I sand blasted my D16Z6 block, cylinder head, intake manifold, and valve cover today and man do they look sweet now. Once I do the machining and put the bottom end internals in I intend to paint the block. I haven’t picked a color yet but I’m thinking of a high heat orange-red, but this is still up for grabs.
I ordered the Vitara pistons with a full gasket kit, I beam connecting rods, and a block guard from FJDistributors yesterday so the parts should be here in about a week. My next step will be to notch the cylinder walls after dry fitting the pistons with the I beam connecting rods.
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I want to thank you for all the valuable information that I have learned on your site. I have a D16Y8 which is similar to the D16Z6. The step by step is great, especially since I haven’t dismantled an engine before.
Could you explain about how to measure with the feeler guages/straight edges when you reassemble? Unless you don’t plan to do that yourself of course.
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I will put up a post about this soon.