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.

Yeh,

Done that with standard oem lifters before.

These are jwt and don't seem to come apart that easy.

JWT lifters??? Are you sure about that??

I can’t find any trace of JWT lifters on their website or anywhere on the net

I had a receipt for both in the paperwork, but now I'm not so sure on the lifters.

They are definitely aftermarket compared to what I have already.

Had enough of these aftermarket lifters.

Now that I can't confirm the make I'll stick with the original oem ones.

Engine Assembly time.

Managed to get the heads back on, all the lifters and cams torqued down again, then fitted the cam gears and went to do the belt.

Not as easy as i remember it a few years ago so had dificulty getting the marks to line up with the crank pulley at the bottom.

I'm guessing the sprocket is slightly out so i'll try again tomorrow, but need to find some clamps to keep the top done.

If in doubt, count teeth on the belt between the marks

Timing belt now done properly and tensioner set to 4mm.

Starting to look like a long lost engine i own.

Had to wait a day or so for the new silicon gasket to show up.

But now its arrived I've got the cam covers back on and sealed up.

Nearly impossible to torque down the bolts for these AMS manifolds.

You can only get into two of the bolts with a wrench, the others are on as tight as i can get without rounding the nuts.

3 hours to install the first turbo ☹️

After figuring out how to install the water and oil feed pipes i discovered (only after spending 30 minutes doing the bolts)

that the actuator falls foul of the oil tree and the oil feed connector block.

Back off they came and grinded some of the oil tree in hopes it clears it when its on.

Very close

But i think that will do.

Next issue is for the left bank, as the instructions and pipe work are designed for the USA market

and such do not take into account the stock oil pressure sensor.

I know need to work out how to adapt the pipe from the two different threads.

below is part of the stock oil line that feeds the turbos, on the right is the new hose i need to adapt to.

I had an idea to use this connection but the oil feed bolts thread is too long so it will never tighten.

So i decided to skip trying to find an adaptor for the oil line and just relocated the oil sender to the other side instead.

Much cleaner this way and all new pipes fitted now.

So with the oil pipe sorted the other turbo is now fitted too.

Also fitted my new downpipes, Not a bad days work on the engine.

May have missed it, but what turbos are they?

Z1 GT525+'s

Back to work on the zed this morning and all was going well until i discovered that the stock intake turbo pipes wont fit with the oem heat sheilds.

appears the clearance isnt there so i had to take them back off .

Also start to attach all the auxiliary hoses like the water pipes and vac pipes.

However thinking this would be simple would be wrong; things have been scattered over the years and a few of the pipes are missing.

So thought i'll crack on to the plenum so i fitted the fuel rail down nice and snug.

Next issue we have - Spark plugs - no-where to be found !!

So looks like i'm building another list of parts thats needed.