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Postby tbot » Thu May 24, 2012 9:14

Fmic showed up today...so I'll be getting that installed with a custom oil cooler this weekend. After that its just trying to get as many miles on the car as possible...without getting too deep in the throttle lol.
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Postby RichB » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:14

Where'd you get your engine work done?
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Postby tbot » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:14

I took my car to Thompson Automotive and let them handle the rest. The actual machine work was outsourced, and I don't remember where. They did an awesome job tho, with 20 over pistons and no balance shaft, the motor runs smoother now than it did before, and I have little to zero piston slap.

The only remaining issue I'm having now is a p0012 CEL, VVT not advancing like it should, which has been a royal pain in the ### since everything that is supposed to cause that code is working properly, i.e. VVT, OCV, oil pressure, timing, sensors on crank and cam...it's rather ####ing annoying.

On a side note, I did get this in the mail the other day :D

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Postby erod550 » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:14

Is that a top-mount mani? Will you have any hood clearance issues with a giant turbo sitting on top?
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Postby tbot » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:14

That it is! And there won't be any issues at all. A guy in NM has a holset hsa35, which is massive, on his 6.
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Postby ~Barn~ » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:14

Ha! That is freaking hard core, 'Bot. Awesome.
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Postby chickenwafer » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:14

Looking good man, can't wait to see this on the road!


tbot wrote:That it is! And there won't be any issues at all. A guy in NM has a holset hsa35, which is massive, on his 6.


Now, out of all the turbo manufactures, I probably know the least about Holsets, but what is an hsa35? Never heard if it?
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Postby Number2 » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:14

what tsx_guy said.

Congrats buddy! Is it fast?
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Postby Operator » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:14

Longggggggggggggg time no see man!!! When you come back up north?!?
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Postby RichB » Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:14

tbot wrote:I took my car to Thompson Automotive and let them handle the rest.


How much did the rebuild run?
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Postby tbot » Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:14

It wasn't cheap since I had to replace everything but the block and head. Labor wasn't bad tho, it ran I think $2500.

Car still isn't perfect tho. Having a low oil pressure issue which is causing other problems. I just don't have the money to tear the motor half apart to swap in a new oil pump and vvt. So for the mean time it will sit neglected in the corner.
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:14

$2500 is actually fairly cheap for the amount of work done.
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Postby tbot » Sat Jul 21, 2012 9:14

Oh I know...but with all the parts that I've got into this damn thing, I'm at about $7k...and I have another ~$1500 since we're thinking the oil pump is bad and possibly the VVT, so $700 - $800 in parts and about the same in labor since you have to pull apart the entire front half of the motor.

So when I'm done 100% with everything I want to do, it'll be close to a $11,000 motor build hehe
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