got the wagon back on the road yesterday.

blew the clutch first round the block with the new ported head, 90+ and the 15g.

then the oil return decided to blow all my oil all over highway 2 by olds. pics soon

and yes, I got it off the road before any damage was done.

oh yeah, any reccomendations for a new clutch. This car likely wont see much more for performance upgrades. maybe a little more boost and an exhaust, but thats it.

oh and I got the BOV on, sounds good...

Hard to believe that that much JB Weld could let loose. Remember some of those TBrix guys are the best hacks I've ever seen. Many guys run clutch net clutches - look them up.

I had a clutchnet clutch, worked great once it was broken in but that took forever. Plus the customer service from them is crap, the first time they shipped the pressure plate but not the clutch disc.

it was actually a steel reinforced putty. but lo, I will never use that shit again. im pulling the motor next week and doing the clutch and oilpan at once. does anybody have a cherry picker i could borrow for a weekish?

So nobody has a hoist I could use?

Most t-brix guys are like the guys who dick around with SU carbs on a variety of cars and modify them in all sorts of crazy and terrible ways because "they just can't be tuned right stock or with a mild re-jet." Most of my time is spent CAREFULLY re-machining everything with really nice bushings, seals, and parts and undoing the madness that they did. Many people find it hard to believe that an OE car with those runs just peachy when you actually just rebuild them and run them step-by-step and put everything back the way it was just like it was when new. That's why I don't post on TB and refuse to work on most t-brickers cars. Often a similar story installing and tuning dual Dellortos, which is likely what will go on my 242 if it stays N/A...no mega-go-fsck-yourself needed for me.

By similar token, when everyone's standard for LH/MS wiring is Kenny's and others and those cars just happen to be fast, it makes a real mess for guys who just want to put it back where everything goes or need to diagnose it. Most of my diagnostic abilites are experience based. I put everything back exactly how it was because I know what breaks and why on a super stage 0 abused 240 from fixing them every day for a while....just how I work. I think Matt is probably sharp enough to quickly reason his diagnoses on more radically modified stuff.

It baffles me how people re-arrange everything. My 244ti is busy under the hood (full of k-jets), but it is just put back together just like the factory did in '83. I've driven it for 6 months and took it to the track without ever touching it on a 250K mile B21FT in good repair...one cooling hose burst...bad luck. If you think I'm a stock nazi, try letting Pat or Peter Linnssen work on your car.

I've got one here. My problem is I'm not sure when I'll need it as the engine is constantly in the car to test fit something then it's out of the car to do something and then back in. If you only need it for a day I can spare it. If you need it for a whole week, I'm not sure I can do that...

Sorry, but mine is a permanent overhead track system with a chain hoist built into my garage