the box its a T50 from a T18 and i bought a 4A bellhousing and the bloody thing is leaking now, so this saturday the motor and box comes back out to fix the leak, its not as bad as it sounds, will only take about 3 hours total to take it out fix the leak and put it all back together, I LOVE AIR TOOLS

Tuesday after easter is dyno tune day.

 

There is still lots to do to finish eveything off :)

Edited April 5, 200620 yr by NickZ

This just keeps getting better and better :)

far as i know now the rolla is going well yes nick?

hope you come to the meet i wanna see it so bad, btw when you gunna respray the front guards lol

I now have the car complete, Just need the ram tubes for the intake.

I'm a bit worried that today after i finished putting it back together as i had the engine and gearbox out AGAIN yesturday to fix a oil leak in the gearbox, While i was refilling the radiator and running it to remove any air blocks, it seemd to take for ever to a point that the engine was getting very hot but the temp was saying about 25 deg, there must have been a air block in the thermostat housing, I hope i didnt overheat the engine. i pulled the thermostat out to make sure all was ok, but it back together again and went for a drive the temp got to 90+ about 75 is the usual temp on the ECU hand set.

I then puller the thermostat out again and bought a new one and lost the bloody rubber ring, ive put the thermostat back without the ring so the thermostat moves around in the housing

Anyway here are some more pics

Remote thermostat housing

 

Now back to the gearbox, its been getting a little noisy, dumped out the oil yesturday and it was lovely and sparkely Metalic brown.

once i drove it today it now wont go into gears, double clutch is about the only it will change gears and it rattles under load, Guess its time for a new one of those now.

Edited July 17, 200620 yr by NickZ

not having much luck hey,

only small things now...still looks the goods though!

Hey NickZ you still got the S/C and brackets off the 2/3T whateva you had

Bought a new seat and ordered the other matching one today

 

Trev : I sold the motor complete with the SC.

 

But i still have the new heavy duty clutch for the 2T

Edited July 17, 200620 yr by NickZ

Nah its already got an excedy race clutch, how much u get for it

how do i subscribe to a thread? really want to see how this ends up!!

I sold the old motor with blower for $650

Shiz thats cheap, he wanted it for his 2tgeu

He is going to bolt the whole lot into his KE3x wagon. this engine was a good combination, I'm kind of wishing i didnt change to the 20V, but then again i wouldnt have wanted to push the 2T any harder without rebuilding it stronger, 7 PSI boost was good but to get more power it would need more boost.

 

The 20V is producing the about the same power but doesnt have the lowdown torque.

the 2T had enough power to do easy 2nd gear drifting. The 20v doesnt have the power to do that. Well untill i turbo it:)

Nice, did you have the brackets made to suit or they off somethin else

I scratch built everything, brackets,piping etc, ive also supercharged a 4K that my brother now owns, when you have the tools anything can be done.

Well as i was just saying about how i do everything myself, Today is the reason why.

I took my car to get dyno tuned today and when i pick it up i shows all the signs of being a 3 cylinder, the tuner telling me the computer isnt right for the motor, the timing jumping 15 deg, pinging badly, the car went in idling smooth plenty of power happy to rev past the VVT, to a car that almost stalls when you put down the pedal, pings with the slightest load, and wont run smooth till it gets to about 2500rpm and puffs grey smoke, and just hits a brick wall as soon as the VVT and he still charged me $150.

 

Hows that for a great day.

 

I'm going to do a compression test tomorrow to tell me the whole story.

If its not good i guess ill be ordering another motor tomorrow and head to melb for a pro tuning shop.