TehRaydarlover's AWD lover

[TehRaydarlover]

Yeah that's the goal, should be able to handle pretty much everything I can throw at it when its done. Yeah I was going to shoot it just for fun. I don't think it will see a huge load its mainly just holding the shaft the spider gears ride on. I figured if it is some sort of tool steel it should be nice and hard and hopefully help keep the shafts aligned correctly.

[TehRaydarlover]

Put in my LED fog lights and high beams. Quite the improvement in visibility with the LEDs vs. halogens:

Before anyone says anything about the pitting, I already have some cerium oxide on the way haha

Just lows:

lows with fogs:

Just lows:

Lows with fogs:

And lows with LED brights:

[YoungCR]

Sweet. Whats the lumen rating?

[jc43089]

Details on the bulbs please.

Sent from my potato phone

[TehRaydarlover]

The fogs are 1600LM per bulb, 5000k and the highs are 1800LM per bulb, 6000k. There is a guy on r3v that sells the kits. Picked them up during his black Friday sale.

[DrLeadFoot]

I like the fogs! Might have to go this route also.

[YoungCR]

Link to the kits please.

[B C]

I dont even see a post showing any fogs

[TehRaydarlover]

CYoung said:

Link to the kits please.

 http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=323966

Here are the brights, I just asked him for the fogs and he made it happen.

Snap said:

I dont even see a post showing any fogs

Fog must be too thick to see?

[TehRaydarlover]

Thanks to Rowleym for the m20 block, coffee table coming along nicely:

Here's an interesting shot of the location of the main oil galley (cylinder wall on the right)

[B C]

That is incredible! You need a 200 head to replace that 885 with. keep the 885 alive!

I say LED mood lights in place of the spark plugs

[TehRaydarlover]

Head is cracked so nbd, also going to put in a full valvetrain. Defiantly putting light in the spark plug holes. Will make perfect lighting for the pistons and valves, and the wires will be hidden on the back side of the block, win win.

[Earl]

Will you be getting megasquirt to run the lighting? =P I think a starter motor rigged up would be cool to spin it all

[B C]

Use a stock plug wire loom and have a hollowed out coil containing a battery pack for a dc power source

Id like to see pics of the crack on the head

[TehRaydarlover]

might go a little fast with a starter motor hooked up haha.

pic of the drug addict:

[B C]

Yikes, thats a serious overheat

[jc43089]

Wow never seen a crack like that.  I got a set of LED 9004 hi/lo bulbs coming to try out on the Maxima.  If they work pretty good I am interested in putting them in my new Hella lights for my e36.  Did you/ could you try the LED in the projector low beams to see how the pattern looks?

[TehRaydarlover]

Yeah it's a pretty impressive crack. The cam and rocker arms that were in it are quite f'd too. I didn't get the lows yet because I have smileys. He said with the bulb placement(too far forward?) it creates a hot spot. LEDs work fine for regular ellipsoids. I might try to do a bi-xenon or just regular hit for the lows. We'll see. Guess I could/should have just tried it with a fog light bulb.

[TehRaydarlover]

I've been in Arkansas for work and today I get to see my car for the first time in a month, excited Hopefully there's a pile of car parts waiting at my door.

[TehRaydarlover]

Trying to decide if I should use the head I currently have for my turbo build. It has been ported and had new valve guides and seals installed but it has also been skimmed down to the dimples (can't see them anymore). I would like to use an OEM type gasket and o-ring the block, but with the stroke/rod/piston combination my compression ratio is going to already be on the high end of where I would like it to be. Trying to find a solution to bring my compression ratio down with out causing the head gasket to be the weak link in the engine. The stock head height is 4.925", I still need to measure mine to compare but I'm thinking its going to be significantly less. Using an OEM 2.05mm repair gasket I could get 0.012" back, but I'm not sure its going to be enough. Does anyone know if there is an OEM style gasket available that is thicker than the 2.05mm. My goal for the engine is around 500hp. I've looked at the MLS head gaskets available and you can get a very wide range of gasket thicknesses. Does anyone have any experience with a MLS head gasket in a high power m20? I still need to do more research but this is what I've come up with so far. Any advice would be appreciated!