philooo

The sump photo is nuts... When I dropped my oil pan it looked brand new after one cottons wipe the oil was gone and sump was clean!
No wonder people end up having engine problem when you see thing like these!!!

philooo

Btw any cost range for the work at 9xx?

538awhp

Back from Vegas to see the car started and running!

Thursday....



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More random photos.

Engines arriving for rebuild

Imo000

ZX9RCAM

Nice!!

538awhp

The sump was off a cayman that was taken apart for rebuild.

I was told $9,000 for rebuild and includes core for the cracked head.

ZX9RCAM

DAY-UM, that sounds cheap....

jrgordonsenior

Wait what cracked head? You mentioned a heads was warped (post #55) but said the machine shop stated they weren't cracked.
Do you have photos of the head damage you can post? That would explain the intermix....

coffeehead

I spoke to him offline, and the ~$9k was quoted for a potentially cracked head before the teardown. It would be interesting to see the final bill, which should be less(?)

I want to see a video of the car running/driving. Excited!

538awhp

No I did not have a cracked head. Jason's quote is $9,000 flat rate for all rebuilds, it also covers head core if the head is cracked. He did warn me if there is damage to other parts like case or crank then he or I would have to source those parts but the labor cost doesn't change.

I'll have a video up soon. I found out the previous owner did a weird TT brake upgrade. He used stock c2 pads and hardware on TT calipers and GT3 rotors. The pads are barely hanging on the calipers. It very unsafe to drive so I ordered the correct pads and hardware.

alpine003

Look on the caliper to make sure they are indeed TT caliper part number. What you are saying doesn't seem to make sense physically unless you also have custom bracket spacers on there. It could be some other kind of Brembo calipers possibly.

538awhp

I have no idea how it was installed or what parts were used. I'll try to find out once Jason takes apart the brakes tomorrow.

coffeehead

Yes, IIRC the tt calipers mounting bolts are completely different spacing. They shouldn't bolt on...

538awhp

I spoke to Jason today and The rotors are definitely GT3 but the caliper is unknown. I bought TT pads and and hardware and they bolted right on. As of right now I am unsure how the previous owner did the swap as they are definitely bigger than stock C2 front/rear brakes.

alpine003

I know how he did it. Check the rear of the calipers and tell me if you see any markings. I'm currently in the process of doing the same poor man's gt3 brake mod myself.