Charlotte (Nicks 95 GSR)

NemesisCBR

Boredest Member
Freshy fresh.. lookin forward to friday.


I wasnt talkin about what kind of dirty. Its just grey all over. lol
 

Nick_C78

New Member
derekkh said:
Nice dude. That didn't take long at all.
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Not my first rodeo. :p I actually took my time with it since I was sick. It was actually around 10 work hours. 4 of which were spent cleaning the head....
 


derekkh

New Member
So when do you want to come down and help me? Haha. I am going to try 1 more thing before I pull the block.
 

dopematic

New Member
Nice work bro! Happy Tuning! =D

What did you use to clean the combustion chambers?

I like your gold ITR strut bar. I might have to copy that Haha
 

Nick_C78

New Member
What all are you going to try derek? By the way did you reuse your old head bolts when you replaced the head gasket after it blew? It could have blown because you stretched your head bolts.

dopematic said:
What did you use to clean the combustion chambers?

I like your gold ITR strut bar. I might have to copy that Haha
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It was a system to clean it. Soak with purple power degreaser. Absorb most of the degreaser with a rag. Then scrub really hard in circular motions with a wire brush. Then blast with carb cleaner. Then repeat the process until it looks clean. Then blast it with the air compressor to dry it out and remove any remaining particles. Took forever and was very tiring but it got the job done.

It is an ITR rep. I actually hate it. It is a POS. The brackets are super weak. The bar itself is fine though.

And thanks goofy
 

derekkh

New Member
I reused the head bolts since there was only 2500 miles on them. Or so I thought. I think he reused them too and over torqued to compensate for the stretch and this is why I think it leaked the first time. I'm going to buy some arp studs and a new cometic HG. Since I'm getting the head resurfaced I might get a little more work done. We will see how much money I have to work with. If the block turns out to be the problem I have another block I can use for the time being. That's where I would need some help.
 

Nick_C78

New Member
Sounds like a solid plan. Over torqued to compensate for the stretch? lol If anything that caused them to stretch more.
 

derekkh

New Member
Ya. It would increase the torque value but when I pulled the head the stretch was too much. But just to make sure I will straight edge the block just to check. We will see. Ill update my build thread once things finally start getting done.
 

XjoEnX

Active Member
Nice updates dude. That head and longblock work looks great. Lots of great info here too. I'm definitely going to utilize this info in the future. :thumbs up
 
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