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Hoping your not thinking I'm talking about the valve cover gaskets. I'm talking about the intake manifold and TB gaskets. Seems to me the old ones were just not tall enough. If they were we would probably not be replacing them with the updated version. Plus the material change probably to allow for a little more crush for a better seal.

I have a Recaro that is available in black... Just need to reattach the harness and it's ready to go. Still like new with one small patch of the velvet pulled away from some stickey crap "kids". I keep forgetting it's there after cleaning up the garage and stowed it on a high shelf. PM me if interested. It was one of the best seats we had for my daughter. The bolster was perfect for those ride naps. But this is more a Child seat than an infant seat... Not rear facing.

Taller... Seems like different material and both of these combined seem to keep it from leaking in the long run. I replaced them looking for a fix to a stumble that would come up on occasion... That fix ended up being the OVCS, replaced as a pair.

I did recently replace my OCV but not sure how that relates.

The update gaskets are considerably different. Good move replacing that one as well.

Agreed not to do it before. I'm thinking out loud here this could one of the precursor symptoms of HG failure. Curious to see if me little hiccups (hesitation under load at 2250 thru 2800 rpm) felt go away after the rebuild.

Car is e tuned right now with Dave at Cryotune stage 1 with stage three fueling. Going to talk to him about a break in map once I get closer or if it's needed at all. I'm also going to send the injectors in for a douche and inspect. The other thing I have been pondering is changing the fuel pump. More of a proactive maintenance action other than performance upgrade. But If I get the latter I'm all good with that. For sure I have ready your post a couple of times. Will probably be referring back to it a few more times before rebuilding. Thanks Max.

Thanks for the photos and posts. Huge help.

Why I jumped on it now based on your findings... But seriously thanks for the reference.

Just ordered the TiC FU Cam Bolt Kit - Single AVCS... Quick email reply that they are on back order but should be in stock within a week. Not holding my breath... Need to wait so getting my place in line.

All good GT. There will be plenty of fun to be had. Prep first. Getting closer. Trailer tires on the boat are holding air. Good will crap out of the garage and 100 ft air hose added to the tool collection. I have always taken pictures of tear down these days. Makes things so much easier going back together. Especially since I'm not stuffing dissimilar parts together. Getting my head wrapped around the decking procedure. To maintain the correct compression ratio I would get a head gasket that compensates for the material removed? I feel it would. Course this all depends on how much material is removed from block and head. My mechanic friend feels it would not make a big enough difference. 8:2 is what I see as factory from the 2005 manual. Looking at tolerance pages so I can speak intelligently with the machinist. Need to wrap my head around valve lash setup. I leaning to replace pistons regardless of what I find.

Yeah I get back from rehearsal around 4ish but usually beat enough to not want to do much. But with this on the table it's going to be interesting. Need to decide my next move where to tear it down. May try and get the boat out to a friends property and use that side of the garage. Kind of one of those necessary steps before pulling the plug.

I'll PM you and GT my contact info...Unless things change I have a commitment most Saturdays. Next Sunday I'll hope to either have it out or get it close to it. Gonna start pulling it apart the motor compartment in the morning. Need to make sure I have ziplocks. :/

Stand and lift assembled, bloody paint is still gassing out on these things. May get another pair of stands and a second floor jack. Good reasons suggested elsewhere on the forum. Tweaking my list a little but haven't posted any changes yet. Gonna drop the DP for the moment. Running first then stage 2 after break in.

Lift, stand and a couple more jack stands are in the garage. Will assemble this weekend and begin dismantling the engine bay.

Going to Harbor Freight today and pick up a motor stand, lift and adjustable cradle. They are not that expensive least for Harbor Freight. Future ex flipped her mind again and my initial proposal stands. I'm keeping this house! Get OUT!

My friend was fighting a 86 ford truck to pass... He purposefully went there to see of he could pass for free after I told him where it was setting up.

Besactly. But it's not about emissions any more. The future about system stability and visual as stated above. Tail pipe parameters captured these days are only because the state has not pushed the OBDII only solution out yet as the main solution. Recently there has been a couple of evaluation road side tests performed in town. Funny part is they roll out a dyno in the process. I have avoided them thus far. If I move forward with my plans the visual may be an issue.

Cool. Thanks Guys... I'll get my but out there now and start getting crap put away.

Getting there... Wife keeps throwing spit wad scenarios at me. I was playing chess in my head with all the variables this weekend. Picked up my loaner truck. Went to the Modesto GP with my daughter Sunday was good for the sole. Need to clean out the garage and get the motor stand and lift over here. Then today wife reverses her story via txt today while I'm at the office. At this stage no reply.

I'm splitting block... Taking the heads down with case half's with crank for inspection and machining as needed. Will order rings and bearings based on findings. If I get new pistons it will based on some convincing but will probably in the end.

Yeah I wanted to hear the extreme... The two shops that i have worked with or have called me back have their wife working the phone. They are all about mitigating liability and IMO praying on people not able to do most of the work themselves. They don't want to receive a motor to rebuild after pulling it out myself... So back in my court. Pulling. Breakdown. Machine (outsource). Rebuild are all on me.

I got lucky... I had the wrong stage one map on and could have pumped a EGT cel at any time... Didn't and passed. Only after I noticed. I have a Rev 8 that eliminated the EGT even though I had the device physically in the up.

I get it dude. I live out here too. My issues with smog testing are pretty simple. It's no longer going to be an emissions test. It's more so going to be an inspection to ensure the factory emissions BS is intact and the ECU is not seeing faults ensuring and working according to spec. If it was a system designed to identify particulates only and the don't tell me how I get there I'd have no issues with the "system". But no I can't touch any hard parts and if they keep snooping into the ECU eventually there may be a baseline ECU map validation. The coming ECU only test eliminates the sniffer all together. So they don't care about the emissions. They care about getting the money out of my pocket. It's in every persons best interest to keep their car in good working order. If you can't commit to doing that get the hell off the road. Less morons to get in my way on the road.

Of course... All subjective to the man deciding who gets screwed... Since we live in the valley or "dustbowl" of California the air quality is always going to suck according to da man.