Engine Out

[GTRsean]

thats some nice green rope you have there

Yup, improvisation!

At least it worked well other wise I'd have 1x smashed sump and the rest

B Y Engineering lol (back yard engineering) .

[omega36]

Awesome!

You must be excited to get this all done.. almost there

[GTRsean]

Awesome!

You must be excited to get this all done.. almost there

I see the finish line Lol.

Then I can do a bit more of this.

[TiTAN]

wish my engine build could have been done nice and quick like yours. *checks callender* oh yay 18 month anniversary

[gun32gtr]

hey just read the whole lot mate. unreal build time. took longer for my turos and stuff lol. keep us posted mate

[omega36]

*eagerly waits for GTRsean's next post*

[GTRsean]

Ha ha. All done!!!! YAY!!!

Finished off all the little crappy stuff in the engine bay and under the car then at 4:30pm finally ran it on the starter to get oil flowing. Could hear every cylinder, nice.

Then started it for real, fired into life after 3 seconds : )

Drove to the servo and loaded it up on the way there and back, with the waste gates free so no boost to help bed in rings.

Came back, dropped the oil and put more mineral oil in and changed filter and hooked waste gate rods back up. Went for another drive, nice! Good to be driving her again.

Only problem may be that I need a new idle control valve as the engine revs (flares) by itself continuously at idle.

Sounds throatier than before too.

Cheers

[omega36]

Oh lawd... congratulations man, you must be absolutely thrilled

when do we see dyno results, hehe

[GTRsean]

Thanks . In the end I think I owe myself 5K+ lol. Great experience, and knowing the fact you built it yourself!

Well, on the stock bottom end it was putting out 350RWKW on 17psi. So I'd be happy with the same amount (read 500hp atw). Mainly due to he stock gearbox, and I built it to handle the power reliably without worrying about what the bottom end is like.

Went for a drive tonight, and it's really smooth and sounds gutsy lol. I'm only taking it to 4500 to 5000 at the moment at part throttle. Put 110k on it lol.

I'll book it in for a tune once it's got some kays under the belt........we'll see.

[SLY-25T]

great work sean!

looks nice. and i love ur display pic. car looks smooooth as!

cant wait to see the dyno results. sounds promising!

[blk180]

Only problem may be that I need a new idle control valve as the engine revs (flares) by itself continuously at idle.

Cheers

Unplug it. Need to meet up for a cruz soon when i get my car back.

[Craved]

Damn Sean, very nice and very fast work - fkn great effort!!

going to bug you for a ride in it soon if i get a night out i'll bring the SLR and take some shots!

[gun32gtr]

unreal sean. ive booked the gtr in for tune weekend after the long weekend at uni group. so will all have to go for cruise very soon. i just need front bumper now!!!!!!!!!!!

[GTRsean]

great work sean!

looks nice. and i love ur display pic. car looks smooooth as!

cant wait to see the dyno results. sounds promising!

Cheers. They really like taking your money lol.

Unplug it. Need to meet up for a cruz soon when i get my car back.

I'll try it out Brad. I also need to make another dummy load for the hicas solenoid I pulled out of the engine bay to stop the computer thinking theres a fault.

Cruise, for sure. I'll do the Putty cruise in October now .

Damn Sean, very nice and very fast work - fkn great effort!!

going to bug you for a ride in it soon if i get a night out i'll bring the SLR and take some shots!

Thanks Chris. The engine covers you did for me look awsome with the polished stuff so kudos to you. When we get a chance (read time off from busy schedule) for sure.

unreal sean. ive booked the gtr in for tune weekend after the long weekend at uni group. so will all have to go for cruise very soon. i just need front bumper now!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm glad it's done. Now done over 200k, and it's smooth as. Will be great when you get yours tuned.

I'd also like to thank everyone who gave some advice and imput on how to go about doing this project. 3 months seemed forever to me but it was pretty quick in the end.

[Tomek]

Congratulation Sean..

Amazing how quick the build was done mate specially with work space..

Looking forward to updates.

[GTRsean]

Okay! Put 1200km on it so far, changed oil and filter again at 1000k and check up and tune on dyno is booked for tomorrow morning (only good thing about shift work lol). Gonna check a/f ratios etc, to make sure it's happy when I use the upper end of the rev range .

It has a pretty beaty, cammy idle, only using 12psi to be safe lol. I guess I'll have to check nuts and bolts are tight too etc. Twin plate clutch is great compared to the triple I had for the street.

Also the engine has no slap or rattles when started and warming up. Engine builder I took the block and pistons to, recommended running piston to bore clearance at 3.5thou so I'm happy.

Edited September 30, 2008 by GTRsean

[Angus Smart]

I'm counting down the days till i am int eh same boat!! haha love it!

hopefully all goes well!!

[johnbarry88]

3.5 though is pretty close to being rite i think the manual states 3thou standard anywho..Great to see your enjoying it mate:D

[GTRsean]

Congratulation Sean..

Amazing how quick the build was done mate specially with work space..

Looking forward to updates.

Cheers

Okay, got it dynoed and cleaned up this morning. Found a couple of things. The fuel reg might need changing as it's a bit sus when revs are high at full load, more fuel was added to compensate but not too bad as it's on min 11 PSI boost anyway. Ordered in one from nissan. It idles at 1400RPM, idle control valve is letting too much air through(o ring inside is non existant), and I cleaned the throttles even though I read a topic about not to do that years ago!! It takes the sealing coating off the inside of the butterfly to bore seal.

Other than that, all good and since cam timing is sweet the gaph is great. It'll go back to the dyno in 2000km to get a high boost tune lol.

[johnbarry88]

man thats awsome over 400hp on only 11psi you've gotta be happy with that!