a house and actively trying to get it to go through, house and multiple pet-sitting, and all the other silly little projects the day tends to present you randomly, I have had little time to work on what I've started.

A couple of weeks ago I started tearing into the 850, got it up on jackstands and prepared to do some serious work to it.

There it sat, lots of things partially unbolted, until the following weekend's Saturday night where I caught another couple hours to work on it. Then last night I got another shot at doing things. I also found my camera, so here's the update.

Emptiness becomes the 850.... And after a couple cans of pblaster, engine degreaser, and 3 cans of brakleen, it still looks dirty and cluttered <img src="http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
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Past and future occupant of the space, still dirty
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Inside's all tore up and coming along
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Out with the old (btw on a pallet and for sale if anyone's interested. Shifted like butter I tell you! Hundred bucks picked up, or 100 plus you pay a trucking company to come pick it up and whisk it away, we have a loading dock here.
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In with the new
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Sweet ass downpipe/wastegate setup. Too leaky, going away in favor of my ATP internal gate. If anyone wants the piping and flanges (going to hack off the first 10 inches of the downpipe and replace it with straight 3" terminated in a nice v-band flange), let me know.
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Sad face <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />
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We'll see how much Turbonetics charges to fix it.

Home made angle-outlet flange, so now all the blue car needs a foot or two of pipin and some weldin. Then it's back on the road.. (by the way)
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Nice clutch, PP, and new throwout bearing.
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Scene of the crime
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Another angle of the mess
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Oh but what is this?
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Spaghetti
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Spaghetti posing for a picture
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How it's going to talk to me
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So I still need to resurface the flywheel (was planning on sticking some 150 grit sandpaper on a slab of granite or something but couldn't find any), drop the pan on the engine and replace all the o-rings and crap I can get to, hopefully encountering my loss of initial startup oil pressure along the way, run the wiring for the standalone, get an IAT sensor, hang the pedal assembly and hydraulic shiz, and I guess just put it all back together. Next weekend is a possible finish date, but I think more realistically I will just get the engine/trans in and get bogged down in all the little things before Sunday's over.

Anyway, that's what's going on in my neck of the woods. House is a 10,000+ sq ft waterfront ocean access lot in Hollywood FL, with a huge tiki hut, a 1400 sq ft 2/1 house, a 1 car garage that opens into the backyard as well as the driveway, no code enforcement or homeowner's association, and lots of resident iguanas.

Have a good week you folks <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />

[NGB]

Nice!

Looks like a great project. How soon are you planning to have everything done?


Got pix of the house?

[prasamin]

someone snag the M56!

i know you're gonna tear that engine and car to shreds man....it hurts so bad.

[HtownTurboBrick]

Past and future occupant of the space, still dirty

past and future occupant for the engine bay? you took out a white block to drop in a pressure washer? schweet baby jeebus!

good luck on the project bro, o yea there's a PM in your box somewhere from like 3 weeks ago you never got back to me on

[EricF]

someone snag the M56!

It's the old auto for sale! Had cherry-like fluid that came out of it, lived a lot of its life with a bar and plate external cooler.

[Johann]

Thrilling..

[TorqueSteer]

House is a 10,000+ sq ft waterfront ocean access lot in Hollywood FL, with a huge tiki hut, a 1400 sq ft 2/1 house, a 1 car garage that opens into the backyard as well as the driveway,

Your moving back to Florida?

[Oreo931]

Awesome!

Are you just going to have that turbo repaired or are you considering something else?

[EricF]

Awesome!

Are you just going to have that turbo repaired or are you considering something else?

It's an absolutely perfectly sized turbo for my goals, so just going to have it repaired.

Ben, I already live back down here

[Boost3237]

rock on... hope to see it putting up some nice numbers + I want a ride

btw you have pm

[BtownVolvo]

Ben, I already live back down here

So where the hell are you then??

Might need your help when things lighten up for you

[flyfishing3]

no florocarbon tippet, for shame.

[witty display name]

duuuudde. wow. oh yeah, pm sent.

[matt b]

Where did you end up sourcing the flywheel from ? How long before you give in and buy another RWD ?

[ProjectT-5R]

What did you do to mess up the turbo like that? Looks like when my shaft nut came off after a rebuild but I see your nut is still in place.

Be sure go give those seats a good cleaning before you call it finished. It would just not be proper without it.

[EricF]

no florocarbon tippet, for shame.

Dude that's Seaguar fluorocarbon leader, it's like the man's version of tippet

Where did you end up sourcing the flywheel from ? How long before you give in and buy another RWD ?

Got one from a local yard for $75, was kind of a hassle because the dude they sent back to get it was too lazy to take it off so he said he couldn't find it. I think he got fired and then the boss went back and pulled it off himself

What did you do to mess up the turbo like that? Looks like when my shaft nut came off after a rebuild but I see your nut is still in place.

I thought the same thing. It absolutely looks like foreign object damage, but how that happened is way beyond me. The foam filter on the car was badly messed up when I got it, but I don't think foam would do that.

Be sure go give those seats a good cleaning before you call it finished. It would just not be proper without it.

Yup, got the leather cleaner and conditioner out, and a few disposable razors for the alcantara

And yes, to those of you too polite to comment about my bumper trim needing dyed/painted, I will do something about that too. I may even wash the car for once

[Tripp Mcnealy]

Looking good meng.. I wish i had the time and knowledge to do your car projects! Good luck with the house, i have been working on one since mid feb still waiting for the bank to respond, stupid short sales!

Looks like we will have to have another south florida meet come june/july..

[EricF]

Looking good meng.. I wish i had the time and knowledge to do your car projects! Good luck with the house, i have been working on one since mid feb still waiting for the bank to respond, stupid short sales!

Looks like we will have to have another south florida meet come june/july..

For sure Trey Short sales are where the good deals are now though... Foreclosure market at least down here is way overrun with cash investors and most good deals get contracts on them the day they're listed.

[gdizzle]

Cool Eric.

[EricF]

Woke up in time to do some work before rib cookin yesterday.

Engine had been painted ...poorly. Aluminum ceramic high heat header paint.


Up she goes, after syncing the cam wheel as needed for the VEMS and doing other misc shit.




I've now put an engine/trans combo into an 850 3 times by myself, and it still damn well sucks.

After much raising, adjusting, and re-lowering: Ahh, like a glove.




Somehow I forgot to put the damn VR plug of the harness through the firewall, so next time I need to get that done.

I so badly wanted to get the shifter cables hooked up so I could sit in the car and shift through the gears, but alas, the rubber bushings put up more than 5 seconds of fight and I had got brass bushings and ribs waiting to be cooked.

I did, however, manage to tend to the flatness (or lack thereof) of the ATP internal gate.


It is still not totally flat, if I have time at work tomorrow I'll dick with it some more. It's getting there though!

Anyway that's what's going on. Looks like the Karl Buchka harness reaches everywhere it needs to and need not be hacked up to lengthen in any place that I can foresee. Joy.

Hope you guys had a happy and safe Memorial Day.