Thread: Build has begun, Updated 9/14/09 Tune fixed!!!!!!!

Well guys ive started my engine build, its pretty much complete im just waiting on some rr hydraulic lifters and s4 cams and its done. Still gotta pull the old motor out of my car and take some things off of it i need to put on this one such as the oil pump drive/spacer as the crank i got from my buddy didnt have it on there cuz we took it off to use the vvl one.

Ill be painting the engine bay black since i will be painting the outside of the car midnight blue sometime in the future. The engine bay theme will be black and red.

Engine build details:

SR20VE block bored to 86.5mm and decked
CP pistons 8.5:1 compression and rings gapped to turbo specs.
Eagle rods with ARP2000 rod bolts
ACL race main and rod bearings
GTIR main bolts
DE 8CW crank cleaned and polished
GTIR oil pump with Gspec crank pulley, spacer, and gtir oil pickup tube
Cosworth 1.5mmX87mm headgasket
Golden Eagle B16A headstuds
DE head cleaned and resurfaced
Roller Rocker hydraulic lifters
JWT S4 cams
Ebay RWD tubular topmount manifold
Garrett t3to4 60 trim turbo with .82 turbine housing
Tial 38mm wastegate
Venom 720cc injectors cleaned and flow tested 730cc across the board
Mezier electric water pump with water pump block off plate
Honda Civic 2 core aluminum radiator
Z32 maf
Calum basic ecu
AEM tru-boost boost controller/guage
AEM wideband o2 sensor
Powdercoated Gloss black valve cover with red lettering
Painted gloss black

Ill be using either a b15 or p11 trans when i find one
Fidanza 8.8lb flywheel with ACT extreem pp with 6 puck sprung disk
new oem stock axles
GC coilovers on GR2's
ES bushings everywhere
Prothane solid motormounts
Custom made by me Solid dogbone mount

And best of all some M/T slicks cuz im gonna need them.

Goals for this setup are 450-500whp
Run into at least upper 10's but im gonna wait till after summer to do it so i can do breakin, get the car dyno'd and enjoy it for a while before really running it. Low boost will be 14-16lbs on pump gas and 25-28psi on 110 octane race fuel.

Here are the pics





















Enjoy and any comments welcome.

Oh such a build, why would you cheap out on the manifold(no offence)? I wouldn't risk a 600$ turbo and 200 gate on a cheap manifold..Other then that it looks like a decent build..Also replace your fuel rail your supply line is bent.

Good luck.

my supply line is not bent to the point its kinked, it will be fine. Im testing out the manifold because one reason, people doubt them. ive actually made extra supports for them and im gonna put it to the test. Its not that i went a cheapy route on it because i couldnt affort a better one its the plain fact that im gonna see what it can really do, if it fails no big deal no harm done if it lasts and makes good power which from what ive used it so far it has been just fine when i had it on the last motor. So we will see and time and abuse will tell. This one actally is a second gen of that manifold. Has much thicker pipes and better welds for sure. Its actually a decent piece so yeah only for testing purposes, im sure down the road ill be getting a better mani if this one fails.

a cheap manifold aint gonna hurt the turbo or gate. Its just gonna crack a lot sooner and cause your under bonnet temps to go up.

With the luck you have, Id change the rail now..Why risk your build over something stupid like that..Any with plans to making 400-500hp your gonna want all the fuel without any interfearance...Your call everyone is different..I believe in doing everything once for the first time.

Good luck on your build.

Im well aware of that, I ment as far as it falling off and running it over..Im far from a noob in the turbo world.

I agree about the manifold and fuel rail. highport fuel rails are dirt cheap or free. There's no reason to run that one you have on there now.

Those manifolds are known for cracking at all the welds. If I were you I'd re-do all the welds now. Especially being that you live in Yuma. Average temp in July is what 110?

If you wanna do a shorty el mani or something in that neighborhood why not hit up Charles. I'd actually also like to get a shorty/semi-el from him but he doesn't want to do it as of a few months ago.

Its your build though but to me this is like MTV cribs going to 50cents house and he's got an above ground pool.

you know what i totally didnt notice that, good catch, even though ive used it without problems already i have another rail i can use. Its not bent too badly but yeah your right its not worth it.

Thanks i thought you were referring to the tube on the right side of the motor.

Nice project. Still, I agree: you should change that fuel rail. It's out of tune with the rest. Dig that Mezieres-block-off plate, however.

Oh boy here we go again. Nice pics btw man I can't wait till this beast is done so I can see some vids of it in action.