oh I am ready for it!

I just got a call from WebCams. They are shipping them tonight and I will have them on Weds. My clutch is still scheduled to arrive on Tues. That should be the last of it.

steff, I wanna know how you feel those cams once installed, I'm gonna get cams from them nest week, I've been looking for a place to order them for a while, but noone ever recommend me an specific place.

BTW they're for my 5MGE not for the 7AFE.

Just turbo it now, girl. You can baby the gas and the turbo will not boost too much. My TO4B spools very fast, even on this auto tranny, yet I can drive it all the time off-boost if I'm careful on the gas. It'll boost 1 PSI when taking off from a light, but after getting up to speed, it'll be hovering just below 0. When I replaced my broken piston, I rebuilt the engine entirely just to be safe, and I broke it in with the turbo setup for 500 miles using cheap oil, then I used Valvoline VR-1 Racing, which is what I've been using since 2003.

so yesterday I bought a flywheel for $50 and had it resurfaced for $32


I got my cams today with a total bill of $516.72. I will take some pictures before they are installed in the engine tomorrow.

The swap is now scheduled for the weekend of Dec 14-16.... next weekend

Cams are in and the motor is back together. I just need to get some tranny fluid and oil and everything is ready to go for this weekend.

I didn't take any pics staright out of the packaging. this is after we had already checked and rechecked the shims so the feeler gauge took some paint off. they sent me a page with the specs on it, if anyone is interested I'll scan and post it later.

Nice steff, I cannot wait to see this!

hehe that look like MY garage...
damn freezer crapped out, only the fridge works now guys.
good work!

Keep the pictures coming Steff.

nice! I hope this all goes smoothly for ya

clean/tuck a little while its out!

3 days

$1400

ruined jeans

and a 24oz shot of NOS later...









...and I now have a like-new completely rebuilt engine, reground cams, wideband O2 sensor, new axle seals, fuel filter, radiator and starter.

awesome work and awesome write up

drive it yet? how does it feel steff?

I haven't pushed it too hard yet since, 1, its a new motor and 2, I have an exhaust leak problem that needs to be taken care of.

there is a very noticeable difference with the cams though. for those who have driven or do daily drive an ST, you know the part where you floor the gas pedal and it make a whole lot of noise but takes a while to go anywhere and when it does go it doesn't get there too fast.... well with the cams its much more responsive, when you step on the gas it goes and just keeps going. its probably pretty comparable to a stock [manual] GT only lighter and with a more linear power curve that doesn't drop off after a certain RPM. of course its still not overwhelmingly fast but its 20 times better than what it was.


and just as a fun comparison...

old-196,000 miles, burning and leaking oil--------------------------new-177,000+ miles and not burning oil-now rebuilt and in my car

*comparison provided by Dustin's super duper MS Paint skillzorz

This post has been edited by hurley97: Dec 19, 2007 - 12:35 AM

what is ur cam spec?

so your running it n/a to break in or do you not have all the turbo stuff stocked up yet?

nice work steff keep it coming!

This has got to be the best, most organized build thread I've ever seen on here [don't let the join date fool you - I've been lurking here for quite several years ].
I'm glued to this thread - very impressed.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Dec 20, 2007 - 5:22 PM

Congratulations on getting it all back together and Running !

I don't think I Ever got a ride in an ST B4.
I'll Give you a ride in mine if I can get a ride in Yours !

(I could've given you a spin in the ST185 at CSP :-)

Regards;

whats with the nos? it doesnt look like a 7afe head... why?

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both. I want to break it in n/a for a while, in the meantime I still need a couple more things for the turbo stuff


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thanks


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it's very...very slow


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its a joke. it is.


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This post has been edited by hurley97: Dec 20, 2007 - 7:50 PM

good stuff!

i kind of figured it was a mixture of both.

I am having a lot of problems with my wideband. Although Innovate is very good at helping me through everything.

I initially had a problem where I connected the digital gauge I have and the narrow band signal for my ECU to the same output so when I changed the voltage reading for the gauge, it gave the wrong voltage to the ECU and the car would lean out. I put them on separate outputs and everything has been fine for a while now.

Now today I turned the car on like normal and it started to lean out again. Now, this happened once before a couple days after I got everything working the first time and I shut the car off and when I turned it back on everything was fine again and has been.... until today. I was driving around all day stopping and starting the car. Finally I stopped [to get a microfiber mit for Manny and Jenn... thats another story] and, not changing any settings or doing anything different this time, no matter how many times I turned the car back on it wasn't right and would lean out every time. Finally, under the recommendation of Dustin, I just cut the wire for the narrow band signal that goes to my ECU and was able to drive it home... with a check engine light.

I just called Innovate tech support and the guy has no idea why its happening, he too my name and number and said he'd call me back.

This post has been edited by hurley97: Dec 28, 2007 - 7:28 PM

All i can say is great work hurley97.

I am planning to rebuild a spare head that i have got with some regrinds like you have got, and a mild port and polish. As it was mentioned earlier in this topic can you definatly use 4age valve components in the 7afe head?

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not necessarily. what valve components are you planning to use?

why not just run a standalone wideband rather than piggybacking off the stock sensor? or maybe i misunderstand whats going on here, but the innovate display can piggyback off the stock sensor and act as a narrowband display or be hooked to a wideband sensor and be a wideband display. the wideband sensors arent that much and neither is the bung to install it into the exhaust.

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that would be an energy drink

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I was running with the wideband sensor installed and the narrowband wire that the ECU reads tapped into the wideband sensor. the stock sensor was not installed at all. the reason for making the wideband do both was just because it was easy to install since it just takes the place of my stock sensor in the bung that is already there and it's a clean looking install since it pretty much looks like stock. since I was having trouble with the wideband loosing programming and sending my ECU the wrong signals I'm going to have to have a bung welded and make the wideband standalone.

i was planning on using the springs and retainers as thats all the 4age valve train part i could find will these parts be ok? If not what parts can i use?