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New snail arrived today! (Borg Warner 363)

Compressor: 63mm / 87mm
Turbine: 76mm / 68mm
0.88 AR - Open T4

Made a little progress on this rust area.





Some more working of the steel required.

This was hiding under some shiny paint.







I suppose I'll have to add some steel.

After some further research, the shore hardness of these is as follows: 3M WIndow Weld (was an option i considered) - 55-60a Loctite PL Premium Polyurethane Construction Adhesive - 90a Loctite PL Roof & Flashing Sealant - 28-32a The roof sealant is like a rubber band in hardness. Construction ad...

I'm going to fill the motor mounts as they are torn and rather useless currently. http://mightycabbage.com/images/motor_mounts1.jpg Apparently people have used products like these with success. I'm going to give it a shot. I don't know what the shore hardness is, but I expect it to be a little less ...

Cam cap bolts drilled/tapped.



Engine timed. Valve cover painted. The paint can cap was red, but apparently it's going to be orange. Oh well.

Ready for cams! Almost. Some of the cam cap threads aren't healthy. I'm going to increase the bolt size. I could use threaded inserts, but there's already 2 that I've increased the size on, so I might as well just do the rest the same way.

Update! I figured I should have a degree wheel instead of paper substitutes. http://mightycabbage.com/images/deg_wheel1.jpg Pistons cleaned up. http://mightycabbage.com/images/pistons1.jpg Intake manifold flange surface wasn't so great (buggered up), so I resurfaced it. http://mightycabbage.com/imag...

http://repairguide.autozone.com/znetrgs/repair_guide_content/en_us/images/0900c152/80/03/c4/f8//small/0900c1528003c4f8.jpg "On 6-cylinder engines, this sensor is a Hall effect device that detects notches in the flexplate." Weird dodgey shit for sure. Easy enough to roll a decoder though. ...

Short block almost installed. Left motor mount is toast. (Going to fill it)
Needs a cleaning. Been sitting outside all winter with duct tape over the deck



Trans and new clutch install coming soon.