The rebuild has finally started today and so far in a few hours I've managed to completely strip the interior.

 

 

 

Next job on my list is to get both the bumpers, tailgate and bonnet off.

 

After that i'll work on the body panels and stripping down the engine.

Another customs charge from Fedex this time, although a 5th of what i paid to UPS.

At least the new kit will arrive in the next few days as its already at Standsted.

Well, Fedex parcel arrived, and we have 1 box with AMS manifolds and no Turbos.

Never knew of a company to be so incompetent in there shipping process.

And 2nd parcel is now with Fedex, dont know why they couldnt ship both at the same time.

Another huge fee for import, this time over £450

Engine build has started again !

New manifold pipes arrived yesterday and spent a good hour pulling the old studs off for a slightly shorter version.

These are AMS V2's, but they look near identical to the ones i have on a spare engine.

Took a while but managed to get them fitted as they were tight to do up each bolt nearly at the same time to get them fitted.

Turbos have arrived in the UK, delivery tomorrow.

Happy new Turbo day, Fresh out the box.

Set of GT525+

Starting to build up the engine again, and can i find all the proper bolts - nope.

need to fit the oil tree prior to the turbos and just discovered i don't have a gasket.

When you cant find the bolt you need, spread out a bit, you'll get there eventually.

Day one and we starting on the donor engine.

God i've missed doing this blog.

Cams out and now need to get the lifters out to access the springs, and cant find my bloody magnet.

Heads off, springs out

And now we are onto the main engine.

Heads now off.

Calling it a day now, next job is to get all the springs out the new heads and replace them with the JWT versions.

After that its just a case of building it back up.

UPS are awful for importing stuff. I insist on fedex every time I get stuff from the states, never had a problem with them and import duty is paid on your behalf and then you’re invoiced after delivery

Working on the new build heads today,

I removed the old springs and lifters then fitted the JWT springs and lifters then I planned to put the new cams in too but discovered all the lifters are spongy.

After dipping them in oil and compressing the pistons on them a few times all the air quickly came out,

However many of them, likely 10 are still spongy so not sure what to do at this point.

19 hours ago, JaiKai said:

Working on the new build heads today,

I removed the old springs and lifters then fitted the JWT springs and lifters then I planned to put the new cams in too but discovered all the lifters are spongy.

After dipping them in oil and compressing the pistons on them a few times all the air quickly came out,

However many of them, likely 10 are still spongy so not sure what to do at this point.

I purchased the last set of turbo lifters from, conceptua_performance_tuning.

When I rebuilt mine a while ago few still tapped and OEM were NLA. New cams you need solid lifters and I did not want to spend that much.

They can be rebuilt, but not the easiest to dismantle them.

When they stay spongy even after pumped in oil the valve inside is stuck and they are working on the spring action only rather than oil.