Free Engines

So i picked up those engines and finally got em back to SD.  Was a nice long 8 hour drive....  i'll bet the pickup is now happy to have all that extra weight out of the back haha.

One's got around 75k on it and the other has around 90k... both spun bearings.

Forgot to take pics of both of them but one of the "new" engines is the one with yellow valve covers.
Sorry for garbage pictures... cell phone pics.

I've got too much stuff... the first engine i got is lying on a board on the ground without an oilpan... think i'll use this crank to get the flywheel balanced.  Disassemble pics in the future!

Transmissions lying everywhere...

 

NEED more room, the left half is crammed full of stuff!  Come buy some parts!

 

So i picked up a couple engines today for free.  They both have spun bearing sbut they are low mileage engines otherwise.  Spare VH parts are ALWAYS a good thing as they are hard to find!

Will post some pics eventually.

Degreased Engine/Painted Bay

Degreased the engine so it doesnt look quite as nasty in the bright white bay..

Another pic of the bay with everything untaped, a brake/clutch line tuck would do wonders in here..

Toe Rod Clearance

Here's how much clearance the PBM toe rods offer... The rear is half an inch away from being slammed on Stance GR+ Pro coilovers and there is tons of clearance betwee the rod and subframe. Pretty sweet.

Beginning of Wiring, Suspension Parts, Battery Box

Alright, were up to present. Thank god.

Yeah... soo... I just keep tearing more and more of this car apart. I havent had the dash out in a LONG time. Still only took me like 20 min. to do it though haha.

Anyways working on tucking the harness since I've got a nice pretty bay now. I needed to re-work the conversion harness i made a while ago so i figured i might as well go all out.

I took the entire engine room harness (as the FSM calls it) and de-loomed it getting ready to get rid of all this auto crap since it wasn't a 5spd to begin with. I'll be re-sleeving the harness with stuff from wirecare.com.

So this is where i'm thinking about putting the fuse boxes. Is this normally where people relocate them to? I dont really like the idea of extending crap tons of wires to relocate them to the trunk. Although my battery will soon be in the trunk..

You basically run the harness right along with the dash harness and it will still bolt right back up to the SMJ. The wires are practically perfect length for the relay box to be located on the passenger side like in the first pic.
And here's the rest of the wiring i somehow have to cram in there... I'm thinking i'm going to need to shorten all of the wires that lead from the relay box to the fuse box so i dont have a cluster of wires under the dash.
Also got some stuff in the mail recently.

Some Yamato Garage RUCA's. I'm not so sure about these.. they were a decent deal but we'll see how they work. Wasn't super psyched as one of them didnt want to go on. Had to basically pound it on with a hammer and you can see the flange's bending in the second pic.... not sure what to think.

Oil Pan Fab Work

Did some fab work on the oil pan today. Started mocking up the extensions. Made some measurements and i think i'll have around 30 more cubic inches of space in there. (very roughly).

Anyways here's what i've got so far..

November 15, 2009 Painted Bay!!!

Pictars

November 14, 2009 update

SO just about finished with paint. Got one more coat of clear to throw on there.

All together not too bad for doing it all on my own for the first time in a garage haha. There was one area where i either didn't de-grease well enough or it just got too thick in the temp i'm working in. (40 degrees.. :/).

I'll probably end up taping that area off and sand it down, and re-spray. Then wetsand the paint lines down or something. Any ideas?

Otherwise not bad. Will post pics about 20 min after the next coat. SO like 40 min to an hour. Whenever i get a chance.



You can already see the gold pearl in the garage with just a flourescent light. Can't wait to see what it looks like in the sun!

Bay is Primed

Primed the bay today. Gonna sand the primer with 400 and spray base coat and clear on Friday. Yes!

Also got the bay all stitch welded up.

November 4, 2009 Clearing Bay, paint prep!

So progress has been very slow. VERY slow.

Got the bay all cleaned out today though. Degreased it and hit some areas with lacquer thinner. Gonna be cleaning it up and getting rid of all the rust. Hopefully can paint it this weekend.

Thinkin about relocating that huge battery.. If i do this do i need to put a shut off switch on the rear of the car?

October 16, 2009 Modify Tension rod bracket

This is how bad i want PS. Only way to do it.. unless you use smaller pulley with different internals. This is what you have to do on the Mazworx kit also except not cut as much out... My engine is lower therefore i cut more. Scott did you have to cut this much out?

Anyways I'll will be boxing it back in with quarter inch plate because i cut so much. (overkill?) Same stuff my mounts were made out of.

OCtober 14, 2009 Pilot Bearing

Small update before i go to bed.. Just got done making this thing with Gunar.

OEM bushing on left.. Custom bushing on right. Notice how much larger it is... yeah, that flywheel spacer was MESSED up.
In action..

Also... just received clutch kit in the mail today so HOPEFULLY i can get this thing rolling soon. Dont think i'll be able to work on it for at least a week though.. school is KILLING me right now.

October 7, 2009 New trans! Innovate, PS kit

Got some more stuff.. all thats holding me up now is the clutch kit and the MASS amounts of school work...


Some PS stuff from mazworx. (smiley face unintentional)
Started putting it on the car yesterday. Had to notch my tension rod bracket, but i'll box that in later.
Trans!
A little dirty but nothing a pressure washer cant fix.
The awesome shipping company broke the reverse and neutral switches on it, but it came with a new starter and supposedly has under 40k on the trans.

October 5, 2009 Moving, New parts, Oil pan fab, Machining

Alright, MASS UPDATE.


So this summer i didn't get squat done as i was working like crazy djing and working on the base out here along with having fun with the girlfriend.

Anyways i also moved just recently so here's a few pictures.


Here it is in it's new home, much bigger garage.


One thing i did before i made the move was to fix one of my frame rails...rust.
Made this snazzy little sleeve.


SO. recently i just purchased a ton of parts to get this thing moving again.

Pics of said parts.


Ended up going with a lightweight flywheel from XTD. (12.5 lbs vs. i think double that stock = WEEEEEE)
And why not throw a couple TMF shirts in there for the mix (Thanks Scott!)

Also got myself a new toy. Helped me out with re-boring my flywheel spacer also. More on that later.




There are a lot more parts in the mail that i havent received quite yet.

Mazworx power steering line conversion (yay for PS!)
ACT 6 puck unprung clutch kit
Megan Racing Tension rods
Innovative LC-1 with XD-16 gauge
and most importantly a z32 Turbo trans with less than 40k miles on it.
ECU tuned by a guy i've been talking with for a while about VH's


So this flywheel spacer thing. You've seen pictures of it all mangled and . I was talking to my boss out on base and he hooked me up proper with a buddy of his thats got a little shop of his own.


Making sure it's on the lathe nice and true.


Ready for destruction. Homie Darren in the background.


The result. If you're wondering what that step is in there it's so the bushing doesn't fall through to the other side.

Here it is sitting on the back of that flywheel i just got. Had to make sure it fits in it haha.


Now that we bored it out it is much larger than the bore to accept the OEM pilot bearing. What to do?

MAKE ONE


Went to the machine shop here in Rapid and bought some bearing bronze. 9 something a pound. Bought plenty in case we mess up.
Outside diameter will be around 23. something mm (cant remember) But inside diameter will be bored to the OEM pilot bearing specs. Which is around .626" or .629" which is just under 16mm.

Plan on getting that done sometime this weekend hopefully.



Oil Pan

I'm sick and tired of bashing my oilpan on stuff around town. I've done it twice in less than a year...

Here's a pic of what i'm working with.



My plan?

Shorten it and add extensions off the side with baffles/trap doors. If you guys have ANY input here at all please let me know as i have never done this but i've ot a rough idea on what to do...

First cut


Final cuts


As you can see this thing came stock with a windage tray already in the pan. Along with another one bolted to the underside of the block. (cool)

I'm going to try and keep that there while raising the bottom of the pan. But as you can see in the next picture i've also got to cut and re-weld the pickup tube in a higher location. I'm thinking about 10-15mm of clearance between the pan will be about right. (Any input here??)

You can also see where i plan to ad dthe extensions off the side..


So i bolted the cut up pan to the engine to see how everything sat...



This last picture is of it with the engine sitting in the bay so i can see how low it's still hanging below the cross member. To me it looks to be about flush with it or it just slightly hangs below the cross member.

I'm thinking about putting some spacers in my engine mounts to raise the engine up a little bit as it will help with clearance of the pan, exhaust, and PS pump. Only issue is that its going to hit the hood more......

SO there you have it. I will probably be posting quite a bit more pictures as stuff gets done and parts come in as i REALLY want to get this thing running soon. Want to tear up the street one more time before winter fully hits! (Even though it just snowed today lol) But i'm banking on one more dry week haha.