5.2 Magnum Swap Part 9: Leaky Plenum Gasket
We are still tearing apart the motor, this week’s goal is to fix our leaking Plenum gasket. We knew we had a bad plenum gasket after taking a peek down the throttle body and seeing a good coating of oil, but after removing the intake we got an idea of just how bad it was.
Continue Reading5.2 Magnum Swap Part 8: Broken and Performance Parts
While we are still moving forward with the motor swap we took a side track this week through ‘Magnum Performance Land’ to see what we could add to the build.
Continue Reading5.2 Magnum Swap Part 7: Cutting and (not) Fitting
Welcome to part 7 of our 5.2 magnum swap, we are shooting to be out testing for Halloween. Although we keep finding parts we want to upgrade so Halloween is a soft goal with the real goal of building it right and building it strong. Read The Rest Part 1: It’s Finally Happening Part 2: […]
Continue Reading5.2 Magnum Swap Part 6: The Test Fit
This is Part 6 of our 5.2 magnum swap, we had previously set a goal of September 26th to keep us motivated, but now that we have both motors pulled there are more upgrades we want to add into the overall project. We could rush and finish it all by September 26th, but we would […]
Continue Reading5.2 Magnum Swap Part 5: Pulling the 5.2
With the TTB WJ still without brakes and steering it stood still in the garage this weekend and we set up to pull the 5.2 outside. Conveniently, we had better lighting outside and were able to do a timelapse of the day. Check out 6.5 hours of work compressed into 35 seconds.
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