OOOH, ok...I must have confused ya...I thought you were saying the big brass thing was the water sensor...ok, alls good now. Yea, they aren't in the pic because they are still on the old motor, I think I'm gonna get new ones from mazda or mazdatrix...the idea of using old sensors worries me...

it took me a sec. i did say the wrong thing at first. LOL . a picture is worth a thousand words https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

Are you hot rodding that old vacuum in the pic, lol. Still no engine stand I take it? Is that the way the engine always sits? Out in the open like that? You should be taking every single last pre-caution to make sure that dirt does not enter then engine.

turbovr6 gave me an engine stand which i will use shortly to hold onto my jspec blown block https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

engine looks purty... but u should really have that flywheel resurfaced...

Hey I noticed some rust on your flywheel there you might want to replace that J/K https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

wow, i can't believe that you didn't resurface the flywheel. i'm sure you got the rust off, but how accurately can you make sure that the surface is even and smooth. The CF DF should hold

Well, for starters...I got the surface extremely smooth, and have a tool that measures pits/ruts etc for cylinder walls and I used that and there was very little wear and tear. About the stand...there is not stand, however, I do have every hold plugged with something to keep dirt out, and the motor sits under two larger towels at all times. Everyday I work on it, I double check and make sure nothing seems to have gotten down into the motor. Also, being that there is no oil pan on yet, it is very easy to clean out the bottom of the block once I get it in the air, so I'm not overly worried...I have done numerous things like this before...small dust particles and **** won't hurt it...they won't last past 5 minutes of the motor running..you just dont want larger dirt particles and rocks, bugs, etc..in it..then your screwed.



Another note on the flywheel and clutch, these are for breakin purposes only really...I'm not asking much..as long as they last for the breakin, I'll be happy...both the clutch and flywheel will be replaced around January...