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

[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=)

[REKIII]

I get why you are doing it, I still don't like stretch.  How does the bead stay seated?  What happens when you corner hard?  Not being a jerk, it really doesn't make sense to me.

[Earl]

There is a chance that the bead could come unseated from a big pothole. I definitely need to avoid those because I do not want to bend lips. Hard corners have never been an issue in the past. You just need to keep them properly inflated and then there usually is no issue.

[KaiserRolls]

potholes suck

[Earl]

KaiserRolls said:

potholes suck

Yes they do=)

[KaiserRolls]

the worst feeling is seeing one too late, sitting up on the wheel, closing your eyes, gritting your teeth

bam, day ruined.

[wasnt m3]

Gross.

[Earl]

Haha I know you dont like stretch TJ;) At least the wheels will hopefully make you still love them regardless of the major stretch.

[Earl]

Double posted.

[johnprusinski]

holy stretch!!! i want to see this in person.

[Earl]

I can bring a wheel to show you once theyre built with tires mounted.