Jamie1st Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 Ahh thanks for the advise, the gasket might need a slight trimming then?And what do you mean by tip the valve head? With what? And I'm still going by the standard clearances aren't I with this head?Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Coming along mate Nothing like building your own engine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 Yeah, quite glad it spun a shell now, would still be rolling round on my ct9 at .7bar if it hadn't lol..Just picked up the final pieces to the engine, Valve Shims!Time to crack on!Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 looking great dude! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 Right then, we got the head all shimmed up correctly a few days ago, and built the rest of the engine up.Yeah, ignore the colour of the rocker cover, still haven't decided on the colour!Well, my clutch was taking longer than expected to come, so we temp mounted the block into the car on Wednesday night and filed the inlet manifold gasket out to compensate for the Stage2 Head.Thursday the clutch still hadn't arrived, so we fitted the inlet along with all most of the electrics and injectors etc. (Yeah still haven't painted the rocker cover :/ ),Today (Friday) I had 2 nice parcels come through the door! The first being my new ACT 6 Paddle clutch The next was a parcel from Addz!-Prosport Stepper Gauge - Oil Pressure-Prosport Stepper Gauge - Oil Temp-AEM WidebandOil sandwich plate and sensorsEP91 Civic Rad mounting kit!Soo, tonight we went about fitting the clutch and box!Forgot to take pics after the box etc etc was fitted..When I'm back from work tomorrow we'll get the rest of the bits and bobs on, and hopefully fire her up - As long as my oil turns up which I ordered on Monday!!So, fingers crossed I can drive her to JapFest nice and slowly on Sunday!Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daz gt turbz Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 get in mate!! get her there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 Yeah I'll try my best! It's just rolled past mid night, but I'm going back into the shed to paint the rocker cover! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jay_glanza Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 nice car, pleased to see you have got it all sorted, well done mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 looking good mate, what gap sizes did u use for the piston ring gaps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 looking good mate, what gap sizes did u use for the piston ring gaps?Cheers man, Ahh I couldn't tell you now, the block with crank, rods and pistons was built up a while back now and I just went with the info given with the pistons if I remember right.Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Few jobs done today,first off, sprayed the front mount black;Whilst that was drying..We finished the engine!Fired up nice and easy, We just had to adjust the idle and ignition timing and its about there, one problem we found after we took it for a run was the thermostat housing was leaking water. So I've just been took it off, gave it a good clean (and the block) re-sealed it with gasket sealant and fingers crossed its sealed for tomorrow morning (JapFest 2).Soo, tomorrow morning I have a bumper to fit, wash it, etc etc!I'm off to bed!Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drew 007 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Best of luck getting it all back and sorted buddy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Well, there's no more leaks! And she's running well.180 miles out of 1000 miles running in done. Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Look good yesterday Jamie, will look even better once the td04 kit is fitted John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Look good yesterday Jamie, will look even better once the td04 kit is fitted JohnCheers! Yeah I can't wait to get the td04 set-up on!Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Looked good yesterday mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Very good effort mate Will try and get the injectors out to you ASAP once I have spoke to Ricky! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Looked good yesterday mate!Cheers, it's getting there!Very good effort mate Will try and get the injectors out to you ASAP once I have spoke to Ricky!Cheers pal!Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 16, 2011 Author Share Posted July 16, 2011 Right, well I've just done over the 500mile mark on the engine, along with the last running in oil change! Look what turned up the other day!RaceTech Manifold (To suit Civic rad)Reconditioned TD04 TurboTIAL 38mm WastegateThe kitSoo, its another 500miles of running in, then fit the TD04 kit, then get it mapped up!Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Awesome piece of kit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daz gt turbz Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 ooooooooo!!! coming along nicely mate! bet you carnt wait to get it on and mapped! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Sweet mate beat to that kit eh!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
templar2007 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 awwww thats sweat mate i wish i had the money to have this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
200bhp starlet Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 well done matey credit to your hard graft will be awsome on tdo4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie1st Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Awesome piece of kit Sure looks it, cant wait to get her on!ooooooooo!!! coming along nicely mate! bet you carnt wait to get it on and mapped!Cheers dude, yup I cant wait!Sweet mate beat to that kit eh!!!!Hahaa, yeah I did awwww thats sweat mate i wish i had the money to have thisI haven't got the money, I'm -£4.59 now :/ lolwell done matey credit to your hard graft will be awsome on tdo4 Yeah, I went out in my mates the other day at 1bar and that was awesome!Update:My thermostat housing appears to be leaking slightly again, not much but still going to sort that tonight. Got some sealant off my mate, it's 'Nissans' genuine stuff, he says if that doesn't sort it, nothing will. Going to check that its not warped slightly or something and not sitting flush.Oh, and the standard spring clips on the rad hoses etc are getting scrapped too as one of them seem to be letting water by slightly. Knew I should have changed them for jubilee clips when I rebuilt it lol.All good fun!Jamie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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