Highflyr Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Short block done and painted! Going to do the heads this week. and hopfully get it put back together this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 nice paint job ! Very Stihl like lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 nice paint job ! Very Stihl like lol Hopfully it won't sound like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hopfully it won't sound like one. Nothing like the high pitched note of a 036 Stihl going through Red Oak or perhaps Black Locust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Finally had some time to continue this project. Tore the heads apart and soaked them in a cleaner to get all the crap off of them. Reassembled them and installed the new head gaskets. Cams are in and timing components all installed. Waiting on the belt from Subaru should be in today so hopefully I can get the engine done this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Seeing that DOHC one would think it was a EJ255/7 or other high end performance monster lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Also you do clean logical engine assembly I like that as opposed to propping it in a old tire and have all your bolts in a 2 liter bottle that has been cut in half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Haha yeah everything gets bagged and tagged. It always ends up costing more in the long run if you dont. Ive really been enjoying building this engine. I think a 257 build might be in the future. Ive already started looking for blocks and bkttom end parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 yeah man you should do that hell assembly and related machine work is always a bulk of the cost. You can find the EJ25/7 parts with ease for your build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Engine is in the car. Running and idling perfectly. No leaks no noise. http://www.e90post.com/forums/images/smilies/happyanim.gif Of course once it didn't run like that the first time I started it there was a pretty good oil leak and thanks to Darwin it was of course the rear main seal. Turns out the one i got from Subaru was not quite to spec. Not sure why it was leaking but it was leaking about a quart every 10 min. This was at 2pm Sunday. So I called Advance and the had a federal seal in stock. Had the engine back out by 3 back from Advance by 5 and engine running again by 6:15. Except this time I had a real high idle. Was around 2k RPM. Now I'm just getting furious so I just parked it and left. Went back to it yesterday read the codes and got P0117 and P0122. Decided to say F the P0117 since I already replaced the coolat temp sensor and focused on the TPS. Grabbed one of the spares that I had in put it in still no change. Noticed it was adjustable so I started messing with it. Soon as I turned it the idle dropped to around 400 or so so I kept going and slowly raised the idle. Now it's sitting perfectly at 700RPM. Took it out for about a 10 mile drive and started seating the rings and loading the engine. Pulls good no misfires. Only code i get is the P0117. So going to start my research on that and then I'm on to the brakes. Thanks for all the help Gee-Otto! Pics Coming Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Here's the pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 BTW, I love how all my hard work painting the engine got smothered by the intake and accessories. I have another manifold I am going to paint orange, and I think I am going to order the cover for the accessories and paint that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 Here's a link to a video of it idling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 you beat me to that comment hahahahaha What orange engine block Purring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 You should have notched the engine cross member you know for future additions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 You should have notched the engine cross member you know for future additions Hahahaa well I figured the engine will have to come out anyways since it's high compression now. I went and looked an EJ257 block the other day guy only want $100 for it. Turns out he had it machined and then dropped it cracked the oil filter neck/piece off. So the search continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 yeah you can score a EJ255/7 SB halves for cheap on Naziock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEE-OTTO Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Nice Borla Reps to polish it all off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasLegacy2.5GT Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 That job came out awesome! And right on time for some fun in the snow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 That job came out awesome! And right on time for some fun in the snow!! Hahaha what snow. I wish we got a lot of snow here. But we're lucky if we get one or 2 storms a year. Still throwing a P0117 code. I got a new temp sensor to install tonight. It's cause a very rich idle which in turn is causing a misfire in one of the cylinders. Once you get going though it runs great. Hopefully the new sensor solves it and I can get it to idle decently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasLegacy2.5GT Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 whats your location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyr Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 whats your location? Outside Baltimore, MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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