Haha probably I mean it is a KA LOL. but no I think as long as these sensors/actuators are still functioning properly everything should be good cuz its all new parts! well ok I did reuse a few parts so its defiantly possible lol
Used parts list:
Fuel tank (will clean next week as final prep work)
One brake hard line, passenger front lol
MAF sensor (off a Buddys car, supposedly works lol)
Injectors (cleaned and serviced with kit but untested)
Breather Separator (Is it even possible to service? I need to research that.. or just run a catch can off it? though if its clogged in some way obviously that'd be no good... )
Oil Pump (pan and pickup tube are new and cleaned the pump and checked it and should be good to go, gonna put a gauge on it for safety though.)
Timing gears/chain (looks to be in ok shape though it does seem to have some slack at the top, my diesel tech friend claims it'll tighten up some once I get oil pressure going and be fine, guess ill find out!)
Transmission internals (I did split the case and the gears look fine and everything works smoothly, was originally in this car when I got it, and mated to a running SR the PO kept as part of trade deal so no worries there tbh)
Rack and Pinion (doesnt seem to leak fluid, looks in good shape, not running PS but I will keep a reservoir to it with fluid so it doesnt burn out on me till I can decide if it could use replacing or not and buy a pump)
Cylinder Head (This is the big one really. Y'all know how bad KA valve stem seals are don't even get me started lol. these lifters look to be in great shape, the valves look ok to me, but im merely lookin in the intake and exhaust ports. And this is the most interesting part of this whole ordeal to me. I picked this engine up after getting one that was claimed to be good, removing the oil pan, and discovering a rod loose as s***. Sold that one and picked this one up for $400. Ad said new rods and bearings. when I met the guy we took the pan off and the rods did in fact look new, as did the bearing caps, and there was fresh assembly lube seeping out the sides. it spun over just fine and I stuck a borescope into the combustion chambers and the walls looked smooth and cross hatched like they should be. So I gave the man the money and thats whats in the car now. BUT its always had this cylinder head on it, which is clearly used or atleast not cleaned, which means it wasn't serviced I imagine, and the tops of the pistons are black with carbon build up. Not alot of carbon build up mind you. The construction of this engine would allow someone to drop the pistons out the bottom if they drop the oil pan and crank, so I suppose one could leave the head on to do that service... and for some reason, and maybe im mis remembering, but I think dude said he had boost on it at one point? but idk, and idk if thats why rods got replaced lol OR was it they boosted it and blew a turbo or something, part out, I get the engine after it got rebuilt and had a short run. cant imagine you'd part out and not fix but hey thats how it goes in this neck of the woods with these cars sometimes... who knows. all im saying is I pray it doesnt burn oil real bad or drop a valve or find out its got low compression pistons after all this lol that'd be awful but also I guess id have an excuse to tell the wife why I need more turbos in my life LMAO.)
But as long as the cylinder head is fine and the pistons are good, basically if I didn't get screwed on this "rebuild" internal wise, everything will be fine cuz ive only left easy to replace parts as potential failure points, so life should be easy here on out long as the head holds up and those pistons are making the compression I need ill be golden
or possibly buying a turbo kit lol
Heres those intake valves, not much insight to be gained from just looking but here they are...
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And yesterday I put the Intake Manifold back together new hoses and all. IACV cleaned, and the other Idle control I took apart and it looks like its just a spring on a little swivel flap type valve controlled by a sensor/actuator or whatever the technical terms are haha, I cleaned its port and just put it back together, did break the gasket so I slapped thin layer of smoothed out RTV on each side to seal it without risking it squeezing out on the inside and binding the flap, seems really clean inside and all, probably doesnt work lol. regardless I installed it...
First things first, I cleaned it before putting hoses or sensors back on it. I found after trying almost all brands of carb cleaner at AutoZone that the Gumout REGANE Parts Cleaner / Degreaser worked beyond the best of all of them, in fact it was the only one that got all of the grime off.
The manifold completed...
and yes that is a fuel line on my PCV I know lol its temporary to get the length. and I capped the line that runs back to the throttle body from the heater core line.
And on the front side of it I capped the other line that runs to the other TB port as well, chopped those ports off the TB for looks and filled with quicksteel, chopped all the bolt-on hardline vac pipe work since Im not running any of that EGR stuff and the FPR port is a separate port on the back of the manifold as well as the brake booster port. There is also a small VAC nipple on the manifolds underbelly I capped off bc I don't need it for anything right now.
There are 4 hoses that will not reroute into the manifold and go elsewhere (well really 9 counting the port for the brake booster and the heater hose ports and the fuel line ports) large U shaped line that will need to attach to the thermostat port (necessary to keep the pump circulating the block when the thermostat is still closed), and the line at the bottom the PCV will attach to the breather separator on the front timing cover, and I kept the hardline that runs to the other idle control I mentioned that bolts to the manifold and has one hose to it that runs to the intake/PCV system, and lastly I did leave my hardline for the heater core so thats got a line to plug into the side port on the thermostat.
Then I mounted it up and secured those lines mentioned.
(well ok not the intake or heater lines yet haha)
I hope these pictures help someone out there! Ill eventually break these down into their own threads, well some of them, theres already alot of good information out there so thats why im mostly just grazing over it all, but the lack of pictures especially since some 3rd party image hosting sites started charging fees has been difficult for me so ill keep this up where I feel its needed! Thanks for reading! Just about two more weeks and its off to the shop to get the dash harness wired, NX cluster integrated, exhaust work and an alignment and it'll be first start up time around or just after New Years I hope! Merry Happy Christmahuanakaqwanzika everyone!