Here's what I've been up to.
I let the car sit for a month while I ate ramen.
The vinyl turned silver on the roof and hood so off it came.
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It got a little sticky.
Cleaning up that mess took a week.
Pulled the motor out and dropped the crank.
Stayed busy while parts shipped.
Finished motor. Nissan main and rod bearings. Crank polished on the loose side of OEM spec. Ported turbo automatic oil pump with competition oil pan and updated sump tube with gasket. Top end was not broken down so new rings (also on loose side), HG, rebuilt turbo, etc still in play.*$12 paint job complete.*
Motor smoked from exhaust at idle. Ran out of time so on the trailer it went.
Last day in the Marines came. Started packing.
Last night in NC.
Made it home. Took over the garage.
Prepping for Nov 5 drift day.
Removed turbo, replaced hot side oil seal. Changed oil. First start up was using Brad Penn 20-50. Now it's Valvoline VR1 20-50. Stopped smoking at idle but still pours under load. Changed plugs (NGK 4644 .025-028 gap) but no change. The motor sat upside down on the engine stand for weeks. Maybe there's built up oil residue, figure I'll just drive it and see if the smoke fades. Idles and runs perfect other than smoking under load.
Started driving. Made several short 2nd and 3rd gear pulls. Ran perfect while riding the edge of straight line traction.
Did a hard pull in 4th, boost was about 12-13 pounds, AF was 10-11, shifted to 5th and the car just felt instantly sandbagged. Massive misfire, wouldn't idle at stop lights. As it almost stalled oil pressure dropped. Smoked non stop. Limped home, oil sprayed everywhere from driver side valve cover vent but nothing from the other side.
Smokes from both vents but much more from drivers side. Pulled plugs, #2&6 slight oil residue, #4 complete coated in oil and gap was non existent. Cleaned, regapped all 6, ran for a minute, runs the same, pulled plugs again, same oil on 4. *gap is ok though.
Video
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/b7cc3025.mp4
So here it sits
Freshly rebuilt, tires mounted, entry fee paid, fucked up and running like dog shit yet again.