hustler's "driver shame" thread
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Last weekend of January is the first race weekend. I'd like to drive it to work a few days the week prior so I don't endure any little issues on the side of the highway, far from home.
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If you wanted to maintain perfect belt alignment the solution is to run a crank pulley boss from a 96+ motor, which were a tad shorter to accommodate the added thickness of the wheel.
Part no B6BF-11-400A.
Part no B6BF-11-400A.
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Once you get that torque bar, you can try to tighten them all to spec. If they don't turn, they're above spec, if they turn they were below spec. If you shot for mid-range with your clicky torque wrench, I'd say you're ok. If any of this has caused issues with the head gasket, I'd be confident in saying that something else would fail before your head gasket. Leave it.
Oh, and with a bar torque wrench like I pictured, you can test your clicky wrench. Tighten a bolt in a vice with the bar wrench to head stud torque, and the clicky wrench should click without tightening it anymore. This only works for a torque wrench that's over tightening something. Search online for various home testing methods. I believe the most reliable has you hooking one torque wrench directly to the other to see where it's clicking.
Oh, and with a bar torque wrench like I pictured, you can test your clicky wrench. Tighten a bolt in a vice with the bar wrench to head stud torque, and the clicky wrench should click without tightening it anymore. This only works for a torque wrench that's over tightening something. Search online for various home testing methods. I believe the most reliable has you hooking one torque wrench directly to the other to see where it's clicking.
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My current coolant reroute set-up changed a little bit and now the return pipe is the highest point in the system. What does this mean in terms of flow and the possibility for air bubbles? Do I need to pick-up a swirl-pot?
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Nope, I can't weld. It is the one single part of my car that is still not as good as it could be.
It's all rubber hose, I'm screwed. I wish someone would come out with a coolant reroute that's up to my standards without a remote thermostat.
It's all rubber hose, I'm screwed. I wish someone would come out with a coolant reroute that's up to my standards without a remote thermostat.