LaserSVT 98 White Pearlescent Progress Thread

chicken said:
.....:shifty: is the water pump spinning backwards now? mine spins counter clockwise
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Think hard about your question, the side of the belt that pulls the water pump and physics.

Ill give you 10 minutes then I am gonna start making fun of you.
 
Well time is up but I am not in the mood to bash right neow.

Ribbed side of the belt makes chit spin the same way as the crank. Non-ribbed side will make the chit it touches spin the other war. Dont matter how the belt is routed, it all spins the same way.
 
hey bill i order new tokicos shock/struts can i cut a sping off and lower my car in the process?
 
No!


You can but thats just so not the right way. You want it lower then get the Eibach Sportlines for a T-bird or some of the lower dropped Voglandts (sp?) which is a better spring anyway.
 
LaserSVT said:
Well time is up but I am not in the mood to bash right neow.

Ribbed side of the belt makes chit spin the same way as the crank. Non-ribbed side will make the chit it touches spin the other war. Dont matter how the belt is routed, it all spins the same way.
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that is beyond untrue i was working on a jeep chrokee years ago that had an overheating problem that ended up being the cust routed the belt wrong spinning the water pump backwards, it was like yours looked correct, but its all in the routing
 
chicken said:
that is beyond untrue i was working on a jeep chrokee years ago that had an overheating problem that ended up being the cust routed the belt wrong spinning the water pump backwards, it was like yours looked correct, but its all in the routing
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If he had it spinning backwords thats cause somehow he managed to get the ribbed side on the water pump.

I know this drawing sux but it is IMPOSSIABLE to spin it the wrong way UNLESS he had the wrong side of the belt on it. The ribed side will always make the ribbed pulleys go clockwise (assuming thats the way the crank pulley spins) and the pulleys that use the back side of the belt will ALWAYS spin counterclockwise.

Sorry mang, its just one of them things that happens. Like the sunrise and gravity. :p


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Wish me luck! Off to do the new dyno tune with the lower boost and other minor mods!
Gawd I hope it does at least 340 rwhp. :(
 
you back yet? we need a update! Or are you ashamed you didnt get 340 rwhp?
 
sbcaprice305 said:
you back yet? we need a update! Or are you ashamed you didnt get 340 rwhp?
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Yeah, kinda. Power is 316/307 now. Cars midrange is WAY nicer though. She accelerates harder it seems. It also FEELS faster. IDK why but it does. Unfortunatly the motor is now hurt and I am focked.
 
94BLU8 said:
ok use lowered springs for a tbird thanks
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Using tbird rear spring will require a bit more item you'll need a top plate and a spring perch. Of not will be lower and the spring will not be isoloted/ will move around.
 
lincoln boy-

If you use the tbird rear spring ur going to need spring perches. where do i get those?
 
LaserSVT said:
Yeah, kinda. Power is 316/307 now. Cars midrange is WAY nicer though. She accelerates harder it seems. It also FEELS faster. IDK why but it does. Unfortunatly the motor is now hurt and I am focked.
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So Sapperfire came over last night so we could get an early start on the car today. He had actually started on it before I wouke up and when I went outside he had a lot torn down already.
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So I hopped to it and started to help with the rest.

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Decided since it will be a week or so till the car gets put back together that I better mark all the bolts to be safe:
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Then it was time to get her in the air to pull the PS pump and take out some oil pan bolts:

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So we loosened the VC's and I pulled the timing cover. At this point I was very sad. :( The tensioners and guides look perfect and show no wear. At that point I was certain the rods or main bearings were shot. We started to make plans as to how to do the motor swap and set this one to the side for a rebuild. So Jeremy starts to make some calls and I fiddle with the tensioners and get the drivers side guide to squeeze out about 1/8-1/4" and start to think maybe it is worn and dont pump up enough and maybe its worth trying to swap them to see what happens.

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At this point Jeremy is back over the car and says "You're gear is cracked!" and I look at the reluctor gear or crank angle gear and see at its TDC spot it is cracked half way through! :eek: He touches it and it goes "clink clink" on the crank. He just grabes it and it slides off the crank with no effort at all. I take a look and man o man was he right! I had never been so happy to see a broken part! :lol:

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Jeremy, thanks a ton mang! I was ready to get a new motor and he swoops in and finds this small part thats pretty easy to swap is broken.

So since we are in there I am gonna replace the tensioners anyway and order a new gear and gasket set.
 
Man I am so glad it's something simple...it's really about time you had some better luck..

I'm hoping that my check is good enough next Friday so I can do an oil change on mine
 
That settles it, after this happened to my friends 97:
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And now yours... when my timing cover comes off I'll bite the bullet and buy a billet.
 
well whats the deal bill you text me saying motor is junk, then you dont answer me! whats wrong with it?
 
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