Pics of painted intake parts, etc. 3rd gen upper intake conversion
 

I took some pics of my parts that I painted w/ VHT "Flame Proof" 1500 deg paint before I put them in the Bake Oven. I hope they cure w/ out incident!

Heres the first pic that shows most the lot. The UIM and TB are 93+, the LIM is 89+, the WP housing is 87-88 as is the fuel rail. The IC is the "smaller" Isuzu NPR IC modded to "top" fed inlet/outlet for duty as a "horizontal mount IC"; like most the Japanese JGTC race cars I have seen use use.

The polished parts were painted w/ clear the dull parts painted w/ "flat aluminum."

very nice

Here is a close up of that 89+ LIM. As you can see I cut off the EGR passage, ACV and had the EGR port, the small ACV passages and the EGR's primary port intrusion welded up. I thought it looked cleaner than block off plates and wouldn't be obvious to the un-rotary trained eye emissions stuff was taken off. :-P

Here is the LIM's port to engine face. I cut a bit off that center bolt boss that intrudes into the primary runners, cut out the afore mentioned EGR intrusion, portmatched the runners to the gasket (once it was cut to match the street ported engine ports), polished the runners full length- roughing out below the 2ndary injectors though, and matched the LIM to 3rd gen UIM ports.

Top end of that LIM, shows the ports modded to fit w/ 3rd gen UIM.

Close up; maybe we can see some of that smoothness?

Here is the bottom of the 3rd gen UIM. You can see how I milled the holes to match up to the 89+ LIM studs (which is much closer to 93+ than 87-88 pattern is!)- and also how I ported the runners to match the 89+ LIM. Note I had material welded onto the mounting flange area for more sealing surface- it gets very thin between the two primary ports when matching!

The UIM runners are polished full length as well and the secondary throttle plates removed and bridge ported out. I cut off some of the solenoid valve boss that is in the Primaries shared throat to match the manifold contour and tapped the hole there for the Haltech's air temp sensor.

The whole UIM bottom, showing cut solenoid boss.

UIM from the front- showing the cut bridge and polish job

This is the face of the polished 3rd gen TB

Here is the rear of that TB. I ported the 2ndary bores to a smooth taper- and of course, everything is gasket matched.

The modded NPR IC. I have 2.5" inlet and 2.75" outlet welded onto the "top" (back really, as its horizontal mount) and ported out the end tanks to remove the casting "bosses" or "webs" and of course polished the insides!
The horizontal mount IC minimizes lag due to being less than a foot from the turbo and TB intake elbow, has only one bend in the piping, does not block airflow to the radiator, is further back for weight and is vented by the low pressure area on the front of the hood. Good street/ roadrace set-up; I think.

A look down the IC outlet

Lots of detail work there. That lower intake looks great!

I polished the primary fuel rail, coolant neck and top. Just got carried away cleaning them up :-).

wow, amazing job! how long did it take? and would it be any diffrent fer a S4 engine?

Thanks! I am definitely going minimal-ist. Last night I was all exited because I found I could hide the passenger side wiring harness in the former wiper fluid reservoir area. No wires or anything on the whole passenger side engine bay untill the Haltech harness goes in now!

Heres my polished end tank Griffin 26"x19" radiator that fits onto a carbon fiber box section behind/ below the IC w/ a Flex-a-light Blackmagic fan (that simply bolts on w/ the supplied hardware! BTW). To get it to fit between the IC and sway bar I am mounting the stock position oil cooler more vertical, the 2nd stock oil cooler will be above the 1st!

Well, my car is Series 4. The engine is S5 "block" w/ S4 rotors. If you mean adapting the 3rd gen UIM to S4 LIM-that would be much harder as you cannot simply mill the holes out; they are very far off. It would probably have to be done w/ an adapter plate like Garage Vanna uses. I picked up my S5 LIM cheap- you could as well (plus the 2ndary runners are a little bigger in S5 LIM.)

Last pic is the waterpump housing. I used a grinder for the texture and then clear coated it like the polished parts. I like the look. My LIM actually has the same texture (started when I ground off EGR/ACV bosses), but I painted it to match the UIM.

It did take a while to do all that, but I did it at breaks and lunch time at work while I was waiting for Rob to build my engine. Best part is I have been so obscessive working on my car I got a 35Lb weight reduction- on me, so it helps whatever car I'm in! :-P

Very well DONE!!!!!. What is ROB doing to your engine?
Tell him to stop and finish my transmission!!!!!

Mods: make this a sticky!!!!

Nice work T2! Now maybe you can keep up with that red '57 3800 sitting in my drive! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

Yamazuki

:D

thank you drive through please:

I took some pics of my parts that I painted w/ VHT "Flame Proof" 1500 deg paint before I put them in the Bake Oven. I hope they cure w/ out incident!

Heres the first pic that shows most the lot. The UIM and TB are 93+, the LIM is 89+, the WP housing is 87-88 as is the fuel rail. The IC is the "smaller" Isuzu NPR IC modded to "top" fed inlet/outlet for duty as a "horizontal mount IC"; like most the Japanese JGTC race cars I have seen use use.

The polished parts were painted w/ clear the dull parts painted w/ "flat aluminum."

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908453

Here is a close up of that 89+ LIM. As you can see I cut off the EGR passage, ACV and had the EGR port, the small ACV passages and the EGR's primary port intrusion welded up. I thought it looked cleaner than block off plates and wouldn't be obvious to the un-rotary trained eye emissions stuff was taken off. :-P

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908472

Here is the LIM's port to engine face. I cut a bit off that center bolt boss that intrudes into the primary runners, cut out the afore mentioned EGR intrusion, portmatched the runners to the gasket (once it was cut to match the street ported engine ports), polished the runners full length- roughing out below the 2ndary injectors though, and matched the LIM to 3rd gen UIM ports.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908486

Top end of that LIM, shows the ports modded to fit w/ 3rd gen UIM.
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908497

Close up; maybe we can see some of that smoothness?

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908502

Here is the bottom of the 3rd gen UIM. You can see how I milled the holes to match up to the 89+ LIM studs (which is much closer to 93+ than 87-88 pattern is!)- and also how I ported the runners to match the 89+ LIM. Note I had material welded onto the mounting flange area for more sealing surface- it gets very thin between the two primary ports when matching!

The UIM runners are polished full length as well and the secondary throttle plates removed and bridge ported out. I cut off some of the solenoid valve boss that is in the Primaries shared throat to match the manifold contour and tapped the hole there for the Haltech's air temp sensor.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908519

The whole UIM bottom, showing cut solenoid boss.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908523

UIM from the front- showing the cut bridge and polish job
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908524

This is the face of the polished 3rd gen TB

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908531

Here is the rear of that TB. I ported the 2ndary bores to a smooth taper- and of course, everything is gasket matched.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908537

The modded NPR IC. I have 2.5" inlet and 2.75" outlet welded onto the "top" (back really, as its horizontal mount) and ported out the end tanks to remove the casting "bosses" or "webs" and of course polished the insides!
The horizontal mount IC minimizes lag due to being less than a foot from the turbo and TB intake elbow, has only one bend in the piping, does not block airflow to the radiator, is further back for weight and is vented by the low pressure area on the front of the hood. Good street/ roadrace set-up; I think.

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908545

A look down the IC outlet

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908550

I polished the primary fuel rail, coolant neck and top. Just got carried away cleaning them up :-).

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908556

Thanks! I am definitely going minimal-ist. Last night I was all exited because I found I could hide the passenger side wiring harness in the former wiper fluid reservoir area. No wires or anything on the whole passenger side engine bay untill the Haltech harness goes in now!

Heres my polished end tank Griffin 26"x19" radiator that fits onto a carbon fiber box section behind/ below the IC w/ a Flex-a-light Blackmagic fan (that simply bolts on w/ the supplied hardware! BTW). To get it to fit between the IC and sway bar I am mounting the stock position oil cooler more vertical, the 2nd stock oil cooler will be above the 1st

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908567

Thanks! I am definitely going minimal-ist. Last night I was all exited because I found I could hide the passenger side wiring harness in the former wiper fluid reservoir area. No wires or anything on the whole passenger side engine bay untill the Haltech harness goes in now!

Heres my polished end tank Griffin 26"x19" radiator that fits onto a carbon fiber box section behind/ below the IC w/ a Flex-a-light Blackmagic fan (that simply bolts on w/ the supplied hardware! BTW). To get it to fit between the IC and sway bar I am mounting the stock position oil cooler more vertical, the 2nd stock oil cooler will be above the 1st!

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/attach...&postid=908586

Well, my car is Series 4. The engine is S5 "block" w/ S4 rotors. If you mean adapting the 3rd gen UIM to S4 LIM-that would be much harder as you cannot simply mill the holes out; they are very far off. It would probably have to be done w/ an adapter plate like Garage Vanna uses. I picked up my S5 LIM cheap- you could as well (plus the 2ndary runners are a little bigger in S5 LIM.)

Last pic is the waterpump housing. I used a grinder for the texture and then clear coated it like the polished parts. I like the look. My LIM actually has the same texture (started when I ground off EGR/ACV bosses), but I painted it to match the UIM.

Quote: Very well DONE!!!!!. What is ROB doing to your engine?
Tell him to stop and finish my transmission!!!!!

Hi Banzai, Rob built me a S5 "block" w/ S4 rotors, 3mm seals, stage 2 street port, stage 3 oil mods at the 5yr warranty specifications. Looks awsome, I am confident it will make some HP and last a while. He will get that trans out for ya, I bet he is busy from the healthy business of summer rotary restorations and all the extra work of moving shop.


Quote: Now maybe you can keep up with that red '57 3800 sitting in my drive! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

Oh Yama-kun, I can keep up w/ that 3800 now- and once I get the engine together and running it will be even faster! We have a rule here on the forum- Now that you've posted in the 2nd gen forum you have to get one soon :-). Now go tell my sister that! Heh heh.

Thanks Vaughnc, that makes it much easier to view.

The parts looked even better after baking for 6 hrs at 600 deg. The clear was a bit clearer and the flat aluminum lighter/more shiny. It seems fairly durable as well so far; I scuffed it w/ a screwdriver and needle nose pliers a couple of times putting the TB bits back together and it didn't scratch or chip, just looked a it darker there. I would use VHT 1500 on other items from what I've seen so far!
Ian

sure, as always. I scroll down to see all the pics you post up AFTER, I already clicked on every one above LOL :cursing: