Alright so it's my turn to start my build thread, so here it is.
My piston rings are shot, and so are my valve seals, and decided that I didn't want to have any uncertainty in terms of dropping in a junkyard engine, so I'm going with the expensive route of having mine entirely rebuilt. It has close to 120,000miles on it, and although it was running like butter last year, it went downhill in the fall after the timing belt service was done to it and a new cam (FS-H9) was dropped in. Not sure if it was coincidence or not, especially with how hard I pushed the car this past summer through autoX (including one event about 2 weeks after the service was done), but I digress.
So considering the engine will be entirely apart, I figured I would play around with it and do the "standard mods"...this is what I have planned:
Small updates to 1st post. And I'm starting to get some things together, and this is what engine work I foresee will happen:
My suspension is essentially complete, and the brakes have been slightly upgraded with better pads, SS lines and and MSP front setup. In terms of tuning, I have the MP3 ECU and an N/A MPI, but will sell those and install a custom reflashed ECU. Most of the info you want to know in terms of my mods are in my sig, but feel free to ask if you have more questions.
Parts are being sourced right now, with everything coming together around mid-April, with the rebuild occurring in late April or early May.
Feel free to post any comments, criticism, suggestions and/or questions
My piston rings are shot, and so are my valve seals, and decided that I didn't want to have any uncertainty in terms of dropping in a junkyard engine, so I'm going with the expensive route of having mine entirely rebuilt. It has close to 120,000miles on it, and although it was running like butter last year, it went downhill in the fall after the timing belt service was done to it and a new cam (FS-H9) was dropped in. Not sure if it was coincidence or not, especially with how hard I pushed the car this past summer through autoX (including one event about 2 weeks after the service was done), but I digress.
So considering the engine will be entirely apart, I figured I would play around with it and do the "standard mods"...this is what I have planned:
Small updates to 1st post. And I'm starting to get some things together, and this is what engine work I foresee will happen:
Engine overbore by 0.5mm
Full block cleaning/painting (to finally get rid of all that surface rust)
Crankshaft cleaning/polishing
Speedcircuit stage 2 head
Head milled
Custom machining job to fit Twiggys with proper valve lash, valve sniping, etc.
Full rotating assembly balancing
With that, I'll be going with:
10.4:1 compression pistons
new (stock) rods
a full rebuild kit
Twiggys
cam gears from Focus' GB
custom 4-2-1 looong-tube header
the full Medieval pulley set I already have
full Medieval motor mount set
Fidanza flywheel
Exedy stock clutch
welded MSP LSD
AWR oil pan
new oil pump
Flex-a-lite oil cooler
NSN spacers
Full block cleaning/painting (to finally get rid of all that surface rust)
Crankshaft cleaning/polishing
Speedcircuit stage 2 head
Head milled
Custom machining job to fit Twiggys with proper valve lash, valve sniping, etc.
Full rotating assembly balancing
With that, I'll be going with:
10.4:1 compression pistons
new (stock) rods
a full rebuild kit
Twiggys
cam gears from Focus' GB
custom 4-2-1 looong-tube header
the full Medieval pulley set I already have
full Medieval motor mount set
Fidanza flywheel
Exedy stock clutch
welded MSP LSD
AWR oil pan
new oil pump
Flex-a-lite oil cooler
NSN spacers
My suspension is essentially complete, and the brakes have been slightly upgraded with better pads, SS lines and and MSP front setup. In terms of tuning, I have the MP3 ECU and an N/A MPI, but will sell those and install a custom reflashed ECU. Most of the info you want to know in terms of my mods are in my sig, but feel free to ask if you have more questions.
Parts are being sourced right now, with everything coming together around mid-April, with the rebuild occurring in late April or early May.
Feel free to post any comments, criticism, suggestions and/or questions
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