Six_Shooter's money pit and time vampire... v.240Z

[Purple pit]

Oh man that is cutting is close. Good luck!
Did you use any heat sink grease on the bottom of the ICM? That helps heat transfer and keeps moisture out.

[Guest]

Well, I dropped the block, crank and mains off today, and was told that I'd have them back tomorrow, with new bearings and new gaskets. I'm only getting him to dunk the block and polish the crank, so it's not that labour intensive. He'll probably spend more time on the phone ordering stuff than working on my parts. lol

I also ordered a couple other gaskets from NAPA as well that I'll need.

No, I've never used heat sink grease on the ICM, never had a problem previously. I'm still not sure that's the problem, but so far that seems most likely. I still need to get the engine out of the car and do a full tear down. That'll happen this week end, most likely.

[Purple pit]

Read about that on another site long ago. After that it was done to each ICM that was put on my cars(well just a total of two) and never had a problem. Seems like the best idea to make sure the heat transfer to the mount plate(also used for cooling) is even, with no areas/spots cooler or warmer do to moisture build up(or gaps between the plate and the ICM).
That may not have anything to do with what's going on, but it may help you sleep at night(lol).

[Guest]

I picked up the block, crank and new bearings, gaskets, etc today.

Now I need to get the old engine out and get the ARP stuff out of it for the new (old?) engine.

[Superdave]

I had a few fail, started cleaning the backside and the plate really well and using Artic Silver thermal paste between them. Never had another problem. Those modules get hot quick, even on a tester at the parts store.

[robertisaar]

I sand mine down, finishing in the 800 range.... not quite a mirror finish, but better than the stamped/extruded surface it has otherwise. arctic alumina under the latest one, on a processor that stuff sets up like an epoxy more than a grease and has more than decent thermal conductance ratings.

[Purple pit]

That sounds like a better way to go, the more like epoxy that is. I also used Artic Silver because that was just sitting around after a computer build.

[Guest]

Well, no videos of the car in motion, but I did take this time lapse of removal of what was left of the engine in the car.

I may edit it later with some music or something.

[ForcedFirebird]

Is it tradition to do a time lapse video upon purchase of GoPro? I have one somewhere too lol

[Guest]

Must be. lol

Not a GoPro, but close enough. lol

Mine is a WASPCam Gideon 9902.

[Purple pit]

Fun to watch. That piece of grass or what ever is on one of the shock mount bolts was bugging me(lol).

[ForcedFirebird]

I don;t have a GoPro, either. I call it a FauxPro lol. Swann Freestyle sports cam.

[Superdave]

Haha, sweet vid. I always wanted to do one of those.

[Guest]

So I edited the video a bit, cut some of the end off, added an intro title and some (copyright free) music...

[34blazer]

Cool video man