nickz32

But people are posting stuff they’re doing to their Z’s in that thread.... why wouldn’t they post it in their own build threads/journals/garage pages?

Curious

He’s read it numerous times.... just a voyeur when it comes high performance VG building

How was Route Nap Si?

I’m sorry my build thread is boring you Jeff.... and yet I haven’t seen you post a single comment, question or reply on its 26 pages. So in short you’re moaning that there’s not enough content being created and commented on, and yet you’re criticising those of us who are making an effort to post content. I’m not really see the point in this thread other than to rock the boat

I’ll let the pictures do the talking

Well bar the aux belts, it’s ready to be installed Gave the clutch and flywheel a bit of a clean before installation And did a little more interior work Will finish the interior tomorrow while I wait for the belts to be delivered, and being well the engine will be back in the engine bay tomorrow

Mate that sucks. Glad everyone’s OK

Reasonable progress today Took a bit of time to swap the brake pedal assembly over for the cruise control as well as sorting some of the wiring out under the dash. Hopefully the rest of the interior will be back in tomorrow

As promised, here’s a pic of the turbo drain modification Managed to get the ancillaries on, but noticed I’ll need new aux belts (forgot the ATi Damper isnsame sized as stock, while these belts were for my underdrive pulley) While I’m waiting for parts to arrive to allow me to finish the engine, I started on some of the other jobs. New AC condenser went in And I started on the wiring loom install Tomorrow I’m planning on cracking on with getting the AC matrix and blower back in and start getting the dash back in

Also took a few pics showing some CNC details I love on my engine

Well it’s not been a straight forward couple of days! A mixture of expected and unexpected issues have made for very slow progress in the reassembly process. Issue #1 (unexpected) I’ve installed the dipstick tube as per usual and obvious gone to install the dip stick... only to find if won’t go all the way in and I can hear it fouling against something metal inside the sump... how odd. Message Mitch to find this is an unheard off issue to him with all the main caps kits he’s sold. So I try rotating the dipstick and it drops in. Sweet. Go to pull the dipstick out with one finger and it instantly grabs and releases leaving me with... What the eff! The measuring weight at the end of the dipstick had come off leaving me no option but to have to remove the sump to retrieve it.... balls.... but at least I got to see my engine internals first hand Managed to retrieve the end without any issues It appears to be a clearance issue between the girdle and the pickup that’s grabbing onto the dipstick. Obviously I’ve made Mitch aware and much pondering is being hand as to how to resolve the issue as easily as possible. Issue #2 (expected) I’ve then moved onto rebuilding the turbos. A new one for me as I’ve never rebuilt a turbo before. While the assembly is straightforward enough, getting the “clocking” of the housing correct look a bit of trial and error Issue #3 (partially expected) Onto installing the turbos and the issue became apparent As with all after market parts, tweaking is always required, and I come to expect it. So to solve this I cut down the drain pipe just before the upward turn, flared the end and used a section of reinforced rubber hose to join up the drain to the sump. Didn’t have chance to take a pic as was a little stressed out by this point. Issue #4 (unexpected) Assembly moved on, to find that I was missing a few parts that I’ll need to finish the engine before it goes back into the engine bay. A few of my PCV hoses, thermostat and couple of the Plenum bolts had been missed during the packing process. So I’ll have to wait for them to arrive to top and tail the engine before installation. So as it stands, the engine currently looks like this Plan for tomorrow is to get the ancillaries back on the engine and get the belts on. Then I’ll make a start on the wiring loom and refitting the interior.... hopefully tomorrow will be a little less stressful!

She’s home! I’ll post more pics tomorrow, been a hectic day...

I repainted mine, it’s in my build thread

No mate, just the complete engine

29ft 7 and a bit inch’s of DEI reflect-a-Gold tape later... The IC pipes were fairly easy to wrap nicely.... the turbo intake pipes were simply impossible to get a crease free finish on, simply too many angles and shapes to contend with.

What points are they measuring from? I’m assuming wheel centre to wheel centre?

What a per-lava getting my engine collected has been! Was meant to be collected last Tuesday by FedEx, and after lots of excuses and £235 of international calls to get them to do their effing jobs, they finally got their arses in gear and picked up my engine. (Don’t ask... it’ll take me too long to explain, and yes, I am seeking compensation) All being well, it’ll be here on Monday

One too many dugga duggas.... titanium isn’t known for its ability to stretch!

Came out OK

Haven’t decided yet

Coming on nicely

I’ll more than likely ceramic coat (like my hotside parts) the Plenum in the future. But time is of the essence at the moment and I do t have time to sort that before it goes for mapping on the 30th Sept. As for painting the top of the Plenum black. I’ve pondered it. While black is quickest at loosing heat, it’s also the quickest at absorbing heat. The air charge going through the Plenum is probably doing a more efficient job at removing the heat from the Plenum (to the detriment of the air charge temps) so I think I’m better of focussing in reducing the amount of radiative heat penetrating into the Plenum than increasing its ability to absorb and then radiate that heat. I think in an ideal world, there would be some sort of heat shield underneath the Plenum, but I think that would be really tricky to make so it fit around the cam covers, coil packs etc etc etc

No reason why you can’t post here