jackal8788 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 ^Nice job!! VF54 to 20G to VF54 to 18G build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cww516 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Gonna need an "insert here" caption on that last one- I feel like that should become a tradition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Looks like now is a great time to upgrade the front swaybar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 ^^^Yep, its on the way as we speak. My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Looks like now is a great time to upgrade the front swaybar! Smooth enabler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackal8788 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Smooth enabler! Ahhh, the less popular Michael Jackson song... VF54 to 20G to VF54 to 18G build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Today I drained the oil out so I could flip the motor over. Once that was done I removed the exhaust manifold and turbo. Along with the twelve million vacuum coolant and oil lines associated with the turbo. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150713_185236_zps8eb9qp7t.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150713_185257_zpsqw1qmm6q.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 So I finally got back to pulling the motor apart after a couple of crazy busy weeks. This evening I pulled the intake manifold. It was not too bad. Of course there was one bolt that was a pain to get out because something else was in the way. I also made the stupid mistake of pulling the injectors off one side before I realized that they could come off with the intake. So then I had to put that rail back in. Stupid Brendan. Anyway. I should have it all apart in a few days and have the heads to the machine shop. Then the real fun begins. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150727_200219_zps0vcumhnn.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150727_200230_zpssbpdtjb8.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Is there still a phenolic spacer for the intake on these engines? Would be a good small upgrade since it's all apart! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acumenhokie Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Today I drained the oil out so I could flip the motor over. Once that was done I removed the exhaust manifold and turbo. Along with the twelve million vacuum coolant and oil lines associated with the turbo. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150713_185236_zps8eb9qp7t.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150713_185257_zpsqw1qmm6q.jpg I know this feeling, here's some pictures from yesterday..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 ^^^Yep looks like fun. My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acumenhokie Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 ^^^Yep looks like fun. Someone else is having the fun, my wallet is just feeling the pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Just got finished pulling the valve covers off. Cams look pretty good. Will give them a closer look when I pull them. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150728_220736_zpsntksebpo.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150728_220724_zpsdcf1haxl.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acumenhokie Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Apparently mine was leaking a bit of coolant into the combustion chamber and I got a free steam cleaning of my internals. I told him it was my homemade meth injection system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 ^^^Nice. Water injection helps performance. They used it on the Saab 95 turbo with great results. My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 Today I finally removed the heads. You could definitely see where the passenger side gasket was leaking right into the coolant passage. Heads were very easy to remove except loosening the head bolts was a nightmare. The piston bores look great. Still have a ton of swirl marks, so looks like the bottom end is hopefully good. So Monday the heads will be going to the machine shop. Here are a few pics. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150808_102116_zpsfcfgqlan.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150808_102128_zpsrncpmcsq.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150808_102817_zpslwuad1d3.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150808_104157_zpsvhfz7pkm.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150808_104737_zpsh212c1pm.jpg http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150808_104815_zpsdgfmjeli.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 This is a little late, but I wanted to keep track of everything in my build thread. A couple weeks back I installed the clutch damper delete. Should be nice with the HDSS clutch. My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 Today I dropped off the HG set at the machine shop. Heads are all disassembled and all the valves and cams etc. look good. Should be finished in a week. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150818_144432_zpsxev7as2j.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 Picked the heads up from the machine shop today. Hope to get them installed and the timing belt on this weekend. Of course after I install the tbelt I am going to spin that motor over by hand about 2000 times just to make sure it is all well. Would hat eto have it off and screw up these pretty heads. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150827_195644_zpszhxpphdp.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Well had a busy day today and got a lot done. I was able to get the heads installed and the timing belt on. Did have a few hiccups though. I started early. Put the first head on. Tightened the nuts down to hand tight, then I realized I had the stupid head on backwards. Nope won't work that way. Guess its time for another cup of coffee. So then after that was sorted, I got the right head on the right way, the first washer I go to put on a stud and I drop it right in one of the oil galleys. Crap, so then I had to pull the oil pan to get the washer back. Fortunately that is super easy and only took a few minutes. Anyway, after a rough start all went very well. Oh yeah I forgot to mention this. As I am lining up the tbelt, I hear something behind me. I turn around and there is a 4' gopher snake slithering by. Scared the crap out of me until I realized it was just a gopher snake. Of course then the bugger disappeared behind a cabinet and I have not seen him since. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150829_151728_zpsaa1d2zez.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Spent about an hour and a half getting the intake back on today. Now I remember why I took all the photos during disassembly. There were a couple times I could not figure out where and how things were plugged in. Pics saved the day though. All that is left is the exhaust manifold and it is ready to go back in the car. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150831_161656_zpsmnnj8k7g.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cww516 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 What, no clear timing covers? http://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5207908&postcount=1815 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Um no I don't think so. Interesting but no. My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 The engine is in the car. Not without some trouble but its in. http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah113/BBPeik/20150901_170348_zpsueshg1hj.jpg My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBPeik Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Got most everything installed today minus the upper coolant hose. Forgot to buy hose clamps for that one. Turned the key while crossing my fingers and it started right up. Sounded great. The only dilemma was that a huge cloud of smoke poofed out right as I started it from all the oil floating around from assembly etc. So I had to open all the windows in the garage to air it out. Other than that all went well. tomorrow I will get the hose on and run it up to temp and finalize everything. Hope all goes well. Thank you all for your support through the engine build. You all have been a lot of help. My someday I will be done with it thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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