Since I've sold "Shelley" [sad] I was able to get my "rare" 2001 Dodge Intrepid R/T Motorsports Edition which is 1 of 383 made in 2001. They were made to commemorate Dodge's return to NASCAR in 2001. I paid a measly $500.00 for her b/c the motor was blown. So here are some pictures of her.
These pics were taken the morning after I brought her home.
Wheels
Still on tow dolly
Why it's a "rare" Intrepid R/T
Since I knew the motor was bad here are some pics of it coming out
before any work
ready to pull
3hrs later she's out
Motor is out
Here's some pics of why the motor was bad. The #4 main bearing had spun
and when it spun the bearings ate the block so it was toast "as shown in yellow circle"
Now I just happened to have a 3.5 motor sitting in my garage so I swapped it in. Car ran fine for a cpl weeks then... she started to rattle upon start up like some engines do when you change the oil, but it would stop like 2 seconds later I figured it was b/c I used a cheap oil filer that would drain over night. Well a few days after she started to rattle I was leaving work and it stumbled hard almost stalled but didn't but had a hard knock in the lower end I was like WTF!!!
Here's what was wrong with the second motor.
Spun the #6 connecting rod bearing.
So I said screw it and she sat since Sept. of last year. While I decided what to do with her. Well some things came up that I needed to take care of and "Shelley" was sold and I took care of what I needed and decided to do a complete rebuild of the motor for the R/T. I took the heads and block to a machine shop where they did the heads milled them valve seats the works. Hot tanked the block and I had them put in the rotating assembly, essentially making it a short block as I didn't want to tackle filing the ring gaps and oil clearances. So shortly after I sold "Shelley" this is what I I've done.
Here is the rear main seal retainer
seal retainer getting aligned
oil pan and oil pump installed
Heads installed
timing belt/water pump housing installed and painted
cams and water pump installed
timing belt in
valve covers in Chrysler Industrial red
timing belt housing covers
In my haste to assemble or was it after a 6 pack of Killian's red beer the lower intake manifold and fuel rail BEFORE the engine harness was installed which needs to be done before the LIM and fuel rail lol
LIM and fuel rail AFTER engine harness
Assembled ready to get installed.
Now since I plan to show this car while the motor was out it stands to reason now would be the time do clean the engine compartment. here are the pics of that.
The before
The after
Boot for steering column out of the firewall was black with grime and grease
trans cooler lines and hoses cleaned up
under drivers headlight
under passenger headlight
After that was done it was time to drop in the rebuilt motor.
ready to drop in
almost there
passenger cat hooked up
drivers cat hooked up
belts on
she's in ready for hoses and electrical connections
Ok so after everything was hooked up all the fluids were added here she is on the first start up rattling like hell b/c the lifters in the rockers were frozen.
http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j...tion=view¤t=2012-06-10_22-19-58_416.mp4
So after another 5hrs of swapping the rocker assy's here she is purring like a kitten.
http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j...tion=view¤t=2012-06-11_23-53-25_564.mp4
After the motor was finally done I had a few cooalnt leaks b/c of re-used spring type clamps that were replaced. Also had a minor oil leak from the oil pressure sensor which was fixed by putting plumber tape on it and making sure it was tight.
After the motor was done no leaks my buddy came over and hooked up the paint by buffing it out. I bought some 3m compound and he used a buffer to buff out the oxidized paint and scratches then went over it with some polishing compound then waxed it. I didn't take pics of that process but here are the after shots. She looks like glass now.
I have since added a K&N CAI. It was a used kit which is why the filter is damaged not sure how it happened but I ave a new one coming.
I went from
to this
These pics were taken the morning after I brought her home.
Wheels
Still on tow dolly
Why it's a "rare" Intrepid R/T
Since I knew the motor was bad here are some pics of it coming out
before any work
ready to pull
3hrs later she's out
Motor is out
Here's some pics of why the motor was bad. The #4 main bearing had spun
and when it spun the bearings ate the block so it was toast "as shown in yellow circle"
Now I just happened to have a 3.5 motor sitting in my garage so I swapped it in. Car ran fine for a cpl weeks then... she started to rattle upon start up like some engines do when you change the oil, but it would stop like 2 seconds later I figured it was b/c I used a cheap oil filer that would drain over night. Well a few days after she started to rattle I was leaving work and it stumbled hard almost stalled but didn't but had a hard knock in the lower end I was like WTF!!!
Here's what was wrong with the second motor.
Spun the #6 connecting rod bearing.
So I said screw it and she sat since Sept. of last year. While I decided what to do with her. Well some things came up that I needed to take care of and "Shelley" was sold and I took care of what I needed and decided to do a complete rebuild of the motor for the R/T. I took the heads and block to a machine shop where they did the heads milled them valve seats the works. Hot tanked the block and I had them put in the rotating assembly, essentially making it a short block as I didn't want to tackle filing the ring gaps and oil clearances. So shortly after I sold "Shelley" this is what I I've done.
Here is the rear main seal retainer
seal retainer getting aligned
oil pan and oil pump installed
Heads installed
timing belt/water pump housing installed and painted
cams and water pump installed
timing belt in
valve covers in Chrysler Industrial red
timing belt housing covers
In my haste to assemble or was it after a 6 pack of Killian's red beer the lower intake manifold and fuel rail BEFORE the engine harness was installed which needs to be done before the LIM and fuel rail lol
LIM and fuel rail AFTER engine harness
Assembled ready to get installed.
Now since I plan to show this car while the motor was out it stands to reason now would be the time do clean the engine compartment. here are the pics of that.
The before
The after
Boot for steering column out of the firewall was black with grime and grease
trans cooler lines and hoses cleaned up
under drivers headlight
under passenger headlight
After that was done it was time to drop in the rebuilt motor.
ready to drop in
almost there
passenger cat hooked up
drivers cat hooked up
belts on
she's in ready for hoses and electrical connections
Ok so after everything was hooked up all the fluids were added here she is on the first start up rattling like hell b/c the lifters in the rockers were frozen.
http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j...tion=view¤t=2012-06-10_22-19-58_416.mp4
So after another 5hrs of swapping the rocker assy's here she is purring like a kitten.
http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j...tion=view¤t=2012-06-11_23-53-25_564.mp4
After the motor was finally done I had a few cooalnt leaks b/c of re-used spring type clamps that were replaced. Also had a minor oil leak from the oil pressure sensor which was fixed by putting plumber tape on it and making sure it was tight.
After the motor was done no leaks my buddy came over and hooked up the paint by buffing it out. I bought some 3m compound and he used a buffer to buff out the oxidized paint and scratches then went over it with some polishing compound then waxed it. I didn't take pics of that process but here are the after shots. She looks like glass now.
I have since added a K&N CAI. It was a used kit which is why the filter is damaged not sure how it happened but I ave a new one coming.
I went from
to this
