Jibberjive's RS6 Build Log

5 minute(s) of a 96 minute read

It felt weird to actually get back in the shop and do some work again, complete with bloody forearms and bruised palm ha. I got my block most of the way torn down over the weekend to get it honed/decked and to get the heads under way. I was surprised at how flawless the bores looked with all of the crosshatching perfectly intact, and the pistons looked really good with just wiping them down with a paper towel. I was also surprised at how heavy the block with just the crank is. I was alone and I took the motor off the stand to put into the trunk, and it was probably the heaviest thing I have ever lifted on my own (and I weigh ~135lbs). Threw out my freaking back ha.

Also, Kurt, I looked more into that Stealth 340, and it actually looks really good and I'll probably run that as my in-tank.

3/29/2011

Also, picked up a little something something. My second set of built heads

Freshly hottanked, decked, honed and polished

4/26/2011

Small update. I'll let the pics do the talking, I'm designing the surge tank (or should I say over-designing lol, it probably would've been good enough to just get up there with a tape measure). And at the end are pics of some parts waiting to be powder coated. I've also picked up my rotating assembly, so the engine assembly will happen as soon as I get some time.

5/18/2011

Teasers

Before

The black braided lines in the post above the last are full PTFE (read: teflon) black stainless braided lines. I was going to go with the "push-loc" type, but, after a lot of research, I didn't want to worry about a possible gas smell, and I wanted to do the lines once, and do them right without having to worry about potentially re-running them in a couple of years.

Good article on this here: http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/e...ses/index.html

Super special "cats"

V-bands