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Its Alive!!!

05-14-2004, 10:01 PM

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drawson

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Its Alive!!!

I just got done breaking in the camshaft

I let her goes through 4 complete thermostat opening after that & now I'm lettting her cool so I can retorque the head gasket

SOme of my first impression are...

It is way smooth = the balancing of the crank, rods, and piston has made a super smooth motor!!!

The engine is alot queiter? I don't know if this is the coated pistons or the total seal rings.

Rip's 5" sounds great at just 1500 RPMs you can hear turbo spooling

I'll post pics either tonight or in the AM of the completed project...

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