Trev's Ae82 Twincam Seca

[Trev]

hey guys, Most of you know that i have had this for a few years now and all i have done to it was exhaust and servicing, I have been meaning to do a clutch swap since i got it but i just kept driving it with it slipping but the rego was due in september and i was wondering wether i would keep it registered or not as i don't get my licence back till Jan so i just let it run out and i was going to do a few things to it until the weekend just gone when i was working on the missus seca and decided to register that again and take the twinky off the road to do the followimg:

 

- New clutch & pressure plate, Regrind the flywheel.

- New clutch master and slave cylinder's.

- Fit the extractors to finish off exhaust (gotta fix up the o2 sensor plate).

- Fix oil leaks from engine altho I have been thinking of swapping with the engine from the van but I already know how hard my engine goes (thinking).

- Redo the quick fix on the rust repairs.

- Do something about the paint lookin like a marble, Could just need another good polish.

- Finally fit the K&N panel filter and re-route the airsupply to the box but i might go with my initial plan and use a series 2 guard on the passenger side for that.

- Install a battery box in the engine bay in the factory location.

- Get the drivers side seat bottom refabricated as its broken.

- Inspect noise in passenger side front strut assy.

 

Thats all that i have looked at doing so far so i hope the list don't get any bigger, I do have a member ride thread with this car but its also of the other seca i have and this is going to be a small project.

 

Few pics from today with the engine bay getting pulled apart:

 

 

 

 

A few goodies:

 

Edited February 18, 2009 by Trev

[Des]

Is yours a S1 twincam ?

[Trev]

Is yours a S1 twincam ?

 

Yeah.

[Trev]

Did alot more this arvo, All that's left is the drivers side cv shaft and then undo the engine mounts and it will be out, I also noticed that my TVIS controller was broken off so all this time i havent had it and the car has hammered from take off and they reckon they are shit without it so I'm looking forward to that been connected, There is also a small hole in the bellhousing so hopefully i don't find too much wrong with it (now i wish i would of kept my C56), I will post some more pics up tomorrow.

[Trev]

Engine is out and i found out why i never had a good clutch, I included a pic of the broken tvis section:

 

 

 

 

 

It never worked:

 

Reason Why:

 

High Spots

 

Badly Gouged:

 

Down To The Rivets:

Edited November 29, 2007 by Trev

[Trev]

Did a bit of cleaning today including a polish comparison on the bonnet.

 

It was just washed and dried, I then did the right hand side with polyglaze diamond finish but it needs a good cut:

 

 

I Took my plain black cam covers from another engine and rubbed the lettering back to bare metal, Its just a quick look at what it will look like but once the cam covers have been cleaned back to bare and repainted with the lettering redone:

 

Edited November 30, 2007 by Trev

[Des]

Good work Trev.

[7shades]

May I recommend 'Deox' for your bonnet... brilliant stuff. Cheap too.

[Trev]

Good work Trev.

 

Thanks ole Desa

 

May I recommend 'Deox' for your bonnet... brilliant stuff. Cheap too.

 

Whats that stuff as i need to do the whole car?

[7shades]

Its just a polish... but its fantastic at restoring slightly 'abused' paint. Its a very mild cut and it works best with a rotary buff if you can get your hands on one. I use it for professional details on everything from Hiluxes to Beemers.

[Trev]

Its just a polish... but its fantastic at restoring slightly 'abused' paint. Its a very mild cut and it works best with a rotary buff if you can get your hands on one. I use it for professional details on everything from Hiluxes to Beemers.

 

Ok i will see if i can find some, My brother is a qualified panel beater and even works in a body shop, Do you think i ever get any body work done from him or do you think after asking him for the lsat 2 years to borrow a proper buff that i have got one yet, NO, I brought one of those orbital polishers a while back but they arent the best so i just use the good old faithful hand.

[Trev]

I got my electric hobby die drinder out today and cleaned up all the cooling system components and mounting surfaces with a wire wheel so they are now all nice and clean, I also found that the water pump housing has a corrosion hole where it sits on the block so i will see how good the other 2 are, Next step is to clean the head, block and sump and then paint the block and sump, Cam covers will follow.

[JiP]

i just use the good old faithful hand.

 

 

I'm sorry, but I can't help but laugh!!

[Trev]

I'm sorry, but I can't help but laugh!!

 

Thats why i wrote it :wink:

 

I was spewing the other day as there was a full set of brand new KYB shocks & struts for an ae82 on eBay that went for 159 bucks from d86garage, Looks like i will have to get shocks and struts from somewhere else.

[4ages]

Down To The Rivets:

 

 

ha, still life in that clutch. in my 4ac the 1st clutch after buying the car, the rivets were actually making grooves in the plate. lol, got my moneys worth