YZFlya450
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Hi y'all! I'm Danny. Ill have a picture up or two of my new toy, but i recently picked up Sy #2813 from a kid here in Maryland. He had been lettting it sit and was for sale so I grabbed up on that offer. I like my S-trucks too much not to have a SyTy in my life at some point. Needless to say she was looking a little rough. Some cladding issues on the passenger side, leaky oil to turbo lines, leaky valve covers, leaky leaky leaky. Cleaned all that mess up and did some basic gaskets around it to hopefully last till summer when the engines coming out and I can get her all apart with some fresh gaskets all throughout. Lines will be taken care of shortly with a block Mount filter I've been checking out and done before on one of my S10s and some snazzy A/N lines givin the turbo some slick stuff. The chassis of the truck was pretty well off surprisingly, she's got a little rust on the wheel wells where the cladding crowns at, and will need a passenger side fender. Nothing hateful but far from clean as I'd like to see it. Anyways when I picked up the truck, kid had done plugs, wires cap/rotor, water pump, starter wire issue resolved and threw in a prop shaft and some kinda 3" downpipe back exhaust, then the transmission decided to go ka-plooey two days later...but it has 136K and maintenance has been far from exceptional. I don't I think I ever used that amount of cuss words in such a short span of time lol but that's finally been taken care of after discussing it with Sport Machines and a few members on the Facebook page. That should be back to me within the next two weeks on account of the snow (its so teasing) but in the meantime she's been on this stretch of down time, I've taken the following into account and got to work:
- Got the toothbrushes and scotch brites and went to work. She was messy.
- NGK UR5 plugs set at .028
- MSD 8MM wires w/fiberglass shrouding on the hot stuff
- AC Delco Cap/Rotor (will be upgrading ignition when engine comes out later)
- Acquired a laptop and purchased Data master + cable to get the scoop on things
- HotWired the IC pump which was Non-Op. Replaced with a Johnson unit
- Re-routing the IC lines into Pass fender well
- Fuel filter
- ISO of a cold-air unit but utilizing factory setup with a drop in
- Sport Machines Vacuum lines + EGR removal
- Transmission upgraded thru RPM with 5pinion planetaries and other goodies. I'm a firm believer there's no point in building an engine if your trans will just take a poop.
- 160° thermostat
- Installed boost gauge that I had laying around (its a sun pro, but its accurate amazingly enough)
- fresh coolant lines throughout it
- Really considering A/C delete. I'm tossed between repairing my system or just ditching it and holding on to it. I don't know yet
- OHH...and I forgot to add the stock turbo might have to be rebuilt... its got a little perimeter play in the shaft, but so far it hasn't become an alarming issue. Wheels still nicely intact. She's staying out of any major boost until I see what's going on with the computer
But anyways that's what I'm working with, any insight or help would be awesome and I'm glad to say that after many years of seeing a matchbox Syclone as a kid, I can finally get dirty with one Haha. Thanks y'all!
- Got the toothbrushes and scotch brites and went to work. She was messy.
- NGK UR5 plugs set at .028
- MSD 8MM wires w/fiberglass shrouding on the hot stuff
- AC Delco Cap/Rotor (will be upgrading ignition when engine comes out later)
- Acquired a laptop and purchased Data master + cable to get the scoop on things
- HotWired the IC pump which was Non-Op. Replaced with a Johnson unit
- Re-routing the IC lines into Pass fender well
- Fuel filter
- ISO of a cold-air unit but utilizing factory setup with a drop in
- Sport Machines Vacuum lines + EGR removal
- Transmission upgraded thru RPM with 5pinion planetaries and other goodies. I'm a firm believer there's no point in building an engine if your trans will just take a poop.
- 160° thermostat
- Installed boost gauge that I had laying around (its a sun pro, but its accurate amazingly enough)
- fresh coolant lines throughout it
- Really considering A/C delete. I'm tossed between repairing my system or just ditching it and holding on to it. I don't know yet
- OHH...and I forgot to add the stock turbo might have to be rebuilt... its got a little perimeter play in the shaft, but so far it hasn't become an alarming issue. Wheels still nicely intact. She's staying out of any major boost until I see what's going on with the computer
But anyways that's what I'm working with, any insight or help would be awesome and I'm glad to say that after many years of seeing a matchbox Syclone as a kid, I can finally get dirty with one Haha. Thanks y'all!
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