Sr20 Conversion To Ke55 Plus Rebuild Plus Pimpage

[JDM55]

nice as dude and the coilpac cover is a good idea as it will help keep the coils cool as thats a big issue with the nissan motors.

 

 

 

cheers mate yeah exactly ,thats why i designed it like the flame style looks cool and has enuff gaps to let the heat out off the packs,plus it looks sexy time lolol

[Undertaker_is_the_best]

dude love the progress on this beast

[JDM55]

dude love the progress on this beast

 

 

haha cheers, yeah its a bit slow at times but just a little at a time and things slowly are coming together,planing to get the engine running and sort out any issues with it first be fore it goes back in the car, then looking at seting up the brakes and fuel lines get it all wired up and running in the car properly, still a long way off but progress lately is steady cheers for the interest,

[Undertaker_is_the_best]

can't wait to see pics of motor meeting car hopefully for the last time for a long time

[JDM55]

can't wait to see pics of motor meeting car hopefully for the last time for a long time

 

 

 

will go in one more time then come out again for paint ,well thats the plan we will see....

[JDM55]

just a couple of things today ,prerped up some more parts to paint ,nearly there! so many parts on this motor its mental,

but a few more bits and pieces out of the way,

 

fuel rail

injector caps,

starter motor,

couple of fuel pipes

fuel pressure reg.

couple of heat shields etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JDM55]

 

now for the other side ,

 

 

first started with the water outlet thing, i polished it up a bit and fitted it came up nice,

 

 

 

 

 

[JDM55]

 

so bit of bad luck on this one but the turbo is on its last legs ,so will have to find a new one or get a replacement i guess,

more money not planned on,

any way for the time being it will do for the start up i want to do soon,so a quick clean and assemble

 

any one have a spare t25 garret for me????????????

???????

 

 

also with this turbo one of the studs was snaped off, took alot of mutilation to get the dam thing out ,so left things rather hacked up ;-(

 

[JDM55]

polished............

 

 

 

and back on.....

 

 

then fitted back to the engine sort of...

 

 

[JDM55]

also done another small mod,had to make a small hose line to return the water from the turbo into the water pipes on the other side ,

but since i had already half set up the other side for this it was pretty easy,

 

can see the blue hose on the other side had to be joined to the turbo line...

 

 

 

got abit of 5/16 tube ,bend it to shape,flared the ends, and cut down the turbo water pipe to suit,

 

 

 

 

fitted up,

 

 

 

dump pipe ,heat painted and wraped in exhaust wrap stuff,with a new 02 sensor and studs

 

[JDM55]

also the heat shields back on

 

 

and started fitting the fuel line parts back on

 

 

and thats about it for the moment , starting to try to figure out the injectors and see if i can make them stay in the fuel rail with out leaking is the next mission ,

 

sleepy time

Edited October 16, 2010 by JDM55

[LXY-642]

looking good man. you like shiny things hey.

 

how come your running the water to the other side?

 

also i have heard that heat wrap is prone to making thing's crack prematurely, as they keep excess heat in. heat/extreme coating is the way to go. does cost more, but that's for a reason ;)

[JDM55]

looking good man. you like shiny things hey.

 

how come your running the water to the other side?

 

also i have heard that heat wrap is prone to making thing's crack prematurely, as they keep excess heat in. heat/extreme coating is the way to go. does cost more, but that's for a reason ;)

 

 

 

yeah i like shiney, yeah wasnt sure bout the heat wrap stuff, but i don't even know if I'm going to be able to use this dump pie any way, it sitts close to every thing ,not good in the eyes of mr engineer, any way its simple to remove if i have to,

[JDM55]

assembled the fuel rail today, got the injectors in and set them up to test for leaks

 

 

 

 

 

nearly there ,over view::::

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also made some meaty hooks to get the engine off the stand a bit easyier this time

 

 

[JDM55]

well totaly destroyed this week end, :sob:

pretty much everything ive done on the engine so far ,that is totaling 5-6 weekends of hard out work has been for nothing ,and will have to be done again,pretty pissed about the whole thing, realy woundering now if this hard work is going to be worth it at all,

 

pretty much had the engine finsihed or so i thought, got it off the engine stand ,and onto a pallet ,

 

spent several hours seting it up for a start up,this included

 

setting up the radiator ,connecting hoses,filling the radi with water,

setting up the computer and the million wires that comes off it, attaching engine looms

filling engine with oil

fitting air flow meter and air filter

fitting fly wheel and starter motor

setting up a oil pressure light

fitting air piping with clamps and blow off valve for test,

etc

 

all took hours to set up, went to check if the oil was full and found that it was way over full??

checked again still way over full??? drained some out checked again, still over full? very strange

took along long time to work out what was going on,drained nearly all the oil out ,complete waste of fresh oil, check again,still over full!!!!!!!!! WTF WAS STARTING TO GET VERY ANOYED AT THIS STAGE,

drained all the oil out completely, check again , empty?????? checked again full!@@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

long story short , what i suspect thats happened:::: when sealing on the lower oil pan, the sealer probably has squeased out in a big blob right where the dip stick tube ends,so when the dip stick goes in to the tube its actuly rubing on the sealer ,which is covered in oil so when its pulled out it gives a random strange reading, havnt pulled the sump off yet but thats what i susspect has happen, and can actulay feel the sealer when sliding the dip stick very slowly,

 

so thats drama number 1, pretty much have to pull the sump off and hopefully i can get to the area that has sealer every where that is if thats the problem,

 

next there is a oil leak from the front cover actualy there is 3 points that are leaking and ironicly the frnt cover was the one thing i didnt pull off,and seal ,heres where the big drama comes in,

to remove the front cover properly, the engine has to be pretty much stripped this includes the rocker cover , that i had problems with before and some how i managed to get it to seal well this time and realy don't want to have to pull it off again,the sump ,which would have to come off any way and not a big deal but that leads to the secondary sump also has to come off again i have already taken that off and resealed it so another waste of time , and then pretty much everything on the top of the engine, exhuast manifolds injection mani folds all the water piping ,the crank angle sensor, timing issues with plulling that out and putting back in, and then the whole head has to come off!!!!!!!

all that to get the front cover off to fix some small oil leaks ,

 

so all very disapointing stuff

 

on the bright side, the new wiring board i made worked very well so that was a plus and also there were no water leaks also a plus considering how the water pipes are set up on these engines,under the manifolds,

also the fuel rail isnt leaking another plus, but all that is pretty much undone if i have to go throught the front cover removal process, grrrrrrrrrr :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

 

any one want abuy an sr? lol