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Randeez 2012 Budget Yukon Denali Build (stick on hood scoops galore)
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I'm still learning this car stuff
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cars and coffee was a no go, what a disaster. gate opened at 9, racing started at 11 was the schedule.
im up pretty early anyway, so i dick around till about 7:30 figured id go grab some breakfast and head over there about 8:30. by 830 the line to get in the place i like 2 miles long. i'm like eh i'm good, dont car much about the car show i'll let the initial rush die down and head back over about 10:30....1030 rolls around and this place has the road leading up to the track backed up like 5 miles in either direction
. so i really wanted to do some racing so i waiting about 10-15 mins, line was steady moving slow but moving. then it just stopped, and stopped, and stopped. finally i said **** it and rode the "green lane" all the way up to the entrance cause i am still in something that isnt an inch off the ground. shit just wasnt moving, come to find out they quit letting people in about 11 cause it was to capacity. so no racing for me
this junk is still pushing water out into the overflow tank (water bottle) i think theres just too much backpressure between the turbo and the crossover/log style manifold. only seems to blow out when im turnt up 20+psi. ive bled and bled, put 50psi on the coolant system and nothing but a couple rips and it fills the overflow up. soooo i kinda took lot of it apart lol, was thinking about trying to retorque the head studs but i gotta get down to pulling the rockers/stands etc anyway i think im just going to pull the heads and swap the head gaskets and be done with it. pulled the turbo, exhaust manifolds, downpipe out...blow outs around most exhaust ports, had the turbo side decked flt, the driverside ive never pulled it since first putting it on, all bolts were tight
im up pretty early anyway, so i dick around till about 7:30 figured id go grab some breakfast and head over there about 8:30. by 830 the line to get in the place i like 2 miles long. i'm like eh i'm good, dont car much about the car show i'll let the initial rush die down and head back over about 10:30....1030 rolls around and this place has the road leading up to the track backed up like 5 miles in either direction
. so i really wanted to do some racing so i waiting about 10-15 mins, line was steady moving slow but moving. then it just stopped, and stopped, and stopped. finally i said **** it and rode the "green lane" all the way up to the entrance cause i am still in something that isnt an inch off the ground. shit just wasnt moving, come to find out they quit letting people in about 11 cause it was to capacity. so no racing for me this junk is still pushing water out into the overflow tank (water bottle) i think theres just too much backpressure between the turbo and the crossover/log style manifold. only seems to blow out when im turnt up 20+psi. ive bled and bled, put 50psi on the coolant system and nothing but a couple rips and it fills the overflow up. soooo i kinda took lot of it apart lol, was thinking about trying to retorque the head studs but i gotta get down to pulling the rockers/stands etc anyway i think im just going to pull the heads and swap the head gaskets and be done with it. pulled the turbo, exhaust manifolds, downpipe out...blow outs around most exhaust ports, had the turbo side decked flt, the driverside ive never pulled it since first putting it on, all bolts were tight
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and since i was bored i wasnt too worried about taking this much apart because flow tech headers came today... theyre pretty cheap but couldnt find exactly how far off the engine and how forward they sit. some people were sayin "just cut em off where ya need them". i only pulled the passenger side out and just held it up but they stuck way too far forward and end up being about 4" from the fans.... so back to summit they go.
these; thought about talking to my guy and seeing if if would be easier to cut off forwrd tube on each side (1&2) and route it back a little and cut the entire collector back a couple inches but the tubes werent quite lined up to go into the collector figured it would be more hassle than its worth
these; thought about talking to my guy and seeing if if would be easier to cut off forwrd tube on each side (1&2) and route it back a little and cut the entire collector back a couple inches but the tubes werent quite lined up to go into the collector figured it would be more hassle than its worth
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Whose gaskets are those and how long were they on?
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The heads have a groove to hold a hi-temp o ring.
One side been on maybe a year, I replaced the ones on turbo manifold when I had it resurfaced
One side been on maybe a year, I replaced the ones on turbo manifold when I had it resurfaced
Houston we might have a problem
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Yea...too much back pressure blowing them out
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The head gasket never lies... looks like heads been dancing around
Passenger side off, I'll pull driverside tomm
Passenger side off, I'll pull driverside tomm
Jesus.
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bruh..i woke up this morning and was about in the mood to just throw a junkyard motor in it and be done with this shit. the longer i let it sit the more it pisses me off.
all the plugs came out dry, looked fine, cyls are sooty not like they were getting steam cleaned. i dont think much water was making its way into the cylinders it was just blowing out into the coolant system. i did have one plug on cyl #3 that had oil all the way down the threads so im curious to see what thats about when i get that head off
and there was no "seal" between the head/gasket/block... i took all the nuts off the studs and it just came off no prying or anything. may need to re-torque after a couple hundred miles or something
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Also, i'm kinda shocked at how much filth gets up in the engine bay. Seems like just yesterday you put it in. All perfect, shiny, and new...
I agree with the retorquing the heads after some heat cycles. It seems like a good idea anyway.
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she gets driven...
i need to get the heads shaved down a little to smooth them out.....pretty rough around a cylinder or two.
ordered abunch of misc stuff needed to clean up and put back together.
i need to get the heads shaved down a little to smooth them out.....pretty rough around a cylinder or two.
ordered abunch of misc stuff needed to clean up and put back together.
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I know the feeling , oh so well.
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I knew you'd come around. Twins this time?
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Well....you've become a pro at taking her apart I bet. At least you know what you're doing
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Dunno, prob not....just needs to have enough exhaust housing
steering shaft on driverside makes it a pain to get anything more than 2.5" downpipe out that side
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pwtr02ss
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I just figured since it was a part and you had been kicking around the idea...
BUT, I think its perfect the way it is. Get the heads decked a little and get the clamp locked down and you'll be in business.
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just packaging mostly, if i gut everything under the hood that can be relocated it may be easier but thats like battery, ecm, fusebox, reroute brake lines, move the pump for steering rack and hydro boost, a2w reservoir, etc etc... its all do-able just not really a level of work i feel like doin
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Completely understand. The level of work you did yesterday is a higher level than the work I want to do, period.
