My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[Earl]

Me too. It needs clear this Saturday=)

[Earl]

Tiny update this morning=) My Hankook HR2's arrived yesterday morning. I went with a 205/40 up front and a 215/40 for the rear. I definitely shouldn't run into any clearance issues.

Today I'm heading to the shop after work to get the head off. Plan on seeing pictures of it off tomorrow. I'm really hoping that the gasket just blew out somewhat on cylinder 4. That would explain my very infrequent white smoke I was getting last year. It only did it when I would really be getting on it. The head might be able to go without resurfacing. It should only have about 20,000 miles on it. I got a hold of the owner that was parting it out, and he claimed to put a new head on at 140,000 miles. If it does end up needing resurfacing, it will only be around $30 anyways. Win win situation for me.

Updates tomorrow=)

[Rowleym]

Wait a minute. How wide are those rims?

[Earl]

I don't have rims...My wheels are 9.5's and 10's.

[rampelsauce]

I have some mad tyte Veee-DUBBB rimz.  Dey fo-teenz.  

Also, you got me high with that paint.  Uncool bro.

[Earl]

You know you liked it;)

[Rowleym]

Earl said:

I don't have rims...My wheels are 9.5's and 10's.

LOL. Sorry about that. Accident on my part. But that shall be quite a stretch. Does your local tire guy do it for you or what? the place i get tires mounted won't really do much stretch.

[Earl]

Friends;)

[wasnt m3]

Earl said:

Friends;)

 I call BS. Friends don't let friends run stretched tires.

[Earl]

Lol

[industrialsized]

tj he is refering to his vw friends

[Earl]

industrialsized said:

tj he is refering to his vw friends

Hahahaha. Very true=)

I was very successful yesterday.

It came off without any issues. The headgasket is still on in that picture. I checked over it and cannot find any blowouts.

Every pistons does look like this though.

I'm not sure why there is so much carbon buildup. The car ran excellent before I parked it.

The head looks excellent.

It definitely looks like it only has 20,000 miles or so on it. Should I still get it resurfaced? I can wipe it clean and it'd look brand new.

That was my goal for yesterday so I left the shop. On a side note, I made this badass crossbow at work yesterday.

Hopefully the subframe parts will be all done and painted Saturday so that I can assemble them=)

[B C]

A head can warp in a fraction of a second under the right conditions. No matter what the mileage is, I would at least have the head checked for flatness.

[Earl]

If I can get a straight edge and feeler gauges I'll check it. Otherwise I can have it checked for free. Hopefully it is perfectly fine. I might have the valve seals done since it is so cheap=)

[Earl]

Absolutely nothing got done today besides grabbing my rear subframe parts from jakes shop. One of my all reds somehow got hit sitting in my living room and is giving me a hard time trying to fix it.

[Earl]

I also was told that my tire sizes won't stretch much.

205/40 on a 9.5:

215/40 on a 10:

Really? o_0 Sure as hell looks like a stretch to me.

[Rowleym]

Hipster. I personally like stretch.. But maybe not that much stretch haha

[Earl]

I'm not doing it for the look Mitch. lol I'm doing it so that I can fit the wheels without rubbing tire.

[Rowleym]

Earl said:

I'm not doing it for the look Mitch. lol I'm doing it so that I can fit the wheels without rubbing tire.

Oh I know good sir. No need to get flustered. I was just stating a little opinion of mine.

[Earl]

Rowleym said:

Oh I know good sir. No need to get flustered. I was just stating a little opinion of mine.

I wasn't flustered  I should have added smiley faces. lol Opinions are always welcome sir=)