The Progression of KAOS, ... from then 'til now. |
The Progression of KAOS, ... from then 'til now. |
May 20, 2011 - 11:52 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '06 From Calgary, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 37 (100%) |
I've made so much progress in the past few weeks with my car (thanks mostly to local board members) that I thought I would jump on the band wagon & start my progress thread too.
This thread, just like the car; is a work in progress. My Car was purchased back in 2006 and was meant to be a project car right away, but unfortunately I was busy with my career at the time and she was quickly neglected. 1994 Celica GT-S w/ ~224K kms on it (approx 139187 miles) Interior was in great condition, nothing special done to it... Exterior was in decent shape, except for the driverside fender, which was mashed in, punched back out, and rattle canned. The most unique feature of this car, was the dual exhaust. This post has been edited by KAOS: Dec 22, 2014 - 2:55 PM -------------------- |
May 18, 2012 - 12:18 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '06 From Calgary, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 37 (100%) |
Got the block and the pistons back from the machine shop today - CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.
Block looks great... needs a little bit of a pressure wash to get rid of the flaking paint on the block (from the hot tank, I'm assuming). I didn't realize how much gunk/build up there actually was in the cooling chambers of the cylinders until it wasn't there anymore. The chambers look great now, could probably use a little pressure washing themselves. (I can still see a few rust chips inside... ) The block came back with what appears to be some pretty big scratches in the cylinders... I'm a little concerned because they weren't there before I took the block to the shop and now I'm worried that the block might not be usable. Unfortunately, I'm heading out of town for the long weekend and won't be able to take pictures, etc until I get back. ...or maybe I'll try to snap a few in the sunlight in the morning before we leave, get your opinion(s). The shop said the cylinder walls and pistons were still well within specs, so I can reuse them for the rebuild. -------------------- |
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