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Just some bits and bobs:

Rear housing off the rear of the turbo ready to be sent to HPC Coating:

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Nitto H-beam Rods:

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ACL engine gasket, Nitto Head gasket and Cometic exhaust manifold gasket:

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Bolts and Studs:

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Where did you get your machine work done? They didn't use a torque plate for bore honing?

My mate at JDM Garage is doing the engine rebuild.

In regards to the torque plate, its a bit over my head but after some discussions involving the actual benefits of a torque plate we decided not to go with it. The theories were quite interesting..

Seeing the Nitto gear on display at the JEM tech night was good, having them explained etc was awesome! Such quality :woot:

Yeah I saw pics from your NSW JEM meet. Was very jelly

Yeah I saw pics from your NSW JEM meet. Was very jelly

Really good motivation for ya ;)

Looking good tony! When she due back on the road?

Yeah this i would like to know! Should be good :yes:

ooking good tony! When she due back on the road?

Yeah this i would like to know! Should be good :yes:

I estimate that the engine will be finished with everything back in the car in about a month.

Then another month sorting out the VIV (As the car was written off) and Road Worthy Certificate.

We might have some issues with the engine gaskets. As we were supplied with a ACL Rb25det gasket kit not a neo one. Even though we were assured it would fit.

I already know the plenum gasket is different, among a few other things as well.

Anyone know where to get them quicksmart? Apart from getting them via Nissan or Japan?

I can get a full genuine Neo engine gasket kit from Amayama for ~$350. But its a 3 week wait and I would get a whole bunch of other gaskets I don't need.

Edit: Just emailed Andrew from Kudos to help me out

On 4/30/2013 at 9:31 AM, 34GeeTeeTee said:

I was going to say Nitto mentioned they had them in stock at that Tech night but i assume you would pay accordingly....

A complete Neo engine gasket kit? That's interesting, didn't know they made them :(

I got the Nitto Headgasket though

In any case getting a genuine Nissan gasket kit off Andrew @ Kudos motorsports. So props too him!

Also these just arrived today

Complete Genuine Nissan Heater/coolant hoses & thermostat for the Neo:

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My mate at JDM Garage is doing the engine rebuild.

In regards to the torque plate, its a bit over my head but after some discussions involving the actual benefits of a torque plate we decided not to go with it. The theories were quite interesting..

Yeah I saw pics from your NSW JEM meet. Was very jelly

Prett keen to hear the theories if you'd like.

On 5/2/2013 at 10:44 AM, Miguelone said:

Prett keen to hear the theories if you'd like.

I will ask and will post when he gets back to me :thumbsup:

In the mean time, just out of interest

Weight of:

Nitto rod & Cp piston = 944.4grams

Stock Neo rod & Piston = 1134 grams

So a saving of about 1.14kg in the engine by using these parts

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I will ask and will post when he gets back to me :thumbsup:

In the mean time, just out of interest

Weight of:

Nitto rod & Cp piston = 944.4grams

Stock Neo rod & Piston = 1134 grams

So a saving of about 1.14kg in the engine by using these parts

Thanks for doing that :thumbsup: Interesting!

On 5/2/2013 at 10:44 AM, Miguelone said:

Prett keen to hear the theories if you'd like.

Had a quick chat to the engine builder and most of it went over my head. But he said his happy to chat to you about it at any future SAU meet, whenever you guys see each other :thumbsup:

In other news:

Nitto crank collar fitted:

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Grub screws fitted to the crank collar, crank is now finished ready to be sent for balancing

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Also weighed the CP pistons and Nitto Rods to see if any weight adjustments needed to be made:

Nitto Rods:

1. 516.0g

2. 516.5g

3. 515.8g

4. 516.3g

5. 516.5g

6. 515.8g

CP Pistons

1. 426.8g

2. 426.8g

3. 426.5g

4. 426.8g

5. 426.6g

6. 427.1g

Block has been peppered:

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Also genuine gaskets arrived today. Many thanks to @kudos.motorsports

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  • 3 weeks later...
On 5/22/2013 at 7:43 AM, Leroy Peterson said:

any updates?

Coincidentally yes I do!

Block and head is all finished. Just waiting for the crank to finish balancing then its just assembly and to put the engine in!

Hopefully only a few weeks away and the engine will be running in the car!

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Also have received my brae manifold, turbo housing and dump pipe all HPC coated. Only a one week turnaround:

All nicely packed in delivery by HPC:

 

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For those that are interested we also decided to lay the "torque plate" theory to the test as we had some spare time. We torqued the head down to 80ftb using arp head stud, flipped the block over and measured the bores. No distortion was present and the bore gauge still read 0.

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