Pics of my engine rebuild
03-09-05, 10:38 PM
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I had pictures of mine till my computer crashed, damn thing. I had a feeling to back the pictures up on a cd, but by then it was too late. I pulled mine in the snow, and ice, and broke it down on two tires, I hated to mess with the engine stand. But I know I will have to put it back together on one.
THis is a great thread with great pictures man! I might have to call upon you if you don't mind when I begin to reinstall it under the hood, I know its going to be a kick in the ***** as you mentioned. Did you end up getting your front rear and intermediate housings lapped?, they looked a little roughed up in the pictures. What really sucked for me is when I pulled the rotors off all the seals fell out like toothpicks!
THis is a great thread with great pictures man! I might have to call upon you if you don't mind when I begin to reinstall it under the hood, I know its going to be a kick in the ***** as you mentioned. Did you end up getting your front rear and intermediate housings lapped?, they looked a little roughed up in the pictures. What really sucked for me is when I pulled the rotors off all the seals fell out like toothpicks!
03-10-05, 08:26 AM
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very nice work, and very informative thread. This is getting saved in my archives... useful info for the future.
If you were to do it again, would you do it yourself, or pay someone else or a reputable shop to do it?
If you were to do it again, would you do it yourself, or pay someone else or a reputable shop to do it?
03-10-05, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by saxyman990
The car that this thread pertains to is my 93 Touring. I purchased it many years ago from the original owner. At the time of purchase, the car had less than 45k miles, and now has approximately 55k. Unfortunately, in 2003 a bad coolant seal on the front rotor put the engine in it’s grave. I was fighting the famous o-ring symptoms for quite some time, and I finally broke down and decided to rebuild it. Interestingly enough, previously to this, the car was never overheated, nor did it have any heat/coolant related issues.
Very nice work saxyman! Im having that problem come up now. My 7 has 64,000 miles and the coolant seals has gone bad. I live near you in Cincinnati...maybe sometime i'll have ya come fix mine!
03-10-05, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dubulup
Great job! Looks new, I think anyone who has built an engine has the same exact photo's...just in their garage, haha!
I did the same, refinished everything...except in black and went single with accompaning mods.
^sorry, not trying to steal your thunder, just happy I know how proud you are!
Tell me that's not a sleeper in the shadows!?!?!?!
I did the same, refinished everything...except in black and went single with accompaning mods.
^sorry, not trying to steal your thunder, just happy I know how proud you are!
Tell me that's not a sleeper in the shadows!?!?!?!
I know there's plenty of people on the boards that have built their own motors (since I finished this one, I built 4 more), and I'm sure you're right: they all have almost exactly the same pictures. But, for some reason, not many of them post their pics on the forum. I know this would have helped me tremendously when I was building it. But unfortunately, most of the threads that I saw pertaining to rebuilds either didn't have many pictures, or the thread was so old that the pictures were no longer there. I just hope this thread helps some people, or at least entertains them for a little while.
-Rob
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03-10-05, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by TwinTriangles
Nice work man! I hope when the time comes for me to rebuild (cross my fingers) it goes that smooth & clean... Did you think over all it was fairly easy ?
03-10-05, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by saburo
looks great. Ill give you some beer if you come and do mine. hahaha. right.
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Rob
Nice work, very nice work. Congrats on the accomplishment, let us know when you get it dynoed.
Nice work, very nice work. Congrats on the accomplishment, let us know when you get it dynoed.
03-10-05, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by whitey85mtu
how long did it take you to complete the job?
03-10-05, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by lopedl
I had pictures of mine till my computer crashed, damn thing. I had a feeling to back the pictures up on a cd, but by then it was too late. I pulled mine in the snow, and ice, and broke it down on two tires, I hated to mess with the engine stand. But I know I will have to put it back together on one.
THis is a great thread with great pictures man! I might have to call upon you if you don't mind when I begin to reinstall it under the hood, I know its going to be a kick in the ***** as you mentioned. Did you end up getting your front rear and intermediate housings lapped?, they looked a little roughed up in the pictures. What really sucked for me is when I pulled the rotors off all the seals fell out like toothpicks!
THis is a great thread with great pictures man! I might have to call upon you if you don't mind when I begin to reinstall it under the hood, I know its going to be a kick in the ***** as you mentioned. Did you end up getting your front rear and intermediate housings lapped?, they looked a little roughed up in the pictures. What really sucked for me is when I pulled the rotors off all the seals fell out like toothpicks!
The irons look bad in the pictures, but I assure you that was just the camera. The plates themselves were in GREAT shape with virtually no stepping or wear. I determined that they really didn't need lapping (Steve Kan agreed with me).
03-10-05, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by RX 4 Speed
very nice work, and very informative thread. This is getting saved in my archives... useful info for the future.
If you were to do it again, would you do it yourself, or pay someone else or a reputable shop to do it?
If you were to do it again, would you do it yourself, or pay someone else or a reputable shop to do it?
As I mentioned before, I do all my own work on my cars (and always have). It'll be no different in the future. Of course, if I had to do it over again, I'd probably do a few things differently. Maybe I wouldn't have splurged so much on the "bling" stuff... but you only live once right?
03-10-05, 03:16 PM
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Glad that you car is finally running and running strong. I hope that the port work gives you an extra hp you were looking for. I was wondering what happened to your car since its been awhile since I did the port job.
03-10-05, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by pluto
Glad that you car is finally running and running strong. I hope that the port work gives you an extra hp you were looking for. I was wondering what happened to your car since its been awhile since I did the port job.
I gotta tell you though, the port work you did was absolutely amazing! I completely love the way the car runs, and the way it feels on the mid and top end. I'm sure this goes without saying, but for anyone else that is interested in having some port work done, Steve is your man (not like you really need the endorsement though). Thanks!
Now I just gotta find the time to take a road trip down there so you can tune it
-Rob
