Cbus240's Restoration/Build Thread 56k

[angelscrx]

Absolutely amazing attention to detail on that rear sub frame. I am subscribing to this thread so I can copy your steps for the rear end revival.

[nevertheless]

niice parts you have there. I need to cop one of those turbos soon.

thank you sir, more to come! sourced the t28 from my man Ray at West Covina Nissan, $640.00 brand new shipped out the door! by far the cheapest price I've seen around, hit him up!

Niice! you just saved me $80

[MICRoS13]

[Cbus240]

wow $640 isnt bad at all! I would have expected the 700-800 range for a whole new OEM turbo. That and nistune should really wake that car up.

Because when I drove it, it didn't impress me at all, even compared to my stock RB20 with a side mount lol.

But yeah, hit he up when ever. I have my engine hoist in storage, and it will be at the house soon.

~Alex

haha yeah I know what you mean. It was the first boosted car I had ever driven, so when I took it out for a spin with Nick before I bought it, I thought it was the fastest thing ever! I think ultimately there were a lot of loose ends that were preventing the SR20 work to it's full potential when you drove it. I personally still think it's quick, haha but maybe it might impress you when I'm done with it!

Wish I had a garage my car could sit in so I can get to work under my car. Anyways keep doing what your doing ill have to keep up!

will do! and thx man. yeah it's nice to have a place to wrench...the storage unit I have has absolutely no power or lighting inside, so that's a definite bummer, but it's safe from the elements and dry so I'm happy with that...can't wait to get a place of my own with a decent garage though!

Wow, crazy attention to detail on that undercarriage, Love to see columbus builds!

hey are you here in Columbus too? Im guessing you possibly go to OSU judging by your username lol

damnnnnnnn. i think this inspired me to get a s14 shell to play with and transfer over my rb25. the s14 its in now is rusted, dented, bondo'd, suspension sucks, etc.

DO IT! sometimes I wonder if it just would have been easier to get a s13 shell and start from a clean slate. I mean when a car is completely stripped down you can see just how solid it is, and then do everything from the ground up vs. dumping more money cleaning up after somebody elses neglect/mistakes and THEN finally getting to build it how you want.

[the a3k]

i had a s13 shell, s13 DD, s14 DD, and now the rb25 s14 DD. i definitely want a cleaner shell with less miles and start everything from scratch. im looking for a s14 shell now so hopefully i can start my project in the spring

[Cbus240]

i love it bro...top quality work! that duplicolor underbody spray came out really great. i need to pick that up from advance to finish mine once i get chassis section boxed back in. plus i get 20% off since i work there p/t

that gloss por 15 looks hardcore too. if i didnt powdercoat my parts i would have done that...prob cheaper too and just as solid of a finish. looking forward to updates and now im subscribed.

Wow, thanks so much for the props man, that truely means a lot! haha oh yeah I stocked up on like 8 cans of the duplicolor stuff last spring when it was buy 1 get 1 free so it wasn't too bad, I need a d*** discount at Advance as much as I shop there! Yeah I feel you on the chassis repair deal, the passenger section on my car was smashed by a previous owner, so at some point down the road I will be doing the same deal as you are. To be honest I definitely would have went with powdercoat if I had the funds, especially after seeing how well your parts came out! Like you said, the POR15 is pretty hXc and is comparable to the strength of powdercoat and only costs like $65, but it is SO labor intensive with the prep and application...definitely for the budget minded build though! haha

Absolutely amazing attention to detail on that rear sub frame. I am subscribing to this thread so I can copy your steps for the rear end revival.

"rear end revival" makes me lolz! haha thanks man, let me know if you have any questions or need info on anything I used!

Niice! you just saved me $80

no problem my dude, glad you could enjoy the savings too! haha

[splintercell]

if you have spacebook hit me up bro...keep in touch. if you ever have any questions just hit me up.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/jaredhageman

[Cbus240]

OK, sooo not much of an update but I figured I'd post some pics up for you hooligans. Aside from the usual socks and underwear, my family hooked me up with some cool schwag for Christmas this year

Circuit Sports aluminum light weight pulleys, for added flair in the bay of course haha


Circuit Sports aluminum coolant overflow tank (heard mixed reviews on fitment so we will see, overall very nice piece though)














Circuit Sports BMC heat shield (probably covering in DEI reflect-a-gold for added protection)


and last but not least, NRG Radiator Diversion Panel




Pretty stoked, since now I have some nice dress up pieces for the engine bay when everything is all said and done! I also recieved a 1,000lb capacity harbor freight engine stand from my sister, it looks pretty beasty just from what I saw when I opened the box to check it out. I took it over to my dad's garage (where I will be rebuilding the SR) yesterday, so I will put a pic up when I put it together. As of right now I've been checkin out the CXRacing intercooler piping kit, definitely heard a lot of good things about their kits, and for like $89 it looks great!

i had a s13 shell, s13 DD, s14 DD, and now the rb25 s14 DD. i definitely want a cleaner shell with less miles and start everything from scratch. im looking for a s14 shell now so hopefully i can start my project in the spring

wow, haha definitely not your first rodeo then, huh? well good luck with the project man, interested to see how things pan out once you find a shell!

[Cbus240]

if you have spacebook hit me up bro...keep in touch. if you ever have any questions just hit me up.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/jaredhageman

hahah damn jared u must have pulled a ninja post while I was puttin together that little update, didn't even see it until now. but yeah for sure, I will def hit you up on the ol' spacebook next time i get on!

[the a3k]

yea im on the lookout for now lol. i might just buy a beater for now and just build the s14 i have now but thats plan B

[S13_love]

Definitely can't wait to see how this turns out...keep up the good work man.

I was just curious...I saw that you're using air tools right? What air compressor are you using (make, hp, gallon size, etc.)?

[bllabong89]

Sorry for thread jacking but I have had 2 compressors now. The first one was a little 5gal. one from autozone that my dad bought. It had 2 tanks on it and was small but it worked and costs practically nothing. It just kicked on all the time. Now I have a craftsman 35gal. and that thing works really well. If I was looking to buy a new compressor, I would go up to harbor freight and get a 60 or 80. I think they are usually around 4-600 with an extended warranty so keep that in mind if your looking for a compressor.

On another note...I think I may have to stop by harbor freight to pick up that wire wheel.

I think you will be happy with the coolant tank tho. I have seen a few of them installed and they look like they have good fit. I just wish someone would make one for s14's...I guess thats another custom job.

Keep it up

[mindovaanything]

this is inspirational.

[S13AL]

I've skimmed through this thread quickly many times before, but i now just realized the quality of your work and parts. (Eg Tomei manifold instead of megan!)

Definitely staying tuned for another thorough build

[gmac708]

Can't wait to see all those parts come together. Looking good

[Cbus240]

Definitely can't wait to see how this turns out...keep up the good work man.

I was just curious...I saw that you're using air tools right? What air compressor are you using (make, hp, gallon size, etc.)?

thanks bro! well I'm a big fan of Craftsman tools, so that's what brand most of my stuff is! As far as my air compressor goes, it's a Craftsman
33 gal.
150 PSI max output
1.6 HP oil-less compressor
6.3 scfm of flow @ 40psi
4.9 scfm of flow @ 90psi

It's a few years old, but ever since I've had it, it has NEVER let me down. The compressor on my model is slower compared to the older version, and now newer version of the same model for some reason. Usually takes about 8 minutes or so to fill the tank from completely empty, not that bad considering the amount of air it has to compress against when filling. I can do some pretty intense torque sessions w/ a beasty impact, and it won't even kick on during the whole time! It's nice to have a 33 gal. reserve when using a variety of tools at the same time. I suggest if you're going to invest in a compressor, you should atleast go w/ something 25 gal. and up...

Sorry for thread jacking but I have had 2 compressors now. The first one was a little 5gal. one from autozone that my dad bought. It had 2 tanks on it and was small but it worked and costs practically nothing. It just kicked on all the time. Now I have a craftsman 35gal. and that thing works really well. If I was looking to buy a new compressor, I would go up to harbor freight and get a 60 or 80. I think they are usually around 4-600 with an extended warranty so keep that in mind if your looking for a compressor.

On another note...I think I may have to stop by harbor freight to pick up that wire wheel.

I think you will be happy with the coolant tank tho. I have seen a few of them installed and they look like they have good fit. I just wish someone would make one for s14's...I guess thats another custom job.

Keep it up

haha no worries on the thread jack, it's all usable info for somebody! be cautious of the HF wire wheels though man (didnt even know they sold them) I know there's not a whole lot that could go wrong with them, but when somethin is spinning around on a grinder at 12k RPM's, you want to have good piece of mind that it was put together with some quality control. and I'm def not knocking HF either as I have used some of their stuff, including my engine stand haha, you should be fine just make sure the wheels look legit! thanks for the info on the resevoir, hoping it fits like a glove when the time comes!

this is inspirational.

I've skimmed through this thread quickly many times before, but i now just realized the quality of your work and parts.
(Eg Tomei manifold instead of megan!)

Definitely staying tuned for another thorough build

Can't wait to see all those parts come together. Looking good

thanks for the props and comments guys! hopefully I will pull the motor by the end of this month!

[Cbus240]

OK, so a few things...

this past weekend, things were UNSEASONABLY warm outside this time of year for good ol' Ohio. haha it was seriously like 52 deg outside, when usually we're in the low 20's and teens. enough weather talk though, as the fact of the matter is after boozing all night Friday for New Years, I made my way to the storage unit mid day Saturday to knock some stuff out and take advantage of the warm temps! I started and ran the car for the LAST time, then pulled the fuel pump fuse to relieve the fuel pressure and get as much outta the lines as possible...drained the oil, antifreeze, and trans fluid, went pretty well.



Sunday def wasn't as warm, but still decent outside. I didn't do much haha but I started to remove stuff some stuff out in prep to pull the motor. Took out the radiator, cooling fans, intake, and intercooler piping in the bay.

just a pic of how it looked after


Well that's it for that. In other news, after being enlightened in a thread I started over in the SR20 forum, I've decided that I'm not going to upgrade cams when I rebuild. I'm just going to rebuild the motor as planned (stick with the t28 and Tomei manifold setup) and then next year, do all the proper supporting mods to make decent HP (Z32 MAF, bigger injectors, tune-possibly Power FC?) and then drop in some cams and have a nice setup that's fun for the weekend car meet. When everything is back together after I rebuild it, I just plan on running the t28 off it's wastegated 7lbs of boost, so the stock ECU should be able to handle things as far as A/F management goes for the time being.

on another note, here is a pic of the CXRacing piping kit I'm looking to buy, then have the flange for my 50mm Tial bov welded on the cold pipe for a more proper setup


I know a lot of other SR guys on here have used this kit, fitment isn't bad and I think it looks good (hot pipe looks a little goofy) annnd it only costs like $89! haha I just dunno if I should go with blue or black couplers. blue might look tacky in my bay, I think black might be a happy medium...

[S13AL]

+1 for black couplers

[bllabong89]

Yes...black all the way and its good to hear you got some work done on, most likely, the last warm day for us. I live in Saint Louis Missouri and that was pretty much the last time I spent more than 3 minutes in my garage.lol

[Cbus240]

+1 for black couplers

Yes...black all the way and its good to hear you got some work done on, most likely, the last warm day for us. I live in Saint Louis Missouri and that was pretty much the last time I spent more than 3 minutes in my garage.lol

yeah after a little thought, I think I am going to go with black couplers. problem solved! haha and omg dude yeah you weren't kidding, it's been ridiculously cold here ever since that warm weekend! it's been so cold I couldn't even justify attempting to go out and work on my car this past weekend...plus I'm a slacker sooo lol

Aiiiight, so a little bit of an update.

...So like two weekends ago I went out to the storage unit to start disconnecting and labeling all the wiring, and pull off more parts in preparation for pulling the motor. Things went well for the most part, besides the fact it was like 20 degrees outside! wellll, when I first arrived to my unit and started to look over the car, I made this little discovery...



^I always knew my BMC had a slight leak, but I guess from sitting idle so long it just magnified, and when I saw that I was like DAYUM! haha I think it must be leaking at the two points where the plastic resevoir goes into the actual cylinder (o-rings or something). basically from the last time I had worked on the car, ALL of the fluid in the BMC resevoir had leaked out, traveled down the booster, then dripped onto the framerail, and went like, literally inside the frame rail then dripped out! it was def a WTF moment for me...so of course I disconnected the lines and pulled it off and then cleaned up all the fluid to prevent further issues...I pretty much plan on buying a brand new 94+ 1" Z32 BMC this spring. I also realized the FUBAR'd middle fitting deal on my BMC, no idea why the double fitting deal is even on there to begin with, if anything I will cut the middle flare fitting out of the old BMC and put it in the new one whenever I get it to have a proper looking setup.

So needless to say, by the end of my stay at the storage unit I had disconnected/labeled all of the wiring in the engine bay and had it out of the way and removed some other stuff. The battery in my camera went dead when I went to take a pic of how everything sat when I was done, so no pics of that. But before that point, my curiosity had gotten the best of me, and I wanted to pull off the valve cover to get half an idea on the condition of my engine and what I would be working with the next couple of months. The results were surprising, in a good/bad kinda way haha

VC off


RAS already installed, SCORE! no idea on what brand right now though






I also peeled the compressor inlet/outlet pipes off the t25, actually looks great, almost NO shaft play, in better shape than I thought...


also, I never realized that my motor already had an s14 SR water neck already installed (you can see it in this pic)


^obviously as you guys know, it has a threaded port that allows us s13 SR guys to do away with that pesky coolant feed line behind the block (block it off) and instead you can run a line to the water neck for better access. I like this idea, and since the neck is already installed and I'm ordering SS braided lines, why not?? Kinda makes me wonder what kind of setup used to be ran on my motor since someone already had the s14 neck on it...

Speaking of which, FRSport is having a pretty good sale this week on DIF products, just so ya guys know! So today when I got home from work I placed an order for some goodies

DIF S14 SR20 bottom mount forged/silicone sleeved oil/coolant turbo lines


DIF t28 turbo reclock adapters


DIF steering bushing


I've been jonesin to buy some parts lately, so hopefully this little order will satisfy my need...atleast until I do my tax return

Now to the pics that worry me, I need your input!
OK, so when I was looking at the lobes on my cams, it seems to me (mind you I'm a noob) that there is excessive score/scratch marks on them. They're not on every lobe, but most of them have these fine marks in them that look along the lines of this here:



^yeaaaah, about that. SO my question is, is this just normal wear for cam lobes in an older higher mileage engine, or is this ubsurdly excessive?? if it is, WHAT causes this? Does this indicate that the cam oiler tube ports might be clogged? Or maybe that my oil pump was worn and wasn't producing enough oil pressure to properly lubricated the valvetrain? I might just post this issue in the SR forum to see what those hooligans say, but ANY help or feedback is appreciated guys...

PS: what would cause the rocker arm on Cyl#3 Intake side to get excessive gunk built up on it? All the other rocker arms and valvetrain for the most part are squeeky clean, except for just this one...see pic below


That's all for now, let me know if you guys have any input/ideas on the above issues, thanks!

[tEknoS13]

New parts are always so cool!! Coming along nicely. That steering bushing, it sucks as far as installation goes.I have no clue on how they feel once installed but I slapped one on too. Car not running though

[bllabong89]

Man, it's looking good. I can't really help you on the valvetrain issue but if your interested, I'm selling a redtop Sr head and will give u a hook up. That way you could have it built and swap it out and then you will have a spare. Let me know.

I picked up some DIF subframe and diff bushings. Along with my picture challenge discount and free shipping over $100, it ended up costing me like 140

[Caveit77777]

Dank build. I'm waiting to hear back from Ohio State right now but if I get in I'll be another 240 owner in columbus haha.

[Taran14]

Great Build! Love the attention to detail, and all the great quality parts! Can't wait for more! Great build sir!

[Cbus240]

Well as I said last week I placed an order of DIF parts with FRSport, and they showed up at my door Friday! Yet another good experience and fast shipping with these guys... now on to the parts!

DIF Bottom Mount s14 SR20 Braided/Forged/Silicone Sleeved turbo oil & coolant lines...verrry nice pieces


forged fittings






came with both .032 & .062 oil restrictors, dunno which one this is but usually .032 is for BB turbos and .062 is for journal/non BB snails


next up, DIF t28 turbo reclock adapters


nice laser etching and CNC work


just checkin things loosely to make sure fitment was on par, no problems!


and last but not least, DIF solid steering bushing WOOO


OKKK, soo I made my way out to the storage unit this weekend and got A LOT of stuff done. Everything has been disconnected/unbolted/drained/labeled/smelled/tasted in preparation to pull the motor. The only thing left will be to unbolt the transmission cross member, engine mounts, and then finally pull the motor out! I still have to go and buy an engine hoist from Harbor Freight, but that's just a minor detail. Things are getting so close I can feel it, cannot wait to tear into this thing!! Definitely stoked, here are few pics from this weekend:

driveshaft OUUUT. really thinkin about going 1 piece, maybe Z1 of DSS? probly go steel for $$ issues, but would love to go aluminum!


downpipe. which again, probly replacing. looking at the Megan Racing DP, I want a flex connection due to the tubular Tomei manifold


test pipe


part of the Greddy exhaust chillin in the hatch! haha I'm really runnin out of room to store parts in my unit! gotta be resourceful


PS pump & resevoir along with leaky BMC


also found that the normal low brake fluid level switch connector has been replaced w/ some other kind/make of plug, coooool! not


engine bay wiring labeled and out of the way




Let me make a note and say that when I bought the car I thought the wiring was pretty "clean" for the most part. But after looking a lot of builds with SR's in them, I realized the wiring in my car was kinda shoddy lookin in a few areas hahah. Wiring scares me to death in cars since I'm not that advanced, but I'm hopin while the engine is out I will be able to do SOMETHING to tidy and clean this mess up:

no idea what to do w/ all this stuff, i'm sure there's a lot of stuff thats not used guessing by all the empty plugs I've found on this side




removed the heater hose lines.


it's hard to tell in the above pic but I also realized what a failtastic voyage that upper heater hose had going on. obviously it was a general pre-bent "cut to fit" hose, but coming from the coolant tube behind the head it went straight up like 3", then across like 7" then down and into the nipple for the heater core. obviously air would get trapped in this configuration, and would be near impossible to get out. this could explain my some weird coolant issues I had previously...on the bright side though, I will be completely getting rid of that setup since I'm relocating the turbo coolant line to the water neck. Using part #'s from a thread I found I will use some NAPA hoses to keep things lookin clean on all on the intake manifold side of the motor.

here's a shot of everything ready to go! you can also see the dorky heater hose line at the back of the motor haha


annnd here's how I left her!


On Saturday I also went over to my dad's place (where I will be rebuilding my motor) and hung out for a bit. I snapped a pic of the engine stand in all its glory


also figured I'd whore a pic of my pops Harley, 07' Heritage Softail...it's got a lotta chrome and it's loud as f***


FIN!

New parts are always so cool!! Coming along nicely. That steering bushing, it sucks as far as installation goes.I have no clue on how they feel once installed but I slapped one on too. Car not running though

ayyye, that's what I've heard! not really lookin forward to the install since everyone says it's a PITA, but it was cheap and I'm sure it's gotta make some kinda difference over my worn out rubber one! thanks for the props man, and what's wrong with your car?

Man, it's looking good. I can't really help you on the valvetrain issue but if your interested, I'm selling a redtop Sr head and will give u a hook up. That way you could have it built and swap it out and then you will have a spare. Let me know.

I picked up some DIF subframe and diff bushings. Along with my picture challenge discount and free shipping over $100, it ended up costing me like 140

hmmm, tempting. I really won't be able to see how worn things are until I pull the head off and strip it down, which might be like a month from now. I guees if you sell it by then no biggy, but if you do still have it and I need it I will def be sending you a PM sir! bahah nice man yeah I did the picture puzzle challenge too! I'm saving my discount for my next big order from them by the end of this month...was it me or was that 3rd picture really hard to put in order!?! maybe I'm just slow

Dank build. I'm waiting to hear back from Ohio State right now but if I get in I'll be another 240 owner in columbus haha.

thanks man! and GO BUCKS!!!! haha good luck with OSU dude lmk if u get accepted, you can't go wrong! I'm not just sayin that cause I'm a huge buckeye fan, but OSU campus is pretty much ridiculous as far as how big it is and all the students everywhere, they've sepnt a loooot of $$$ to have some of the best facilities out there and it shows...

Great Build! Love the attention to detail, and all the great quality parts! Can't wait for more! Great build sir!

[bllabong89]

Sounds good. The new parts look mighty nice and yes, the third pic was a little hard. It seemed like the left side didnt really match up but I guess it was right so thats good.lol

[tEknoS13]

No problem man. Your stuff is great.

I just finished my sr swap and Im not getting any power to the fuel pump. I gotta check it out but its too damn cold to mess around with that stuff now. Also, I'm a greedy bastard and am in the process of an upgrading the SR. I'm doing this before actually firing up the engine :-/

Upgrade consists of GT2871 turbo, 740cc injectors, z32 maf, 256 cams, rom tune, etc. Looking to buy these items, so give me a heads up if you come across any of this stuff!!!

[RustspecS13]

Let me know when you want to pull the motor. Looks like it can be out in about 10 minuets at this point. Oh and I'm not working right now so...I'm kinda bored.

I'll send you my number on facebook if I haven't already.

~Alex

[Cbus240]

MASSIVE UPDATE: MOTOR IS OUT AND TORN DOWN!!!

All right kids, so I've been busy these past two weekends so let me get you up to speed. As you can tell by the above text, I pulled the SR and it is now stripped down to the block. As previously stated in my last post I needed to get an engine hoist. Many good friends offered to lend me theirs including my dude Alex (rustpecs13) but I figured I would probly need the crane at a moments notice and would like to have one to lend out to buddies who needed to borrow one and just to have around. I had my sights set on the 1ton Harbor Freight shop crane, which I had a $99 coupon for from a issue of SuperStreet. There's a HF literally 5 minutes down the road from me, but I made a special trip to the one about 30min away since they had the 1ton crane in stock. I picked it up, took it home and assembled it (surprised by the quality and welds, very nice piece) everything went fine until I took it to my unit to store. While I was there I just wanted to make sure it would reach fine, and WHADDYA KNOW!?!

FAIL.


yeaaah, just a wee bit too short! haha so fully extended at 1/4 ton capacity, the chain only went like 2" past the front of the valvecover...definitely not gonna work. Made a phone call to the HF store down the street from me, nicely explained my situation and asked to return my fully assembled 1ton in exchange for a 2ton (like 13" longer boom) and pay the difference, and they surprisingly said no problem! Props to the customer service at HF, they seem to care atleast and were cool about the whole thing, even let me use a 20% off coupon on the sale price of the 2ton! Needless to say, got the 2ton and assembled it a few days later and she worked fine, definitely a beast compared to the 1ton and yet again great quality for china made! My dad (who is a die hard domestic, buy American made stuff kinda guy who discourages imports for the most part) willingly volunteered to help me with pulling the motor a few months ago when I told him about my plans, so that Saturday we had a lil bonding time out at the storage unit and finally pulled the SR outta its home...I gotta say I had a great time working on the 240 with my pops, it was pretty cool to get him involved in my project, and things went so smooth too! Here are the pics from that weekend:

4/12/2011...D-Day

upon arrival


gettin rigged up


halfway home


DO WORK! donezo.


sooo then it was time to remove the transmission & clutch/flywheel assembly from the motor:

transmission. yes I know, I'm a tard and didn't think to take the shifter out before pulling the motor, but everything still came out fine!


inside bellhousing


B&M short shifter FTW!


ACT clutch...I think?


but then they used an Exedy clutch disc, hmm. who knows


OE flywheel


annnnd here's my empty a** engine bay!


def lookin to spruce things up a bit before droppin the motor back in!




aww, last shot of my poor heartless 240!


then we loaded the SR up and transported it a couple miles away to my dad's place:

up, up, and away!


and FINALLY on the stand in its new home! for a few months atleast haha


So I pretty much dedicated this whole past weekend to tearing into and stripping down my motor. Like I said earlier I got it all down to the block which is as far as I need to take it too. Everything went great, and once again I didn't hit any major snags, but I believe it was all only due to the fact of the mass amounts of researching I've done here on NICO the past few months, not to mention some great writeups by positron and mrzballa! On to the good stuff.

water pump ouuut


cool


not in bad shape at all


turbo/hardlines off


ID tag, ran the numbers and turns out this is a t28 off a Pulsar GTi-R SR20...I thought it was the stock t25 the whole time


intake manifold off


exhaust manifold gonezo


removed lower oil pan


looking good, nothing crazy in the strainer (thought I was gonna find RTV and shrapnel)


my handy dandy cardboard organizer to keep the bolts for the windage tray in order haha


upskirt shot. PERV!


progress after Saturday


On Sunday I got the timing in check and set cylinder #1 to TDC, then pulled off the crank pulley

a lil overkill but it's all I have ha


timing... the silver/gold on my timing links was worn off, but I counted the links and still got it




off


pulled out the timing chain tensioner


cam caps/oilers/RAS removed


CAS & other head parts


cams/rockers/shims & guides removed


organization is key folks!


styrofoam has no boundries lol pretty cunning idea I must say


and finally off comes the head. LOOSENING HEAD BOLTS SUCKS BTW!




hot mess


old oil pump


old timing chain and parts


niiice




a little carbon buildup (not bad for as rich as it used to run before I fixed some issues)


side shot


stamping


and here's how I left things after this weekend


THE END!!!!

Needless to say I'm veeery happy with the progress I made this past weekend. This coming weekend I plan to work on cleaning/degreasing the block itself, and probably going through and tapping all the threads to clean those up. I also have quite a few parts that I'm keeping for reassembly that need cleaned up/painted.

Today after worked I stopped by Performance Theory, the shop who I am taking my head to to get decked, multiangle valvejob, cleaned up, and probably just going to have them install the BC valvesprings for me. I talked with the owner Nate just to touch base with him since the first time I came by the shop a few months ago, and I'm planning on bringing the head to them this Friday, pretty stoked!!

No problem man. Your stuff is great.

I just finished my sr swap and Im not getting any power to the fuel pump. I gotta check it out but its too damn cold to mess around with that stuff now. Also, I'm a greedy bastard and am in the process of an upgrading the SR. I'm doing this before actually firing up the engine :-/

Upgrade consists of GT2871 turbo, 740cc injectors, z32 maf, 256 cams, rom tune, etc. Looking to buy these items, so give me a heads up if you come across any of this stuff!!!

Will do sir! haha ohhh I see, wow well that's pretty much the same setup/route I wanna go with in a year or two once I enjoy my car for a bit...I'm getting tired of spending money on it lol

Let me know when you want to pull the motor. Looks like it can be out in about 10 minuets at this point. Oh and I'm not working right now so...I'm kinda bored.

I'll send you my number on facebook if I haven't already.

~Alex

haha wow man I didn't even see your post until tonight when I updated this thing! as you can tell she's already out, it took a couple hours for everything, but like I said it was cool me and my pops were hangin out anyway. and WOW that reminds me dude I need to get on my facebook, I will look for your message when I get on next time, shoot me your # if you haven't yet! I hope you still have access to an alignment rack, cause I'm gonna need your expertise when I get some new rubber this summer! Right now I'm thinkin 215/40's up front and 225/45's in the rear, need your input.

[gmac708]

Lookin good. Keep up the good work.