There is nothing like dealing with failures on a daily basis, I recently had to turn in my plates for all my s12 projects because of Serenity blown head-gasket problem and failure to get another motor up and running. I ended up having to purchase a daily in kind of what I didn’t want to do but I have to be reliable for “work” and I couldn’t rely on the sev6 because of the weird problems in which I have a feeling I need a new vg30 block on top of the heads I have replaced.
The vg30e is fairly workable at the moment the only problem is a plagued issue with it overheating, I keep getting the same response back from others who have not troubleshot everything multiple times of what they are telling me IE: Thermostat, waterpump, radiator, etc… I am using a 4 core radiator mishimoto now new and works perfectly, thermostat is stock but I have used about 5 different ones in the process of elimination, checked for head gasket or head issues and still no issues and have burped the system multiple times. Water pump is fully functional and working, have replaced it a few times suspecting it wasn’t working properly but that wasn’t it at all.
and the list goes on and on as I have spent over a year troubleshooting multiple issues that shouldn’t be there. Worse case scenario I will be doing a full how to guide on converting to the carb setup before I fully dismantle the VG30 completely and pull the block and get it down to a machine shop to do what they need to do to find any type of blockage inside both the heads and the block. When I get the block back I should have a solid ground to work from and to rule out my final judgement that there is either blockage caused by rust or internal damage to a point causing more heat then it should be. As for my dream, shot down to getting back out on the track is shot down I wanted to get up and compete for once in my life time. Looks like I just failed at that too.
What doesn’t help is when I have things planned I get obligated to have to change them and no one is ever willing to support nor ever willing to help me from the ones who “demand” my help all the time as if it’s expected. I am not one to give up on my dreams, just will be delayed even further due to time and money and Even if nobody believes in me, supports me, or recognizes my effort I will keep going. This S12 will rise again and happiness will return with alot of fun.
