[dre99gsx]

Draining massive amount of oil


This is why you should always inspect any motor you buy. Found a broken oil cap sitting between the intake manifold runner near the fuel rail. Thought to myself... "wonder where the broken pieces went?".


Look closely at the oil drain hole between the cam lobes Good thing I went digging before I trying to rotate the assembly (to remove the Torque converter bolts on the other side).


Child Labor





My exhaust side block mount was hitting the turbo hot side


Trim here, cut there...


Fits. I'll be creating a steel heat shield to help protect the aluminum mount from melting. Should be less of an issue when I go tubular headers in the future.




After further inspection and realizing this motor had quite a bit of sludge, I decided I'll be tearing it down COMPLETELY (minus pistons/rods/crank) and doing a full cleaning and refreshing - gaskets, ARP head bolts, etc. Might as well do my best here so I don't have to pull the motor again.