Watson Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Intro: Got the engine pulled. While disassembling it, I broke a couple of bolts and they were essential just rods of rust bonded to the cover so... ...I had to pry it off. Guts all over the floor. 1 Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I misspelled "missile" in the title... kill me. I'm tired... beer... such is life. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I fixed it. Go to first post, select EDIT, then USE FULL EDITOR which gives you access to the title line, make corrections, hit SUBMIT MODIFIED POST.... easy Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 You, datzenmike, are a god. Thank you. Here are some more pictures. I don't know when I'll get around to this video crap. I end up just getting exhaust from working, drinking beer, and then I post on the internet and fall asleep. The day started with cleaning the block and internals. I managed to recruit the help of some neighbors. Thanks, neighbors. Before painting. After painting. I decided on a nice neon-vomit green. 2 Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 The pizza cart was put to good use. The cylinders were honed. The oil pan was cleaned, tapped for oil return, and painted. Lots of other parts were prepped for the build as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
BlackBird620 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Looking good so far keep up the good work Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I started working on the ECU until the main and rod bearings come in for engine assembly, then I had a severe back spasm that put me out of commission for the rest of the day. Weird. Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Got the bottom end put together. All new bearings, rings, and ARP hardware. 1 Quote Link to comment
BlackBird620 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Love what you're doing here and color choice on that block 1 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Making fast work of that! Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Nice job with the engine! :) 1 Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I spent the morning scraping gasket (ughhh) and I got a new 35mm lens. Fun! Not much happened today as I'm about sick of scraping gasket; maybe I'll get crackin' later tonight. Time to enjoy the weather a bit. B) Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I got a little bit of engine work done today. I had to take a field trip to a buddy's house to borrow a torque wrench since I loaned my out 15 minutes before I needed to use it. He was in the process of rebuilding an RX-8. I ran into some fitment issues with the timing cover and the new timing chain guides so I will have to hash that out tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I spent the morning scraping gasket (ughhh) and I got a new 35mm lens. Fun! Not much happened today as I'm about sick of scraping gasket; maybe I'll get crackin' later tonight. Time to enjoy the weather a bit. B) You could have done glass ball blasting on the head, it's fairly cheap. Here is my before and after: 2 Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Holy crap! Yeah, I will definitely do that. I didn't spend too much time on this head as I'm going to track down a P90 head and put that on. I'll just run the N42 until I can source and rebuild a P90. 1 Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I finally started doing the video thing. First posted edited. Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I love this. I love this. But most of all, I love this. 1 Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Got some more bits installed on the engine and after adjusting the valve lash, I thought it was time for a hefeweizen. I'm about sick of having to do this. This engine likes to eat bolts and force me to drill and tap new threads. It's coming along. Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 It's not going to clean itself. I had to port the manifold to better suit the new 60mm throttle body. I'm no professional but at least it has a better chance at life now. Finished building the board for the ECU. Just got to make a few tweaks. Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 How big was the previous throttle body bore? Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 2.112" or 53.6mm Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Okay, I was just thinking that too big throttle body replacement would cause suffering when running on low speeds :) (solution would have been progressive throttle body) But looks good, keep it up :) more pictures this weekend? 1 Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 The larger bore TB was just a bonus. I got the S13 TB for its TPS which is progressive, unlike the S130 TB which is pretty much on or off e.g. WOT or idle. I finally got the intake manifold all buttoned up and was getting ready to finish the engine when I realized I don't have gaskets for the exhaust side of the turbo. Piss.... Well, I guess I'll knock out the differential and floor pans until they come in. Tomorrow I'll start on that and I'll do another video. I think I'll do weekly video updates with pictures in between. As far as the rocker cover goes, I started sanding it to prep it for painting but then I decided it looks pretty cool like this. It has an interesting vintage look. I think I'll keep it this way. Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Engine update: Quote Link to comment
Watson Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I got the differential welded today. It was quite a task considering the half shaft bolts didn't want to come out, so I ended up welding it with it in the car. Quote Link to comment
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