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Offline Eric Ringrose

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the latest "finally got my car on the road" thread
« on: August 22, 2005, 01:53:33 am »
It was a month and a half long process, picked up a block from robin with no balance shafts and dead pistons, replaced the crank and rod bearings, new pistons....shaved the head to match the fresh block. ARP head studs, poly urethane motor mounts, ported and polished intake manifold, ported and welded the stock 1g exhman, Evo 16G, new clutch, slave cyl, master cyl, aurora plug wires, new 02 sensor.

I learned a lot over the passed month or 2, and here are the pictures!!




The "I've owned my DSM long enough to have replaced the motor" pic


















That is all for now, i'll get the After pics up sooner than later.

special thanks to Rob at Alec's Automotive for great machine work, and even better service.

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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2005, 12:16:42 am »
Looks good! Keep up the good work!

Offline Matt Demick

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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2005, 10:58:10 am »
Looks awesome man. Nice and glossy :D Its alway rewarding building a motor for ur car. well untill u have built 4 lol
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Offline Mike_Szmigielski

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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2005, 07:41:00 pm »
looks nice!  =)
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Offline Eric Ringrose

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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2005, 11:36:05 pm »
thanks for the replies!

the car feels so much better now that it's running on all 4 cylinders  :)

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« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2005, 10:18:03 pm »
nice job man!!  good work.

1 ?, why not a 2g manifold?  Or that last $100 just not doable at the time?  I get that...
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Offline Eric Ringrose

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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2005, 06:55:29 pm »
Quote from: "John Hartman"
nice job man!!  good work.

1 ?, why not a 2g manifold?  Or that last $100 just not doable at the time?  I get that...


i bought a 2g manifold from Ernie Turner, but the thing was cracked and he refused to give me money back, or work with me in any way. now he wont respond to my PMs.

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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2005, 09:33:14 pm »
I have one but it'll cost ya more than $100 and mines perfect....
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« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2005, 10:08:25 pm »
nice job old friend
why does your car sneeze when you shift?"

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