Ben's Oceanic 4kqt - BBQ X readiness - The last year

[Hank]

I suck ! Need he roller atleast?

[85oceanic]

I suck ! Need he roller atleast?

YGPM

[85oceanic]

Good to see you going at it! Engine bay looks beastly.

Thanks Chris! Little by little. I can't wait to see it in it's finished stage one form.

[40v4kq]

Keep that progress progressing and you will hit that magic date no doubt. For your intake/throttle cable you need one of those bearings with the plastic wheel on it like what others have. You can get em at true value. Maybe just weld a nut on the intake and then it will screw on?

[85oceanic]

Keep that progress progressing and you will hit that magic date no doubt. For your intake/throttle cable you need one of those bearings with the plastic wheel on it like what others have. You can get em at true value. Maybe just weld a nut on the intake and then it will screw on?

I just got off the phone with D and he gave me a bit of good advice with it. I am going to mount it to the IM or TB some how, in my original thought process I hadn't considered engine movement to be a problem (which it obviously is) so I won't be mounting it to the RAD support.

[85oceanic]

Oh... I forgot to post these along with my update... just a few pictures of the engine going together.

[maarten]

are you willing to sell that trip computer switch ?

[40v4kq]

Ben, i'm gonna need that quattro script rear seat to go along with my corbeaus LOL.

[85oceanic]

Whaaat?!? HAHA I know it's taking me forever to get this beast going, and yet... the vultures are still circling!!! It's not dead yet!

Maarten, I am not sure if I want to sell it just yet, you will have first dibs if I do!

[Audilard]

I'm glad the vultures have moved on. They hover around my car all the time!

[glibobbo21]

someone screwing in every stud before throwing the head on :frustrated: ..NOT AGAIN, you guys are crazy lol. Undercuts it works....ok, but still sucks.
You only need two then slide the head on haha. car looks good. Ive had thoughts about painting my 84 oceanic blue...and i have a black bay already keep it up!

[40v4kq]

someone screwing in every stud before throwing the head on :frustrated: ..NOT AGAIN, you guys are crazy lol. Undercuts it works....ok, but still sucks.
You only need two then slide the head on haha.

Have you ever stood next to a Top Alcohol rail or funny car and watched them rebuild an engine? Clearly Ben is doing it just like them :wink:

[85oceanic]

someone screwing in every stud before throwing the head on :frustrated: ..NOT AGAIN, you guys are crazy lol. Undercuts it works....ok, but still sucks.
You only need two then slide the head on haha. car looks good. Ive had thoughts about painting my 84 oceanic blue...and i have a black bay already keep it up!

Honestly man, it's not that bad. Though, I have to admit, an 84 oceanic would be mighty sexy.

HAHA@ Dan

[AngryTaco]

Red is better and faster. Red adds +25hp. Dont forget the stickers.

[quattro87]

It looks good Ben. You really aren't that far away....just keep plugging along. You know that clean, good looking install in my Urq you saw last year? It was even dirtier than yours as it turns out.....I didn't even hone! Cleaned up, new bearings, main and head studs,rods, rings and back together. Took about a 100 miles to seat rings and at 5k miles it is a very tight engine! Heck I'm still running Derek's emergency crank ventilation system, blowby is so minimal and it has been bounced off the rev limiter way too many times to count. Your progress looks good from my computer. We will see you at BBQ.

[85oceanic]

Red is better and faster. Red adds +25hp. Dont forget the stickers.

PFFFT ... red.

@ John, thank you sir! I can't wait for BBQ!!! Going to be a great time!! OH and by the way, your engine bay looked amazing, SOOO CLEAN!

[40v4kq]

This thread reserved for talk about fast "oceanic" cars only. Ben, you may preceed.

[85oceanic]

This thread reserved for talk about fast "oceanic" cars only. Ben, you may preceed.

It's not fast yet But soon... very soon.

SO More progress was made today and yesterday... and here are the pics of it

For starters I did the 'final fit' of my (Derracuda made) exhaust system. I had to make a couple of small changes and also added a v-band for the down pipe connection. I also started building the down pipe...





Just for kicks, this is what the system looks like underneath the car





I also worked out my throttle cable dilemma. Just did a bit of ace hardware engineering and welded up a couple pieces of scrap metal I had laying around...





Other than that, I just did a bunch of small things I have been needing to do, like reattach the front sway-bar, more wiring, and spent time running to the parts store for random ass bolts for random little bits on the car. OH and just for kicks I took a few pictures of it as I was rolling it out...

[40v4kq]

Good progress Ben. Thats exactly the part from ACE that I was talking about. Is that a Pacer I see on the lift next to your car?

[85oceanic]

Good progress Ben. Thats exactly the part from ACE that I was talking about. Is that a Pacer I see on the lift next to your car?

That it is, a 3spd on the tree with an electric OD. Pretty cool ride IMO. About 6 months ago I rebuilt the engine in it, now it's due for front end bits and the transmission has started to make some nasty noises. OH and it's the guy's DD.

[40v4kq]

LOL. Dude probably wears polyester clothes. Put a 20vt in it for him.

[85oceanic]

LOL. Dude probably wears polyester clothes. Put a 20vt in it for him.

Now that would be funny.

[loxxrider]

Nice progress. That exhaust looks great.

[dubsmith]

Lookin good man. Getting close!... Damn I need some euro-lights

[JT4k]

Looking awesome man!