Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[Rocket Man]

Also ordered the Comp Cams rocker trunion upgrade kit. It looks like it's pretty easy to install according to the YouTube video I watched. Thanks for the heads up @bottomline2000 ! Harmonic balancer bolt ordered also since it's a one use bolt. I sure hope I'm done buying parts for my cam upgrade, that escalated quickly. Almost $1200 for cam, springs, pushrods, seals, timing set, cam retainer, rocker trunion upgrade kit, and necessary hardware. But that will be a huge upgrade for the LQ4. I'd better go back to work so I can pay for all that.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Also ordered the Comp Cams rocker trunion upgrade kit. It looks like it's pretty easy to install according to the YouTube video I watched. Thanks for the heads up @bottomline2000 ! Harmonic balancer bolt ordered also since it's a one use bolt. I sure hope I'm done buying parts for my cam upgrade, that escalated quickly. Almost $1200 for cam, springs, pushrods, seals, timing set, cam retainer, rocker trunion upgrade kit, and necessary hardware. But that will be a huge upgrade for the LQ4. I'd better go back to work so I can pay for all that.

But soooooo worth it!

 

[bottomline2000]

Also ordered the Comp Cams rocker trunion upgrade kit. It looks like it's pretty easy to install according to the YouTube video I watched. Thanks for the heads up @bottomline2000 ! Harmonic balancer bolt ordered also since it's a one use bolt. I sure hope I'm done buying parts for my cam upgrade, that escalated quickly. Almost $1200 for cam, springs, pushrods, seals, timing set, cam retainer, rocker trunion upgrade kit, and necessary hardware. But that will be a huge upgrade for the LQ4. I'd better go back to work so I can pay for all that.

No problem. Just add to the mayhem...Did u get a valvespring install tool? Also crank balancer install tool?

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[Tonyrodz]

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[Tonyrodz]

We're in a heat wave here in nj. Around here it hit 96-98 degrees and of course my condenser won't be in until Monday, when the temps go back down to the low 70's. I hate summer!
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Sorry Red, posted by mistake.

 

[Rocket Man]

No problem. Just add to the mayhem...Did u get a valvespring install tool? Also crank balancer install tool?

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I haven't decided on which valve spring tool to get, I got burned out last night. The Comp Cams one is like $100 and I see some on EBay that do one at a time for like $25 but IDK. The harmonic balancer I'll get a loan-a-tool from O'Reilley.

 

[Rocket Man]

So today I pulled the Whipple to figure out why it had a small intake leak and reinstall with all new gaskets. The last time, which was the second install thanks to missing instructions regarding the included intake manifold gaskets, was a disaster. I had put the gaska-cinch on a wrong surface of the passenger side gasket and had to remove it with a thinner which I believed probably messed up the gasket. As it turns out, it also messed up 2 of the O-Ring gaskets that are in the lower intake manifold where it meets up to the gasket I messed up on. I'm not sure if it dissolved them or what but they were a mess. The large O-Ring that goes between the blower and the lower intake manifold was also half missing. I believe that when I lowered the blower down, which was the second use of that gasket since it was the second install, it somehow slipped out of the groove and then got pinched and was possibly sucked into the intake. Half of it was missing. It was a miracle it was running at all. And weird thing is, I couldn't tell it had a leak. If Justin hadn't told me after looking at a data log, I might have never known except it did throw a lean code at one point. And I won't know if I fixed it until I send Justin another log and he analyzes it. I did get better at the install- complete R&R took me 8 hours today. It's running great so far. Anyway, enjoy these pics. Here's the large O-Ring that's missing half of itself.

 

[Rocket Man]

And here's the O-Rings that failed at where the lower intake manifold meets the head. They install into the aluminum lower intake manifold and then seal against the regular intake manifold gasket that I didn't install first time around because there weren't instructions for it. 2 of these on the passenger side were wasted. That's the side I messed up on the gasket.

 

[Rocket Man]

And here it is all done. UPS came just after I got done with the reinstall and delivered my new black 250 A alternator.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Ever find that missing piece of gasket? I believe also that the thinner did destroy that rubber o ring gasket.