Thanks guys.
The car will go on the dyno this year, probably somewhere in autumn.
@ YaelDjiel: At first I didn't like the facelift model much and considered to change the bumper for a pre facelift one, but it soon grew on me and now I don't like the normal bumper much, I think the facelift has better flowing lines with he body and looks a bit more aggressive.
We where very busy lately, and since your the jobs for our customers is more important then our own projects, we don't have very much time for it.
But still we managed to take some big steps with the whole project and are on schedule to reveal the car on the last main event this year in The Netherlands: Automaxx Super Sunday.
Cylinderhead:
After rebuilding the shortblock it was time to get working on the head, the entire head is rebuild and cleaned, with new seals and everything, placed high RPM valves, stiffer valvesprings and Titanium retainers, as well as flowing the intake and exhaust ports.
During disassembly we noticed the intake camshaft was damaged and needed to be replaced, we thought about replacing it with a different stage camshaftset, but decided to get a OEM version instead, you have to have something to do in the future too
Head before rebuild:
And after:
Intake port after flowing:
Building the engine block:
because the cylinderhead was the last major part that needed work we could assemble the engine again, first task was to place the head on the shortblock, and install the camshafts, intake and exhaust manifold, sensors etc.
We also placed everything on the bottom of the block, like the oil pick up, oil filter and remaining sensors etc.
To bad there was 1 part still in back order so we could not finish the building the block completely, the oilpump backplate, we luckely did get our hardened oilpump gears from the States in time, and all other parts. but since we can't install the oilpump just yet we can't finish anything on the chain side.
Mock-Up part 2:
Because we couldn't finish building the car we placed all covers so no dust can come in.
Aswell as enable us to install the charger and making sure it now all fits the engine it's all going to be installed on.
We had to alter the oil dipstick so it will fit around the charger.
how the engine is right now:
New goodies:
The last couple of days several parts arrived like the new clutch and Circuitworx oilgear.
Due to the higher power and torque we needed to replace the OEM clutch with one that is capable of handling the added power.
And since we are Clutch Masters dealer we just had to install a Clutch Masters clutch.
We choose for a FX400 6 puck version, which is the high performance single disc clutch kit that still is normally driveble on the open road, the one higher (FX500) the same setup but without the springs so basically a on/off type and not ideal for normal driving.
This however is still driveble on a daily basis but can handle a lot of extra torque and horsepower.
Clutchmasters pressureplate:
FX400 six puck plate:
The same day 1 small but important package came in....
The Circuitworx oilpump:
We also have the Blitz Sonic Power Air Cleaner ready to be installed.
The Sonic power is a replacement for the simpler version that was suplied by Blitz with the kit, due to heatsshield it reduced the airtemperature, as well as look nice, and sounds awsome aswell.
Blitz Intercooler:
One of the last and also the biggest parts of the Supercharger kit that we have to clean and polish is the intercooler
It is rather corroded and dirty so needs some attention, I already started cleaning sanding and polishing it:
Deze is flink gecorodeerd en vuil.
I hope we got some extra time to work on it soon so we can put the engine back in the car and start assembling it all.
