Doug Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 8 hours ago, fortune46x said: Slim , going through the engine now and sourced bearings/seals , Vertex makes a seal kit and a gasket kit but they dont have the seals for the water pump bearings etc. Got pistons from koch performance and the cylinders are off getting redone. should have it together hopefully by christmas. Its got good bones , few dings and scratches but its over 40 years old. someone had oval raced it , I took off the bars that were on it and put on a pair of what I thought were the GYT srx bars that my grandpa had in his garage when we cleaned it out - turns out they were from my grandpas SSR. itll be a fun little ripper when its done. Have you ever done anything with vapor blasting of the aluminum parts. Would recommend it if you haven't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Brand new 23 Sidewinder 137 LTX on FB for 16,995. Thats alotta sled for the $ in this market imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune46x Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 12/1/2023 at 4:15 PM, Doug said: Have you ever done anything with vapor blasting of the aluminum parts. Would recommend it if you haven't. I did not , I've looked at a cabinet awhile back but never pulled the trigger , I just parts washed it all , then used mold cleaner to try to get most of the dirt/grease out. in the process of re-assembling it now and have the bottom end done just need to get my cylinders back to finish it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 36 minutes ago, fortune46x said: I did not , I've looked at a cabinet awhile back but never pulled the trigger , I just parts washed it all , then used mold cleaner to try to get most of the dirt/grease out. in the process of re-assembling it now and have the bottom end done just need to get my cylinders back to finish it up. There's a local guy the charges buy the time and is reasonable. Seen how nice it worked and a friend of mine bought a cabinet now. There's also plans floating around how to build one. I have one on a flash drive. What's nice is with water blasting it doesn't open up the surface like sand or soda blasting. Dirt grease and oil wipes right off without leaving any residue like after a part is sand or soda blasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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