JoshHooten Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 it has been forever since ive logged on and i have made some changes to the car.I sold the bullitt wheels, which i have had for around 10years. was sad but sweet.i went with silver fr500s, ive always liked the fr500, but with so many people running them i went with silver.you dont see too many sets of silver fr'sbefore the mickey thompsons cameafteralso i installed a set of aluminum gt40x heads and an f303 cam with some 3.73 gears.after almost a year with the crappy noisy rocker arms, one of them just broke.so i just took them all off and put the stockers back on. the bolt hole on the first valve on the drivers side was a littlebuggered up so i used a slightly longer bolt to catch some threads.after about 10 miles the bolt snapped off in the head.i drilled it out and tapped it with a slightly larger hole. and the heilcoilall was good for about 25 miles or so, i used a grade 8 bolt that i dont think was totally up to par. well it snapped too. i went to drill it out, and put an extractor in it. bad choice... it snappedat this point i just know i ruined the head, i couldnt drill throught it.i found some tungsten carbide dremel cutting bits with a tip, and worked it until i got it all. best $30 i ever spent.on the way to the shophere are a few vids.. the exhaust is offroad h pipe with flowmasters and the f303 cam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Amo Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Well at least it looked really good on the flat bed. lol Another Rio with silver FR's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Sounds great josh!! Welcome back to the site, glad to see you still have the car. Any other plans for it or just rock it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTRacing91PGT Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 That must have been so frustrating when those bolts kept snapping. Glad you got it taken care of though. Car looks and sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Welcome back Josh! The car looks great as always. I feel for you on the snapped bolt/drill bit. The only thing worse than that is a snapped off tap... may God have mercy on the poor soul who breaks off a tap... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
