Race Base Facelift EK9


Finished undersealing the car. Under the wings, skirts, arches etc. Started to reassemble the suspension etc, fitted new trailing arm bushings as well.

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Well i sealed up the rear vents, lights again as it still had a slight leak. Should be all good now. Interior is back in. Goner bolt up my custom subframe this week at work.

These arrived today, 2 year warranty, from h tune. Cheers scott for the air freshner

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Stuck now until payday for my last bits. My blackworks radiator is stuck in customs, will be ordering

Engine mounts, ball joint, drop links and rack rod ends plus guages will be ordered next week.

It WILL be rdy for japfest! Has to be
 
Well some updates, car is still not finished! blackworks rad and hoses are stuck in customs. And engine mounts im waiting on Ijwhiteman as im going to puchase his spoon mounts.

In the meantime i got all my drop links and ball joint needed.



Got my oil temp and oil pressure guages.

Ordered them from R Spec, stepper motor guages. Complete kits with senders, wiring, daisy chain power looms etc. Nice bit of kit.













 
Test fitted my diffuser, got to play around with it so it doesnt pull the bumper up too tight.





made some metal brackets that can loop around the oem tie bar to hold the diffuser up close to the subframe, then it bolts to the oem centre bumper brackets.



Heat shrinked them so they dont scratch my freshly painted tie bar

And more parts arrived!







Black works racing dual core rad, Big thanks to eternal blue for sourcing this for me!

OEM aircon delete


OEM RTA bushings, as i wasnt happy with shitty pattern parts that didnt fit right!



Also fitted a new boot to one of the front ball joints, and a brand new ball joint in the other. And replaced the whole hub as one of the wheel bearings felt a bit shitty.

Now to get the car rolling today hopefully!!
 
So after a long weekend. She runs!

Plugged her up, primed the engine with oil then fired up, other than a sticky iacv seems to run fine. Ill have a proper photo shoot this weekend.

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Credit to you man! Working on this car for six months and haven`t even driven it properly... Hope you enjoy it to it`s fullest!!
 
Right so i thought id make a break down of work done and current spec list of the top of my head

99 race base ek9
80k miles
No abs or Pas
Windy windows
Grey interior
Lightweight crash bars


Engine
Replacement bottom end
Dc2 airbox
Baffled sump
Decat
Titanium backbox
Low temp thermostat
Low temp fan switch
Throttle body coolant bypass
Pcv bypassed catch can
Blackworks racing radiator
Blackworks racing hoses
Es engine mount inserts
Gates racing cambelt
Oem tensioner
Oem water pump
Oem oil pump (within spec)
Oem head gasket
Oem valve stem seals
Completr gasket set
Ngk plugs and leads
Hamp short oil filter
Fuel filter
Fuchs pro race 5 40
Oil pressure t piece for guages
Tapped sump for oil temp

Gearbox
Brand new h tune drive shafts
Es shifter bushings
Cusco 1.5 way plate diff
Motul 300ls oil
Goodridge full length braided clutch line
Oem clutch release bearing
I think it has a different gearset or fd, will check

Suspension
Oem ek9 shocks and springs
Oem trailing arm bushings
D2 rear camber arms
Front camber arms, old jap brand
Rigid motorsport rear strut brace
Front lower ball joints
Front droplinks
Es d bushings
Rear droplinks
Es rear d bushings
J speed fender braces

Brakes
Dixcel racing slotted front
Dixcel racing blank rear
Ebc redstuff ceramic pads
Ate super blue fluid

Exterior
Film rear tints

Interior
Momo 330mm steering wheel
Skunk 2 gearnob
Mugen pedals
Red stitched gaitor
Custom low seat racing and fixed back bucket seat
Techtom cmx100
Pivot shift lamp
Ultra racing speed meter
Stepper motor oil pressure and oil temp guages
Momo boss and spacer


Also painted engine bay, undersealed the car, painted suspension arms and brackets etc.

Also have a rear diffuser and recaro speed passenger seat to be fitted. Probably much more but cant remember of the top.
 
Thanks, i edited my last post as it wasnt in a very good order. I think i did about 450 miles in it in december before it started knocking.
 
Just read through all this, that's some bad luck you've had!

Good to see you stuck with it,

What do you think caused the old bottom end to fail so dramatically?
 
Looks like particles from the bearings got in the pump, tolerences where all out. Probs caused a drop in pressure, spun 1 of the bearings.

New motor sits on cold idle with real strong pressure. Yet to road test yet the car yet, thursday rather permitting.
 
Dannyboy205 said:
Looks like particles from the bearings got in the pump, tolerences where all out. Probs caused a drop in pressure, spun 1 of the bearings.

New motor sits on cold idle with real strong pressure. Yet to road test yet the car yet, thursday rather permitting.
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The pump must of been worn out already to cause the bearing wear,
Did the original engine have the n1 type pulley?
 
No didnt have an n1 pulley, ye unless it got oil surge being abused in japan. Looks like its had a hard life.
 
alot of work gone into this so far looking good man , under the car looks good aswel:nice:
 
I've been following your progress. Much respect for the proper build. You guys do things thoroughly over there. I'm sure you'll enjoy driving your 9. :p Cheers
 
Thanks for the appreciation peoples! This weekend ill get the go pro in the car and get some footage of it, some nice roads near me
 
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