All of these build threads have given me the bug to do one too, so here goes.
I munched my motor this year at Downsview Park when it popped out of gear as I mashed the gas. With all of the noise from the tires, I didn't hear the motor bouncing off the limiter until it was too late. The stock computer has a fuel cutting rev limiter, so I leaned it out big time while hitting the limiter and now have low compression on the #3 cyl.
I have the stock computer with an AFC and needless to say, motors don’t last forever with tunes like these… which didn’t surprise me. It did however last over 30K of generous beatings including 2 drift seasons, a bunch of road trips and daily floggings for 2 summers.
Here’s a little back ground of how the engine mods went.
Winter of '06/'07:
Bing’s manifold
GT2871r .64ar (purchased through Bing’s)
JGS oil kit
Bicknell Racing Products fittings and lines for coolant
370’s rebuilt and flowed
Walbro 255 fuel pump
Bing’s intercooler piping
Bing’s silicone couplers
Bing’s t-bolt clamps
FMIC (to fit with uncut rebar, a/c and fogs)
Greddy Type S BOV (w/rare black top)
2.25" exhaust welded up by me
3” mild steel down pipe modded for KA by me
apexi AFC NEO
Changes made over winter of '08/'09:
Wiertech tubular ss tig’d manifold (bottom mount)
Megan 3" ss elbow
Wiertech 3" ss tig’d downpipe
Wiertech 2.5" ss tig’d exhaust
Magnaflow muffler
Urethane filled motor and tranny mounts
Winter of ‘09/’10
Things I have:
550’s
AEM EMS w/map, uego, boost solenoid and serial gauge
Things I don’t have yet:
Full engine rebuild kit including all gaskets, seals and bearings.
New OEM timing kit and oil pump
ARP head and main studs
Forged rods
Forged pistons
Fuel pump relay kit to ensure full voltage
Ignition coil relay kit to ensure full voltage
Machining to be done:
.020” overbore
3 or 5 angle valve job
Port matching
Now for the pics.
Apret le turbo
Avec le Turbo!
This is me at Downsview blowing the motor up :mad: (Ronnie, I hope it’s ok for me to post this pic… let me know otherwise)
In my dads shop where I’m doing the work
After pulling a few things off
The engine should be out this coming thursday if all goes well.
So yeah, that’s her for now.
I’ll try to keep things fresh in here… there will be pics of all of the machining and building so stay tuned!
PS: Ronnie, I sent you an email asking your permission to post this pic you took of me, but if you didn’t receive it, PM me if you would like me to take it down. Thanks for taking such a great couple of pics btw!!
