My lil brother just started his project and I thought Id share since i never really post here on the 2nd gen section.

I bought him the car a year ago cuz it was cheap and he wanted to learn how to work on cars and man has he learned. Nearly everything that can go worng on this car has and know its the engine

Hes only 16 but is pretty smart for his age.

here are some pics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and thats it for now... i will post more updates as soon as the happen

 

 

Yeah finally got the FC in the garage! i just tore down a S5 motor if you need any thing i will try and help and if u need anything let me i ll what i can do!

 

hahahaha, its nice to see young talent, keep the pictures coming...

 

nice to see someone passing something like that down....whenever i pass my son a wrench he just sits in his crib and cries lol

 

how did your son also become your little brother?

 

Buy your brother the rebuild dvd as a late xmas present. My father had the vhs when i was like 13. It maybe boring and slow but you do learn a fair amount from watching it. Glad i been around rebuilding engines since i was like 10.

EDIT: Looks to have been rebuilt before? After the tear down let us know what you think went wrong with the engine.

 

You need a rebuild DVD and you need the shop manual (easily available)

best advice I can give you:

1. Clean everything very thoroughly, especially the seal and coolant o ring grooves

2. hold the coolant seals in with Crisco (the white stuff in the blue tin). petroleum jelly will make them swell

3. check your clearances and make sure everything is in spec. check for free movement of the side and corner seals so nothing gets stuck

4. check the end play on the e shaft just like the FSM says

5. pack the oil pump cavity with vaseline, it will help the car build oil pressure on startup

6. lubricate all your housings and everything with engine oil, but don't go overboard with petroleum jelly or any other grease. it just makes a big mess and also results in more crap burning off

 

did you guys decide on the new set up yet.? ill be in norcal again next month let me know if you need any help

 

thats awesome. wish i started on cars when I was younger.

 

lol

This is fake, his hands are clearly wayyyy tooo clean to be working on a car jk

Nice, hes already got coilovers, so hes already ahead of some of the guys here

 

same here

 

damn I wish had an older brother...

 

Good to see a rebuild happening. But damn N/A without the air pump(aka no functioning 6pi and vdi) and still the factory exhaust system. That thing must be a dog to drive.

 

Also if you are rebuilding back as an N/A. Make sure you put in the air pump. S5 needs the air pump for the vdi to work unless you have something rigged up an external pressure source. Also the 5/6th port will not be functioning.

 

Thanks for all the advice guys! I really apreciate it. We will begin the teardown soon. This is how we got the car so I will need to buy a AP and eerything else I need but the plan fr now is to keep it stock till he graduates then do some sort of swap?

And yes he is my little brother I just put son becauseI freakin own this bitch!! I bought him he car... fix it when it breaks and its under my name and I pay for the insurance!

He also has an FB we baught for 100$ and he keeps it at autoshop. currently rebuildint the carb and engine on that too just to learn. And he said hes doin a 6pt roll cage... we'll see how that goes?

Ill post more pics as soon as I can

thanks again everyone

 

atleast he is learning young on rotaries.
i started working on car since 14 but I didnt touch a rotory till I was 18. i wish I started sooner lol

my little brother is also a mechanic (21) but when he have problems with cars he calls me up when he doesnt want his coworkers to smirk at him lol

 

thats dope!!!! i want a little brother/son to teach about cars haha