new heat wrap and alternator clearance. lightly touches the heat wrap (which is double layered) but will keep an eye on it if it starts coming loose.
Car was carted off last week to Ace Dyno & workshop but he was pretty busy prepping cars for SAU Nats.
Got my "roadworthy" muffler on, which is basically a stock muffler with 3-2.5" reducer and 2.5" tip. just to remove some attention during run-in.
Theres been some delays this week. Had issues with the AFM, luckily I had ordered a spare Z32 AFM which arrived on Friday... then go to fit it and see that the plugs are different *sigh*
No idea what type of AFM was there. Its exactly the same size and element but a different plug. Suspect an RB25 AFM, as RB30 same plug as Z32 and VQ30 is a bit bigger in diameter. And of course the pin lugs are different again so has to be rewired. Managed to find a Z32 plug at a local mechanic but had very little wire left on it to solder. Gave up (because Friday afternoon) and will sort it Monday. *hopefully* tuned by Tuesday.
Got heaps of pics from the builders, but just sharing things I havent got already...
so one oil squirter was destroyed by rogue piston, the other snapped when they fitting it to the new block. So made custom steel ones with a larger diameter and angled for piston clearance
comparison
Studs, pistons, rods, 2nd hand crank (fair bit of work getting that up to scratch), bearings
theres the porting job
previous chain on the left, new OEM chain on right. Frank requested a new OEM chain as he didnt have much faith in the aftermarket one which had a removable link. a cool $230 from Nissan
bottom end
flywheel and clutch fitted
going into the car
So big thanks to Frank and Michael from Headspec. If they had stickers, I'd be sporting one on the side of the car.