| Unfortunately, about 3 hours after I got to ZCON I noticed a bottom end knock in my SGP motor. It happened all of a sudden as I was looking for a parking spot in front of an advance auto parts store. Imagine that. I would assume that it should have happenned under load or at least on the way down on the 1k mile trip and I am damn lucky that it didn't. So that I didn't ruin the entire motor and turbos with metal in the oil, I called AAA and got a tow truck and sent my baby to Ash's shop for some R+R ( less than 30 miles away ). Once there ( Sunday night ) we looked over our options and decided what was the best plan to get me back on the road by Friday morning as I needed to be in Virginia on Saturday to attend a wedding. To complicate matters, I needed to make it to the Orlando Airport on Thursday to pick up my girlfriend - so time was short. Having the Demon Z already there the question was to 
1 ) get the Demon z up and running
2 ) pull the motor out of the Devils z, determine what went wrong, and fix the issue
3 ) swap the motor from the Demon Z to the Devils Z
We chose option #3 as that was the least amount of pain. Ash felt that either I lost a rod bearing as I had the issue before and had the motor warrantied or a rod bolt came off. Either way, we probably didn't have the time to fix the motor correctly. Since I already had a IPP motor with the same build up ready to go, it seemed like a no brainer to do the swap. Ash ( and his shop help ~ Jimmy ) worked on my Z the entire week of ZCON, missing all the events including the hot lapping event that he was registered to attend. He also coordinated a surprise for me with my girlfriend. She flew in a day early and her support greatly got me through the entire experience. Below are some pics of the work / install that was done in really 2 days ( Monday pulled motor, Tuesday installed new motor with manfolds, Abeler manifold and exhaust switch, Wednesday morning - driving the Z ! ) It turns out that it was a good idea to do the engine swap. We found out that all the bolts for the tensioner had no resistance when pulled off and that the timing belt had almost 2 inches of slop in it. If I skipped a tooth on this it would have ruined the motor. Seeing this, I am really curious as to what Ash finds in the bottom end of the oil pan on the motor that was pulled out of my Z. 
By Friday morning, I had 200 miles on the motor and we spent 1.5 days going through oil leaks, antifreeze leaks,and boost leaks.
Friday afternoon I drove to Richmond, Virginia and Sunday morning I drove back to Delaware. Today , I did an oil change and started boosting away ! Now I need to replace some of the items I swapped off of the Demon Z ( Manifolds, exhaust, down pipes ), get the 2.5 inch intercooler piping when ready, and R+R the short block ... to get the Demon Z on the road ...
ASH / JIMMY - many thanks for getting me on the road and the work you did was as usual top notch !
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"Even a broken clock is right twice a day" ...AzHeat on February 21, 2007 at 1:59 PM
"I would have had to have balls the size of China to think I could get away with overcharging someone 5 times the going rate for that install." ...Kyle(Houston) on February 21, 2007 at 12:22 AM "....Thanks captain obvious, would you recommend air to resolve a low tire pressure situation? coolant to keep temps down? perhaps a battery for electrical devices? " ... LJZTT on June 10, 2006 at 6:36 PM "How the hell would you have gotten on the track had you not *somehow* purchased a ticket? He's so overzealous about making other people look bad, that he sticks both feet down his throat. It's fun to watch though :) " ....ZEngineer on June 07, 2006 at 6:22 PM "as useless as an EGT Gauge..." *shakes head* Its comments
like this that hold the Z32 community back. " ....Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) on April 21, 2006 at 11:46 AM "Somebody give this man a medal. Arguing with kenny is like being in the special olympics" ....ENVYMYZ on November 01, 2005 at 11:59 PM " .. going back and forth with you on a stupid point is like watching a retarded kid double dribble in basketball, you get tired of calling foul all day" ... Slowninja(GT28RS Inconel Z) on October 03, 2005 at 8:43 AM "the only chips you know about are Doritos. =)" ...ZEngineer on June 11, 2005 at 4:23 PM "....These posts only serve to make you look even worse, its gotten so bad it even makes me look bad to reply to you...." maglito on January 22, 2005 at 3:11 AM "What, are you afraid that only a couple of good ones have rolled off the production lines and the rest are crap?? ... Its mechanics not the stockmarket." ... ZisLuv on May 03, 2004 at 6:12 PM 
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