It was a messy commute this morning but the Subaru did well despite everyone else sliding all over.
Still not messy enough to keep me from getting a weekly engine update!
Pistons
still haven't come in yet. According to the tracking they shipped on the 23rd, and they have been at a distribution center about 10 miles away since early Tuesday morning. The tracking has said "on vehicle for delivery today" every day since Tuesday. I'm assuming the winter storms have had something to do with it.
Bob's assistant Mike has been plugging away on my cylinder heads and they are looking awesome. The spring seats have been leveled, the old exhaust seats have been ground out, and new ones pressed in. He's used the first milling tool on all of the intake seats and that tool cuts 7 angles. He will run a second, then a third tool, then blend the bowls and do a little porting by hand. The LPC valves came in, but Bob said after looking at them in person he didn't like them, so he sent them back and ordered a set of Milodon stainless steel valves. I got one quick picture of one of the cylinder heads.
I can't imagine the pistons won't be in by next week, and as soon as they come in we can start putting stuff together!