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hanzbrady · 02-24-2016, 09:27 PM

LAZARUS EFFECT ENGAGED!

So long time no see guys! To make a much too long story much shorter we'll make some bullet points,

-Moved to New Orleans left car in FL
-Moved back
-Bought another financial mistake
-Got a job that fueled my bad spending habits
-Got some race car shit done for once
-Possibly getting a better much more awesome job tomorrow??? 2/24/16
-And now, Progress!!!!

First of all, my new financial mistake,

It's a 2001 330ci that has all the leaks all the time! Also the turn signals just fall out and it had a bad date with a guard rail on a rainy night's drive home. Behind it you can see my old daily a Volkswagen, lots of good memories in that car and it's also being rebuilt atm.

Now, let me preface the next few images saying some things. I'm now 19, I pay for everything on my own working 40+ hours a week and I have no shop affiliations or sponsorships to help me. I have some good friends and supportive family.

now PICTURES!!!!

I went to a place,

I saw some cars

And finally, bought some parts! (not all pictured)

I basically went to Enjuku on one of my few days off because I got tired of looking at my bare block sitting in bedroom and decided that I'd finally do something about it. I got there and stated talking to Gregg who is a great down to earth guy who let me tour the shop and take plenty of pictures like the idiot I am. At the end of the day I left with all the parts I needed for my basic short block and some extras,

-Manley Rods
-Wiseco 86.50mm 9:1 pistons
-ACL Race bearings
-ARP Head Studs
-Tomei Head Gasket
-Z32 MAF
-Wiring Specialties Harness
-S14 Oil Pick Up
-Megan Racing Mounts
-And that's about it

So I went ahead and assembled the motor myself, and by assemble I mean painstakingly balance and blueprint my entire engine documenting as I went to leave no room for errors and surprises down the road.

SR porn incoming

So with the short block assembled I decided to think about my head, and thought why build a race block and not a race head? The result was a full port and polish along with boring out the combustion chambers. I have a set of BC springs and retainers and some Tomei 270's coming in the mail and will be doing a dual guide conversion with all new OEM guides.

Everyone loves good head right???

And well that's about all folks, I'll be updating a bit more frequently due to my new job and also because my build is in full swing at the moment. As soon as my head supplies come in the mail I'll be building the head and posting up some pictures of that!

02-24-2016, 09:27 PM	#21
hanzbrady Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,166 Trader Rating: (4)	LAZARUS EFFECT ENGAGED! So long time no see guys! To make a much too long story much shorter we'll make some bullet points, -Moved to New Orleans left car in FL -Moved back -Bought another financial mistake -Got a job that fueled my bad spending habits -Got some race car shit done for once -Possibly getting a better much more awesome job tomorrow??? 2/24/16 -And now, Progress!!!! First of all, my new financial mistake, It's a 2001 330ci that has all the leaks all the time! Also the turn signals just fall out and it had a bad date with a guard rail on a rainy night's drive home. Behind it you can see my old daily a Volkswagen, lots of good memories in that car and it's also being rebuilt atm. Now, let me preface the next few images saying some things. I'm now 19, I pay for everything on my own working 40+ hours a week and I have no shop affiliations or sponsorships to help me. I have some good friends and supportive family. now PICTURES!!!! I went to a place, I saw some cars And finally, bought some parts! (not all pictured) I basically went to Enjuku on one of my few days off because I got tired of looking at my bare block sitting in bedroom and decided that I'd finally do something about it. I got there and stated talking to Gregg who is a great down to earth guy who let me tour the shop and take plenty of pictures like the idiot I am. At the end of the day I left with all the parts I needed for my basic short block and some extras, -Manley Rods -Wiseco 86.50mm 9:1 pistons -ACL Race bearings -ARP Head Studs -Tomei Head Gasket -Z32 MAF -Wiring Specialties Harness -S14 Oil Pick Up -Megan Racing Mounts -And that's about it So I went ahead and assembled the motor myself, and by assemble I mean painstakingly balance and blueprint my entire engine documenting as I went to leave no room for errors and surprises down the road. SR porn incoming So with the short block assembled I decided to think about my head, and thought why build a race block and not a race head? The result was a full port and polish along with boring out the combustion chambers. I have a set of BC springs and retainers and some Tomei 270's coming in the mail and will be doing a dual guide conversion with all new OEM guides. Everyone loves good head right??? And well that's about all folks, I'll be updating a bit more frequently due to my new job and also because my build is in full swing at the moment. As soon as my head supplies come in the mail I'll be building the head and posting up some pictures of that! __________________ [email protected]