Update on the situation.
Issue was found to be in the shortblock. Plan was to wait for a new shortblock to arrive and drop that in. Get a call from my friend who is the tech working on the car with some news. Shortblocks are on backorder. SOA has given him permission to tear down the motor assembly to find the issue and see if it is repairable.
Come yesterday he texts me and gives me the down low. cylinder 3 piston is warped, there is a decent gap at the bottom you can see if you look closely (cant see in pics he provided) and the cylinder looks like an egg. So block is bad and we need to continue waiting for the shortblock as originally planned. Currently still do not have an eta as to when that will arrive.
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While i wait ive been knocking some things out ive wanted to do while also collecting some parts. My tob makes noise at idle and i figured it was a good excuse to upgrade to a lightweight flywheel and new clutch. Its an Exedy OEM replacement clutch and their lightweight flywheel. believe the weight to be 11lbs if i recall correctly. About half the weight of oem. My exhaust also came in, its a cleib 2.5'' SS catback. Welds are SUPERB on it. I cant wait to hear it. I also picked a header, over pipe and front pipe which will be here later this week while i am out of town. I also opted to put some Tredwear tire letters on my tires. Figured id try it out and see how i like em. ANd lastly, with the wheels off the car and the catback here i had a buddy come by and tried our hand at ceramic coating. Also put it on the calipers, gotta make them purty things easy to clean.
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