Andrew's engine swap (pics)

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My eye's are still bleeding from the incredibly oversized image above.

Oh, and my vote goes for some knockoff TE37's.
 
Andrew, keep in mind that some tech inspectors will fail your car with "universal offset" wheels.

I'll get the VTEC pressure sensor shipped out today at lunch.
 
^ Cool man. Thx.
Our tech inspectors here at the Dixie autocrosses aren't that specific. However, If I were to go to a Time Attack or some other "serious" race track, I might have issues. But for what I'll be doing with the cars, for the most part... nobody cares :p
 
Hey, Eli removed the alternator LAST NIGHT. So Meggie will have it to your Friday.

He's gonan snag the one off his bro's wreck Teg, so all is well. His bettery comes in Monday, so if he got the tag and insurance started by then, we'll be drivin it!
 
Cool beans man. I'll have to come down and check it out when he's got it going

I'm still torn between the Rota RB's(watanabe knockoffs) and Nippon Formula 1's (te37 knockoffs)!
ugh. I should buy both.
 
And while you're just buying stuff, you can buy me some new pillows. My neck is jacked like a mother fucker lately from my flat ass pillows.
 
Alright ELI.... You've went out of town (how'd that go anyway?) and you've got the parts you need.... When you gonna be crankin it y0!?

Get it done so we can spray it.. I've got a full bottle of nawZZ waiting.....
 
:)

Key Largo was awesome. We did a lot of spearfishing and other scuba related things... camped out and drank 7 cases of bud-heavy in 2 days. nuff said. :D

I just did some work on the caaa... Swapped shift linkage and Installed the alternator and ran my alt. field wire.

I've got a list of things I'm steadily working on. I'll get a lot done tonight. I'm pumped. Gotta get my car going soon!!! IA is right around the corner and NOPI is coming in a few months too!
Plus I just wanna drive the thing... haha
 
Got some more work done lately...

-Ordered some gaskets from Majestic. Dizzy oring, throttlebody gasket, valve cover gaskets, etc.
-Installed fender liners and Right fender
-1/2 way installed the radiator (no fluid or upper hose).
I think I'm going to get my hands on a EG radiator.
- was going to install the Axles but finally figured out that Terrance has them so thats put on hold till this weekend...
-Working on re-doing my gauge bezel with some sheetmetal and carbon fiber. Should look a lot better when I'm done.

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Right off the bat.... Does anyone know what this little plug is for? (DEAD CENTER of the pic.). Oil? Coolant? I had a thought cross my mind of putting a gauge there. :p
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Radiator- Wanna pick up a 1/2 sized EG rad sooner or later. I think that would look pretty good...
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Working on my hoses and cables...
Brake Booster vacuum line- cannot bend the barb in the head, so it's stuck facing up. I think I'll have my Y8 manifold back this weekend so I might install that this weekend and it's barb might not be stuck.
Fuel return line- I'm thinking of a better way to do this. I have a few ideas in my head. So we'll see. It involves a little cutting and flaring of both the pressure and return lines behind the firewall, using bulkhead fittings, and running all SSBraided in the bay. :ph34r: Prolly look hawt.
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Fender. I've gotta get my sunroof drain taken care of on the Left side before I can install that fender. Thats the only reason its not on right now!
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Few pics for fun...
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I like this one... took it last week...
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Thats about it.
I've gotta get a few more things out of the way and I'll be ready to start turning key!
 
Right off the bat.... Does anyone know what this little plug is for? (DEAD CENTER of the pic.). Oil? Coolant? I had a thought cross my mind of putting a gauge there. :p
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I'm fairly sure that's for the oil passageway. Those plugs are removed when the block is hot-tanked, they run brushes through there to make sure all the crud is removed.
Working on my hoses and cables...
Brake Booster vacuum line- cannot bend the barb in the head, so it's stuck facing up. I think I'll have my Y8 manifold back this weekend so I might install that this weekend and it's barb might not be stuck.
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You should be able to pull out that whole 90° fitting by twisting on it. Granted, you'll probably have to reef on it pretty hard, and you'll more than likely end up destroying the fitting in the process, but you could put a new one in.
 
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You'll have the rest of yrou stuff this weekend mang.

Make a lil list so I can bring it to ya.. You need:
Axles
Intake Manifold
Fuel rail

What else?

OH, BTW, why don't you go ahead and install your nawzz while your playing in the engine bay. It needs to be installed nice and neat too! I'll letcha borrow my fuel solenoid ;)
 
I love this thread
Thx gee. I can't wait to get this crap rolling!
I'm fairly sure that's for the oil passageway. Those plugs are removed when the block is hot-tanked, they run brushes through there to make sure all the crud is removed.
You should be able to pull out that whole 90° fitting by twisting on it. Granted, you'll probably have to reef on it pretty hard, and you'll more than likely end up destroying the fitting in the process, but you could put a new one in.
Well, See I've tried to just twist it, like I do on ALL my other manifolds (and cars I wiretuck), with some pliers, but it just don't work. It starts to twist the fitting itself and bend the metal, so I don't feel like ripping a hole in it and having a vacuum leak to deal with... so it'll stay for now. ;)

Are those just compression-fit fittings btw? how do you get them out/in? heat the mani/chill the fitting kinda like valve guides?

Make a lil list so I can bring it to ya.. You need:
Axles
Intake Manifold (Y8)
Fuel rail (Y8)
OH, BTW, why don't you go ahead and install your nawzz while your playing in the engine bay. It needs to be installed nice and neat too! I'll letcha borrow my fuel solenoid ;)
Thats all I need mang.
I've got my bulkhead fittings and such already. And I'm probably set on all the other fittings I need, since I've been collecting them left and right.
We'll see. I'll probably go ahead and at least run my main line.
I'm just going to focus on getting it running, then I'll worry about making it go fast.

Speaking of which!
Your not going to like this....
Devin ran 15.1@91.7 last night. on DR's though, but it's still faster than you. :S
How much lighter are the 2 door DC2's than your DB8?
-Andrew
 
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Speaking of which!
Your not going to like this....
Devin ran 15.1@91.7 last night. on DR's though, but it's still faster than you. :S
How much lighter are the 2 door DC2's than your DB8?
-Andrew

60'? had to be 2.2 or less.

With my current setup I ran 15.6 @91.6 with a 2.53 60'. Thats also shifting into 4th at the end of the 1/4.

Oh, and major props. I'm envious, yes but I"m not a jerk (all the time anyway :p) Good for him! He's been impotent when it comes to cars for a while. Bout time he step up and get something worth modifying :p

HEY, whats he doin with his B18 block?
 
He has it sitting in my shop. rotting. I don't know about that motor. He didn't plasti-gauge like I told him to. No assembly lube was used on the bearings; and leaving it uncovered in my shop with dirt-dobers filling every single little hole in it with larvae and dirt..... tisk tisk.

If theres ANYTHING that annoys me, it's when people use my stuff and do not put it away. jackstands, jacks, tools (MY tools), parts, trash, etc. GAWD it pisses me off.
If I'm going to be nice enough to let anyone use my shop to store crap and to wrench on their car, they'd better damn well clean it up better when finished than it was before they got there. ya know?
It just errks me. I could roll his engine out into the yard and turn the shortblock into a birdfeeder if I wanted to. but no.

/rant.
I'm better now.
-Andrew
 
Hmmnnn..... Perhaps he would part with it?

I know where a good GSR head is to be used for an LS-Vtec....
 
He actually has an B16 head that's been hot tanked and I think had a valve job or something done to it.
(he claims is ITR because of some "blue paint" near the distributor that they marked during manufacturing and some port work on the intake side).
-Custom grind cams (aggressive! I'll try and get specs)
-Intake manifold. ITR I think
And a few other things.

It's all just about assembly. Thats also the scary part, because Devin cuts corners when he's pressured to get something done soon. Cutting corners in engine assembly = engine no good.
 
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