I picked up the water pump housing from Tom yesterday and sand blasted it, and scrubbed the rotors and front cover in his parts washer, although the rotors were still gunked with carbon. And I talked to Jason (JTurton) about his oil cooler lines and if he used Oetiker clamps and he said he got them from Lowe's. I couldn't find the right ones there so I went to Home Depot and found some. I even found some for the lines I'm going to make for the turbo coolant. Gotta love being able to get parts local, especially after you spend $70 on some that won't work lol. Although about half of that price was the tool. Other than that, I didn't get much done yesterday lol. I got more done today after church and tonight lol.
First, here is the water pump housing. Here are the two holes Tom drilled and tapped, but he built up the material around them first so they wouldn't crack.
And here I cut off the other coolant nipple on top that I won't be using, and I drilled the hole and tapped it, but I got carried away and tried to do it too fast and almost ruined the whole thing to the point that it would have to be welded shut. You can see how far down the plug sits. I just hope it seals.
Here is the front cover. I got it pretty clean, and I was going to sand blast it and then clear coat it like the housings, but I think I'm going to paint it black to match the front plate, what do you guys think?
EDIT: I'm about to lose my mind on photobucket. I purposely flipped this picture and it still shows up upside down, even though in photobucket it's right side up. ARGH!!!!
And I cleaned the rotors the rest of the way. I ended up having to use a wire wheel to get through the carbon. And you can see how the engine will look too.
And here is the first oil cooler line, the one that runs through the bumper support and connects the two coolers, with the clamps I got from Home Depot. I had to oil the line to slide the clamps into place since they fit so tight already, just like Jason had to do with his, but they slid into place and clamped nice and tight. I just hope they don't eventually cut into the line.
And as of right now, I'm planning on cleaning my garage this week and building the engine this next Saturday, for anyone that wants to come over to help or just watch. I'll probably grill burgers and hot dogs for lunch also. And if I can finish it in time I'm down to go ahead and drop it into the car, especially if there are extra hands to make sure it doesn't crash into the fresh paint in the engine bay. That way I can order what I need to finish up the engine bay fuel lines and try to finish everything else. I'm still trying to decide if I want to just wire up the new coils also and skip using the PFC for first start and go straight to the Adaptronic, or go with PFC and stock coils first.
I just remembered I need to make the spark plug wires and wastegate coolant hardlines after the engine is built. So it may not go into the car Saturday. Hmmmmm...
