zerMATT951

Not yet. Without an OPRV, that last pic is as far as I got this weekend.

zerMATT951

Thanks! Here's a pic from the pool this afternoon...

minho78

Yeahh, they grow so fast. Nice swiming pool.

zerMATT951

Got a little more work done today. I messed around with the oil cooler quite a bit playing with Lart's new braided / AN lines and I think I'm going to be happy with the results. I'll post several angles of those lines in a separate thread that Lart started a while back, so look there for details and to ask oil-line related questions (i don't want to clog up this thread with that conversation!).

Click here for the thread with more pics and details: Oil-cooler-replacement-lines.html

Installed new balance shaft seals & collars (one was REALLY bad), installed the lower bal shaft front bearing housing & PS pump bracket, re-torqued the four front bolts of the lower bal shaft housing where that square bracket attaches, installed the exhaust side heat shields, re-attached the ground cables again after re-routing them, and cleaned up a few more parts to be installed.

I won't be able to work on this much tomorrow, but I hope to get some more time in on Monday & Tuesday.









Oh... and I had a little help in the garage today too. She is checking to make sure I got the oil cooler lines good and tight...

zerMATT951

I appear to be missing a part on the top of my turbo water temperature sensor... the metal post that the connector attaches to is missing. I thought it was odd that it wasn't connected when I pulled the motor apart, but I do want it connected when I'm done.

Is this a simple fix if someone has an old one kicking around, or should I just buy new?

lart951

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...e=STRK:MESE:IT

zerMATT951

Got some more work done today. First, I had to correct an issue with the new headers. The 1-4 pipes were too close together to mount on the studs, so I elongated the bolt holes on #1 and opened up the front-most part of the flange so that it matched the exhaust port/gasket better. *IF* these are SFR headers (which I think they are), I've got to assume that their jig wasn't quite up to snuff when these were fabbed up... I have no idea how the PO (eBay photo) got these mounted on a head with the holes over 1/8" off.

I also spent some time under the dash with a partial harness removal, and I stuffed the new harnesses through the firewall hole. That was a bit of a struggle, but I found a lube that should be wire-friendly that made the job go a little easier.

#4 flange (no problems):


#1 flange after my elongation of the holes and widening the opening toward the front to better line up with the exhaust port:


2-3 collector Y:


1-4 collector Y (a little ugly):


Starting to stuff the new LR harnesses:


Close-up:


Far enough:


That should work:


Old (remaining) and new wiring:

Jeff N.

oooo. Dat der's a lot of work.

Mighty Shilling

done yet?

86 951 Driver

how involved is putting in new wiring?

zerMATT951

Uh, no. Did you see my pictures from Tuesday?


I guess it's not all that bad with the engine bay as empty as it is. Having the head & cam tower out of the way sure makes things easier. I took the time to yank all of the old wiring that would be replace out of the firewall loom first - I can't imaging trying to stuff all of those new wires through along with the old ones, and I really didn't want to leave that much unused wiring in the car.

The LR harnesses are very high quality and they have a nice mesh sheathing, but that adds to the bulk. It will surely help to protect the wires for a very long time, and I'm going to add heat reflective convoluted wire sleeve where the harnesses are near heat sources in the engine bay to protect them even more.

Hopefully I'll have more pictures after this weekend with the head, header, crossover, and turbo in place. Unfortunately I'll only have a few hours to work again, but I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

plumbum

WOW! Great job! Thanks for all the pictures and info

JJK78

Looks like you are doing an awesome job! I really like all the jet hot coated stuff, a bit late for me to be asking for my project but how much did all that coating cost?

Looking good man!
J

zerMATT951

I'll PM you with the cost of that Jet Hot work... they gave me a low estimate then charged me double once the work was done, but I take some of the responsibility for sending too many little bits to get coated.

Crackership

Did you go "full boat" on the LR harnesses? I've already got the speed/reference sensor harness and the injector harness and I'm impressed with their quality, but I'm undecided on the "idle stabilizer and misc." and the knock sensor harness... good investment? what do you think?

Oh, I've been meaning to ask.. what it s "cheater" turbo? I've searched and found nothing...