Change your oil exsoccer lol jk

 

there is also the weight advantages. mechanical weighs more. you also get rid of the tstat housing, lines, that annoying water line thats right under the turbo manifolds that people hate, oil cooler, hvac lines, ac condensor, compressor. theres about an 80lb weight savings(from what i weighed) plus the cooling benefits

 

What even funnier is that the morning i blew the car up i was going to take the truck to work and she got all pissy even though she had no where to go, so we argued about it lol then on my way home from work boom.. well i guess i HAVE to drive it now lol

 

There is a Bare 07 Block on ebay for $150 unless i can find one around here. Thats all if the crank is still good. If not i will have to get a junk yard motor i guess.

 

Interesting. Do you have any pics of the setup?

 

yeah. those two above plus these.

no coolant line under the manifold.


block off plate.


mounting bracket.




coolant line that runs from the pump, under the engine, back up here. plus the waterpump block off plate


Thermostat block off


My entire belt system and a view of the line




oil cooler block off


heres a shot of the line to the radiator. plus how the engine bay looks without all the clutter of the hvac and coolant lines

 

Looks interesting. I need to have heat though so doing the delete i think is out of the question Unless i pick up a beater which is a possibility.

 

Thats a no heat solution? Well there goes the plans of that for the first engine.

 

Going to try to get the engine out today. I will have pics later.

 

Updated First post with prices and vendors.

 

You giving up on your build?
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/part...bo-kit-266222/

 

Wife is bitching so I'm seeing if it sells. If not then I will continue.

Found that the flywheel is cracked and the spec clutch is ****. So I have to buy new of both.

 

I hope you get to rebuild it. I know just like you how Shitty specs are on the f23. If you switch clutchmasters fx400 or zzp s4

 

Yeah me too. This is my hobby and love i really dont want to give it up. I want to go ZZP and see if they will cut me a deal to be a test mule since i saw on the site that it hasnt been tested on a 2.2L and i need a new flywheel anyways since my oem one is cracked.

 

40k miles on the clutch and its almost to the rivets maybe 1/64th left

 

Sounds like par for the course with spec.

 

sub'd. good luck with the build man. i hope everything goes good

 

At least your spec lasted 40k miles, mine lasted 5k then they blamed it on brand new GM flywheel.

 

Well yeah... You didn't buy THEIR flywheel duh...

 

well my wife told me to buy a winter beater so she can have the truck back and I can do what ever i want to my car. So i guess the build is on.

 

thats always a good feeling

 

Yes it is. Havent found one yet, but shes quieted down a bit. I got the motor out. I will post pictures in an update in a little bit. Im home sick from work today so i have a little bit of time on my hands.

 

FIRST POST UPDATED:

UPDATE 12/8/11:

Well here are some pics from pulling the motor. I havent gotten the bottom end apart yet but i did get the head off. The valves in cylinder #1 are bent from the piston free floating in the cylinder. Luckly i have another head that i can canabalize for parts.

Also i am going to make a few changes and additions to the parts list. I am talking to ZZP about their LE5 clutch kit since my Spec clutch is now in the landfill.

Anyways on to the pics:

 

Bump

 

I know you are just giving a possible answer to a question, but I hope that this is no true for people. If someone looks at it like that, building motors or modding cars is not something meant for him.