Mike1992's Engine Rebuild Thread

[WhiteTsiAwd]

Dude..Mike, is that a chop? Because that does not look real at allllllll, haha. But ya looks nice...

 

[Mike1992]

Dude..Mike, is that a chop? Because that does not look real at allllllll, haha. But ya looks nice...

Chop my ass, I'm just that good.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

Progress?

 

[Evil1gDsm]

looks great man, I'm rippin apart my motor probally in like another 2 weeks! To begin her build / quest for 10's!!! Tranny goes to shep..woot woot!! Keep up the good work man!!! ...dan

 

[Kinetik_tsi]

Man that's like my dream build. Clean workspace, nice parts, enough money.

Unfortuantely for me I work in a sandy driveway, my newly rebuilt block somehow gathered rust in the cylinders while stored, and I think I lost many bolts and nuts.

I envy your build.

 

[Mike1992]

Things are kinda at a halt at the moment. Having to pay off some bills made this slow a bit. Only thing added was the exhaust manifold, exhaust housing and the O2 was bolted up. Still need $480 for that new 20g, I had to take my passenger front hub into the machine shop today to get a new bearings and seals. ($58parts + $35work) I did fill the engine with oil and so far its holding full without a drip. Hopefully next week I can get that turbo ordered up.

Kinetik_tsi - Dream build huh, I like to call it a budget build. Garage is kept clean, space is limited, and the money is coming in on a weekly basis as I buy what I can afford. Sucks to here your block got crusty, but thats what oil is for. I also labeled bags for bolts so I knew where everything went.

 

[Mike1992]

Little Update​

Over the past few weeks I got the money togeather to get my JRC FMIC mounted and pipes built. I had originally wanted the 20g wheel stuffed into the td05h housing but the guy at FP was a dildo and I was swayed to get a bullseye T04B V-Trim. So now the new J-Pipe I bought from SBR is in the classifieds The 14b shown mounted is in dire need of a rebuild so I used it for mockup only. I hope to god the V-trim matches up to my custom made fmic pipes. I should have it all done and ready to fire up next tuesday. Wish me luck

 

[Mike1992]

I got the car running last night after another big hassle with a vendor "cough cough" TO4B V-Trim. Fast forward install was a PITA, I ordered an oil only cooled turbo and received a water an oil cooled turbo. This sucks because I'm not setup with provisions to a water a turbo anymore, but being the perfectionest I am and I went to a buddies and got a turbo main water pipe to water the snail. Ace hardware supplied the fittings needed. Went home spent hours upon hours getting the new turbo installed. Intercooler piping had to be extended. Fast forward everythings togeather start it up. New lifters are clackin but its holding a steady idle. Check for leaks and dont see any, set the ignition timing and back out the driveway. (Bout time, I'm moving the day the turbo finally comes and its 10pm) Test drive went well, never shifted past 4500 rpms. Oil pressure is very good. Manual steering will take alot of getting use to. Combination of prothane motor mounts and no balance shafts will take some serious getting use to. Car runs decent except the fact I'm running a walbro 255 with no afpr. (Yes its rich as hell) Im also venting the bov until I can get up to the local motorsports shop and have a new intake pipe made, so I can recirculate. (One I made wouldnt fit) Im just moving into my house and dont have the garage space or the time to work on it. So far I got 20 good miles on the motor and so far everything is working as it should.

 

[dnhieu]

david<---------------very very VERY jealous. i hope my rebuild goes half as good as yours man.

 

[nRFenix]

Anymore updates mike? Oil pump? Anything I know your oil pump has caused some issues... anything else causing any?

 

[Mike1992]

Anymore updates mike? Oil pump? Anything I know your oil pump has caused some issues... anything else causing any?

Wed. I pulled the front case and swapped in a used stocker. I cleaned it all up nice and threw in my new set of helical cut gears and just buttoned up the oil pan. I should have it running again tomorrow. Its been a long haul

 

[blcknspo0ln]

well!?!? did you start her?

 

[Mike1992]

Yea, shes alive and running I got some issues I need to work out. My idle it stuck at about 2200 rpm's and I cant seem to do anythign about it Biss does nothing at all. The oil pump leak seems to have been fixed, but Im not 100% positive yet, Im kinda sick today and not gonna go out to the garage. Learning to get things tuned via AFC2 and logger is a new, but going well. I've got about 55 miles on the motor and just need to fix a few pin hole boost leaks in my intercooler piping and I should be ready to rock.

 

[drewbird91]

Looks really good and clean. Keep up the good work.

Is your intake manifold painted or powdercoated?

 

[Mike1992]

Everythings Painted

 

[blcknspo0ln]

try dialing in your TPS for that 2200 idle

 

[Mike1992]

try dialing in your TPS for that 2200 idle

Makes sense, Its JDM 1 nipple throttle body that I had rebuilt and put on. The TPS May have slipped.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

i believe 1g (USDM) tps has to be adjust with pin 1-4 @ ~5k ohms.. and pin 1-3 @ ~.9 ohms

2g TPS is 1-4 @ ~5k ohms, 1-3 @ point of continuity/discontinuity