bowtiethunder

Started working on my car Friday evening. I put new opti, Moroso blue max wires, NGK TR55 plugs, new gm waterpump, LT4 KM, new MAP, throttle body gaskets, and new radiator hoses on. Car seems to run a lot better haven't made a wot run yet but throttle response is great and idles better. My miss under 2k rpms is gone. I think I need a new IAC my rpms want to hang at 1500 rpm when I let off the gas.

It took me around 14 hours to do all this. I still got intake gaskets and jet fan switch to install but they'll have to wait awhile. What worried me the most was lining up and getting the opti to drop in right, but I got it on in about 5 minutes. The thing that gave me the most trouble was the balancer took about 2 hours to get it off I tried to use a puller and then had to modify it, the bolts wouldn't fit through then had to find longer bolts for it, then had to grind it a litttle. And then tried it and couldn't get the balancer off. Finally looked at my haynes manual and it said puller is not required. What is the correct way to get balancer off for future repairs etc? I had to beat it off. I also had a bad distributor seal and had to change it. It wouldn't hard just time consuming. I'm so proud of myself!