Doing Work: Off With Their Heads!

 So the other day I went over to my friend Davids house. I had been talking to him and he told me that he planed on turning his E30 into a race car and turbo charging it. I had hoped to get some pictures of his car, the motor going in and some of the process of his build but instead when I arrived I saw his EJ1 on jack stands.

 Turns out he was in the beginning stages of taking his head off. He had been hearing some knocking sounds coming from the engine and he was hoping it wasn't rod knock and maybe just something wrong with the head.

 After disconnecting everything the intake manifold was the first thing to come off. Then the valve cover. The bolts connecting the head to the block had to be loosened in a certain order (or so it seemed anyways) and incrementally.

Finally the head was off.

After inspecting the pistons, it turns out rod knock in the 2nd cylinder was the culprit.

 I'm not too sure what David plans to do, but knowing him, He's probably gogin to rebuild the whole bottom end... or maybe even the whole motor. That's all for now I'll try to kep you guys updated on everythgin David is up to.

-Oliver

All Star Bash 2011

It was a very hot day in Rosamond California the weekend of All Star Bash. But I made my way out to Willow Spring Raceway to hang out with some buddies from Nor Cal and to catch some drifting. Here are some pics I took.

 

Drift Union Legacy

 TD Garage WRX

 Z4

 Taka's 86

 Andy Gillespie's Miata

Charles Ng

Hope you guys enjoyed those!

-Oilver