Engine build continues

Once again sorry for yet another delayed post! Much has been done since the last. I have had the cam covers, timing covers and coil covers all painted in the same color as the car which look great. I have however decided to polish the plenum and the twin turbo pipes rather than paint them like i had planned. The new Garrett 2860R-5, with .64 turbine housings (707160-5005) have been received and dummy fitted up in the pictures.

I am currently making an order of a HKS extension kit (stainless split dump pipes) and also Nismo engine and transmission mounts. After finding the CES pipes i had planned to purchase were about $1800 trade, i opted to go with the HKS kit instead. Once the dump pipes arrive i will bolt them upto the new turbos and permanently fit the new turbos onto the engine.

I bought a good condition second hand Trust oil cooler and filter relocator kit which was half the price of a new kit. I have fitted up the adapter to the engine but thats it so far. Once i get more of the front of the car together i will decide on appropriate positions for the core and filter relocator.

More pics:

Painted covers and dummy fitted turbos #2

Painted covers and dummy fitted turbos #3

Trust oil cooler kit

HKS extension kit

More engine work

I havn't made a post for some time. My apologies.

I have now fitted the flowed head with cams and all the secondary air system, plus the port matched inlet manifold. My new re-cut throttles are ready to be picked up. I am organising to have all the covers, pipes and plenum painted in the same silver as the car. They will be fitted up when they are painted.

I have replaced all the bearings and seals in the front diff as a precaution while i had the chance. Once i reassemble the diff into the housing on the side of the sump i will refit the sump to the engine. The sump has been sand blasted to freshen it up.

I am about to order a pair of Garrett 2860r-5 turbos. As a precaution i am replacing all the exhaust manifold studs. I will be using the stock manifolds. I am going to purchase stainless steel CES dump/front pipes with long wastegate pipes. It comes in 3 sections and the first section needs to be bolted upto the turbos before the engine is assembled back into the car. I am also going to purchase an oil cooler kit complete with filter relocator.

Building my tough RB26

Once again its been months since my last post. My apologies. I'll try to fill in the gaps. Since i last posted i have began the rather large and expensive job of re-assembling my new engine! It hasn't been without its setbacks along the way but i finally feel like i might be slowly getting somewhere. I had alot of work done to the block while at the performance engineering shop (JHH in Woodridge).

The machine work is as follows:

~ All plugs pulled and hot tanked

~ Rebored to 20thou oversize (86.5mm)

~ Deck block~ 1.5mm front oil feed to head restrictor fitted, rear blocked off as standard

~ Oil returns through rear of block opened up

~ External oil return tapped into rear of head and into side of low end of sump

~ Linish crank journals

~ Entire rotating mass finely balanced to zero grams (including clutch, etc)

~ Drillings in sump from high to low ends opened up

Parts fitted so far are as follows:

~ JUN crank collar

~ ACL forged pistons

~ Spool forged conrods

~ Tomei sump baffle

~ Tomei combination metal gasket set including head gasket

~ New genuine water pump & thermostat

Doors complete

Sorry its been so long since my last reply! If anyone is actually reading this! Anyway i managed to clean up all the bits and pieces to reassemble both doors minus the exterior mirrors, interior door trims and outside weather strips. They look great all fitted with the glass and seals etc. Im thinking while im saving funds for my engine reassembly i might refit the boot with all the trims in the mean time. I have been sick so not much was done last weekend for a first in awhile. Im not sure i will get too much done this weekend as i'll be a little busy with other commitments unfortunately. Here are some photos of the latest work:

~ LH door fitted with glass and seals
~ LH door mechanism fitted
~ Engine bay Left side
~ Engine bay Right side
~ Engine bay firewall
~ LH Brakes and JIC Castor rod fitted

Front end back in finally

After many weeks i found the time to pick up the front sub-frame from Pearce and Taylor after being re-alligned. When i first got it back it was painted in a glossy black and not preppared quite well enough for my liking. So i rubbed it back and cleaned it up properly then layed down a few coats of the same satin black epoxy based paint as i used on the rear cradle. I was quite happy with the end result and now its back in the car. Once it was bolted up i fitted the upper links and uprights. The hubs got bolted back on and lower control arms also fitted. Now im only short the adjustable castor rods and pillow ball strut tops to suit the Apexi front shocks.

Since the last post i have also cleaned/painted/refitted:

• A/C condensor properly fitted with some rubber to fill the gap above it like factory


• Secondary electric cooling fan


• Power steering cooler


• Blow off valves


• Some of the recirculation piping

Some other pics:

• Front subframe painted
• Front end fitted
  

Front end rebuild

Last day of my 2 week break from work. Since returning from melbourne i have stripped down the front end and begun inspecting/cleaning/painting all the individual bits. One thing i did notice was damage to the left side castor rod mount on the subframe. It appears that when the accident occured the wheel hit something and pushed the castor rod forward. This slightly twisting where it bolts to the subframe. So i sent the subframe to Pearce & Taylor that have since told me its only minor and won't be difficult to return to original specs.

Parts i plan to replace are:
Both wheel bearings, as the right side one is completely stuffed and the left side is a bit rumbly
Castor rods, with adjustable ones from Just Jap
Maybe new adjustable upper links that control camber

I have also started refitting components to the engine bay such as:
Brake and clutch boosters
Brake and clutch master cylinders
Wiper motor

Its all looking mint as everything has been cleaned before i put it back on

Sexy ass

Since my last addition I have:

Refitted the fuel tank after removing everything off it and cleaning everything.

Prepped and painted up the lines that run under the car from one end to the other carrying fuel, etc. I then refitted them to the car.

Refitted the rear cradle to the car with whiteline cradle allignment bushes.

Refitted the rear sway-bar with new polyurethane D-rubbers and link pin bushes.

Refitted rear brakes that were previously painted

Fitted new rear Apexi N1 shock absorbers

~ Rear cradle front

~ Rear cradle rear

~ Rear brakes

I have two weeks off from work starting Monday. For the first week i'll be going home to Melbourne, and for the second i'll be back in Brisbane rebuilding the front end.