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hence why i dont have passengers usually in my car during cruises.

Even though my car feels like crap with other people in it, it's not worth the risk at my age. Media would go nuts too.

poor kids though.

So, here I present to you, the good people of SAU, another chapter in the epic saga of trying to get my Silvia back on the road.

I left the last chapter having discovered that no other RB that anyone I know has seen runs V belts, hence my harmonic balancer must be the wrong one. I had high hopes of being able to simply remove the balancer off my old 20 and chuck it on the new one and presto - no more wobbling balancer.

Oh no, not on this car, that sort of shit would be too easy. No, instead me and a mate have gone to undo the crank bolt holding on the balancer (after a mass headscrew trying to get the rad out to make some room) and it's loose as a goose at first crack. Undo it some more and it starts to get tighter. Throwing caution and possible snapped/threaded crank bolt to the wind, we continue to undo the bolt, having to put more and more force into it as we go.

Now a good hour of this and we have almost got the bolt off but it's fking tight. We pry the balancer away from the engine and it's loose as. It also turns about 20 degrees on the crank. At this point we're thinking 'that ain't right' and lo and behold the key locking the balancer onto the crank is moving around, clearly locking 5/8ths of fuck all.

After another few minutes of trying to get the bolt off to have a suss of whats left of the locking key we give up, my mate goes home and I come dangerously close to grabbing the matches and petty again.

So, I finish this chapter with:

1 I almost definately have the wrong balancer and as a result the key that is supposed to lock it so it turns with the crank is fucked

2 the crank bolt feels like it is nigh on snapping

3 I'm nearly at wits end (again) and have either a for sale ad or a large bbq in mind

My next port of call is taking the balancer off my old engine and using it, and it's locking key, on my new engine - IF I don't snap the crank bolt before getting the fucked one off. Once again, if it works there will be many skids done in celebration. If it doesn't there will possibly be fire.

And you really did miss out, i ended up jumping in with Kristian in his EVO VIII (Thanks for the lift). So you could have gone on the cruise and got to ride in an EVO.

Could you hear the cars from Rundle St?

not really i had tripple j hottest onehundred up pretty loud on the sonos surround sound. SSSPPPEEEWWWWIN i hate missin out! once again thanks so much for the the thought mate!

Andrew, sounds like you'll have to replace the key at the very minimum also but if the new key moves from side to side in the slot even slightly, you can kiss your crank goodbye.

Can be taken out and welded though, but probably wouldn't bother and just find a second hand one.

Get that balancer off 1st before you go burning it, lol.

Andrew, sounds like you'll have to replace the key at the very minimum also but if the new key moves from side to side in the slot even slightly, you can kiss your crank goodbye.

Can be taken out and welded though, but probably wouldn't bother and just find a second hand one.

Get that balancer off 1st before you go burning it, lol.

agreed as ive recently discovered a crank, key and harmonic balancer are three very VERY important componants that need to work in harmony :)

wow, part of me is sooooo glad i f**ked that engine off, and part of me is feels bad for selling it.

just goes to show, when buying a 2nd/3rd/4th hand engine, ya never know what its gonne be like.....

want his address Andrew?? :)

Now a good hour of this and we have almost got the bolt off but it's fking tight. We pry the balancer away from the engine and it's loose as. It also turns about 20 degrees on the crank. At this point we're thinking 'that ain't right' and lo and behold the key locking the balancer onto the crank is moving around, clearly locking 5/8ths of f**k all.

1 I almost definately have the wrong balancer and as a result the key that is supposed to lock it so it turns with the crank is f**ked

how on earth did it not censor those words....see if i say f**k it is censored to F**K

Your boys getting big Craig!! How old is he now??

aww she's adorable. how many teeth does she have, i can see 3 i think, lol.

Amber only has 1, can't really see it though coz she only just got it.

this is Amber on Aus Day

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oh lol, Amber is a proud owner of a Subaru WRX thanks to her uncle Jason haha

woot just bout a hks low mount cast exhuast manifold with external gate!

turbo check!

afm check!

lines check!

wastegate check!

gauges check!

injectors - waiting on.

fit almost!

woot!

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