Aleu - The Rebuild of a 1980 Pickup

engine is finally completely torn apart now, just need to bring it to the machine shop to get the work done and I can start reassembling the 3rz. it's awesome to have the proper tools to remove the valve spring locks haha

Plans:
- 0.040 bore
- clean block/head
- machine the deck and head surface
- stage 1 port/polish
- machine shop install freeze/galley plugs

 

well the block, head, and crank are now at the machine shop!

- head and block getting cleaned
- head and deck getting resurfaced
- block bored 0.040 over and honed
- head getting stage 1 port/polish
- crank shaft getting polished

gonna take about 2 or so weeks! but now I have to get to gettin on the rest of the truck lol

 

well guys, I got my PT test finished at 5am this morning lol, passed that...now its on with working on the 80 again! I didnt want to risk anything happening this last week, so I havent done anything to the truck at all. but now that this stupid PT test is out of the way, I can commence the work again haha

 

Fuck those tests! I have one left before I’m out this bitch.

 

so i found out that one of the hubs i got is off an 83 and the other is off an 84, so the 83 is mounted differently and I need to swap it out for another 84/85.....lol. Gonna work on the front axle tomorrow then since I cant install the full float, ill be able to get my steering installed and get the axle cleaned up tomorrow

 

Curious why you're going .040 over?

 

eventually I want to put a turbo on, the forged internals are 0.040 over to begin with. so I figured just go with 0.040 now and then I can just swap the internals for forged when the time comes

 

Why not forged now?

 

And LCE has .020 10:1 forged

 

because I don't have the money for the forged internals lol, I have to use that money for seats and sliders.

nope not for the forged option on the rebuild kit section. I didn't see those initially but I have to get chromo rods to use the 0.020 over pistons. nothing wrong with doing 0.040 over, this 3rz is getting some nice upgrades put in, so why not do 0.040 over and that way I have a choice of 3 different compression ratios when I do upgrade

 

Was just curious because usually it's .010, .020, 030. 040 is a full mm over and just takes a lot of usable life out of the block. Forged, aight, question answered.

 

yeah LCE only offers the .020 and .040 for the 3rz, these blocks are so robust anyways, but yeah, im gonna throw forged internals in when I decide to throw a turbo on the little block. How's your other car coming along? I guess you could say im future proofing the engine lol. forced induction is down the road, just not anytime soon sadly

 

Been driving it to work for the past couple weeks. A few hiccups, alt went out. Other than that, she's running great for 200+ thousand miles.

I really need to knock out the truck suspension, which was the reason I started driving the Integra. Just keep getting distracted with other projects on my weekends.

 

man that awesome, that thing is pretty sweet, a lot nicer than my tercel haha. whatcha got planned again for the truck? changing it up again?

 

35's, TC +2 long travel, Kings with adjusters. While I'm in there, new spindles, bearing assemblies.

 

ahh man, im kinda jelly on that LT haha, thats gonna be awesome man

 

well a couple more things on the way, new timing cover and balance shaft delete. didn't feel like dealing with cleaning my current cover and drilling the stripped oil pump screws out. balance shaft delete kit will be another thing I'm doing for down the road when I do forced Induction, just get it out if the way now.

also need to find a new rear seal housing as the one I have had a good size chip missing from the bottom of it

 

not much done today, but I got the 2 dents in the rain guards straightened out. not the best work, but it looks a lot better now. nothing some grinding and bondo cant fix! also got the headliner and seat belts out. need to get another paint pan and paint brush so I can start putting the paint stripper on the cab

 

I like the last shot. Get to see the Taco.

 

forgot to post this earlier, my balance shaft delete kit came in the other day. I should have my motor back sometime next week!