Morton's white VQ Statesman

[Boonz]

Pulled the motor apart today. Good to see that the sump is mostly sludge-free The pickup was good for 300,000km too!




What's unnerving, is that there doesn't appear to be any carbon holding the broken oil pump shaft in lol

I guess the timing gear comes off tomorrow, and I'll knock out the roll pin on the helical pump drive gear, and smash the pump sleeve back into the block

More pics tomorrow, too.

hey, just curious as to why yours has a red motor oil pickup on it?
all the injected motors had the smll gay pickup that gets clagged up!! whys yours so special?

[greenfoam]

haha! fancy one Morton, I've never seen such a good paint job on a non front cover engine in my life. You are one seriously fussy little bugger aren't you

[greenfoam]

hey, just curious as to why yours has a red motor oil pickup on it?
all the injected motors had the smll gay pickup that gets clagged up!! whys yours so special?

I was going to ask you about that, I though the pickup looked big but thought maybe that's just how they are when zoomed up realy close:P. Mortons motor seems to have been rebuilt at some stage

[Boonz]

beat ya to it but the pan needs to be changed for that to fit aswell i think.
its a good thing anyway cos you dont need to buy more parts

[Morton]

Jeez, I think you're right... this is a pic I found of a standard 304 pickup.



More chit-chat for me later, back to the engine for now!

[Boonz]

maybe thats got something to do with the SVU engine prefix or something along those lines?

[greenfoam]

nice work dan, does that mean you will be coming to heathcote now?

You should better hope not, You dont want to all be beaten by a VQ :P

[kniever]

You should better hope not, You dont want to all be beaten by a VQ :P

its alright, i know i'll be able to hold my ground and i want to see what he can run in a weightless VQ

[savage1987]

haha! fancy one Morton, I've never seen such a good paint job on a non front cover engine in my life. You are one seriously fussy little bugger aren't you

Hey!

*goes digging for photos*

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/e...ttingthere.jpg
http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/e...p/IMGP2674.jpg


I guess 3.8L, 5L, not same class

[Wagon_Wheel]

Motor looks insanely awesome dude!!!!! Very jealous. So was that pic just a mock up of your cleaning skills, or is the motor actually ready to be put back in the car?

[tr3nt]

That setup looks horn now dan! will be a pleasure to see it in flesh

[Disturbed_vegeta]

NOT A CHANCE! BEHOLD MY INFINITE GRANDEUR! (it only took three hours)







Granted, it took a bit of leverage with a chisel and a mallet to soften up, but eventually, ingenuity prevailed!



PS: sif remove the inlet manifold Mack. Such fail.

hey morton, i had the exact same problem with my senator today when i was converting that to manual lol. did u have to have to set the new dizzy to the timing or anything like that? and if so would i need a timing light?.

[levymetal]

hey morton you should sell that engine to the holden museum, looks better than the one they already have

[Phoenix21]

looks good mate i'll have to come and see it soon

[Cobez]

Naughty naughty rocker cover oil filters Daniel

[padrickz88]

dude that engine looks sweet, hurry up and get it in the car with the cam and shit... thing this is going to haul arse

[Morton]

tis shiny, cleaned 304 i have ever seen

putting it back in now?

i just noticed the V8 sign in your garage, i cant believe you still have that, it came off my mrs's clubsport when she brought it.

Haha, it's almost back in and running now That sign is AWESOME. Goes so well with the golf flags behind it

Morton the job is yours - for my motor

Nice job ---- shame to put it back in a car.....

Thanks man... I know it's a shame. I wish I could frame and mount it, cause I KNOW it's going to get filthy!

nice work dan, does that mean you will be coming to heathcote now?

Haha, noooooo but I'll be coming to the Moe > Walhalla cruise!

[Morton]

hey, just curious as to why yours has a red motor oil pickup on it?
all the injected motors had the smll gay pickup that gets clagged up!! whys yours so special?

I know, it's WIERD isn't it!! I've done some asking around, and nobody's heard of a pickup that big in a VQ before Either way, I'm not complaining!!

haha! fancy one Morton, I've never seen such a good paint job on a non front cover engine in my life. You are one seriously fussy little bugger aren't you

I was going to ask you about that, I though the pickup looked big but thought maybe that's just how they are when zoomed up realy close:P. Mortons motor seems to have been rebuilt at some stage

Yeah, it appears to have been played with quite a bit at some point, given that the cam lines up backwards and the pickup is different

Cheers for the comment on the paint job. It took freakin' ages! I've made sure not to polish everything up though, so it still looks like a well-worn engine - just a clean one. I don't want everything to be mint, and it's not.

its alright, i know i'll be able to hold my ground and i want to see what he can run in a weightless VQ

Hahaha I wish it was weightless. There's a fair way to go yet I think

Hey!

*goes digging for photos*

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/e...ttingthere.jpg
http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/e...p/IMGP2674.jpg


I guess 3.8L, 5L, not same class

That was still a beautiful looking motor ^_^ It's what inspired me to do mine!

Motor looks insanely awesome dude!!!!! Very jealous. So was that pic just a mock up of your cleaning skills, or is the motor actually ready to be put back in the car?

Cheers man, that was 100% assembled and ready to drop in. Me and Hozy dropped the engine like that into the car about 20min after the photo was taken. No mucking about

That setup looks horn now dan! will be a pleasure to see it in flesh

Haha most of it's hidden under the grubby manifold. I've been careful to ensure the engine doesn't look too clean.

hey morton you should sell that engine to the holden museum, looks better than the one they already have

I know, it's beautiful isn't it shame you can't see most of the niceness in the engine bay. But it makes me happy to know it's all perfect

looks good mate i'll have to come and see it soon

Damn straight you will. If I can get it running you may see it tonight!

Naughty naughty rocker cover oil filters Daniel

Shhhhhhh you didn't see a thing

dude that engine looks sweet, hurry up and get it in the car with the cam and shit... thing this is going to haul arse

No cam for now, but it's not too bad hey I'm just going to leave it a stocker 'till something breaks, and when it NEEDS to be pulled apart, then I will.

[Morton]

Well the motor is BACK IN THE CAR!

Almost ready to run. Just letting the exhaust gasket cure, then double-checking everything and turning it on to run-in for a while as I put the interior back together. Then slap some wheels on, and it should be running by midnight!

[Pub247]

glad to hear is going again mate

[Tom_1569]

Haha, noooooo but I'll be coming to the Moe > Walhalla cruise!

Your a smart man Morton

Motor looks the goods.

[levymetal]

grab some photos of it in the car! did you clean up the engine bay? haha

[delcowizzid]

so what did you end up doing just rings and bearing and oilpump or did you get the new pistons in

[Morton]

IT RUNS!!!! Props to Marcus for coming 'round and giving me my third jump start for the day

Should have pics up either later tonight or tomorrow afternoon

IT RUNS IT RUNS IT RUNS IT RUNS!!!!!!!!

[Morton]

so what did you end up doing just rings and bearing and oilpump or did you get the new pistons in

I didn't do any rebuilding. It's not worth it for now I'll wait for something big to break, then I'll rebuild it.

For now I just reconditioned all the peripherals, checked the bearings, and slapped it back together