mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 10/03/10 09:35 PM Author Share Posted 10/03/10 09:35 PM (edited) Okay so with some slight mods to the drivers side engine bracket, we got the motor in and bolted up the tranny, flex plate, and mounts in about 2 hours. Not bad for an evenings work with a few beers. Today we're gonna get everything bolted on and wired up, STILL waiting on my 4" intake from Chris @ Rapid, 3 weeks and counting. How hard would it be for me to make one??? Running the car this weekend is a MUST. Had a nephew join the family on Wedesday so I've gotta run the thing in tomorrow afternoon/night, change the fluids, then make the 300k trip Saturday so see the little fella. Edited 10/03/10 09:36 PM by mattyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 10m 24d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 11/03/10 02:14 AM Share Posted 11/03/10 02:14 AM You could probably make a temp 4" intake till the proper one arrives, just use silicon bends and short straight pipe.Motor looks awesome, cant wait to see the finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 11/03/10 02:34 AM Author Share Posted 11/03/10 02:34 AM So we got her fitted, here are a few piccys of the modified engine mount bracket, and the lug that caused the mod. Of course I had to include one of the fitted powerplant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 12/03/10 10:13 AM Author Share Posted 12/03/10 10:13 AM WOW!The past 2 days were sh*t! Turns out that there is 2 dipstick holed in the FG block. One front LHS and one rear LHS. We didn't see the front one, only the back one, and it gets closed up by the top side of the sump. We only realised this when installing the dipstick... after wiring the thing up, connecting the turbo, dump pipe, etc. So, out came the motor again at about midnight last night.Today we dropped the sump off the thing, and realised that there was a front dipstick hole that had a metal plug in it. So we punched it out, and started to intstall the motor again! 4:00 this afternoon we called it quits for the day. All that is left to do is the outer flex plate bolts, cooler, radiator, hotside piping, bumper, fluids and wiring my oil pressure gauge... Bring on tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 3m 7d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 12/03/10 10:16 AM Share Posted 12/03/10 10:16 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 13/03/10 07:25 AM Author Share Posted 13/03/10 07:25 AM Well the new motor has 55k's on it, and it hasn't missed a beat. We disconnected the coil packs and cranked her over to get the oil pressure up, than connected them and POW she fired almost instantly. I've been running around keeping it under 3000/3200rpm, and will do so for the next 50-100k'sw then wind it up a few more hundred rpm. I'm gonna baby it through the run in period cos I can't afford to have anything go wrong.I'll post some finished pics up shortly... the dose pipe straight off the turbo looks sh*tHOUSE, I can't wait for my new cai to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUS531 RUS531 Donating Members 410 Member For: 18y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Emerald QLD Posted 28/03/10 12:18 PM Share Posted 28/03/10 12:18 PM Got the new CAI yet? When do you go up to Dave mate. I still have to get up there to see him but I'm thinkin I should put a surge tank on first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 28/03/10 09:50 PM Author Share Posted 28/03/10 09:50 PM CAI was sent on friday, Chris still doesn't have any air filters, so he's sending it with a 2nd hand one that's been cleaned up. Will have to wait and see what it's like when it gets here. Might ask him to do me a deal on a Rapid cold air box instead of replacing it with a new one when they arrive.Dave's still in the U.S. atm but it looks like I'll be heading up to see him on the 10th. I'm chasing a few people for a custom surge tank, looking at one that'll go in the boot with 2 pumps, and 2 tanks that can be switched between, one tank for petrol, and one tank that holds 4 L for race fuel... cost is going to be the only limiting factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 16y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 28/03/10 09:53 PM Author Share Posted 28/03/10 09:53 PM Oh yeah, and the new motor had 750k's on it and hasn't missed n e thing, no leaks. just pure pleasure!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo.vixen Hey guys, Tab is here... Oh i feel sick Lifetime Members 8,459 Member For: 16y 6m 19d Gender: Male Location: sunshine coast Posted 28/03/10 10:18 PM Share Posted 28/03/10 10:18 PM dont you just love it when things happen the way they should, congrats on the build, the engine looks mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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