Not bad for a weekend's worth of work, methinks.
The first day I just disconnected everything in sight and drained all the fluids (transmission oil, coolant, engine oil)-air intake tubes for the turbo, removed the radiator, hoses, exhaust/downpipe, cold side intercooler pipes, fuel pressure regulator, return/feed fuel lines, heater lines from the block, tons of electrical connections, vacuum hoses, etc etc.
Second day, I (because the FSM told me so) removed the alternator, power steering pump and AC compressor and all accessory belts (p/s pump and AC compressor were just set aside in the engine compartment so I didn't need to screw around with recharging the system). Then my dad and I dropped the transmission, which isn't that big of a deal except for the fact that things move slowly when there's only one creeper and the car's barely high enough to slide under
Transmission weighs 91 pounds, if anyone was wondering.
Today we pulled the engine, which was actually the easiest part of the whole process, go figure...I only missed *one* small clip holding some wires that I found was still connected when we jacked the engine up...but other than that I disconnected all the necessary stuff the first time around. We didn't have an engine hoist so I went in on one with my dad, who's always wanted one and who will make good use of it as well (he frequently pulls the engine out of his austin healey to rebuild in the winter). It's a pretty damn nice hoist too....nice and blue, but friggin' expensive. It'll get a good helping of stickers from all the parts I'll be using to rebuild the engine
After that, all that needs to be done is to remove the intake/exhaust manifolds, the actual motor mounts/transmission brace, and possibly the valve cover/timing chain cover (depending on what the machine shop wants). Then it'll be ready for a rebuild.
I'm satisfied with how productive the past few days have been, but not with how long I've been waiting for parts....I ordered ARP head/main studs from http://www.ka24de.com over a week and a half ago, and they just emailed me wednesday (a week after I placed the initial order) telling me that the head/main stud kit was back-ordered....wiseco pistons haven't arrived either, even though they were ordered 2 weeks ago, and I'm still waiting on ferrea oversized valves (back-ordered), OEM valve springs, seals, seats, water pump, timing chain kit and complete gasket set. As a matter of fact, the only thing I've gotten so far is the cometic head gasket and a new oil pump!
Anyway, once the engine is rebuilt, it'll go back in where it'll be broken in (in accordance with the way wiseco suggests) with the existing turbo setup (~10 psi). After that (and once I get some money!!!), I'm upgrading to 50 lb/hr fuel injectors, a Z32 MAFS, and a re-tuned JWT ECU....then I will up the boost to whatever my tiny T3 super 60 can handle, and see how she runs. I know it won't make a lot of power with the existing turbo, but if I'm satisfied with what it's making at, say, 16-17 psi on this small turbo (although I'm sure it will be well out of its efficiency range by then), I may just keep it. I love the streetability and incredible throttle response from this small turbo, and it will serve me well when I finally get around to autocrossingn the car! Otherwise, if I'm that power-hungry (I probably will be), the turbo is going to be upgraded to a T3/T04E, 50 trim, and the downpipe probably as well....that'll be a long way away though, because I will be completely broke for half of the summer.
Anyway, just thought I'd give an update and some pics to whomever cares
Here's a pic of the engine before pulling it....it's tilted quite a bit back because it's not supported by the transmission anymore in this picture.
Here's the super sweet engine hoist, purchased at autozone (hey, at least they're good for SOMETHING!)
There's a lot more space when the radiator, alternator and intercooler/intake pipes are gone!
The engine is off the motor mounts in this picture....
Yaaay, it's finally out! Don't mind the yellow rope...I assure you it's plenty strong....and for any of you who have lifted their engines, you'd understand that there's not a lot of places to lift the engine from....the rope was looped through two of the intake manifold runners and two of the exhaust manifold runners.
And another one....And yes, the engine hoist was chosen specifically so as to match the paint of the valve cover, the color of the silicone couplers, and the color of the anodized adjustable camber plates. The excessively long silver hose is a flex hose welded to the original EGR tube and is plugged into the cat when I need to go through emissions...It will be fixed before it goes back in though, with a removable, bolt in flange instead.
Look at all that empty space....it's just crying to be power-washed, which it will be.
I think my baby feels some separation anxiety....you would too if you just had your heart ripped out.
Job well done.
Finally yanked the ol' engine (pics!)
Re: (XcreatureX)
Yeah lol, I apologize. I was using my sister's digital camera to take pictures (mine ran out of battery, and I have the battery charger back at school), and just assumed that she had enough common sense to have the picture setting on a normal, reasonable size...I had no idea she had them set on the biggest possible size.XcreatureX wrote:holy big pictures
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Yeah, I should have shopped around, but the ka24de.com site says "in stock and ready to ship!!!!" for all of their parts. Go figure.Structure240sx wrote:nice 3 car garage. car looks super clean keep up the good work. next time when shoping for parts call around to see if anyone has them in stock. phatka-t.com had my arp studs and cometic in stock and to me in a couple days
If you look closely in the picture, there's actually four cars in the three garages, five if you count the go-kart lol....the small car is my dad's, and boy is it small.
There's a 4th garage too that you can't see in the picture, also shared by another 2 cars....our family has way too many damn cars, our yard looks like a freakin' used car lot. But there's 6 of us, all of us drive, and my dad happens to like classic cars, so that's the way it goes....As long as I get a garage bay I'm happy
About the engine hoist: I haven't paid my half yet, I'll tell you the full price when I do.
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Re: Finally yanked the ol' engine (MarkEmark)
Nice lookin set up, a few matched colors go along way in the engine bay and the hoist don't hurt the "flow". You seem to get alot more done then I ever did in one weekend I always break things and end up looking for screws for hours. Anyways Keep up the good work can't wait to see er done and tear it up btw nice call on the yellow rope
Re: (crzycav86)
Hahah, I know another person who looks a lot like me too...my identical twin brother lol. The reason my shirt is clean is because I just took my extremely filthy sweatshirt off before the picture was taken...was sweating too much in it, even though it was a not-so-warm spring day. I am not a clean worker at all actually hah. After that day my hair had tons of oil and sand in it from laying on my back on the garage floor (again, only one creeper, and there's more clearance w/o a creeper).crzycav86 wrote:Yep... it looks really nice.
Two things I noticed that were odd:
1) In that picture, you look a lot like me.. What's up with that?
2) Your shirt is really clean. I'm usually drenched in grime at the end of the day. Props to you for being a clean worker.
It was a productive weekend and I'm glad I was able to work uninterrupted, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my dad's help. He made dropping the transmission and pulling the engine go a lot quicker. I did all the not-so-glorious *****/prep work though hah.
The engine should be going in tomorrow....I'm not sure if I'm gonna wait for all the parts to arrive or not, but they haven't all arrived yet so I don't have much of a choice. I think i'll just bring it in so they can start really disassembling it, and by the time they're ready to bore/hone, etc, I should have the pistons. I'll keep everyone updated.
And thanks for the compliments, it makes a terrible monday better
Re: (MarkEmark)
Nice wheels. Bogart doesn't list them one their site. I was wondering what the model/part number is.
Can't wait to see the buildup.
--Fulcrum
Can't wait to see the buildup.
--Fulcrum