WickedIXMR's end of the year RE-build thread *Pics inside*
Thanks for all the nice words guys! I really appreciate it. I can't wait to show you guys results as well.
S14 painted midnight purple, wide body kit, crazy offset Work wheels, and a RB25 with a GT28. Not my car or my brothers. Its a friend of ours.
The STI THIS plate is my brothers haha. I want to come up with a clever V8 plate.
S14 painted midnight purple, wide body kit, crazy offset Work wheels, and a RB25 with a GT28. Not my car or my brothers. Its a friend of ours.
The STI THIS plate is my brothers haha. I want to come up with a clever V8 plate.
Another update for you guys! 12-22-11
So pretty much today I just plasti-gauged my motor and put the crank, girdle and main bearings in. I know some of you may be thinking plasti-gauge is inaccurate and shouldn't be used to measure bearing tolerances. Well I can't afford mic's or a dial bore gauge. Also I got the same size bearings that were in it before and nothing was cut out of the rods or crank so I have nothing to worry about and it should still be in spec. I just did this for the extra piece of mind.
Still waiting on rod bearings so I wasn't able to assemble the whole short block. I did also clean the oil pan and took all the old RTV off, but I forgot to take a picture.
Head is still at the machine shop and probably won't be done till next month.
This is good for me anyways since the holidays have been killing me!
Stopped by to see my friends at TopSpeed Motorsports and to pick up my OEM thrust washers.
Some very cool builds going on!
Preparing to put the bearings in
Crank ready to be put in
Plasti-gauging the mains
Crank smothered in assembly lube
Girdle
And that's the furthest I can go tonight
Rod bearings will be here Friday so hopefully I'll have another update then!
Thanks for looking!
So pretty much today I just plasti-gauged my motor and put the crank, girdle and main bearings in. I know some of you may be thinking plasti-gauge is inaccurate and shouldn't be used to measure bearing tolerances. Well I can't afford mic's or a dial bore gauge. Also I got the same size bearings that were in it before and nothing was cut out of the rods or crank so I have nothing to worry about and it should still be in spec. I just did this for the extra piece of mind.
Still waiting on rod bearings so I wasn't able to assemble the whole short block. I did also clean the oil pan and took all the old RTV off, but I forgot to take a picture.
Head is still at the machine shop and probably won't be done till next month.
This is good for me anyways since the holidays have been killing me!Stopped by to see my friends at TopSpeed Motorsports and to pick up my OEM thrust washers.
Some very cool builds going on!
Preparing to put the bearings in
Crank ready to be put in
Plasti-gauging the mains
Crank smothered in assembly lube
Girdle
And that's the furthest I can go tonight
Rod bearings will be here Friday so hopefully I'll have another update then!
Thanks for looking!
Alright guys, I'm back in business. Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been super busy with the holidays and funds were running short. Just assembled the motor two days ago. Here are some pictures I took along the way. This was my first time doing this and it sure felt good and rewarding doing this on my own.
Just some attention to detail that my machine shop did for me. I had all my pistons and rods in zip lock bags number. What they did for me was stamped the cylinder number underneath the piston. Very cool and nice of them to do so.
Before anyone asks, the machine shop is here in Suwannee, GA and their name is Not On Main Street Garage.
Laying all the pistons out getting ready to put in their corresponding bores.
Piston #1 in..
Piston #2 in.
Putting #3 in
#1, #2, and #3 done
#4 going in
All done!
I put a good amount of oil in all the cylinders since I know it will be sitting for at least another few weeks until it will be running.
And here she awaits until I get my head back from the machine shop
Thanks for looking.
Just some attention to detail that my machine shop did for me. I had all my pistons and rods in zip lock bags number. What they did for me was stamped the cylinder number underneath the piston. Very cool and nice of them to do so.
Before anyone asks, the machine shop is here in Suwannee, GA and their name is Not On Main Street Garage.
Laying all the pistons out getting ready to put in their corresponding bores.
Piston #1 in..
Piston #2 in.
Putting #3 in
#1, #2, and #3 done
#4 going in
All done!
I put a good amount of oil in all the cylinders since I know it will be sitting for at least another few weeks until it will be running.
And here she awaits until I get my head back from the machine shop
Thanks for looking.
If any of the pros can help me here, I torqued down the ARP 2000 rod bolts that came with my Manley turbo tuff I-beams to 55ft/lbs with ARP ultra torque lube using a snap on digital torque wrench. I also torqued it down in 10ft/lbs increments starting from 15ft/lbs. Manley are the ones that told me to torque it to 55ft/lbs. I did some reading and that's what "some" people recommend using 30 weight oil and 40ft/lbs using ARP moly lube. Now I'm kind of confused here. I don't have a stretch gauge, but I'm considering buying new bolts and a stretch gauge just in case I over stretched the current bolts. Maybe I'm being a little over paranoid since this is my first motor, but any help from the pros would be appreciated!
