DSM Cocktail project

So after exactly 1 year I heard the voice of my baby again! Oh, I've missed it.

The past 3 weeks I was busy fixing small stuff like wires, hoses, clamps, leaks...well getting her ready for the first ignition.

Today was pretty adventurous. A dead battery, leaking turbo water feed pipe, cracked oil cooler, unplugged ECU connector and stuff like that just made it more dramatic....

Well it's the final lap for me. Just a few things more. I need to get some silicone couplers for the cooler, some intake pipe and filter (maybe FP one). Need to put the innovate, IAT, MAP sensor and will be ready to fire it up.



I got this cheap intercooler piping kit. The pipes are...

This sundey me and 3 of my buddies, armored with a heater, dry food and drinks went into the freezing garage to put the engine, tranny and transfer case back where they belong

A shot of the painted and polished timing covers


Finally the engine is back in
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This was done yesterday:

Ported turbo. How does it look, guys? Does it need more porting?




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So the final few bits to bolt on. Still haven't ported the turbo and converted it to a fownflow compressor housing.





The FP Race is pure sex!
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So, the engine is almost complete. The thing that need to be put are the VC and timing belt. I have an OEM timing belt. The VC is on the pics just to se how it will look complete. Than I will have to rotate the whole thing to see if valves are touching the pistons.

ARP head studs

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Head job finished. 30 degree angles on valves and head for improved flow.

We used a complicated home made device for puting the springs. Check it out below

Those kigglys were PITA to install. We were four tough guys puting them on. One was putting the valve stem locks, other one was depressing the springs and two were holding the head down to the ground.
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Everything torqued to specs. Rod bolts were torqued to 40 lbs, even though the manley instructions didn't have such a low value for the ARP 2000/rods combo. Well I'll trust ARP and forums more than Manley.

The only glitch that I came across is why ARP main bolts didn't have enough room for the oil pump suction tube (or whatever that is called in english).

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I got my powder coated VC and fuel rail today. I am not 100% pleased with the quality of the coating, but i don't have th nerve to do it again.





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So far I have accomplished the following:

- Block bored to 85.5mm, honed and regrind surface for the MLS headgasket


- Some head optimizations. Just leveled the bumps and edges inside the head port and cleaned valve seats. The ports will be polished.
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Here are the main ingredients for my build:
- Manley rod/piston combo 8.5:1
- ACL Race main/rod bearings
- ARP Main studs
- ARP Head studs
- ARP rod bolts
- Cometic 1.6mm MLS head gasket
- Kiggly springs
- ITM Revised lifters
- Delta K272 cams
- Fidanza adjustable cam gears
- '90 oil cooler


Fuel system:...