Tore the engine down last night. I didn't see it at first because I was looking for the broken apex seal, but when I couldn't find one I looked at the other seals. Two broken side seals. Same face. I'm leaning towards build issue. I don't think IR Performance clearanced the side seals properly. Everything about this tear down has kind of pissed me off. IR Performance used silicone everywhere instead of the OEM gaskets. Even on the dowel pins, which made separating the housings from the irons a bitch. They probably used shitty aftermarket side seals. I know they used solid corner seals, which after doing some research are not the most ideal setup for a non race engine. These companies just want to get you in and out. They don't care about your shit. I ultimately feel bad for my buddy who sold me the car because he spent thousands of dollars with IR to have them rebuild his engine to ultimately have it fail in 1,000 miles. IR Performance will more than likely say it was the tunes fault and completely pass the blame.
Now starts the rebuild process. It got late last night, so I didn't take a good inventory of what I need to replace.
Does anyone have any secrets on how to get silicone/gasket maker off of basically every part of an engine? Also, whats's best for cleaning these parts up?