Engine Out

[GTRsean]

Cheers Thomas,

Not a lot of room thats for sure.

Yep, just waiting for some valve shims and other stuff to come in from Japan ordered through nissan Blacktown.

Can't wait to get her on the road!!

Should be the longer drive on yours, get back to us on what you find. My engine was out of an R33 GTR by the engine number as it was changed before it came to Aus I'm sure.

I was going to go a fresh set of stock pistons, rings, bearings originally, or just the forged standard size pistons to freshen up till I found the scores.

Bore and hone cost $350 (sort of a favour) thats why I got away with keeping costs down, head skimed, cleaned etc $90. All the rest, done myself.

The hardest thing is not spending more money on crap you didn't put in your goal, budget. It really can snowball, gotta draw the line somewhere lol.

Edited August 31, 2008 by GTRsean

[Tomek]

Cheers Thomas,

Not a lot of room thats for sure.

Yep, just waiting for some valve shims and other stuff to come in from Japan ordered through nissan Blacktown.

Can't wait to get her on the road!!

Should be the longer drive on yours, get back to us on what you find. My engine was out of an R33 GTR by the engine number as it was changed before it came to Aus I'm sure.

I was going to go a fresh set of stock pistons, rings, bearings originally, or just the forged standard size pistons to freshen up till I found the scores.

Bore and hone cost $350 (sort of a favour) thats why I got away with keeping costs down, head skimed, cleaned etc $90. All the rest, done myself.

The hardest thing is not spending more money on crap you didn't put in your goal, budget. It really can snowball, gotta draw the line somewhere lol.

Hey Sean..

Hopefully I find out about that drive sometime this week.

Definately know where your coming from about drawing the line.. Like I said same situation as you were in a few weeks ago.. Yet to open her and decide what needs to be done all pending on condition..

Cheers Tomek

[Angus Smart]

coming along nicely! cant wait to start on mine..

as for the budget thing here's my story.. was going to put the n1 motor i bought straight in.. took 5 months to get here so i started buying bits and pieces.

then when the motor arrived i was told to pull it down to inspect, which moved me towards a full rebuild, lucky as there are some small scores up and down the bores on most cylinders, so a rebuild was a must.

hopefully will finish up under 10k haha

[GTRsean]

Cheers Andrew.

Wish I had an N1 block lol, nah, not for my application

Scores in the bores?, how deep are they?. It would be nice if they disappeared with a light hone would be nice, but I guess you will take it out to 86.5?

[Angus Smart]

Yerrp its going to 86.5 a hone wouldn't do the job, haha i wish i just rebuild the standard one now. it would have been done long ago!!

[GTRsean]

Nearly there!

match ported manifolds while they were out.

New shims to do valve clearances.

Bolting up as much as I can before it goes back in.

Craved is nearly finished. Loving his work.

[johnbarry88]

looks good man did you end up going with that gear set?

[GTRsean]

Nope. I'm happy with what I put in it. I'll kick myself hard later, but N1 pumps go ok.

Still have to find out what housing I have here, that I was going to put the billet gears in and use in the engine. It's not an N1 pump so I didn't use it due to being unsure of what I had. Still don't know, no one knows.

The one on the left. No idea?????

Have I lost anyone lol.

[johnbarry88]

its so f**ken hard to know with a part number on them...They could be anything..

[Craved]

cant wait to see it all back in one piece

some updates after your install work tonight

[omega36]

dude... awesome. rebuild threads like this are so exciting

cant wait for the next update

[GTRsean]

Tomoz morning is the plan.

The other thing I did the other day was setup and adjust the inline throttle setup. Completed that in accordance with the manual, and it's pretty easy after you read it like 5 times lol. Nice and smooth and all good.

There was a couple o little things this arvo to get done before she goes in, like fit the balancer and torque to 350,000 foot pounds lol. And fish out a washer I dropped down the front cover GRRRRRRRRR! It's out phew.

Got covers off Craved today .

The guys who spotted the covers in the shed were blown away lol, no complaints here lol.

Engine bays is a bit neater.

Just befor balancer was fitted.

Edited September 19, 2008 by GTRsean

[johnbarry88]

looks good man im in the same boat cant wait for the car to get back on the road...

[GTRsean]

Thanks buddy. I'm getting withdrawals lol.

I hope it doesn't get too hot, wind rain etc tomorrow.

Aiming to turn it over by Sat or Sunday.

[blk180]

Looks good Sean and the covers plus the bits you painted black are very nice touch. Best of luck today and tomorrow.

[GTRsean]

Thanks Brad!

What a long day. Tired and got a headache.

Had to improvise with no chain for the engine crane this morning, (mate borrowed it a month ago).

Twin plate clutch was the first thing to go on this morning.

Cracked the s#%ts with crawling under the bloody thing later in the day.

Had a mate help me but had not much experience, so I'll be finishing up tomorrow.

To do tomorrow:

Bolt up gbox x member

Fit center tailshaft bearing mount

Fit a couple of belts and fan

CAS sensor

wiring

pipework

front suspension top nuts

gear shifter

Fill up oil, and do up sump plug!

Fill front diff.

Fill power steering

Coolant and bleed

Crank over, then start!

Bed in engine.

[johnbarry88]

yay she's in

[TiTAN]

thats some nice green rope you have there

[GTRsean]

yay she's in

You're more excited than me lol.

I'm stuffed, but can't wait to drive it again!

I should probably fit the exhaust too....

[johnbarry88]

yeah im cuz i know not too long from now ill be doing the same thing...