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Well it arrived here at the shop yesterday. Motor is in great shape and will soon be stripped down and machined for sleeves.

All of the work will be down by us at BnT performance and Dezod Motorsports.

 
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looks good man, keep everyone updated

 
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Why did you need a new D17? srry if I missed a previous thread or something

 
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its a spare block, is it not new its a used motor...just looks that new...chris said it has like around 70k on it.

 
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sure will! and thank you!

 
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i wanna come over there and hit it with a hammer! B/C i am Jelous!

nice, cant wait to see the finished product

 
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Looks like its starting to come together! How much did the spare block set you back out of curiosity?

 
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lol and what good would that do?

 
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im not sure..couple hundred...im not keeping track..lol chris is taking care of everything i need another with paul. so whatever i need i just send..ill ask chris when i talk to him.

 
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it will make me feel warm inside and give me a possible stiffy.





i wanna build one too but i gotta get rid of some of these damn bills b4 i can get started. i am just being a hater b/c u got started b4 i did.

 
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lol its all good...was turbod before but now it will be done the right way....

 
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this is gona be interesting, keep us posted on the build as it goes thru. dont disapear for two weeks and come back with one big thread of everything... its nice to see the updates on the main page.. is there a deadline for all of this??

 
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subscribed to watch the progress.

I like what I see so far...

 
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Hell no there is no deadline, I am a month out in the shop and the machine shop is 3 weeks out..but we will slide it in as fast as we can.....

 
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subscribed

 
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wow....great start from the beginning...

 
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yeah ill post up pics as its going. thanks, hoping for a victorious finish.

 
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Pallets and motors comin in are a great thing for a project of Steve's scale.

 
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Dont worry about everyone asking when its gonna be done man. Take your time and enjoy it. I've learned that its better not to worry about deadlines if you arent getting paid to do something, it takes all the fun out of everything.

 
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yeah i hear ya..im not trying to rush at all...as i get the money and its need i buy what whatever else i need, or i send it out to get this done..im saying in a month. but when, no rushing needed.yeah i cant wait to have fun, i miss being turbod, but this wil be 110% better.

 
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Good luck with your build.
Is not just a project is a journey.
have fun with it.

 
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yeah i understand that...i plan on having some fun with it after this journey of parts sitting in my room since November 06. lol

thanks for the support!

 
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One think I didn't get to do is to dyno the engine before I installed.
Later after my engine was running I found this place in O-town that had the capabilities to do so.
It would be worth the investment to find out any problems before it all gets installed.
may be there is a place near you that you can do so.

 
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no need to dyno the motor, its being vatted and machined for darton sleves. If there is a problem with the core block it will be found after its vatted.

 
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You mean, it actualy have the sleeves?
Cool.
I had sleeves but i was busting the head gasket.
I replaced it twice.
I was told that the sleeves where walking, I thought BS.
The third time I was pissed then the same shop dude told me that with a block guard I cloud fix the problem.
I gave it a shot, I installed the BG slightly modified for better water flow then no more head gaskets problem after 2 years running at 21 psi. still no problem.
Coincidence?
May be.
But it worked.
I just wished I knew that before while testing the engine outside the car then I didn't have to deal with my car being down all that time and pay extra to have it all the motor components remove to get it out of the vehicle.

Just a thought

 
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you gonna follw the Hector build up for some sick power? i would.. or see what you shop can do!

 
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nope, not following anyone. working on whatever comes out of the motor, power wise, with chris and paul's knowledge so its done the first time. not like the crap i had to deal with last time i was turbod.

 
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Well Hecter With me and Shawn we have over 10yrs experience with tuning. The add paul to the mix....We are doing the darton sleeves so a block gaurd is not needed

 
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Plus I will inspect all of the work from the machine shop. Ye we do alot of BG's and I am the one who usually opens the water ports on them..This will be fun most cars we do are vettes,Evos,Shelbys, and diesel trucks. Darren will be the tech who will be working on the motor after back from the machine shop..Who has 20plus years with honda and toyota...Its in good hands that is for sure just have to get a window of time to knock it out.

 
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