Why cars F'ing suck.
 

So, I get a call today from my buddy who is working on my car at his shop. He leaves me a message with some bad news. I have eight....yes EIGHT cracked retainers. One destroyed valve, and who knows what else.

Now, I'm forced to spend even more money this month on getting the head built. It is a good thing, and a bad thing at the same time. Good- I was planning on building the head anyways. Bad- Another 1500 down the drain during the holidays.

This motor build has cost WAY too much. I should have just bought a Vette...

That sucks man. It will be awsome when it's done though.

Yea in the end you will be happy, well hopefully. I cant wait to see the finished project myself.

I may be able to get a sponsorship from a shop out here that does headwork. Some discounted stuff would be really sweet.

I will be the first, fully built all motor S2k though. So, that is kind of cool I guess.

Didn't you blow the original motor?

Yes. The head is from the original motor. It's been a long process fixing this thing.

it WILL be cool :thumbup:
bryan

what retainers were in it?

How did you blow your motor?

I know how that goes....

My DSM sat for almost two years after I destroyed the last motor/turbo setup and decided to go with a stroker, fully built motor setup.

My motor came from Canada and took 6 months to build cause pauter wasn't making anymore rods for my car at the time I had money for it. Then it took a month to ship cause it got stuck at customs. So when I finally got it I sent the head to the machine shop which took a month or so. Getting other special parts takes a lot of time as well. Then came the baby and I had no time left to finish. Then we moved....

lol.

Now a days, the car sits a lot for lack of motivation. Why hurry to put it back together just to blow it up again, lol. I wish I had endless cash flow, time and energy.

PM me if you get that done, S2K would make a nice feature car!

Aww man dude. That sucks. **** happens that we cant control, just think how sick it will be when you build it. Arent the rears the things that go in s2ks?

igo4bmx= They were OEM retainers. The head was all stock. I'm going to switch over to Titanium now.

George= I think I told you the story before. Nitrous+stock plugs+ no patience= blown motor. The stock plugs destroyed themselves from the juice. Oh well. A big lesson learned.

2point4= It sucks doesn't it? I hate just having the thing sitting there. Especially after each thing I take apart, more is needed to fix or upgrade.

BradC= Hey, if you want to come out to Vegas, be my guest. haha.

wrxkid= The rears break from idiots driving them. I've had over 100 7k+ launches on the car and the rear is in perfect condition. Will I upgrade the rear? At some point I will. I really want to see this thing on slicks, and the stock rear definitely can't take that stress.

Yeah that would be cool as hell man. I know some kid that is going to "eventually" put a supercharger on. I would love to see both, S2k's can be a very quick car.

what are you having done to the head thats costing $1500?

I had mine cut on a CNC machine. The valve seats were cut for the 1mm. I had them done before but the other shop didn't do such a great job. The valve height was all over the place and had to be fixed. And then with all the other little stuff that right there is an easy $1500 if you count all the parts too. And that doesn't even include the port and polishing, which I did myself, lol.

"Stage 2" port and polish. I hate calling stuff by stages.
Valve Job
New valves
retainers
springs
seals
etc.

Well, this build should easily whip up on a supercharged S. We'll see though. I don't like to get my hopes up.

Our publisher is in Mesa, AZ! Keep me posted.

Maybe "The three ways to build an S."

My buddy is putting spray on his
Mine is all motor
Another guy out here is Turbo.

Now, that would be sweet. ;)

For sure though, I will keep you posted. I'm doing the exterior in the spring. Wheels, new lip, and maybe a hardtop.