The Final: Tour of Duty!

[Ebola_One]

Originally Posted by Matty

Pfft, I haven't been in it since Taupo Track Day '04.

Coincidentally the last time it was running

[~Slideways~]

Yo Warren been ages! congrats on the result I remember what it went like yeaaars ago. Must be nuts now

Pitty you're moving/moved...what a dick au!

[ryan540]

went for a quick ride in this earlier on tonight, awesome fun definitely lives up to its rep :twisted:

[Renzotech]

must sell me your engine....lol

[Gudgen]

Originally Posted by Renzotech

must sell me your engine....lol

offers.

[Gudgen]

So after an unsuccessful few months i thought i better get back on the horse once again.

So ive complied a list of immediate and optional tasks to complete before october.

alright lets begin!!!




This is the car on a tow truck a couple of weeks after SIMM. The car ran and drove but after an engine check light during the weekend and compression tests presented a slow leaking cylinder4, suggestions were to stick it on the trailor.

After umming and ahhring and tooing and froing... came down to this list of things.

Immediate:

- engine rebuild
- gearbox rebuild
- LSD overhaul
- New conversion harness
- Reinstall Race seats

Optional:

- install some oil/water temp gauges
- install some other 4-2-1 headers
- ????

Some lets see some progress i hear?!?!

[Gudgen]

The list above is also to have the car reliable.

first up is the conversion harness replacement.



this is the boomslang conversion harness. many years ago i bought it and it was the wrong one so i modded it to work and after years of plugging and unplugging its seen better days.



here on the left is the Rywire.com conversion harness. comparing the 2 side-by-side the grey one very simple in design and it gets

Unplugged the old one, soldered some wires back to OEM and plugged the ECU and rywire harness in and cranked and started first pop.

so far, so good. Lets move on to the gearbox. first up, LSD overhaul.



the picture is recent its just that we havent switched the calender over to june. haha and its almost july.



anyway, so this is the ATS LSD with the side bearings pressed off and ready to be opened up.



4 x 4mm Allen key screws later and that gap is the tension the ramp and cam is under. you could add thicker shims to lock it up a bit more but meh..



heres the top cover removed showing a plate and the top of a side gear.



ever wanted to know what a plated LSD looks like?



heres another plate. two types.



So all i did to overhaul it was strip the entire LSD. Cleaned all parts in brake-kleen. Inspect for any wear. Put it all back together and adding LSD oil to everything. Ive decided to go for Motul FF-LSD TypeII oil and am just waiting for it.

But thats all for now. Thanks you for stopping by and reading.

[mr_tec]

so far so good

[DURTYEF3]

Great work man,

[Gudgen]

Alrighty, small update.

parts arrived for the gearbox so with the half hour i had after work i started stripping the main shaft.



this one of the main shaft bearings being pressed out. the other is in the box casing. once i pressed the bearing the rest of the gears just fell out.. is that normal?



this is 3/4 of the main shaft complete. ran out of time to press the bearing back on.

but will did get a guess in at work today, no photos sorry because i thought that would be inappropriate.

but anyway...any guesses? heres a clue...



anyone?

[phonix]

Doug Mac aka Mr Hondata. PM'd you where to send the prize

[Gudgen]

Alright, update!



first, we'll imagine this is a my EF9 in stock condition. acutal fact its a DA8 in the workshop. any how...



this is it now minus the intake pipe.
so i started draining all the fluids and prepping it for motor removal.

next few pics are of underneath operations.


select your weapon.

dont choose the little one you chump!

nor the copper-head hammer you n00b!

correct!! nora the explorer would be proud!


heres the balljoint nut with the split pin removed.

here is the nut loosen and wound back on finger tight.

"X" marks the spot.

contact lower arm with hammer like so. its only takes one perfect hit in the right spot to break the joint.

once broken the nuts removed and hub lifted up and balljoint thread out of the lower arm.

that leaves enough room to lever out the half shafts and swing them out of the way.

and because the engine is coming up, the cv's must be pushed down to avoid catching anything while the engine/box is hoisted. also note the exhaust flange is disconnected and the shift linkage seperated.

with the underneath done, attention turns to the engine bay.

radiator, front engine mount, intake pipe, acclerator and clutch cable and fuel supply and return lines all removed or disconnected.

now the engine loom.

mr hondata all alone and naked. because of the de-loom all the connectors, including the fuse box is now under the dash. so it added about 10 extra minutes to the job.

fusebox.

injector resistor box and one engine plug.

1 of 2 modified factory holes where the loom plugs are pulled through.

2 of 2 modified holes.

excuse the freakishly hairy arms. main engine plugs disconnected.

injector and charge harness plugs disconnected.


out she comes.


oh noes!!!

ditto.

thank god i took the radiator out!

Ta DAAAA!!!


Vtax out!

engine bay vacant.


ooooh....whats this??? anyway..


box off and have a looksee at the clutch.

DVM flywheel. Jayco pressure plate and 4 puk solid centre clutch disc. the disc will be swapped out for a standard item to reduce vibration at take off!

as i was stripping the motor down i finally noticed what i spent my money on with the head porting.

heres a factory b16a intake port with about 20,000km.

and heres my 2500km motor.

gearbox oil finally arrived as well as a catch can. will put the box back together during the week, maybe.
so thats all i managed today. thanks for stopping by. if theres anything you want photos of, let me know.

k thnx.

[mr_tec]

are you going to be doing any extra things to the new heart?

[SK1TZ- EF]

wow, I mean, WOWEEWAAWAA, I only just really looked at this thread, I was unsure about Andre's capabilities as he is known as the Man for EVO and Skyline/Turbo stuff, but fuck, thats an assload more KW than the factory B16a, lol

[Gudgen]

just another exhaust manifold. big tube 4-2-1 with a modified x-member. and removed the pcv valve and using a GReddy closed catch can. and also a revised intake piping. going for the true CAI.

hopefully with those mods the engine will see over the 150kw mark.

[Gudgen]

Originally Posted by SK1TZ- EF

wow, I mean, WOWEEWAAWAA, I only just really looked at this thread, I was unsure about Andre's capabilities as he is known as the Man for EVO and Skyline/Turbo stuff, but fuck, thats an assload more KW than the factory B16a, lol

where have you been? STM is expensive but you get that back in numbers on the car and the support and personality that is STM.

[SK1TZ- EF]

hah! I dunno, but i missed this build completely lol, hardout.

hmmm, makes me wonder if I should go silly on mine..I find its more than enough...see how i go at some trackdays first....

[Gudgen]

well for the same money you could have a k24 with a JRSC putting out over 300hp. so i wouldnt go silly with a b16a, especially if your not cashed up. not saying i am either but the majority of the build happened when i was doing quite well with money. No rent, no food bills, no petrol costs, high pay job.

this is the final tour of duty for this car before i hand it over to someone deserving. so this build is to ensure the reliabiltiy of the chasis, gearbox, and engine(as far as a maxed out b16a can be).

after this build is complete i'll be looking at an engine swap that has impressive factory output and response well to simple mods.

[BWDOWN]

K20 time!

[Gudgen]

Originally Posted by BWDOWN

K20 time!

i think we can do one better.

[americ_ian]

rota?

[Gudgen]

Table of Contents added! mean!!

[Matty]

Whut whut, C32B in da butt?

[Gudgen]

Originally Posted by Matty

Whut whut, C32B in da butt?

Mr MacMillan gave me the run down on the best bang for your buck.

but heres something completely non-related..
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