ProjectGS: My GS-F Build Thread
01-04-12, 01:27 AM
#95
Update 1/3/2012
Got some more work done. Engine is finally in the car!
Had a little accident on the cams lol. I was torquing the cams down and used the wrong torque spec.
The carnage: threads pulled out of the camshaft!
The solution!
Tapped with oversized threads.
Timesert collar installed. Now the theaded section is even stronger than before.
That little accident/repair was from a week ago, forgot to post it up.
Stuff from tonight:
Took intake manifold off to polish more and also weld on the oil/trans dipstick brackets. Also, finished the intake by welding on the back end. Didn't remember to take pictures of that process.
Wiring harness is completed. Everything loomed and wrapped up.
Ported the exhaust manifold for maximum flow. These china turbo manifolds aren't the best, but it's good enough for now. I made a few small modifications to improve it. I'll eventually build a custom manifold that will flow MUCH better.
All buttoned up and pretty!
Finally ready to drop in!
Sitting comfy back where it belongs.
Another shot. Tomorrow is the time to button everything up. Hopefully I will have it running by tomorrow night.
Got some more work done. Engine is finally in the car!
Had a little accident on the cams lol. I was torquing the cams down and used the wrong torque spec.
The carnage: threads pulled out of the camshaft!
The solution!
Tapped with oversized threads.
Timesert collar installed. Now the theaded section is even stronger than before.
That little accident/repair was from a week ago, forgot to post it up.
Stuff from tonight:
Took intake manifold off to polish more and also weld on the oil/trans dipstick brackets. Also, finished the intake by welding on the back end. Didn't remember to take pictures of that process.
Wiring harness is completed. Everything loomed and wrapped up.
Ported the exhaust manifold for maximum flow. These china turbo manifolds aren't the best, but it's good enough for now. I made a few small modifications to improve it. I'll eventually build a custom manifold that will flow MUCH better.
All buttoned up and pretty!
Finally ready to drop in!
Sitting comfy back where it belongs.
Another shot. Tomorrow is the time to button everything up. Hopefully I will have it running by tomorrow night.
Last edited by JeffTsai; 01-04-12 at 01:31 AM.
01-05-12, 02:22 AM
#101
Update: 1/5/2012
Didn't get too much time to work on the car today. The throttle body was in the way of the power steering suction line. So, that had to be modified. I swear, everything on this build had to be customized or modified in some way lol.
Anyways, some pix:
The original fitting was straight up. Had to do a 90' degree cut and re-angle it.
Part finished and fitted onto the car. Plenty of clearance now.
Since the stock GE power steering tank is located pretty much where my throttle body now sits, I had to fabricate a new tank. Finished the top part already, and building the bottom end in this pic. I welded on a pipe(verrry hard to do when the pipe is super thin and trying to weld that onto an aluminum plate!) on the return side so that the PS fluid will not spray out the top of the tank when I open the cap to check it. This also keeps the air bubbles and sloshing around in there to a minimum.
Before welding.
After welding!
The completed product.
Going to try to aim for tomorrow to get the car running. I only had a few hours to work on it today.
Didn't get too much time to work on the car today. The throttle body was in the way of the power steering suction line. So, that had to be modified. I swear, everything on this build had to be customized or modified in some way lol.
Anyways, some pix:
The original fitting was straight up. Had to do a 90' degree cut and re-angle it.
Part finished and fitted onto the car. Plenty of clearance now.
Since the stock GE power steering tank is located pretty much where my throttle body now sits, I had to fabricate a new tank. Finished the top part already, and building the bottom end in this pic. I welded on a pipe(verrry hard to do when the pipe is super thin and trying to weld that onto an aluminum plate!) on the return side so that the PS fluid will not spray out the top of the tank when I open the cap to check it. This also keeps the air bubbles and sloshing around in there to a minimum.
Before welding.
After welding!
The completed product.
Going to try to aim for tomorrow to get the car running. I only had a few hours to work on it today.
