Decided to go farther since the car was apart.... perform the pilot bearing upgrade, which means the crankshaft must come out

The Auxiliary housing must be removed to access the nut holding the oil pick up tube.  A 6mm allen wrench is used on one fastener.

Put the crankshaft back in today, 10-29-05, but first double checked bearing clearances with Plastigauge.  Here is one main journal.

Here is another main.  Nicely within tolerance after the crank was polished!!

 View of the underside of the head after removing it from the block.  The valves were ground, 2 new exhaust valves, and all new exhaust valve guides were installed.  The underside of the head was massaged slightly (by about .003) to be sure it was flat.

The block, from above after the head was removed.

The block from above after the head gasket was removed.  Even though I knew that there were cylinder liners, I was unprepared for how it looked!

 The engine bay looks pretty roomy and lonely without the engine.  I've got some clean up work to do when I fit all new coolant hoses. 

The engine block before I clean things up  to refit the head.  If you look at the floor, you can see parts that have been removed from the car.

 Another thing I did while the car was apart was to add a Greddy Type RS Blow Off Valve.   Blow off valves supposedly help turbos last longer and give you better performance.  They also make that 'pssst' noise when you let off of the gas pedal.  Thought that might bug me, but I really enjoy it!  The unit cost right around $200. 

 

  To install it on my Bosch injected '88 required nothing extra other than the BOV and the gasket that came with it.... besides the holes drilled into the plenum.  I planned ahead on drilling and taping the holes for the BOV mounting bolts though as the plenum through bolts can be in the same area.  One of the BOV mounting bolts, I shortened by a bit.