Currently under the scalpel at NST Garage

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Currently under the scalpel at NST Garage

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Both need plants.

The red hatch on the left is a full rebuild with goodies.

The black coupe on the right is getting a hi-comp transplant in place of its original and worn-out tvis largeport.
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shots of the hatch's original parts and a few re-worked goods:
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this motor was in very bad shape. surprisingly the customer was able to drive it into the garage after it came off the flat bed. it was smoking like a smoke stack though and it was burning your eyes.

this was lining the engine bay:
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long block and trans pulled:
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the plugs are L to R from cylinder 1 through 4. notice the downward progression of their conditions.
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several of the cam journals were scoured.
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upon removal of the oil pan. no i didn't put the oil pickup on just for the picture.
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if anyone was missing a valve cover grommet, i found it in the head!
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piston no. 4!
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bottom end, head and crank back from the machine shop.
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removed all of the extra casting material from the the head and block before sending them out.

block's going back out for some boring. tri-flows just arrived!

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I would like to take a ride in the hatch after is done. I wanna see how the tri-flow cams performs!but I do have to say,I like the white paint. I would like my engine bay flat black.
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Very nice Jonas. Can't wait to see the final product.

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eric did an awesome job on the engine bay im highly jelous. everything looks great as usual jonas.
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Thanks Frank. Thanks Alan.

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More pics PLEASE!!!!
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extraction:
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very nice man! Jonas the Samurai mechanic saves the day!
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me like ALOT!!!!!hey jonas ur bandana matches the pulleys!
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i like the alternator bracket.It looks AWESOME!!!!!!IS SO SHINY!!!!!!!!
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