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And a very sharp set of aluminum motor mounts for $60 or so off evilbay
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I got the motor back from Kevin today and will put it back in the car in the next few weeks. He was able to re-use all the hard parts but a few corner seal springs, which were flattened on one rotor – odd.
So here is the build: Street port 6-port as much as possible, no bridge or halfbridge. Motor already had a minor 5/6 port job RB light steel flywheel and auto counterweight Re-install Centerforce dual-friction clutch (looks great) Jet-hot coated and port-matched RB uncollected ‘race’ header Conversion to manual steering with manual rack. I have a smallish Momo steering wheel and want to keep the mechanical advantage the factory manual rack provides Remove ac Keep stock air pump activating 5/6 ports. I looked into alternatives but none seem robust or reliable. Atkins 5/6 port inserts Relocate battery or at minimum, replace with lightweight battery Solid motor and tranny mounts Possibly remove 2nd butterflies in the TB. Still on the fence about this. All other ‘emissions’ and such (rats nest, BAC, etc) will stay All hoses to be Silicon Poor-man’s Evans’ 100% glycol Mishimoto ‘racing’ thermostat Really looking forward to this. I’ll get it together & running, then back to Rotary Performance for a tune on the new porting. I hope this will be a solid, reliable powerful (for a 6port na) build. Porting pic: http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/bu...y/DSCF0861.jpg |
any modification to the exhaust port sleeves?
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Looks like ported turbo housings:
http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/bu...y/DSCF0870.jpg http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/bu...y/DSCF0846.jpg http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/bu...y/DSCF0847.jpg Enjoy the new engine! |
Kevin grinds out the exhaust port 'noise reducers'
He originally built this motor for the car's p.o. using 3rd gen housings |
was curious if other builders are still porting n/a motors while leaving those sleeves in. if so it would be a waste.
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Originally Posted by Acroy
(Post 11197833)
So Kevin has the motor apart and found a nice little break
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/DSCF0624.jpg
Originally Posted by Acroy
(Post 11225225)
I got the motor back from Kevin today... He was able to re-use all the hard parts but a few corner seal springs
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looks like it to me as well.
hopefully he did a "push and pull test" on that spot. |
Nice setup man
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http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/bu...y/DSCF0627.jpg
http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/bu...y/DSCF0628.jpg "And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling screwdrivers!" |
Originally Posted by Acroy
(Post 11225225)
I got the motor back from Kevin today and will put it back in the car in the next few weeks. He was able to re-use all the hard parts but a few corner seal springs, which were flattened on one rotor – odd.
Originally Posted by 13B Etc
(Post 11227883)
Pics of busted iron
:dunno: Rebuild time? |
Sorry, that was meant as a response to Karack, showing the same piece of iron being pried on and giving way.
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Originally Posted by farberio
(Post 11228383)
^ Reuse all the hardparts...
^ Pic of busted iron :dunno: Rebuild time? Motor is in my garage waiting to go back into the car Since all the apex seals etc were re-used it'll have little or no 'break-in' - should be able to build good compression right away and get back to the track pretty quick. I went ahead and bought one of those mishimoto 'racing' t-stats as well. Interested if it'll make a good difference. |
Originally Posted by 13B Etc
(Post 11228681)
Sorry, that was meant as a response to Karack, showing the same piece of iron being pried on and giving way.
i know i've said it before but the irons just do not like much additional heat when they have been heat cycled 10s of thousands of times. |
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Aaaand - motor is in. So much room in there I'll just stand in the engine bay and wrench eveything else on. It was some effort but not bad to wrestle the engine back onto the trans.
One issue was the Evilbay solid motor mounts don't fit. Bolts are too large diameter, and I'm not willing to grind out the mounts and frame to make it fit. So the Mazda Comp mounts went back in. |
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Header, Atkins inserts, OMP lines going on. I'm going slow, cleaning and ispecting everything twice before it goes on. Don't want to ahve to take this thing apart again for a while. That is the
RB uncollected 'race' heared, Jet Hot coated, and I smoothed out the inlet a bit to try to help smooth exhaust gas flow |
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