Ok, obviously a misspelling. 'Honer' could either be 'honor' or, more likely, 'a boner'. So which is it?
I gotta say, Paul - staying at your house this week, when the sh*t was flying off of the cars left and right, had me a little worried about parking my R53 in the driveway. I'm not saying you were in full monster mode, but the thought did enter my mind that you might just go ahead and pull my engine, too, just out of general purpose.
And having seen the modified Blimey in person a few times now, and the carved up GP, I hope everyone else can envision where this thing really is headed. You need a designed to make the sketch. Draw it out. Make it sexy, bring the GPness of it to life. Because damn, it's gonna be bitchin'.
Well, this happened. Getting proficient at something I never really wanted to be proficient in. Oh well. Took about half as much time to pull the engine as it did the first time. Tomorrow, work on the engines, and strip the engine bay for painting.
Jesus, Paul - looks like you sh*t yourself in the middle of doing it. Good on ya. Just get it all out there.
After a morning in the office, spending the afternoon in the engine shop. After some thought and inspection, decided to stick with the Blimey engine for now. I just reconditioned it recently, it's running very strong, and I know how well it has been maintained. After looking at the heads, I think my current head is at least as good as the GP's, probably better. And far less rust and corrosion. I'll save the GP engine for a later build core. So, swapping over all the manual stuff - mostly coolant and oil systems and brackets. Plus the tranny. Sensing its doom, the torque converter expels all its bodily fluids, in a final act of defiance. In the immortal words of the Geto Boys... Die MoFo Die MoFo Die!!!
Starting on the manual... this is gross on the inside. An hour later, nice and clean (mostly), with all new seals, guide tube, and bushings. Nice, pretty flywheel. Had some issues with the clutch combo I was going to run (Valeo kit, with the Clutchmasters flywheel I already had). Clutchmasters uses stock-size studs and bolts. Valeo uses smaller ones. Flanges on the Valeo pressure plate are so small, that if I drill or ream them there won't be much metal left around the holes. So the Valeo kit is going back, and I'll have a Clutchmasters kit on Thursday to finish the clutch install. In the meantime, I'll get the rest of the engine reassembled and ready to go, and will work on the engine bay, pedals, and shifter.
Paul--are you dead set on the clutch master clutch? Some folks have had issues with them...I have an OS Giken going in mine, but maybe that wouldn't work with your flywheel. Expensive, but with the amount we've invested in these suckers, it's sometihng worth paying extra for IMHO.