Well my car is almost all put back together so it seems like the time to document the journey she has been on. It started many moons ago in the later half of 2007 when I had my intake mani Jet-Hot coated. Some of the coating clogged the vacuum nipple that I was running my wastegate off of which caused my car to over boost like crazy (almost hit 20 psi the first time I drove it after the mani install which felt amazing till I hit fuel cut..) and I ended up bending a rod before I figured out the problem. I started it up one morning and heard a knocking coming from the engine and had it towed straight to the shop. That was the last time she was running. I never planned on forging my motor but figured I could either, replace the bent rod with another stock one and hope I didn’t bend another one or worse in the future or I could go forged and not worry about bending any more rods. So for most of 2008 I accumulated parts and sometime around the end of the year sent the motor off to the machine shop. I got it back a couple months later and have been putting the girl back together slowly but surely ever since. BIG THANKS to JDM Sam for the rods, pistons, all the other goodies and awesome support! Now for my favorite part of any thread, the pictures!!
Parts
Motor comes back from the machine shop
Exedy stage 1 clutch & Fidanza lightweight flywheel
Medieval lightweight pulleys
Putting her back together begins…
Motor goes up…
…then comes down
Motor back in with Steedspeed turbo manifold, Street Unit transmission mount & Medieval side engine mount
Turbolife FMIC, dropped on Eibach Sportlines, hood comes back from the paint shop & lights sent off to get tinted
Lights come back from getting tinted, vacuum lines hooked back up, Xcelerated Concepts trunk painted
This is the first time I’ve ever had a motor forged and is the most work I’ve ever done to a car. We have a couple more lose ends to tie up before firing her up but I’m hoping to do so within the next week. It has been so long since I drove her I don’t even remember what it felt like which wont really matter since it is going to feel like a completely different car after all this anyways… So any comments, advice, questions, criticism are welcomed. I will be selling all the parts I took off so let me know if you need anything. I will be creating a for sale thread once I get all the parts cleaned up. And thanks to everyone here on the forum that has helped me get this far!
Here is my mods list so far:
505zoom intake manifold (Thanks 505zoom)
GT2860RS aka disco potato (Thanks Bala)
K1 rods (Thanks JDM Sam)
Wiseco pistons (Thanks JDM Sam)
Cometic head gasket (Thanks JDM Sam)
ARP main and head studs (Thanks JDM Sam)
Clevite bearings (Thanks JDM Sam)
Jet-Hot coated Injen CAI
Turbolife FMIC
Steedspeed turbo manifold
Perrin fuel rail (Thanks Bala)
WRX 440 cc injectors
Boostscience RDV
Vibrant 3” turbo back exhaust (Thanks Terbow)
Corksport S pipe ceramic coated by Swain Tech (Thanks dstmsp03)
Exedy stage 1 clutch (Thanks livelyjay)
Fidanza lightweight flywheel (Thanks Kooldino)
AXR clunk fix brackets (Thanks Evolv)
Silicone vacuum lines
MAM vacuum block
AWR front and rear engine mounts
AWR side engine mount
Street Unit transmission mount
Medieval light weight pulleys (WP, Alt, PS, Crank)
Goodridge braided brake line
Corksport braided clutch line
TWM short shifter
Kartboy shifter bushings
Kartboy exhaust hanger bushings
Samco radiator hose
Stoptech Slotted Black E-Coated Rotors (Thanks Tri-Point)
Axxis Deluxe Plus Pads (Thanks Tri-Point)
G2 painted blue calipers
Blacked out badge (Thanks Street Unit)
Blacked out lights (Thanks Jon's Tinted Tails)
Window tint 20 something %
Millenia PCV valve
Mazdaspeed 1.8 bar radiator cap (Thanks Concept MSP)
Greddy full auto turbo timer
Greddy spec II EBC (Thanks 540James)
MAM gauge rings
Production # badges and stickers (Thanks Slotege and Spaz Chicken)
Mryellowmp5 dual gauge bezel
Autometer ultra lite boost gauge
Autometer ultra lite wideband A/F gauge (Thanks ProtoType5)
Autometer oil pressure gauge
Eibach Pro-Kit Springs
NRG hood dampers
ACS Composite ram air hood
Xcelerated Concepts fiberglass trunk
Canadian EGR (Thanks bradboyd80)
Custom powder coated valve cover w/ cam cut out (Thanks ForceFed)
Apexcone Raptor HID's (Thanks DDM Tuning)
AWR oil pan (Thanks dragonballspeed)
Mishimoto radiator (Thanks MP3racer)
Custom adjustable cam gears by Focus (Thanks fatti03msp)
Custom oil catch can (Thanks Signature Sound)
Custom coolant can (Thanks Signature Sound)
Spal slim fans (Thanks JDM Sam)
Oil pump serviced by Doc B
Waiting to be installed or should I sell...?:
J&S Safeguard (Thanks khaosman)
MPI
Did I forget anything or to thank anyone? What's next??
Parts
Motor comes back from the machine shop
Exedy stage 1 clutch & Fidanza lightweight flywheel
Medieval lightweight pulleys
Putting her back together begins…
Motor goes up…
…then comes down
Motor back in with Steedspeed turbo manifold, Street Unit transmission mount & Medieval side engine mount
Turbolife FMIC, dropped on Eibach Sportlines, hood comes back from the paint shop & lights sent off to get tinted
Lights come back from getting tinted, vacuum lines hooked back up, Xcelerated Concepts trunk painted
This is the first time I’ve ever had a motor forged and is the most work I’ve ever done to a car. We have a couple more lose ends to tie up before firing her up but I’m hoping to do so within the next week. It has been so long since I drove her I don’t even remember what it felt like which wont really matter since it is going to feel like a completely different car after all this anyways… So any comments, advice, questions, criticism are welcomed. I will be selling all the parts I took off so let me know if you need anything. I will be creating a for sale thread once I get all the parts cleaned up. And thanks to everyone here on the forum that has helped me get this far!
Here is my mods list so far:
505zoom intake manifold (Thanks 505zoom)
GT2860RS aka disco potato (Thanks Bala)
K1 rods (Thanks JDM Sam)
Wiseco pistons (Thanks JDM Sam)
Cometic head gasket (Thanks JDM Sam)
ARP main and head studs (Thanks JDM Sam)
Clevite bearings (Thanks JDM Sam)
Jet-Hot coated Injen CAI
Turbolife FMIC
Steedspeed turbo manifold
Perrin fuel rail (Thanks Bala)
WRX 440 cc injectors
Boostscience RDV
Vibrant 3” turbo back exhaust (Thanks Terbow)
Corksport S pipe ceramic coated by Swain Tech (Thanks dstmsp03)
Exedy stage 1 clutch (Thanks livelyjay)
Fidanza lightweight flywheel (Thanks Kooldino)
AXR clunk fix brackets (Thanks Evolv)
Silicone vacuum lines
MAM vacuum block
AWR front and rear engine mounts
AWR side engine mount
Street Unit transmission mount
Medieval light weight pulleys (WP, Alt, PS, Crank)
Goodridge braided brake line
Corksport braided clutch line
TWM short shifter
Kartboy shifter bushings
Kartboy exhaust hanger bushings
Samco radiator hose
Stoptech Slotted Black E-Coated Rotors (Thanks Tri-Point)
Axxis Deluxe Plus Pads (Thanks Tri-Point)
G2 painted blue calipers
Blacked out badge (Thanks Street Unit)
Blacked out lights (Thanks Jon's Tinted Tails)
Window tint 20 something %
Millenia PCV valve
Mazdaspeed 1.8 bar radiator cap (Thanks Concept MSP)
Greddy full auto turbo timer
Greddy spec II EBC (Thanks 540James)
MAM gauge rings
Production # badges and stickers (Thanks Slotege and Spaz Chicken)
Mryellowmp5 dual gauge bezel
Autometer ultra lite boost gauge
Autometer ultra lite wideband A/F gauge (Thanks ProtoType5)
Autometer oil pressure gauge
Eibach Pro-Kit Springs
NRG hood dampers
ACS Composite ram air hood
Xcelerated Concepts fiberglass trunk
Canadian EGR (Thanks bradboyd80)
Custom powder coated valve cover w/ cam cut out (Thanks ForceFed)
Apexcone Raptor HID's (Thanks DDM Tuning)
AWR oil pan (Thanks dragonballspeed)
Mishimoto radiator (Thanks MP3racer)
Custom adjustable cam gears by Focus (Thanks fatti03msp)
Custom oil catch can (Thanks Signature Sound)
Custom coolant can (Thanks Signature Sound)
Spal slim fans (Thanks JDM Sam)
Oil pump serviced by Doc B
Waiting to be installed or should I sell...?:
J&S Safeguard (Thanks khaosman)
MPI
Did I forget anything or to thank anyone? What's next??
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