STeeL's built motor/turbo build - Page 3

STeeL25T · #31 08-14-2009, 07:47 PM

Doh.. Big surprise here, but Tom's right. I missed the two outside the water jackets on the back... I swear those were not mentioned in the NASIOC DIY tear down thread

Its all apart now. I'm new at this, should the crank shaft be resting inside a half of the block or is it ok to let it sit on its own?

TomsSVX · #32 08-14-2009, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STeeL25T

Doh.. Big surprise here, but Tom's right. I missed the two outside the water jackets on the back... I swear those were not mentioned in the NASIOC DIY tear down thread

Its all apart now. I'm new at this, should the crank shaft be resting inside a half of the block or is it ok to let it sit on its own?

Thats because 99% of the clown on Nasioc have never touched an EG33

No less broken one down.

Tom

Phast SVX · #33 08-15-2009, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

Thats because 99% of the clown on Nasioc have never touched an EG33

No less broken one down.

Tom

+1

I was ready to post the bellhousing bolts as well but Tom beat me to it. Dont listen to anyone on NASIOC! Because you will never know which response to weed through.

STeeL25T · #34 08-17-2009, 07:49 PM

Just got this in the mail today

I'm going to talk to R & R Speed Shop this week about doing the machine work and balancing on the block, I'll buy my bearings soon after and I'll be putting the bottom end back together when ever they are done. I hear they take a long time but they're the best we got here.

TomsSVX · #35 08-17-2009, 10:49 PM

You are going to need the bearings before hand so they can spec the oil clearances at the machine shop

Tom'

STeeL25T · #36 08-18-2009, 05:32 AM

Makes sense. I was just told I would need a rod and a piston for crank balancing so I went ahead and bought the rods. I think I read in LANs thread they set his bearings for him, I just wanted to talk to them this week and see all the things they can do and what its going to cost.

STeeL25T · #37 09-14-2009, 06:23 PM

Monthly Update

I just dropped everything off at the machine shop. Having my the block milled flat, getting a full engine balance, honing the cylinders, and having my flywheel resurfaced. I wasn't exactly sure what all to tell them to do, if theres something I left of that list let me know since they probably won't start for a while. I have to wait for my ACL bearings to come in the mail to bring them.

I did not bring them my heads since I haven't done anything to them yet. I'm debating if I want to port the exhaust side... Gotta find a place that will do it first.. and then see if I can budget it.

STeeL25T · #38 09-27-2009, 05:38 PM

Not much going on, bottom end is still at the machine shop.. So in the mean time I thought I'd mess with my intake.

Bought this custom intake from Sicksube a while ago, it remains to be seen how well its going to work so I'm not going crazy with it yet... Still, I want to have a pretty clean engine bay for once in my life and I don't plan on keeping the top engine cover so I want these pipes to looks nice and the welds on them have been bugging the crap out of me... So I am attemping to clean them up a bit with an angle grinder. Needless to say, I've never used one before haha. This is what I got so far.

redlightningsvx · #39 09-27-2009, 07:29 PM

If you want them really smooth use car glazing putty.

STeeL25T · #40 09-28-2009, 05:34 AM

Never heard of it. To Google I go!

STeeL25T · #41 10-03-2009, 09:56 AM

Back from the machine shop. Only thing he said was "sure is a big bore for such a small motor".

Assembly time?

StelthSvx · #42 10-08-2009, 06:39 PM

great thread and pix!!!!!!!! do you mind posting what machine shop did and what each service cost. Its great to see guys man up and take on big projects like this for first time

.....keep the photos comming

Johnybeas · #43 10-09-2009, 02:44 AM

: ) : ) pretty! I like, can't wait to see it done and see how you run your plumbing for your turbo.

Also for those of us planning to do similar projects would you mind posting costs too?

STeeL25T · #44 10-10-2009, 08:04 AM

There are probably better machine shops that specialize in Subarus out there you can find online. I didn't want to deal with crating it all up and shipping it out, hoping it didn't get damaged, and paying out the hind end. I asked around for what the best local machine shop was and was sent to R & R Speed Shop which is like a block from my house.

I forget where my actually receipt is right now, but I was charged 430 dollars even for hot tank cleaning, milling the block .005, full crank balance, cylinder hone, and they resurfaced my WRX flywheel.

I was going to put the bottom end back together this weekend but I forgot there are 4 gaskets inside the block til I took another look at LANs thread, so I have to wait til I but my full gasket rebuild kit. I have all my bearings here so I guess I could get started putting those in... If someone wanted to tell me how =)

STeeL25T · #45 11-30-2009, 09:54 AM

This holiday season has me broke... But the discount code was too good for me to pass up so the gasket rebuild kit I've been waiting on it on its way to my door. I've yet to take my crank back to the machine shop but I'll do that by next week if I have some free time. Can't wait for school to let out so I can get started putting this thing back together.

By my count I'm roughly 830 bucks away from having a RUNNING motor again, not a finished motor though. That wouldn't count my engine management or injectors or the turbo, or my transmission rebuild I'm still trying to figure out, but I hope that won't end up being too bad. Even still, the block is in top shape, the whole bottom end is forged, every gasket is brand new, every hose is brand new, water pump is brand new (not sure if I'll but a new oil pump yet or not, mine seems fine). It should be fun if I can get it together.

Want to ask again what oils and lube you guys use when rebuilding these engines. I still don't have an answer.