All good to go!

 

 

Probably the most nervous I have ever been in my life thus far!

 

 

Well, number one went in okay.

 

 

No lubricant on bearing first time around, check oil clearance with Flexigauge, clean, lubricate, assemble, hope like heck you did it right!

 

 

Repeat three more times.

 

 

This is looking promising, rotates freely too!

 

dope.

Cheers man, I have a serious headache right now, but it's worth it. The moment I spun the crank with it all assembled & it spun freely, BEST!

awesome mate, can't wait to be able to do this all myself one day.

Looks like fun. Headache? your stressing too much! Ha ha. It will all pay off when its in your car, you turn your key and hear VROOOoommm.

awesome mate, can't wait to be able to do this all myself one day.

 

Thanks mate, it's as easy as following the step-by-step instructions in the book, cross-referencing with the 4AGE manual in PDF form. Easy enough when you say it fast anyway!

 

Looks like fun. Headache? your stressing too much! Ha ha. It will all pay off when its in your car, you turn your key and hear VROOOoommm.

 

First time --> Means I'm nervous about everything! As long as it's VROOM, not VROOo...*crunch*.

 

This me playing around with MovieMaker.

 

4A-GE 16v, ARP head studs, you know the deal.

 

 

Le Problem.

 

 

Make it fit.

 

 

 

 

Which was preceded by...

 

Awkward moment: noticing when installing cylinder head & studs, they don't go into the block quite right. Studs out, head off.

Awesome moment: found more evidence that you should ALWAYS double check how well you cleaned out threads for bolts. Ran a tap through all threads again & the head studs went in perfectly.

Awkward moment: try to turn engine crankshaft to check all is okay & it won't move.

Awesome moment: remove cylinder head/pistons to find all is okay there & the bores are fine.

Awkward moment: remove crankshaft & find a bearing that doesn't look happy. Not damaged, just looks different to the others.

Awesome moment: I have spares...is now back at this stage of assembly & the crank spins effortlessly.

Awkward moment: the sun was setting the last time I checked, this photo was taken sometime this morning.

 

 

At least THAT is out of the way. :D

Damn she's looking good... wish you were in WA to help me build up my 20V :D

lets hope that the last moment of assembly will be awesome :-)

so close now mate

I'm not sure how I'd go with a 20v, the extra 4 valves & the VVT trickery kinda scares the hell outta me! ;)

 

So close, yet so far! I was aiming to have it in by Classic Japan next Sunday, but it's not going to happen. Could rush things & have it maybe running, but not really worth potentially damaging a freshly rebuilt engine IMHO.

 

Progress pics:

 

 

 

yeah I agree with no rushing. almost there man!

Still lots of little things to go, but I've just got to keep knocking them over one by one! :yes:

 

I had today set aside for Round 10 of the VMC, but due to a large amount of overnight rain, the Werribee grounds were...less than suitable & the event was cancelled. Bit of a shame, as there's no time in the rest of the year to make up the round, so, that's it for the year. :(

 

I borrowed LittleRedSpirit's idea for making a vacuum distribution block. A great idea I think: cheap (even more so when you have the fittings just laying around), easy to make & with a lick of silver paint, hard to tell that it's PVC at a glance when in an engine bay. It'll cope fine with the pressure (or lack thereof) & provided it's not mounted right next to something very hot, no issue with temperature either. :y:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 201312 yr by carbonboy

Spend over $50 on fittings to suit the thread-taps I already have, or spend $10 on a 1/2" UNF tap to suit the fittings I already have? A no-brainer really. :)

 

 

is that your carb manifold? looks really nice, done well with it mate!