Watson Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Intro: Got the engine pulled. While disassembling it, I broke a couple of bolts and they were essential just rods of rust bonded to the cover so... ...I had to pry it off. Guts all over the floor. Edited March 16, 2014 by Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewZed Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Thanks. Edited March 13, 2014 by NewZed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Fixed! Sorry about that. On to more pictures with still no background information. I spend so much time working on the car (in addition to my day job) that I just haven't done an intro yet... The day started with cleaning the block and internals. I managed to recruit the help of some neighbors. Thanks, neighbors. Before painting. After painting. I decided on a nice neon-vomit green. The pizza cart was put to good use. The cylinders were honed. The oil pan was cleaned, tapped for oil return, and painted. I began work on the ECU until the rod/main bearings come in for the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) Got the bottom end put together. All new bearings, rings, and ARP hardware. Edited March 14, 2014 by Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 I spent the morning scraping gasket (ughhh) and I got a new 35mm lens. Fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 I got a little bit of engine work done today. I had to take a field trip to a buddy's house to borrow a torque wrench since I loaned my out 15 minutes before I needed to use it. He was in the process of rebuilding an RX-8. I ran into some fitment issues with the timing cover and the new timing chain guides so I will have to hash that out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 I finally started doing the video thing. First posted edited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAndyAndTheSea Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Love it. Keep it up. I'll be watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Got some more bits installed on the engine and after adjusting the valve lash, I thought it was time for a hefeweizen. I'm about sick of having to do this. This engine likes to eat bolts and force me to drill and tap new threads. It's coming along. Edited March 18, 2014 by Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 It's not going to clean itself. I had to port the manifold to better suit the new 60mm throttle body. I'm no professional but at least it has a better chance at life now. Finished building the board for the ECU. Just got to make a few tweaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 I finally got the intake manifold all buttoned up and was getting ready to finish the engine when I realized I don't have gaskets for the exhaust side of the turbo. Piss.... Well, I guess I'll knock out the differential and floor pans until they come in. Tomorrow I'll start on that and I'll do another video. I think I'll do weekly video updates with pictures in between. As far as the rocker cover goes, I started sanding it to prep it for painting but then I decided it looks pretty cool like this. It has an interesting vintage look. I think I'll keep it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Engine update: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 I got the differential welded today. It was quite a task considering the half shaft bolts didn't want to come out, so I ended up welding it with it in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 I finished the ECU and got it buttoned up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Cool ! What is the cost of your build so far ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 About $4000. $1000 for the car and $3000 in parts. There are miscellaneous nickle and dime costs though as with any build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domzs Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Yeah . And they do add up fast . What's your horsepower goal ? Edited March 25, 2014 by Domzs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Tell me about it... After everything is broken in and tuned, 300 whp. Edited March 25, 2014 by Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Today was not my day to work on Watson. I took apart the front of the engine to address the broken stud. I accidentally drilled the hole into the block too large and there is no room for me to expand the hole in the timing cover without risking cracking it, so I just had to put it back together. I then broke one of the studs while installing the exhaust manifold. I at least had extras. I was having issues getting the bolts to go in for the intake manifold so I just called it a night. I'll pick up again tomorrow. Edited March 25, 2014 by Watson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 It's finally starting to look like an engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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