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10-31-2009, 10:00 AM

i hope you have a big cam and those 243s are ported otherwise im pretty sure youll be looking at my taillights

sweetbmxrider · 10-31-2009, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JerzLT1

so are you gonna be ready to race the old boat anchor with your jesus motor when your done?

yessssssssss

NJ346 · 10-31-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JerzLT1

i hope you have a big cam and those 243s are ported otherwise im pretty sure youll be looking at my taillights

lol, we can start getting serious one the car is done. Btw, a new monster clutch is going in at the same time, so now the car probably wont be ready until the end of november. We will get a few runs off before the end of the season, I guarantee that.

sweetbmxrider · 10-31-2009, 03:42 PM

what the hell happened to your other clutch?

Anti_Rice_Guy · 10-31-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

what the hell happened to your other clutch?

Ditto. What's on your old one? Isn't it like 6 months old?

Tru2Chevy · 10-31-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Anti_Rice_Guy

Ditto. What's on your old one? Isn't it like 6 months old?

Yea, I thought those Monster's lasted forever!

- Justin

sweetbmxrider · 10-31-2009, 05:36 PM

unless he is going with a "race" clutch or whatever

NJ346 · 10-31-2009, 06:43 PM

I damaged the pressure plate when i put the 9in in. THe 9in wasn't centered, which caused a lot of strain on the tailshaft of the trans, and I over adjusted the tick master cylinder to compensate for the hard shifting i was experiencing. Steve at monster is going to take a look at it, and if it wasn't my fault(which i'm 95% sure it is), then the replacement he's shipping me is free, if not, I'm getting a new disk and pressure plate for under half the price of a new one. You win some, you lose some. With the motor out I was going to have to swap the clutch anyway...I'd rather make sure there's nothing wrong with the clutch once the car is back together.

01blackz28 · 10-31-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NJNETSFAN

lol, we can start getting serious one the car is done. Btw, a new monster clutch is going in at the same time, so now the car probably wont be ready until the end of november. We will get a few runs off before the end of the season, I guarantee that.

LOL.... You're not pulling the motor just to do a heads cam swap are you?? I'll be down in your neck of the woods Thursday running my car at a rental again. There should be a handfull of 9 second cars stop by if you want.

NJ346 · 10-31-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 01blackz28

LOL.... You're not pulling the motor just to do a heads cam swap are you?? I'll be down in your neck of the woods Thursday running my car at a rental again. There should be a handfull of 9 second cars stop by if you want.

no, I have a complete longblock with 80K miles on it that's getting built on en engine stand....no sense in putting money into the current motor that has 185K on it.

NastyEllEssWon · 11-01-2009, 12:48 AM

only thing left to break is the trans now.

take lots of pics

sweetbmxrider · 11-01-2009, 09:47 AM

ahhhh the old learn through experience and wallet gag.....

NJ346 · 11-01-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

only thing left to break is the trans now.

take lots of pics

I will try with the pics, but according to everyone here...I'll be on a time crunch. I've spoken to two people that have done it before, and they say they don't see why I can't get it done in 3 days....we shall see.

NJ346 · 11-09-2009, 01:05 PM

just an update: Motor swap was completed in 3 full days like planned.

Only things that broke:
2 coolant lines, brake fluid level sensor, and an evap purge solenoid.