By cutting corners I wasn't referring to Carillo rods. I was referring to an engine being put together by someone who'd ask questions like #3,4,and 5 .
better than not asking them.
I had a general idea, but wanted to make sure. And I was wrong now I know.
Im 18, do you expect me to know everything about assmebling an engine??
Like I said im in this to learn, if it blows up, it blows up at least I learned something.
ill use my trans building experience. I had some simple stupid goof ups.
1st i couldnt get my C4 snap rings in. Turned out i wasnt paying attention and had the backing plate in upside down.
I cracked a rear housing, how?? I didnt have the P1 planetary seated in the last C4 friction. In addition it also bent that friction.
Then when I had the trans back out again this winter i looked it over and realized i stack the C4 pack wrong. For some reason I stacked a friction on a friction. Didnt work so hot, so I fixed that, i was in a hurry at the time when i put that in so I can see myself doing that.
All minor simple messups. What do you expect, now i know what to expect on trannies.
Another example is my intake. 4am and i dont have my intake adapter and we need to be on the road for the pull at 7am. So i use whats available and weld on an exhaust adpater but dont clean the inside of the intake off. What do i see when i pull of my intake?? A knicked compressor wheel.
Soon ill know what I do wrong on motor builds.
Id rather screw up on my own than somebody elses, you have to start somewhere no other way to gain experience. If you want to get expereince by sitting in a class learning what to do and reading a book, be an engineer.
