Gtr Nismo #283

[EtienneGignac]

Perv.

[EtienneGignac]

Time for a little update:

Got my reinforced nismo fork pivot:





Oil pump is on:



Baffles and oil pickup:



Welded my oil return fitting (aluminum this time !):



Cleaned gasket goo from the oil pan and put the baffle in:



Closed the bottom end and started putting all the crap back on:





I also put my rebuilt turbo together and installed my throttle body seals (from XS engineering). If anyone wants some pics for that, let me know.

Now what sucks is that I still don't have a head. It is at the machine shop and I need new valve guides which I hope will be here next week so I can finally get it on the road.

[EtienneGignac]

Well it's been a while....my thread fell on the second page... :S

But I am almost there. I'm on vacations right now but as soon as I get back somewhere next week I should have everything together within a couple of days.

**** yeah !

[EtienneGignac]

Final assembly

As promised, here are some more pics of what I've been doing lately.

Got my head back from the machine shop.



It has been decked:



New valve guides:



And a sweet valve job:



So I was working on the thing:



When I dropped a keeper on the floor. Doh ! I can only imagine how much they go for from Nissan....But even though my garage floor is far from clean, I found it after something like 45 minutes of looking everywhere. Lucky !

The culprit:



After all the springs went in, I still had some hardware to install:



Little bit later, shims and buckets are on the exhaust side. I got bored and went to watch some tv.



More to follow tomorrow.

[super_joel7]

I also put my rebuilt turbo together and installed my throttle body seals (from XS engineering). If anyone wants some pics for that, let me know.

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can you put up pics of that?

[EtienneGignac]

can you put up pics of that?

There you go. If you need more details, let me know:

[DRE]

sweet build man ..let me say i feel your pain ...
didn,t think i would see another full engine rebuild in the maritimes
props to you ...most guys around here with blown RB,s sell them as is ..
best of luck on your build ...

Andre

[EtienneGignac]

Thanks Andre.

If it all goes well, I should be able to start her by the end of the week or early next week.

More photos. Cams are in:



With new oil seals:



And the front plate thingie is on:



Next step: cam gears and it will be ready to go on the block ! I think...

[EtienneGignac]

Getting there....slowly....

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

wow, looking good so far Etienne. Make sure to update us the build!

[EtienneGignac]

Will do. It's nice that it's starting to look like an engine again.

The head is not totally on the block yet because of a tool failure. I only made it to the middle of the torque down procedure (they're at 80 ft-lbs right now). I still have to take them off and re-torque them.

More to follow.

[EtienneGignac]

Didn't do much today. Finished bolting own the head (my hands hurt like hell) and put the fuel/water bypass/intake manifold on:

[EtienneGignac]

Well...I think that's it.





Sexy clutch:



Next step is getting the tranny on the engine to drop everything back in:



Tomorrow maybe...

[EtienneGignac]

The heart of the beast. Ready for transplant !

[DeviantRebel442]

why would you put a fram oil filter on there.......omg