The New Setup

[BoostedAWD91]

The time has finially come when the engine is ready for a rebuild. It was leaking and spraying oil all over the engine bay, turbo is completly blown (Stupid knockoff EVO 3 16G)which was new when i bought the car 2 years ago and not even a year later it was junk /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif I was planning on building a engine, but since i couldnt afford to right now i purchased a longblock of Nate Crisman as a starting point.
Stock Engine w/ 86k
Balance shafts removed
ARP head studs
Mitsubishi MLS headgasket
I started ripping her apart this weekend and got some of the engine bay cleaned up. Here are some pics of the progress so far.
Here is the new engine that i got from Nate which just needs come good cleaning


The Old Setup, which was lets just say messy

 

[BoostedAWD91]

Here is some progress pics of the engine

 

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Nice work!! Keep the pictures coming. You have that intake mani so blinging it looks like glass.

BTW where did you get the ex. mani done? Im thinking about an external wastegate.

-Alan

 

[BoostedAWD91]

Engine is finially assembled and in the car. Looks alot better now with some nice pieces done by JNZ Finishing and a local powdercoater did the black chrome parts

 

[NateCrisman]

Nice. As I said, keep me posted on how the motor runs and all. Looks good so far.

 

[BoostedAWD91]

yea ill definatly keep u updated nate and let ya know when its running

 

[BoostedAWD91]

well after weeks of some long hours and alot of tweaking to get everything to fit right, i finially got it completed. Im and very happy with how it turned out. I still have alittle tuning to do and fix a dripping radiator hose but other than that it should be good to go.
list of what was done (if i can remember everything)
stock motor with ARP headstuds, Mitsubishi MLS head gasket and BS removed
2G Manifold with Tial 40mm
Beaner o2 Housing
JMF Race Intake Manifold
JMF Custome Catch can
Valve cover with 10an fittings done up by JNZ
t3/t04B H-3
PTE 780cc injectors
Walboro 255
-8 Braided line from Pump
Fuelab Fuel Filter
Aeromotive AFPR
Tial BOV with custom built piping
Rebuilt NT Throttle Body with FIAV blockoff
AFCO Scirroco Radiator
Pretty much all new bolts for everything
ACT 2600 w/ street disc
4 bolt rear
VPC and GCC with keydiver chip
Datalogger finially
Defi Blue Series Boost,Oil Pressure and water temp gauges
Some Black Chrome powerdercoated parts
Hallman Pro Boost controller(on its way)
flame retardant braided wire covering(started but alot to go to fix the wiring harness)

 

[91GSR]

looks awesome man. i am interested in the valve cover tapped with the SS lines. i know it goes to the catch can but what made you decide to tap it like that? any advantages of it?

 

[BoostedAWD91]

no real reason, i sent it out to jnz to have powerdercoated and i told josh to welded 10an fittings on it for a catch can and thats how he did it. I would probably do it alittle different next time so it doesnt sit up so high, but i still have a good 1 1/2-2" hood clearance

 

[91GSR]

that was another thing i was wndering. it looks lie it sits up awful high. 2 inches of clearance is plenty tho

 

[SleepinGVR4]

Looks great Chris.

 

[381gvr4]

What a transformation!!!! Looks awesome!!!!! Beautiful +1 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[BoostedAWD91]

well i planned on taking it out for its first ride today after putting the new lower radiator hose and of course its still leaking. so my freshly powdercoated water pipe must be leaking at the joint from the main pipe to small pipe for the heater hoses and what not. so i just had my spare one off the old motor cleaned up and the stock turbo coolant lines welded shut and the feed pipe for the heater hoses redone so its definatly not gonna leak in the future. leak tested it and its good to go on. so hopefully i can get the old pipe off without to much trouble and the new one installed tonight after work