This Monday:
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Retrospective:
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After sitting on this engine for years, decided it's time to pull it out of the corner of the garage. I kind of want to find a beater before I pull the engine from '03, but in the meantime I'll get it ready and finish what I started 7 years ago - not kidding. This 3.8 came out of a 2005 Galant GTS with 55k miles on it. Back in the day I ripped it apart, cleaned it up, repainted the block and such. Inside looked great. Bolted the heads back, new gasket, bolts etc., and it's been sitting on the stand ever since. Still going to be a slow process, but I also have a slightly different goal with this build: I have a 6 years old now, who has gasoline in his blood: it's a shared project. If I show him a part, he can now locate it in the FSM and tell me the torque specs for the the bolts. So nothing that hasn't been done before, but lot's of pics as usual.
3L Donors chilling...
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8g crank sprocket/trigger wheel/sensor from the 2002. Will use the 8g dizzy as well, but wouldn't mind utilizing the 9g COP setup down the road - need to research.
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Found a new use for the fender roller - took it apart and bolted it to my go to tool - and now I have the perfect cam gear tool for the fidanzas.
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I debated it for a while, but in the end I decided the fidanzas over the oem gears just because I had them already and they are lighter by a hair. I replaced the junk bolts back in the day - if I were to do it again, I'd even use allen heads.
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New timing kit, waterpump etc of course.
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The other end of my favorite tool is a crank pulley holder tool btw :) Just for fun I weighted both the 72 and 75 pulleys and there is a 1lb difference. Makes me think while not a whopping weight saving that you would get from an aluminum pulley, but this is also dampened, so it could be a basic upgrade for a 6g72.
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Random wheel-whoring shot.
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Ditched the 75 power steering brackets - 74 upper, 72 lower, 72 pump used.
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Retained the 75 lower timing cover - the ps belt is running right across the timing marks now, so I chopped it off and patched the hole with an aluminum plate. I might grab a 74 cover if I make it to the yard any time soon. Also used the 72 side mount engine bracket.
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Started to play with the lower mani setup - I think I have too many of these laying around. From the top to the bottom: stock 75 setup, 6g73 lower with Diamante rails, 3sx loop, 440cc bosch injectors (my old 72 setup), stock 72 setup and new 74 lower on the left. Goal is to get it running on the 75 injectors than maybe switch to 440cc wrx ones. For now mounted the injectors, rails, an fittings - waiting for a new loop. Sidenote: the felpro o-rings that came with my gasket kit are junk imho, rather surprising as I always use felpro on just about everything and they were always good quality so far. Sticking with factory o-rings this time.
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And, that's it for today, will go on with the other side tomorrow - AC, alternator etc., and some other stuff.