Project milano red dc2

[Rich777]

Start bolting up what you can on the stand and see what goes where. It's like a jigsaw.

 

[killa_vtec]

Thanks Rich

 

[killa_vtec]

Had a little play with the fittings earlier and surprisingly it was pretty straight forward once I had everything in front of me

Oil Restrictor

Oil drain flange gasket

Oil Drain flange

Water cooling fittings, not sure which sides are which for inlet and outlet?

Hoses connected

Oil drain pipe and fittings

T piece connected to oil feed hose

 

[Rich777]

That's the idea. I don't mind helping, but I prefer to help people find away to work things out for them selves than to simply give the answer away it's more beneficial for the person.

The inlet and outlet for the coolant supply doesn't matter. Preferably, I'd use the rear (side facing the block ) as the inlet and the other side as the outlet. Has Greg supplied you with the fitting that screws into the front of the blocks coolant drain port? The fitting should have really fine thread for it's size...

You need to show me where you're going to weld the oil return onto the sump. Take a pictures of the engine on the stand and tip-ex where you're going to put it. Remember it must be higher than the oil level.

 

[ati@asworld]

lovely car mate

 

[Rich777]

Also, get some "Teflon " tape and wrap it around those coolant fittings on the Turbo...

 

[killa_vtec]

That's the idea. I don't mind helping, but I prefer to help people find away to work things out for them selves than to simply give the answer away it's more beneficial for the person.

The inlet and outlet for the coolant supply doesn't matter. Preferably, I'd use the rear (side facing the block ) as the inlet and the other side as the outlet. Has Greg supplied you with the fitting that screws into the front of the blocks coolant drain port? The fitting should have really fine thread for it's size...

You need to show me where you're going to weld the oil return onto the sump. Take a pictures of the engine on the stand and tip-ex where you're going to put it. Remember it must be higher than the oil level.

Thanks Rich appreciate your input as always

Doesn't look like I have the fitting that you are referring to, I have however had a word with Greg and he suggested that the water feed can be tapped from the stock water pipe in rear and the upper water neck fitting in the front (not entirely sure what he means) and the water return can be fed to the bottom of the rad.

I'll get some pics up in a couple of days

edit - good shout on the teflon tape mate


Double edit! realised that I haven't posted pics of the engine bay, got the car back from the bodyshop on Saturday

 

[adam-ek9]

Looking really good!

 

[kanashibari]

Oooo good build.

 

[ShaunL]

Looking good mate, post a vid once you finished

 

[killa_vtec]

Thanks guys, it's far from finished... but yeh i'll try get some up when it's all done

 

[killa_vtec]

Freshened up a couple of bits

Gearbox in primer ready for some paint

First Coat

And finished

Ready to change the timing belt, tensioner and water pump

Nice and clean under the rocker cover, as expected for a low mileage engine

As the inlet mani if getting changed, I thought i'd try out the Hondata intake gasket.... looking into getting some extended studs (does anyone know if it's a must?)

I can't find a supplier in the UK, so going to have to order from the states

Front Block Port Adapter

-10 B-Series Block Plug Adapter

Hopefully the next update i'll have the engine and gearbox ready

 

[Rich777]

Yeah, you'll have order those bits from the states. We haven't got the market they have over here...

 

[killa_vtec]

Yeah, you'll have order those bits from the states. We haven't got the market they have over here...

nice one mate, B and R are closed this week so they wont be able to send anything out untill next week, they reckon shipping could take up to 2 weeks!

 

[Rossco155]

the best colour, build up from scratch fair play, cant wait to see it finished and a video is a must!

 

[Rich777]

nice one mate, B and R are closed this week so they wont be able to send anything out untill next week, they reckon shipping could take up to 2 weeks!

That's just how it is mate. I've been waiting WEEKS in the past...

 

[killa_vtec]

Ok i've been lazy with the updates again! sorry

Timing belt, water pump, tensioner replaced

Steering Rack converted to non-power steering (Thanks to Irf aka me old smish lol)

Sold the Edelbrock Victor X inlet mani and got......... YES a Skunk2 Pro Series (Thanks to Scott @ H-Tune once again)... made sense for my build and the for the power band i'm expecting

Gradually bolting things back into place

Still need to sort this lot out!

Neat and tidy

Decided I'm leaving the fuse box and battery in it's original location

Getting there with the wiring (I hate this job)

Got my front block adapter, I'll be using this for the water supply to the turbo

T piece installed for oil feed to turbo

 

[killa_vtec]

Forgot to mention I bought some freshly rebuilt legend twin pots a while ago

Well I guess that's all for now, still lots to do!! will update soon

 

[paulr5]

Fu#King insane build, fair play every detail of it.

Did a turbo conversion before, I used no water lines ive seen it done a few times and it never caused a problem, a lot of diesel engines dont use water lines for reliability reasons or whatever, aswell i had a s13 with a bb turbo in for work, and it too has the water lines blocked in the block and no water going to or from the turbo and its been a drift car for 3-4 years now, its just some thought
also i got the same thermal gasket after a local hondata supplier said they would not get me one, i had seen on the usa site they come with thermal washers, I bought some M10 fiber washers in a local motor factors and fitted these with some thread lock, weather it makes a difference or not, tesco it-every little helps.

 

[5alldaway]

such a lovely car, this thread has persuaded me i may need a teg again!