KEMP's Build thread, lets try this again...

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KEMP
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Car: 1990 240sx CA18DET

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So as you guys no the motor is getting redone again, but not without the addition of a few saftey parts.

-Wiseco 84mm pistons-Greddy 1.6mm HG-Heat wrapped manifold and downpipe(already done, will post pics)-Turbo blanket for the hot side to protect my master cylinder, and to lower engine bay temps.-redoing hot side of the piping, clocking the turbo and running the piping under the intake with 4ply couplers and t-bolt clamps with a new hks flange welded to it.-Aeromotive AFPR with an fittings and braided lines-decked head and block and bored-cometic exhaust mani gaskets -cometic 38mm wastegate gaskets(you gotta get these thay are awesome)-painted the compressor housing with a few coats of high temp silcone paint

basically alot of things to lower temps and to protect everything, finally doing everything right, when finished, it should look very clean with black piping and black heat wrap with black compressor housing, it should look like its done right and solid setup. which is my plan, i like to do preventative parts like lowering temps, and i love a clean bay, the intake will also be painted in high temp black silcone paint. with a few polished parts and an fitted valve covers, it would look car show ready, or atleast one of the cleaner ca setups.

pics will be up tonight


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Car: B12 sentra w/built CA18DET, B12 sentra w/fully-built CA18DET, S13 coupe w/ CA18DET, S13 hatch w/CA18DET, 2002 maxima SE
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KEMP wrote:So as you guys no the motor is getting redone again, but not without the addition of a few saftey parts.

-Wiseco 84mm pistons-Greddy 1.6mm HG-Heat wrapped manifold and downpipe(already done, will post pics)-Turbo blanket for the hot side to protect my master cylinder, and to lower engine bay temps.-redoing hot side of the piping, clocking the turbo and running the piping under the intake with 4ply couplers and t-bolt clamps with a new hks flange welded to it.-Aeromotive AFPR with an fittings and braided lines-decked head and block and bored-cometic exhaust mani gaskets -cometic 38mm wastegate gaskets(you gotta get these thay are awesome)-painted the compressor housing with a few coats of high temp silcone paint

basically alot of things to lower temps and to protect everything, finally doing everything right, when finished, it should look very clean with black piping and black heat wrap with black compressor housing, it should look like its done right and solid setup. which is my plan, i like to do preventative parts like lowering temps, and i love a clean bay, the intake will also be painted in high temp black silcone paint. with a few polished parts and an fitted valve covers, it would look car show ready, or atleast one of the cleaner ca setups.

pics will be up tonight
You trust cometic gaskets on any part of your car? Then why not trust the H/G. You really must have money to burn because I honestly and truly don't think it was the H/G. But on a real tip, I hope your engine build turns out right this time.

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KEMP
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Car: 1990 240sx CA18DET

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i just had bad luck with it, and needed a thicker headgasket, so i went with the greddy, i feel more comfortable about it.


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