Jun 2.7l Stroker Build Underway (hks T04z)

[IMACUL8]

looking good champ = merry christmas

[StageZilla]

looking good champ = merry christmas 

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cheers mate, merry xmas to all too

[WetGTR]

Good work Brad, things are looking good!!

I deal with workshops that are actually going to do the job, only way of quality control.

I know I may of mentioned this before but Greg from Proengines (username: proengines) does some excellent work. He has always been honest, reliable and he even does the followup after the job is done!!

Anyway shims are not too bad to sort out, even when you think you ordered the right sizes they do at times need adjusting, just time consuming stuff but easy.

Merry christmas to all!!

Adam

PS. I know your running the Autronic SMC with Autronics CDI, what coils are you running?

Just finished my CDI install - Autronics SMC , now with Autronics CDI & running 6 x Mercury Outboard Coils.

[StageZilla]

Good work Brad, things are looking good!!

I deal with workshops that are actually going to do the job, only way of quality control.

I know I may of mentioned this before but Greg from Proengines (username: proengines) does some excellent work. He has always been honest, reliable and he even does the followup after the job is done!!

Anyway shims are not too bad to sort out, even when you think you ordered the right sizes they do at times need adjusting, just time consuming stuff but easy.

Merry christmas to all!!

Adam

PS. I know your running the Autronic SMC with Autronics CDI, what coils are you running?

Just finished my CDI install - Autronics SMC , now with Autronics CDI & running 6 x Mercury Outboard Coils.

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msd coil packs im using

and the shims are easy to sort out but the fact they are wrong and i pay a shop to sort it and i get the wrong gear supplied, just frustrating after the 6 month wait for machining and i thought i could finish the whole engine this weekend, or this next week and now i gotta source more shims between boxing day and new years which i doubt will be enough time.

i just want it running dammit

proengines (greg) has been very helpful online with my queries, and if i did it all again i'd use him for the machining and stuff rather than these local "gurus"

[WetGTR]

Brad, if you run into any problems with the CDI unit, I set mine up all myself. I had to even solder a chip into the SMC ECU but you won't have to do this as I had dwell chips to control ignition before. The Ign output are incorrect on the installation instructions - cost me 4 days of pulling my hair out to sort it out.

Can't wait for you to get this all together and started!!

Adam

[StageZilla]

enjoy

[Beer Baron]

nice. did you polish the plenum yourself? it looks very nice

[StageZilla]

nice. did you polish the plenum yourself? it looks very nice

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yep polished it at home on the buffer (my old mans the polishing guru), its a pain in the arse and a messy job but looks sooo much better than tacky painted stuff everywhere.

ive polished the plenum, throttle bodies, alternator, intercooler piping, rocker covers, centre coil covers, timing cover, CAS, catch can, and a few other bits and pieces.

if i had to do it myself i dont think i'd have the patience, but when its free and done by someone else its well worth it :lol:

all the bits where polished 3 years ago now when i first had the rb26 in the VL calais. so they stay pretty clean, except they need an occasional buff over it all to get greasy fingerprints off, and show the mirror finish again.

[CruiseLiner]

nearly done

Edited January 9, 2006 by CruiseLiner

[WetGTR]

Its looking HOT!!!! B)

Your doing a great job Brad, keep it coming

[IMACUL8]

Awesome Brad

How about a update???? Any more issues??? Why you get Banned???

Awesome thread - great pics and heaps of hints and help.

Keep up the good work

Dan

[knore]

Its not very often that i get jelous but damn you!

[IMACUL8]

Brad

Just looking over everything - would it not be a good idea to ceramic coat the exhast manifold and perhaps the exhaust housing of the turbo while everything was out and easy to get to?

Dan

[wrxkilla]

yeh good idea.

the amount of heat my t04r gave off was HUGE!

defo cermaic coating would be beneficial.

love this thread. pics are great

keep em coming

michael

[Josh]

looks farking hawt

[CruiseLiner]

hey guys, finally got the engine in today and 99% of the stuff is hooked up so not long to go

just got i/c piping mods and exhuast to be done to the cat. couple of other bits and pieces, but mostly ready to go

heres a pic i took earlier today, not long now

we had to spin the comp cover to face the passenger side gaurd to get the 3" cooler piping to fit, as we initially had it pointing down towards the chassis rail.

i havent crawled and fiddled under a car and in the engine bay for over 6-7 months now and god damn its a pain in the arse, as everything is soo hard to get too compared to sitting on an engine stand

few weeks and she will be ready for the run in tune and then after the run in is done, some power figures on the dyno i've told my tuner i want 500-550rwhp max at the moment as i gotta save the gtr gearbox from breaking for as long as possible (till i get some more cash for upgrade), and tuner said i'll need around 17-18psi for 500rwhp which is pretty low boost and then when i get that nice gearbox ill wind it right up and hoping for as close to 700rwhp as i can get (and push the t04z to its limit).

only time will tell, and im bound to have a few hiccups along the way as usual B)

cheers

Brad

Edited January 15, 2006 by CruiseLiner

[fatz]

mmmm i have a husky

[IMACUL8]

Awesome stuff Brad

[AMS]

Bloody hell...

Make sure you take the Stag down the 1/4 as well!

[Topaz]

That is soooo cool . I was a shiny engine EVERYTHING.

Is that the standard plenum or the Greddy plenum?