I picked this D16Z6 head up from the local Pick'N'Pull (3hours away) during their summer blow out 1/2 price sale. I couldn't pass it up knowing I plan to rebuild it anyway.
The valve cover had at least 3 coats of rattle can paint over top of it, Blue, Orange, and Black.
After hours of...
My favorite new tool takes some pretty decent pix I think.
I got the block stripped down and everything "looks" to be in ok shape.
For some reason this camera makes things look cleaner than they really are, with that said I still have to clean up most everything seen here:
After getting the engine mostly apart I knew I'd need a better work area so I built this bench:
I still have to add the shelf and light and bolt that vise down.
I used this site as a template to make it easy Building A Basic Work Bench
I then added the peg board/shelf and you can see my lil...
I snagged this D16Y7 from some random dude I ran into. He had yanked this motor out of a junkyard but it just sat around in his garage. I got the head still on the block and he tossed in some used axles, shift linkage, and some other junk. For the price of a pull it yourself short block I think...
Sup Guys and Gals,
I'm pretty pumped up about this build and wanted to document it to the best of my abilities. If it wasn't for the net and all the info left behind by others I wouldn't have been able to do anything like this. So Thankz !
When I got this car (1995 VX) 3 years ago the only...
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