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Mad's GT-R
So, I suck.
Let me elaborate. I claim to love cars and I really do, more than people in most cases, but my behavior towards them and my care of them makes me a partner whose "love" is as destructive and toxic as that stripper you went out with. You remember, "Sparkles," the one that stole stuff from you, banged your friends and left you with a venereal disease? Yeah, I always hurt the cars I love. I beat them, I neglect them, they break, I lose interest and they go to an undeserved grave. So, again, I suck. It's the ADD, really. I always have grand plans and good intentions, but they never come about. I get in over my head and shit just doesn't get done. The first step in correcting a problem is recognizing you have one. I have one and I want to break the cycle. The reason I needed a new car and bought the BRZ is because all my "race cars" were broken. The reason I have not messed with the BRZ is because, as I said, I suck. She's that "good girl" and I'm that former bad guy who doesn't want to hurt her like all my old flames. It's working well, not messing with it. So, 12 step jargon out of the way, let's look at my latest victim, a 1994 R32 Skyline GT-R. This is how it looked when I got it. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...psce37bb3a.jpg The previous owner had the engine done and the shop used a huge Holset turbo off a Volvo diesel truck. It was laggy, but when it came online hold the hell on! I like overkill and lag is not as bad to me as it is to others. Maybe I like the foreplay or something, but it's not a dealbreaker. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps6d165ad0.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...psb1f943c3.jpg This is what that turbo is supposed to be attached to. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...pse3f77770.jpg The guy told me to overhaul it. Hell, he gave me the kit to do it. I kept putting it off, though, and one night, THUD! I was hoping I popped an intercooler pipe or something, but no, it was done. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...psdaeae427.jpg I could have just put a fresh turbo on it and got back on the road, but as I started to get into it I didn't like the way it was done. Stuff like this. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps5df6478a.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...psb8f55275.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps0fc14e81.jpg This connects to that connects to that and before I knew it I had really tore the car apart. That old MO had repeated itself. I was overwhelmed, busy with life and I kept procrastinating. The car has sat in my yard for, honestly, I don't remember how long and I don't even want to calculate it; I already feel like a serial killer. OK, what can I do? Well, what do we already know. Oh yeah, I suck. Yeah, it's time for me to get painfully honest with myself, suck up my pride and hand the car to someone else while there is still a chance to save it. Here's how it looks now. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1575.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1577.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1579.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1580.jpg I enlisted a local shop, one of the few whose work, I wouldn't go so far as to say I trust; let's just say they wouldn't fuck up on purpose and that's actually sort of rare around here. They are down the street from the house and after looking at the car confirmed the shell wasn't too bad and that after they got caught up they could fix the car. |
The original plan was to drop a freshly overhauled, but basically OE R34 engine in with just cams, a head gasket and the turbo kit I had already bought. That fell through, we would have to use my engine which, I hear, was put together from three engines.
This concerned me so I adjusted the build plan. if the block and head castings were usable, great, but the internals would need to be addressed. When we were talking about a refreshed R34 engine I had confidence that the parts would still be in usable condition, but now, with 25 year old bits and pieces, no way. I want new internals and quality machine work. I found a nice price on a new N1 crank, Carrillo I-beam rods and CP forged pistons and placed my order. One vendor for the crank, another for the rods and pistons. Both of those vendors didn't have the parts in stock like their sites said and neither could confirm when they would be in stock. I was pissed, the orders were canceled and I still needed a rotating assembly. I had been lusting after a 2.8 stroker kit from down under, but I didn't want to drop that much coin, but with this new turn of events, suddenly, the kit actually had real utility. They had it on the shelf ready to ship. Order placed. http://www.spoolimports.com/spool-st...b28-stoker-kit I was not enamored with a stroker as I already don't like the rod angles on the RB with its short deck, but it was this or nothing. I like this kit for several reasons.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1585.jpghttp://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1586.jpghttp://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1596.jpg RB engines have their oil pumps driven normally by two flats on the crank, like this. Top is an early crank with a narrow drive section, below is the later version with a better, wider section which helps but doesn't cure the problem. https://mrbizzle.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/rb20.jpg There is a great deal of play between the crank and the driven gear and it rattles after a fashion and places all the stress on the edges of the flats. This vibration can actually cause the pump's backing plate to come loose an to round off the driven sections of the gear like stripping a nut with an open ended wrench which eventually shatters the gear like this, blows the pump and then the engine. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...ilPumpGear.jpg This is the Achilles heel of this engine and kills them quite frequently. Since my build got awfully serious, this would not stand. Many try to fix the problem by getting hardened gears, but the fundamental problem is still there, it just makes failure less likely, but the failure profile remains. Nope, that's not good enough. I had Spool slap one of thier spline drive setups on my crank. The spline system spreads the load 360 degrees and there is very little lash so it should completely eliminate this problem. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1590.jpg Spool also sells the hardened gears to go into the Nissan pump. I went with the N1 pump body and gear wave profile for better flow. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1592.jpg And that gear will slide over this new collar. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1591.jpg My focus on oil control is resolute and there will be some more steps taken to be detailed in later postings. |
After two months the pickup date arrived. The shop is close so they opted to strap tow it over there.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...th_speedin.mp4 After a few more days wait, the engine is out. It's pretty crusty. I hope the castings are usable, but I am worried. This engine is a mystery and there's no telling what we will find when they rip it open. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1603.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1600.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1601.jpg Oh my, there it is. I have come to hate this triple plate clutch. This is another built from multiple donors and I called it the on/off switch. There is no discernible friction zone and it leaves you with two choices, stall the engine or bark the tires. I have a new twin destined to replace it. As I won't be drag racing it, this should be adequate. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1599.jpg Now the car goes to the body shop to get the engine bay repaired and repainted. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1602.jpg |
Well, this has my attention!
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I hope you didn't pay money for that GTR...
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Time for the porn gallery. This seems to be shaping up to be a NFG build not so much because I am trying to become the alpha GT-R around here, I've seen the apex predators around here; the best I could target is toughest hyena walking among the lions. No, it's just I have always done the work myself and to a tight budget so I had to lower expectations, settle for "good enough" solutions and watch for those things coming apart. I have enough funding to solve problems now with top shelf new parts and have better mechanics doing the work so that's what I'm going to do. Screw it, turn into the skid and go "weeeeee!"
First, the more pedestrian stuff. New Nismo motor mounts. The mounts in the car are probably sourced from a pile of used parts that were in the corner of the shop when they dropped the motor in, no thanks. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1623.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1624.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1625.jpg I would have gone with a Haltech if the car had a ROM-tuned OE ECU, but it already has a Power FC D-Jetro (no air flow meters needed) and while not on the level of the Haltech IMO it is still an effective solution. This, plus the fact that the shop has a ton of keyboard time on the PFC and almost none on the Haltech leads me to want to stick with that to make it easier on them to meet my expectations. I'm a picky customer so better to make it easier for them. Aren't I nice? I did decide to increase functionality by picking up the boost control kit for the PFC so they can tune the boost levels right in the ECU and not through one more gizmo competing for space on what will be a busy dashboard. The wiring harness is old and crusty, though so I got with Wiring Specialties (great service) for a full replacement harness including coil pack and transmission harness. Again, eliminate all potential failure points and make life a little easier for the shop. http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps95fb3285.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1622.jpg Oil control is probably the greatest focus I have on the engine build. I will not cut any corners in trying to make it bulletproof. I ran right up to the edge of picking up a dry sump system, but determined that a properly set up wet system with all the known shortcomings addressed would do the job very well. Parts are still coming, namely a Trust extended sump kit to add oil pan capacity, but here is what I have so far. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1608.jpg First, oil slosh. The pan has a bit of a baffle, but it's very shallow which is why I will have the sump extension welded on. There are a few aftermarket oil pan baffles out there to keep the oil pickup constantly submerged in a pool of engine blood, but I determined the Nismo to be the best. I prefer the more rugged swing doors over the rubber ones seen on other types. Secondly, there are a series of crank scrapers to slough oil off the spinning crank. Unfortunately, this item was selected before my crank purchase fell through and I went with the stroker. I may have trouble. The extra swing on the crank IS going to nail those scrapers. At best I will be fitting and trimming for a while to adjust the scrapers to the crank throws, at worst, the rotating assembly will encroach so badly I won't be able to use it. If the latter occurs I may need to go with the lesser Tomei unit. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1612.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1611.jpg Another oiling issue is blowby. RB26s cough up oil through the valve cover breathers like frat boys puke up cheap beer. This has multiple causes, one of which is oil pooling in the head. Part of that is over delivery of oil to the head. This has led to Tomei selling a restricter to reduce oil to the head. Fine. It does make me wonder, though, why they would make that AND a pump that delivers a crap ton more oil than the OE unit, WTF? Either there is too much oil or there isn't, make up your mind. My theory is that oil delivery is fine if the pump doesn't explode (fixed that) and if the pump flows well (N1 pump profile, fixed that) and the pickup never sees air (fixed that). The restrictor will be used, but the oil pooling is still a problem. The drainage is not adequate. Solution, a big rear drain! http://www.spoolimports.com/spool-oi...il-drain-kit-2 http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1610.jpg This kit removes the welsh plug from the rear of the head right where there is a big pool of oil sloshed back by G forces and trying desperately to drain down the casting passages at the same time crankcase pressure is trying to rush up. Gurgle gurgle. Better to dump down that big hose into the rear drain boss on the block. The kit is for twins so has the Y fitting, but I am going big single so the rear port can be dedicated to head drainage, Yaaa! Now, another contributing factor to trademark RB26 blowby is the factory valve cover baffles. They allow oil to slosh back down the baffles, get stacked up and become a barrier to crankcase pressure trying to escape. The oil is thus pushed out by that pressure. Let's redesign the baffles to prevent that. Oh wait, Mines already did it. Take my money! http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1609.jpg Blowby should be, pretty much, eliminated, but there will always be some so I will be researching and picking up a catch can system. The shop wants to fab one up, but theirs and many others have t=no level indicators, filtration nor easy ways to drain or clean them so I will likely buy one. Radium has a sweet setup that makes my junk twitch. http://www.radiumauto.com/Universal-...s-AOS-C58.aspx |
COOLING! It's hot around here and I will not be babying this engine. I want to make sure it doesn't get heat stroke. Picking up on the oiling system, I tapped Greddy again for a nice, big, huge oil cooler kit. I also will never have to reach under the intake trying to get at that oil filter either with the remote mount boss. Happy.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1613.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1615.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1614.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1616.jpg Keeping the oil cooler is one part of the equation, keeping the coolant flowing and shedding heat as efficiently as possible is the other. For the water pump, I am still on the fence. The N1 pump flows better in the upper range, but the stock one does better in traffic. I will be doing a lot of full throttle blasts, true, but I will probably be spending more time in stop and go traffic. Hmm, I'll probably go N1 and avoid possible cavitation problems which create air bubbles that collect in the intake crossover tube and cause trouble. So close to doing JUN cooling mod. So, my credit card walks into Greddy again.... http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1604.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1607.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1606.jpg New Samco hoses to route the water flow AND the power steering fluid. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1605.jpg |
The engine needs its energy drink. I will leave injector and regulator selection up to the shop, but I have made sure whatever they go with will literally have a firehose feeding fuel to them. They have, as they have on most of my parts selections suggested good enough stuff that they normally use, granted, with good results, but I want to over engineer this and push the envelope. So far every part I have brought them has immediately caused them to see what I was on about, case in point the spline drive. They went from "N1 oil pump is good enough" to having mine copied and they are already recommending it to new customers. I suspect this fuel system will be the same.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1617.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1618.jpg The journey starts with a 300LPH in tank pump which feeds into a 3.5 liter tank through the top of which will sit twin 350LPH external pumps. Overkill? Absolutely. Regrets? None. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1620.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1621.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1619.jpg If you see gas prices rise, it's my fault. |
You're planning on putting that engine in a twin, right?
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Alright, the thing that got this snowball rolling, the turbo kit. When the turbo blew I bought a new one with the intention of just replacing the broken part. I should have picked up a the GTX4088R, but I had a moment of weakness and went bigger for no other reason than to do it. That's pretty dumb, kids, don't do that. I picked up a GT4094R.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...psdcfe1cd3.jpg It's basically a 4088 turbine with a 4294 compressor. I was looking for something that would hum along at 600HP, but be able to go higher without breaking a sweat. The map on it looks like this. http://www.atpturbo.com/root/maps/im...4rcompress.gif It was surprising how small it looked next to the Holset, a turbo it stomps on air flow. It looked downright compact in there! [IMG]http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/madatnico/IMG_0708_zps67321***.jpg[/IMG] http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps7ad4bf95.jpg As I mocked it up, though, I encountered problems. First the manifold had been hacked up to mount the Holset because it had a different bolt pattern I didn't like that. I picked up another manifold from the builder that wasn't hacked up and had a GT v band wastegate, albeit a chi-com knockoff. That hurdled I moved on to discover the downpipe was a real clusterfuck and I didn't want to even try to reuse it. Now I had to have a new downpipe made. The GT was also water cooled which meant I needed to source all the fittings and hoses to facilitate that since the old turbo had no water passages. This is where my enthusiasm started tapering off and the long sleep began. I had an epiphany and decided to buy a complete kit to make it as easy as possible to get the car back together. I went with the Greddy kit because it was so comprehensive and the T78 kit over the T88 kit for better response. "Response" on an old repackaged diesel turbo, funny huh? No, I had a plan. I had the kit upgraded to v band thinking I could then use it with the GT turbo. Nope. The V bands are not the same. I was a little discouraged, but while the T78 is not as advanced or powerful as the GT4094 it's still no pushover and could meet my goals so, screw it, I'll use it. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1478.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1485.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1483.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1479.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1480.jpg It's crazy laggy, but not as bad as the T88 and I can't afford to beef up the drivetrain yet past the clutch so having a lazy turbo might help keep my transmission from grenading. I'm not feeling the plastic air filters and because I don't need air flow meters I can run one big filter so these will get shelved. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1482.jpg My parts source is a great guy and when my kit was delayed to weld on the V bands he beat Greddy up about it. They threw in a surge tank free as a gomen-nasai. WHAT? That is not a cheap piece of hardware, AWESOME! http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1481.jpg I'm not sure what color I will paint the car when it gets a chance to go back into the body shop; it's just getting the engine bay done now. As such, the color of the engine was hard to pick. I decided on black since that will go with any color. I started with the valve covers, coil cover and front cover, but after seeing them I decided to coat that nice Greddy surge tank too. It' bad ass looking IMO. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1567.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1566.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1565.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1570.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1569.jpg |
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i agree those engine covers look super nice
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Started picking parts off the engine to put them up for sale. The 720s are heading off to get cleaned and flow checked. they are perfect for my DR30 refresh. The Greddy fuel rail is going.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1632.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1633.jpg The manifold and the chi-com knockoff wastegate are still solid and somebody can use I'm sure. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1629.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1630.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1631.jpg That rat bastard unsprung triple is going up for sale too. Dam, that thing was such a PITA to use. it still has a ton of meat left on the plates and it hasn't been overheated so somebody will want it. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1628.jpg |
Care packages from Greddy!
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1634.jpg I plan on long full throttle blasts and high speed cruising so I need extra oil capacity and they have me covered on all fronts starting with the extra capacity oil pan sump extension. The pan must be cut and this piece welded on. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1641.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1642.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1643.jpg The front and rear diffs will also get larger capacity help keep them cool. I will be putting temperature meter sensors in the rear diff and transmission. If I see high temps I have some oil cooler kits I can hook up, but I'm not going to that trouble if it's not really needed. I'm expecting the extra capacity and cooling fins will keep all my gear oil at a comfortable temperature. Front http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1635.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1636.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1640.jpg Rear http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1637.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1638.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1639.jpg |
Yep, love this. Have seriously considered picking up an R32 for a while now.
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So they popped the valve covers off and it looks like there are some Apexi cams in there, hmm. It was held on with ARP head studs too, nice. Metal head gasket in there, of course.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1645.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1644.jpg Somebody did some intake port work too. They also cut out one quench pad and rounded off another. If I was doing a backyard rebuild myself I would consider myself lucky, scrub everything clean, check the deck and throw it back on, but I'm not. I find this to be a problem. I'm not going to use this head. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1649.jpg The engine overall was super nasty. Sitting so long without running left a lot of scale in the water jacket and it's just disconcerting to look at. I'm not getting a warm fuzzy. Again, if I was shadetreeing this thing myself, scrub it up and send it off to get the bores and deck checked. I'm not, though. I really don't want to use this block http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1646.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1648.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1647.jpg Uh-oh. It's small, but there is a crack between the water jacket and a head bolt hole. It's not big at all and if this was a DIY build I'd probably still use it, but this is a some fucks given, but not very many build. This will not do. Part of me was like "fuck!" but most of me was like "hey, I had to buy a new one, the old one was cracked." Yep, full retard protocols have just been initiated. This thing truly will be a "new" engine. I have sent out the call for price quotes on new castings. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...8837747ec4.jpg |
I've been sensing the guy at the shop really wants to talk more in depth about the build and he only speaks a little English and I speak only a little more Japanese. I can see the frustration on his face and I want to know what's up so i swung by yesterday with my wife to help us communicate better. Her english is better than most Americans, lik 4 realz, YO! but she doesn't speak cars so she can say some of the mechanical terms, but she is not sure exactly what either of us is talking about in either English or Japanese. Boy, I got an earful from the guy. I think I should have benn laying down on a couch and paying him $200 an hour because he dropped the psychology on me. I walked into an intervention.
Basically, when we started this thing, the plan was a low mileage R34 engine, head gasket, cams, my T78 kit and a fuel system upgrade and tune on the Power FC. He was fully on board with that and so was I. Along the way, as I hit snags I vectored up sharply rather than around the trouble stepping the level of the build and the power up. While this eliminated the initial problem it caused new secondary problems of the extra things required to support that upgrade. An engine and a car are the sum of their parts and when one is insanely more capable than the others the others must work harder or be replaced. For an example I merely point to this still rather young thread to see how it snowballs. He was really worried on several fronts. He was concerned I was spending a ton of money and the more money I spent the greater would be my disappointment if something went wrong. He has had a few customers com in and do everything in one shot like this, it went south and they were very angry. I asked if I was pushing him past his capability, but he said no, he could build it, but shit happens. I know that's true, agreed. He was concerned that such a failure would really piss me off, I would blame him and say bad things about the shop and not trust him to work on my stuff anymore. It was more than just that, I really could tell he was coming from the angle of having a happy customer and maintaining a relationship. Not the drug dealer looking for a comeback addict, but a business that you feel safe and confident dealing with so it's always your first choice when you need similar work again. I've been a customer service industry type manager for a long time, I get where he's coming from. He asked why I wanted all this power anyway. I've already told him I'm not going drag racing with it and I don't have any interest in trying to muscle this heavy understeering juggernaut down a togue, but really just intend to lug around in it and occasionally blasting down the highway to stretch her legs out. I don't go out looking for trouble anymore and we have no track around here so I'm really asking him to sell me a sledgehammer to use In shingle laying business. Guilty, point you, guy. The other reason was harder for me to swallow. He was afraid I was going to just straight up kill myself in this evil thing I was having him build. He explained that most of his customers started off with a stock car and stepped up through the power levels and grew in ability along with the car. The idea of my jumping out of the BRZ into a 700+HP death machine is giving him some sleepless nights. A guy put himself in a wheelchair in one of the cars they built and he doesn't like the idea of someone dying in one. A bit dramatic, but I can understand. After I let him get all that off his chest he wrapped it up by saying that it's my car and if I'm still dead set on building this Kraken, he'll do it, but he really hopes I'll let him rip this engine the rest of the way down, inspect it further, if either the block or head is unworkable he'll snag another used one and build, essentially, what we planned at the beginning. He is happy to build the monster if this build bores me, but he really thinks it would be better to get back on the road with this first. He correctly pointed out where my car is deficient, um, which part, oh yeah, EVERYWHERE ELSE, and suggested after the car is back on the road going through the drivetrain, brakes, suspension etc before stepping up to the wrecking ball engine. I definitely agree that the whole rest of the car needs going through. This put me a really conflicted state. I'm feeling a lot of emotions about this. I'm a little angry and confrontational. I've driven powerful cars well. My RX7 was a guided missile. It only had 300hp, but it was very much ready to kill you if you didn't respect it. I drove it very much like I drove the GT-R before the turbo blew and would when it was fixed, with respect. Unfortunately, I know that as you go up in power shit gets harder exponentially. 400hp doesn't feel twice as powerful as 200hp, it's more like three times. I drove a 400hp FC and my 300hp FC didn't feel 25% less deadly, it felt 50% less insane. With the intention of using the 4094R instead of the T78 and buying new block and head, I was going to set the HP figure higher. I pushed the juvenile alpha male confidence to the point of death wish BS down; he is absolutely right. I'm actually relieved. The original plan is what I wanted. I'm sorry, it's more complicated than that. It's what 40 year old me wanted. What happened was when we started to encounter trouble, apparently, I had a seance and invoked the spirit of 20 year old me, he hijacked my credit card and internet connection and went insane. THAT GUY wanted 1000hp and top shelf everything, but he didn't have the money to do it. THIS GUY has the money to do it, but really isn't that pumped to do it. I want to drive my car again and have enough power where it scares me a little. I had that before the turbo popped. This build spun out of control quickly and I was not really happy about it, but just hung on so we could finish with the hope that I didn't regret it. Thank you, sir, for the intervention. You gave me that little push I needed to rein this silliness in. I went to this shop because everyone I know who has dealt with them has been treated well and if anything went wrong it wasn't the shop's fault. I see what the kids bring in to them and expect them to work with; garbage in, garbage out and how the hell did they make it last that long?! It took a fair amount of balls and character to say what he said to a paying customer. I really appreciate and respect him for doing that. The whole thing made me laugh because i have given very similar counsel to other people and not one of them listened and all of them regretted it. I pondered that for a moment. Fine, let's turn down the crazy, you build what YOU think I need instead of what I think I want. If you are willing to put your name on it, I'll trust you. If you miss the mark, though, I'm going to beat you up about it, if that block starts blowing coolant you are going to have to look me in the eye when I limp it in. If that N1 pump that you say is perfectly fine shatters like they seem to with frequency we are going to have a heated discussion next to my busted car and I will be bringing a large takeout box of crow for you to chow down on. Conversely, if something breaks because I beat on it, winding the engine up to 9K causing the pump to blow for example, then that would be my fault and I won't be blaming you for it. If it scares me a little, though, and it stays together, I will absolutely give you all the credit for keeping me honest. Some of this pile of uber parts is going to get put on the shelf. Some of it is more than I would gone with for the original, more realistic build, but they are already bought and buying a lesser part to align with the lower power build would be more waste. I'll have to use the huge intercooler and oil cooler for example, but the stroker kit gets put away. My hedge? I am still going to buy a new head and block, N1 if I can find it, and put them on the shelf next to the other stuff. If this current build misses the mark, I'll probably sell the car with it in there since it's got a few small issues and look for the cleanest, newest R32 I can and we are going to do it my way, 20 year old me can get that dirt bike he always wanted. |
Yeah, welcome to the mind of a disturbed person. When I said I was fine with all that sedate shit I was, of course, completely full of it. That enlightened mood lasted minutes, MINUTES! While it is true that if it had gone as planned with no snags I would have been happy, it didn't. It got messed up and derailed and I just don't like "good enough." If The R34 engine was a go all would have been fine and I would have been very happy. I have a huge pile of top-shelf stuff now, though, and that gear is not going on the shelf. Screw that noise.
So, me being the pretty vindictive emotional girl I am I got mad and I started to get adversarial. Sorry ladies, maybe YOU don't do this, but I guaran-godd-damned-tee you ALL your friends do. My inner monologue went kind of like this. http://www.mariaelita.com/wp-content...lt-tantrum.jpg Yup, it was childish and more than a little embarrassing, but at the core, under the dramatic BS it is true. I want what I want and fuck you if you don't agree. I got super insane there for a day. I mean, like, never mid; I want to move past that dumb crap I was thinking and saying, Cliff's notes, I'm going to get exactly what I want, period. Now, I am very excited about the idea of the car being back on the road in any form and this shop can do that no problem if I back off and let them do their cookie cutter milquetoast shit. Fine, do that, gimme my car back and I will start upgrading everything else while I have another engine built. That became the plan. Use all the old shit, replace what needs to be replaced and nothing more and finish the damned thing. The dude is pretty astute. He got done cleaning the head and had me take a look. It cleaned up well. Two bad valve guides, nothing terrible. We discussed the plan and I told him to reuse the cams with fresh springs and do the Naprec Response kit. http://www.naprec.co.jp/product_en/hrk-rb26 The head needs the overhaul, fine, do that. We walk over to the block and I ask "are you using this" and kick it. He gets shifty about it and tries to justify it then admits we need another block and he mentions my 2.8 kit going into it. I stop him and remind him we are doing the weak-ass C+ trophy for participation same old pathetic shit build and he isn't using my full counter forged 2.8 stroker kit for that, "good enough, remember?" Yeah, I said it like your girlfriend would too. I'll own it. https://stacyannbuchanan.files.wordp.../07/bitchy.jpg He starts thinking about where he can get a decent used block to put this stock shit into and I ask "do you want to use my brand new block?" He's shocked and asks me if I bought it and I just laughed. "Of course, I said I was going to." That block was going to be for the second engine. He's very excited about getting a new engine block to build. You starting to see what I'm doing? http://drowningworms.com/wp-content/...shing-girl.jpg My ass isn't that epic, but I felt I owed you some candy for slogging through all my aimless insane rambling. You're welcome. Yeah, I tell him he can use the block, but he is going to have to take that good enough shit and stuff it. He agrees. OK, now the bitch girl has what she wants and she's willing to have sex. I ask him if he still wants to use the cylinder head with the bad guides. He says yeah and explains the work that they will do and it will be great. I ask why he doesn't want to use the new cylinder head I ordered with the block. he gave me the Ralphie look like when his dad told him there was another box behind the desk. http://i.ytimg.com/vi/58DnxT54STU/0.jpg He actually waved at the old head like "fuck that thing." So, we are back on track, that crazy track that Indiana Jones rode down it Temple of Doom, sure, but that's MY track so it's great, weeee! I swung by Nissan yesterday to check on something and coincidentally the cylinder head is already here! I like the smell of new parts. Yes, yes, I frigging sniffed the thing. You don't? Something is wrong with you, then. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1661.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1651.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1656.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1659.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1657.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1652.jpg I have heard how rough some of these things are coming out of the box and yeah, there is a lot of work to be done in there! http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1655.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1658.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1660.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1654.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1653.jpg |
More stuff has arrived!
I want to keep all the heat in the exhaust system and not radiating all over my engine bay. I tapped PTP for some of their stuff. I went with their Lava line of products. The outer layer is actually woven basalt fibers with calcium silicate insulation inside rated to 1800 F continuous contact. That's hot enough to touch my damned credit card! It's starting to melt at this point. I got two widths of wrap for the manifold, the form-fitted T4 blanket and gold foil heat shielding for the strut tower and firewall. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1662.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1664.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1663.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1665.jpg The T78 is about the same size as the T4 so the blanket fits it well. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1669.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1666.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1667.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1668.jpg It's T78-33D with a 17CM hot side. It should wind up pretty quick for an outdated diesel turbo with a flashy compressor housing. The 2.8 stroker with the 260/10.25 cams should help it come on a bit faster, but it's no GTX or EFR. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1670.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1671.jpg |
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I'm assuming you're in Okinawa? Stationed or retired?
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I am forcing him to build what I want, but yes, you are right, neither of us is happy. He's going to whine about the turbo blanket next. He thinks you should only put those on turbos with water cooled center sections. It's nice theory, but it's just that. I know he has no real evidence. There is evidence, however, that using it should increase exhaust gas velocity for a bit faster spool and that it will lower underhood temperatures somewhat so it's going on there. I already have a second builder lined up if this build bores me or I feel the work isn't good enough and I'm willing to do it again if that's what I have to do. I'm really picky so I accept the extra struggle as the cost of getting what I want. Everybody who knows me laughs when I say it, but I just don't see any way this beast could bore me. It will have almost double the power of anything I've ever owned and I have been putt-putting around in the BRZ for a year; my perspective is low. This thing should scare the hell out of me. My friends and family seem to think I will be wanting more in less than a month. They do know me well, they are rarely wrong, but I hope they are this time. I just want to drive my car again. It's still not back from the body shop and I'm all itchy. I put together a full gauge package out of my "box o gauges" and some vintage DEFIs I scored that match what I already had and I can start sorting out the interior while they are waiting for the cylinder head to get back from being hogged out to flow the entire jet stream. I have a Recaro in the pile of parts that can replace the worn out, torn stock seat perfectly. I think I might need to get serious about putting the roll cage in it. I could feel it twist and flex before. It's only going to get worse. I've also seen what happens to R32s when they wreck. It looks like this. http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbvie...d-coke-can.jpg They bend in half along the plane of the front seats like there is an invisible hinge in there. It's not a pretty sight and not the way I am looking to go out. |
Status report: The car is still in the body shop getting the engine compartment sorted out, the cylinder head is still up at NAPREC getting machined to within an inch of its life and the engine block is still coming. More goodies have arrived. I think I'm getting close to being finished sourcing parts.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1674.jpg First, cam sprockets and lifters. My engine builder is getting the cams, springs, retainers, keepers and shims, NAPREC is providing the larger valves, but Tomei is out of stock on sprockets and lifters. Luckily, Tomei USA had some in stock. I was offered HKS sprockets, but I don't like only having three bolts locking the sprocket down. I'm sure there are few instances of failure, if any, but I just want maximum clamping. The Tomei sprockets have five bolts so good to go. The lifters are required because of the lift on the cams. They are 10.25 so factory height lifters won't work with that base circle. NAPREC also has to hog out the casting to let those things actually spin in the head. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1678.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1679.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1676.jpg I ordered ARP studs and bolts, but I forgot that I told ole boy to use some Tomei head and main studs. Not sure why I did that. They are more expensive and no better. Oh well, I know I'll be building another RB26 so I have those parts already. I will be using the flywheel bolts at least. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1675.jpg This is a crucial component, the harmonic balancer. I'm very serious about combating vibration in the rotating assembly. That has a lot to do with the fully counterweighted crankshaft which, owing to how beat up it got in transit, will probably be heading back into the machine shop for a check and possible rebalance. The ATI unit is rated highly and seen on many big power builds. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1681.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1680.jpg It comes with 360 degrees of timing marks and a water pump pulley. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1683.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1682.jpg |
My god. You really are a mad scientist!
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So, Nissan called....
The company that makes the blocks (it's not Nissan?) can't get enough metal or some such crap. The cliff's Notes of it, no block until, at the earliest, October. Excuse me a moment. http://gifsec.com/wp-content/uploads...GIF-3.gif?gs=a |
I've been sort of reconsidering the crazy power figures. There's no real racing around here, legal or otherwise so it was sort of, dare I say, unnecessary. Having the blocks held up and sort of being cornered into using a cracked block, at least for now, gave me cover to back down without looking indecisive. I am indecisive as I'm sure everyone has noticed, I just want some cover. Sure, it's as sheer as a Victoria's Secret camisole, but it's still cover, dammit!
I went over to the shop to tell them the bad news. They weren't surprised; they've been burned too. I asked them to keep the drag head going up at Naprec, but to have the other quench pad cut out too. If that thing does get used it will be for a four digit power build. I started brainstorming with them about a substantially lower power build because of the cracked block. Turns out he had a cracked one just come back from the machine shop. Yup, it's cracked. They put sealer on the cracks and installed cylinder sleeves. I don't like those cracks, but if I bought five used RB26 engines, probably four of the blocks would have the same cracks. The sleeves were bored for the model of CP piston they use in almost all their builds. It's no coincidence that my stroker kit uses the same size pistons, albeit with a higher pin height to compensate for the stroke and thus allowing stock length rods. He wanted to make me a "deal" on a rotating assembly for the block, but I squashed that, "we're using the stroker kit." I have amassed so many boxes of brand new parts for various projects that I never finished, nope, I'm not doing that again. If I thought I would be cornered into using a cracked block I wouldn't have bought the stroker kit, but I did, I'm using it. If I do build another engine I'll get an even better rotating assembly, but if I don't I don't have a $6K stroker kit and oil pump taking up space in one, read that ONE of my shipping containers. Yes, SHIPPING CONTAINER, you know, one of these. http://ccearchitecture.weebly.com/up...28433_orig.jpg I have two filled to the top with car parts NOT ONE MORE PART!. Well, maybe just the drag head, and, the new stock head, and the new block when it gets here, and, um, the other new block, SHUT UP! Alright, what's the focus of this "low power" engine. If it doesn't have huge power, IMO, it should offset that by being brutally responsive, I mean a real neck-snapper with a fat torque curve that eats up windy roads and casual stoplight confrontations. I think 400whp with a really aggressive response character will make a really fun, highly streetable and still mean enough to bloody some noses kind of car. That should help keep the drivetrain together as well. The stroker crank is going to bring more torque, I've asked him to send a used stock head up to have the guides changed and he's going to clean up the ports, but the quench pads are staying in. This should give me even more grunt, but limit top end boost, but I think the block is already doing that. I asked him to round off the edges of the pads to prevent hot, sharp edges, but otherwise leave the chambers alone. A set of slightly higher lift, longer duration Tomei Poncams, some new lifters and springs and done up top. I'll use a stock intake instead of the big Greddy tank, again, for response and instead of the T78 I'll grab a GTX3582R turbo. That should spool up like crazy. I'm rolling the dice bigtime with this block and I will have to keep an eye on my gauges and my oil and coolant for any signs the block has failed completely. I would argue strongly with anyone else about the foolishness of this course of action, but I understand fully the risk and I accept that I might roll snake eyes and be pulling this engine back out in a few months after it splits down the middle. I wouldn't wish it on anyone else, but I can handle the heartbreak if it happens. There's a nice gentleman down in New Zealand who be only too happy to ship me up a built RB30 to bolt my cylinder head of doom onto. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJatpnZglcg"]How We Create 1000 Horsepower Engines - YouTube[/ame] |
I'm just wore out with buying all this stuff. I know, woe is me, but it's to the point now where there's no more joy in acquisition, just more money getting burned up on a frivolous project. The haul today is technically stuff I already paid for so, yeah. The cylinder head up at Naprec will be for the big power build and these bits and pieces are going in that. Tomei smorgasbord right here.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1696.jpg I had to order the cam gears and the lifters myself, this is the rest of the package. First the valve springs. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1697.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1698.jpg Now all the studs to hold the business together. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1699.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1700.jpg I am using the new ARP head and main studs to bolt the A-Team engine, but the beast gets these. The Tomei units have these posts at the bottoms. They bottom out in the hole to further stabilize the studs. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1701.jpg Now the bumpsticks that will orchestrate this show. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1702.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1703.jpg The lift is so high the head has to be cut to clear them. This is one of the things Naprec is doing for me. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1704.jpg Be sure to put them in right or you're going to have a bad time. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1705.jpg I decided I can live with the missing quench pad on my old head to save some money buying another used head. I'll have some new bronze guides installed, get some new Tomei valve springs and reuse the Apexi cams and lifters, but the old HKS cam gears are going on the auction block. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1695.jpg |
So, the GT turbo sold. I took a massive loss on it, but I was stupid and stupid costs money. At least it won't just sit on the shelf and never get used and the sale will cover the cost of its replacement. The guy is putting it on the 2JZ in his Supra. That is going to be a wicked combination so I'm happy for him, the turbo and me. As soon as Full Race can put the invoice together we'll get my S300 SXE 64.5mm turbo on its way over. That should be snappy as all get out on the 2.8.
I went over to the shop to pay for the head work on that head that, that's right, is going in a box and sitting on a shelf like a mythical weapon to be retrieved in case of crisis to free the people from oppression, to vanquish thine enemy, yada yada. They have the block's cylinders honed for my pistons, the piston ring gaps all filed to size and the crank installed. That big sumbitch spins nice in there. Happy. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1710.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1712.jpg Yeah, all bolted in. Wait, what, why is it BOLTED in? Remember these? http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1675.jpg I know I gave him the main studs and ONLY the main studs. These guys are so disorganized I don't trust them to hold any of my parts that they aren't going to be installing immediately. They are nice guys, but, seriously, I've seen an 8 year old run a lemonade stand with more oversight. So I ask him if it's in for good or just mocked up. He says It's in for good. I ask why he used bolts. He gives me a dumb look. I have gotten to the point of not replying to painfully obvious questions so I give him a Red Foreman, newspaper down "dumbass" look. Hey, whaddayaknow, he gets there all by himself "you gave me head studs," I just swing my head slowly back and forth. He runs over to my parts pile, pulls the ARP box out, reads it, opens it and starts talking about some unrelated shit while he fires up his air ratchet and starts unscrewing the stock main bolts. Fearing I might loop the air hose around his neck and choke him out I walked out. Dude, please pull your head out of your ass before I drop that GT-R off the lift onto your head. I am paying you to do a job and you are fucking up at every turn. It's no longer that dream I had all those years ago, it's like a bad colonoscopy and you already have the camera up my ass. Focus, motherfucker, go blanka and finish this better than anything you have ever done and give me back my car with no BS. I promise to bite my lip and let you finish poking around in my ass just so I can be done with it. Make sure every bolt was tightened, every task completed and nothing, NOTHING, will fail due to a dumb mistake you made. Hey, if the block leaks, it was cracked. I chose to take that risk, not your fault. An improperly torqued bolt comes loose and grenades my engine, though, and we are going to have a serious problem. I promise I will come by CONSTANTLY and check EVERYTHING you do to "help" you achieve greatness for both our sakes. You can tell your buddy to quit giving me the stinkeye when I do too. If you weren't fucking up all the time I would still have confidence in you. You killed that now here we are. It's my money, it's my car and you are a scatterbrain. I am now an auditor, fine. I think you can do a good job if I look over your shoulder and catch every mistake so that's what I will have to do. I told you to give me my Naprec head back without doing anything else to it for a reason. We will not be working together ever again. |
So, I went over there yesterday and when I walked in one guy asked me whether I wanted one or both quench pads cut out. Sensing trouble I sighed "both." He turns to the other guy and says "I told you!" Count, 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, "why do you ask?" The head has arrived back from getting all the mods. Oh, did I say all, how stupid of me. I open the box and sure enough, only the intake pad was cut out. Before I let out the rage I took a moment to admire what had been done, HOLY CRAP! This thing is sexy! The CNC work is a thing of beauty. Ok, though, time to lose my cool. They start apologizing profusely and I say "fuck it, give it to me."
I've already sort of showed my displeasure several times so they step back then insist they can send it back at no extra charge, but I just walk away and start looking at my boss' car; he's got the same turbo I'm ordering, I'm visualizing, happy. They try to use my boss to translate what they are saying. He's like "he understands you, why are you talking to me?" Finally they whine so much I'll do anything to make the shit stop so I just point at the box on the shop floor and say "do it then and while you're at it send the other head out already, why is it still here?" Now, I swing by Nissan today to pick up my grab bag of little odds and ends; you know, all those little oft-forgotten seals and gaskets and crap that you don't remember until you are putting the engine together; I remembered. I brought some of them over, but not all; I don't need them losing this stuff. The short block is coming together. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1714.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1713.jpg http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1715.jpg Oh crap.... Did you see it? How about now? http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1716.jpg There. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1717.jpg I am building an improvised explosive device, folks. Yup, this thing is not going to make it to 2017. Hell, my new block that is scheduled to arrive in October should be just in time because the safe money is this engine will be coming right back out with oil and coolant running out of multiple cracks. I'll order some piston rings because I'm going to need them. The upside is because this engine will likely fail within months I doubt the pistons will even be scuffed when they are invariably pulled out. For reasons that should be obvious I will be having that engine built by someone else. What I would really like to do is bring this block back, put it down on the floor of their shop then go back to my car and come back with my 12lb sledgehammer and smash the block into a pile of metal. I would then wipe off my sledgehammer with their cleanest rag, I like my sledgehammer, and leave and never come back. |
JB Weld putty?
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I have been on the fence about doing the intercooler pipes in the same wrinkle black. I came down off the fence and had them done. The GT-R has a mess of pipes and couplers, and twin blow off valve mounts and mess like that; a lot of it long rubber hoses. It looks like crap and it's not good enough. I picked up the Greddy hard pipe kit which replaces a majority of the pipe and hose run with smooth highly polished cast pipes with silicone couplers. They look great right out of the box.
All things being equal I would love to have everything all shiny and polished, but I live close to the ocean and everything rusts even aluminum; white rust. After everything is installed, even if I was the kind of guy to religiously polish stuff, I wouldn't be able to get at most of the shiny stuff. That, combined with the fact that I am NOT the kind of guy to clean stuff regularly even if I could easily reach it led me to powdercoat a lot of stuff. Any place where I can eliminate a maintenance task is advantageous. Gotta coat those pipes too! http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1725.jpg To ease hose installation, like the surge tank, I had the coater leave the ends uncoated. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1726.jpg I gave a little nod to the bling and had him leave the cast in Greddy script uncoated too; the contrast really pops. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1727.jpg |
Ok, the new screw arrived. The T78 was acceptable back when the engine build was for a top end car, but with the broken block build and its lower power figure and the focus being on response, that ancient, slow spooling design is a non-starter. No, I want the turbo to scream onto boost. There were a few on the list of possibles. The GTX3582R and the Borg Warner EFR 8374. Both are a little large, but they offset that by being much more efficient than the dated Greddy unit and also have a lot of overhead so I might be able to use them on the next build. Unfortunately, both are not cheap being ball bearing types, are thus not easily rebuildable if something should go wrong. You know, like if you had a sketchy block that might spring a leak at full scream. I'm already risking my stroker kit, I'm not going to double down with a bleeding edge level turbo. I went with the Borg Warner S300 SXE. Here it is next to the T78.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1730.jpg It's a bushing turbo, but has a 360 degree thrust bearing and with the billet wheel, antisurge compressor housing and capability to mount a wheel speed sensor, it's not exactly "settling," but if something goes catastrophically wrong and the turbo gets shredded, I'm out $1200, not $2400. It's the 64.5 wheel and I opted to kick in a little extra to get the black ceramic coating on the exhaust housing. I chose the 0.91 back side to further emphasis response. i can later switch out to a larger backside if this turbo carries over to the next build and I want to see just how crazy it can get. http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...i/IMG_1731.jpg |
Enjoying the writing style and progress on the build. That wrinkle black looks phenomenal!
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Have to agree. Really enjoying following this build. Epic!
I have a friend with a similar insanely built R32 GTR in Sydney. Prices for GTR related parts are climbing of late on the market due to import restrictions being lifted on the 32's. You may just be sitting on a gold mine with all those parts in shipping containers. |
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looks like a great build. I'm a big fan of r30's but mostly the 2 door. your xr4's look great. its not often you see people running 15inch wheels on these old motors.
you cant really see it but they are my stupid big longchamps in my sig |
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