Intake manifold torqued down, VTAK solenoid torqued, new coolant hoses cut and connected...





Wiring connected, dizzy mounted, alternator mounted, engine mount changed...





getting there...

 

Damn!!! Look at that sexy IM! Kinda reminds me of... oh wait nvm...

Looking good.

 

Nice work Dano!

 

bwahahaha you made me take a second look at that intake manifold, and laugh. Grats on being the reason for my first laugh as an 18 year old.

Edit: Didn't see any non ac eg's either, and most there were stripped. Made me mad, not a vtec selonoid to be seen lol. Did pull me a new rear bumper... silver bumper on the green... mmmm. (I'll sand it to black first haha). Paints coming in like a month or so, just need an si spoiler.

 

Where do you get that OEM pulley without power/steering section on it? Any idea how much lighter it is?

 

When I picked up an engine in Baraboo the guy had this pulley with it. It's an OEM pulley that has had the outer pulley milled off. The only reason the middle pulley is still there is because it has the harmonic balancer on it. If you buy one of those AEM pulleys for only the alternator there is no harmonic balancer which will cause more wear on the engine.

 

nice work dan and good to know about the harmonic balancer i had to pull mine the other day and had one hell of a time geting it off what do you use to torque it back down? my torque wrench only goes to 150 and the torque specs i had on it said 181ft lbs

 

hmmm, I haven't torqued it down yet. I don't know how high any of my torque wrenches go up to.

 

IMO withsomething that tight.... JUST CRANK ON IT thats alot of force! i used my dads impact gun to tighten those suckers up. and i never had aproblem.

 

Yea I didn't use a torque wrench on mine either. Just tightened it with the impact gun