Nice man. It's definitely an awesome mod

Thanks sir

I'm going to leave the car where it is weight wise. the only thing i'm going to do before next season is an aluminum driveshaft

 

Nice built! What size of ic pipes ? 3inch?

 

They are 2.5". I think I may fab some 3" ones over winter. We'll see

 

Got my clutch today. It is the QM 8-leg street version. I chose the street because the car mostly see's the street, and it will still hold whatever power I throw at it Ordered through TSCOMPUSA, thanks for the killer deal.







Also got a few other things I needed for getting the engine together:

STM balance shaft delete kit
STM oil cooler delete kit
Gates waterpump
OEM headgasket
Various other gaskets/seals/etc.



The machine shop said I should have the motor back by the end of this week. Hopefully its ready tomorrow so I can assemble the motor and get the engine/trans back in the car this weekend.

 

I'm suprised you went with the street version. Considering your weight sensitive

 

I'm not really looking to save too much more weight so I wasn't concerned about it

 

clutch looks awesome very nice.

 

Sick ! Your turning this around quick I like it

 

Thanks all.

Motor stuff is back from the machine shop. Too bad they forgot to balance my rotating assembly. Taking the crank/rods/pistons back Monday for them to do that.

Block looks pretty good. I'll be the judge of how good they did however with the tools you'll see below









It's vital to have a clean environment when assembling your motor.


Here's the tools you need to blue print the motor. Missing from the picture is the TQ wrench and ring compressor.

1) Rod bolt stretch gauge
2) Ring filer
3) 0-4" Mic set. Mitutoyo is the industry standard for good priced accurate mic's.
4) Dial bore gauge
5) Set of feeler gauges
6) Piston ring expander tool
7) Piston ring compressor tool
8) Accurate TQ wrench





And here's the shop manager.. Cody.

 

Did Tom send you his box of tools? His stash looks exactly the same.

 

That's cool that you're assembling your own motor. Have you done it before?

 

looking forward to your reaction on the driving feel of that clutch compared to your exedy! I've driven the "v-drive 7.25" before and it was nowhere near the twin for street driving.

 

Yes he did. Wasn't easy getting him to either

Thanks sir. I have assembled 1 other 4g63 before in the past for my DSM a few years ago which held up great. I've done a lot of research and gathered lots of very good information since then to make sure this one is top notch and even better. It's really not hard at all with the right tools and confidence which i'm glad to say I now have. I'm beyond excited

Was it an 8-leg you drove? or one of the DSM ones?

If 8-leg, I am told the street version drives similar to the exedy, just grabs faster Joey with the junkbox, he has the race version and says he doesn't mind it either.

 

it was the older purple colored one, on an evo.. extremely lightweight clutch

 

I love putting motors back together!

Any progress on the wiring harness?