Sr20 Conversion To Ke55 Plus Rebuild Plus Pimpage

[JDM55]

well the grey one i have i spent close to 9 months on it before i found a better car to use for the road but i have had the one thats green since march this year so its still slow progress there are days when i want to work on it but other things get in the way and i spends some weekends off working on it

 

 

yip can relate there, ive been working on this for over 13-14 months ,same deal,i realy only get to put in decent hours on the weekend, other commitments during the week most of the time ,so a couple days a week ,just isnt enought time to make huge progress, can get frustrating some times , but like you said before a lil bit here and there,

[JDM55]

well on advice from you guys took my fly wheel into the brake shop and ended up getting it machined,dude there told me i could use it as is ,but most likey the clutch plate would end up being chewed out with uneven wear and id be pulling it back off again , so told him to go ahead and do it, fairly stoked at the price a measly 33.00 dollars ,better to be on the safe side i guess and at that price i can't complain,at least i don't have to buy a new one ;-)

[Evan G]

i saw one of those fuel tanks ur after in a rollaclub members ke35. good luck finding a ke35 at a wrecker

[LXY-642]

just get a fuel tank made up ;)

[JDM55]

just get a fuel tank made up ;)

 

 

 

haha love a custom tank but just more hassels and more money that i havent got right now , by the way pm sent

[JDM55]

not so much of an update as ive been stuck with other commitments at present so the cars getting pushed to the back for a litle bit, but heres where I'm at,

 

still working on the engine havnt done much ,just working thru things very slowly ,in the way of reassembley,

polishing ,painting and general tidying of old parts ,trying to make it look respectable and refreshed,

 

 

added a new thermostate and polished the thermostate housing

added a new front seal

added a new water pump

added a new exhaust gasket and heat painted the exhuast manifold

added the water pump pulley

added a new sump and a magnetic oil drain plug thingo

 

thats about it

 

couple of shots :::::

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[7FOUR7]

man that looks PIMP!

[LXY-642]

damn your engine is shiny. looking good man :) pm replied to

[chestikoph1]

Looking good Ryan,

You know the only annoying thing about making things so shiny and bling, is keeping it that way..!!! :)

Keep it up mate.

[JDM55]

Looking good Ryan,

You know the only annoying thing about making things so shiny and bling, is keeping it that way..!!! :)

Keep it up mate.

 

 

haha cheers guys, kinda didnt think it was going to turn into this ,i was only realy going for a quick clean and a bit of paint ,but as things go always end up being alot more work than first thought, so yeah may take abit on this, but yeah its looking pretty now,just need it to stay that way for the engineers lol after than not to fussed,dunno how auto paint will hold up ,

probably fall off when gets to warm,lol aw well it looks sexy in the pics lol

[JDM55]

holly crap what a mission, been hard at it the last 2 days ,just got home finally get 10 mintues to chill then sleep and go again,crazy stuff,any ways heres abit more of an update.

[JDM55]

well heres the fly wheel ,got it machined instead of leaving it sanded, thanks for the advice on this one guys,

much happyer knowing its right and since it was only 33 dollars i can't complain,

 

[JDM55]

well closer look at the clutch and decided it was totaly rooted, can't believe i was going to atempt to use this thing!!!

 

 

 

, had to fork out a fair bit for a new clutch,these sr20 parts arnt exactly cheap like the old 4 k stuff!,

 

 

 

fresshhhh :dance:

[JDM55]

can't believe how many parts are on this thing,spent at least 5-6 hours cleaning and preping a few parts that i wanted to paint up,

 

this is the idle air control valve, no idea how this thing works or what the hell its realy spose to do,

but it had a bit of carbon rubbish in it ,so decided to clean it out before i gave it a bit of a spray,

 

i used some carb cleaner ,just sprayed it in there,hope that was ok and it didnt do any damage, heaps of black goop came out and it was left pretty well cleaned up,

 

 

also done the same to the throttle body thing, again abit of black carbon stuff in there but wasnt terrible,the carb cleaner and a brush got rid of it all...

 

Edited October 2, 2010 by JDM55

[JDM55]

once i got all the parts cleaned and ready it was into the oven ,

had a few bits and pieces of differnt stuff,brackets,throttle body pelium chamber,

engine mounts,pipes,clip things all sorts of bits ,just off the dam motor,