well i brought a motor for the local junk yard for $300 and thought it would be great for a 500-700hp DD, circuit track, and occasional strip car so stay tuned for that thread. Now this is a write up of how to clean parts.

first a little before an after shots




before



after



rocker arms








intake ports after cleaning







the head itself which will be cleaned in my little bath




the supplies




1. get a 18 gallon or more container
2. fill the container with a 3 parts cleaner to 2 parts DISTILLED water solution. ( in the pic above i only used 3 gallon of cleaner and 2 gallons of water haha )
3. allow parts to sit in solution for NO longer than 45min. i produced the results above with only 15-30min. of soaking time
4. while parts are in solution scrub thoroughly
5. after parts are to your liking dry as best you can
6. give most parts a LIGHT coat of WD-40 to prevent rust ( i didnt do this on the pics above but it works better when you do )

now you may be wondering what is the gunk motor flush for ? well its to pre soak really hard to clean parts that have oil burned on or other containminants. after you do that then complete steps 1-6 hope you guys enjoyed the write up and pics OH BTW i will be doing the WHOLE cylinder head once i get the sensors off so keep checking for updates

 

nice

 

hell ya man
I have quite a few parts that could use this lol

 

Parts washer (hot tank) will work just as well and alot less scrubbing....

 

Home made parts cleaner tank

 

cool

 

quick question, the stuff like the rocker arms can they be used in the head in any place, like if they get mixed up. Or should they be placed in the same spot you removed them from?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Cindy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">quick question, the stuff like the rocker arms can they be used in the head in any place, like if they get mixed up. Or should they be placed in the same spot you removed them from?</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope the rocker arms can work in any place of either they wont get mixed up but if you want added security do each part in groups like all the intake things together and then all the exhaust things together

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do you own a $800 hot aqueous solution tank ? im just offering a cheaper $25 alternative that people can do home also if you let these parts sit for about an hour or more you will not need to scrub a thing depending on how strong you make the solution.

 

damn, someone should have changed their oil more often.

 

this sounds like a cheap solution to cleaning grimming parts. if you dont mind me asking whats the total costs in supplies for cleaning your entire enigine? looks really nice and has promising results without the down time of taking it to a shop. nice job.

 

nice write-up

 

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haha it wasnt from not changing the oil but running the car a little too hot i brought it that way because it was still in good condition and i knew i could fix it

also the total cost of supplies was cheap heres a break down
3 gallons of purple power-- $12.36
2 gallons of distilled water-- $ 1.28
one 18 gallon container-- $ 5
scrubing brush-- $1
tire brush--- $1 ( this is the long conical brush, i used it to clean the ports

total cost $ $20.64 while the average hot tank price that i've been seeing is $50-$80

 

right on...

 

Cool! I have parts that could use a bath. Thanks

 

Interesting write-up can't wait to see some more progress.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mtny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Interesting write-up can't wait to see some more progress. </TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks alot i just cant wait to hear the car start and make my first 11 pass in it

 

looks good man... nice write up and good luck with the setup

I spray my bay with parts cleaner and a blast of air from a compressor on occasion to keep things looking crisp