Well today marks the passing of the deadline I set myself to take the car to the Nats. Typically none of the parts that I have had on order from multiple suppliers have arrived and my Zed is left gutless in my driveway Maybe next time... Least I got myself a "garage" now lol
woahhhh i thought u were only going to do a plenum pull awsome work guys...if i were u id soooooo pull the engine out and freshen the bay up...hell even sprey it silver since your car is... i went even further though, had the lower plenum off etc which your pretty much there anyhow with the cams off etc...and i soooooooooooooooooo wished i had pulled the engine out...would have made things alot more easier, plus i would have been able to freshen up the bay...looks 100 times better when u put it all back together... do it stu u know u want to
You know I would have already but I have concerns about trying to wheel back the engine crane as its on gravel. I certainly dont enjoy getting under there. heres what ive got on the go AIV Out PRVR Out EGR Out Plenum Off ( Sent to Caz for Polishing) Fuel Rail Out (being replated in gold Nickel) Throttlebodies fully dismantled (Sent to Caz for Polishing) All throttlebody hardware sent to electroplaters form Chroming/nickle plate Water Pipes out (Sent to Caz for polishing) CAS out (sent to Caz for Polishing) PS Reservoir sent to be chromed High Pressure PS Lines Rebuilt by Enzed x 2 Power Steering Rack Out (Sent to get Rebuilt under warranty guy stufed it last time with wrong kit) Cam Covers Off (Sand Blasted and Powder Coated) Carbon Canister Removed Battery Tray Fixed and resprayed Earthing Kit Fitted up Removed rusty Patches from Strut Towers and Resprayed Un wrapped the Engine loom fully Replacing all Connectors and removing unneeded wires from above deletions Relocated PTU to next to battery Upgraded to S2 PTU Removed Intake/ Exhaust CAM gears sent to platers for Chroming 100k Service kit MaxfromAus Seat Covers Under Plenum bypass and cleanup up of hoses replace all vac hoses with silicon PCV pickup relocation as per JT (because I can ) GFB UDP Sard 650cc Injector upgrade New ROM (thanks Karl) Polished Fuel Filter Headlights Out and Opened for cleaning/touch up much more i cant remember Anyways Assuming I had all the stuff today I was damned sure Id try and finish by Friday, Oh well Some people like caz, karl and K-Zed had a very short time to help me and have bent over backwards to try and help and I appreciate it very much :zlove:
Zanjara I removed the baffle in the passenger side exhaust cam cover as it serves no purpose once you do the reroute. (the drivers side dosent have one) I left the intake cam cover baffles in place, just make sure you wash them out thoughrouly to get any metal shavings out from tapping the threads.
On the stock pcv system oil tends to pool up in the passenger side cam cover during long right hand bends. The oil is then sucked into the PCV system. The bypass moves the pickups to a higher point where this does not occur. This is usually only experienced on a racetrack but often results in huge amounts of smoke out the exhaust and high oil consumption.
keeping warm out there Stu hehe So much you have done so far man we should just pull the motor LOL its almost there hehe i got a creeper here if you wish to lay on that as well Stu
nah I think Ill save the engine pull for the turbos later in the year / next year. As for the creeper it wont be creeping very far on gravel Update.. When it rains it pours, I received a ton of shiny stuff from Caz and from the Electroplaters today. woohoo
Stu... when you pull your engine out, let me know and I'll come and help. I need to learn how to do this for when I eventually pull my engine out. Cheers
Yea no worries, learning by doing is the best way, I think I know my engine bay intimately now.. :zlove:
Intimately? Does that mean you've F^*%$d it? You'll know it better when you have removed and installed engine a couple of times:zlove:
Hey, I was just wondering where you bought the Marquee/Car port from, and how much it cost you, if ya don't mind my asking? Good work, Keep the updates coming so I can keep track of your progress. Just about to tackle the 100k service myslef. Goodluck with it.
Bring The Bling As karma would have it a ton of stuff was ready today, although still missing critical components from Coz / and my steering rack. Im a perfectionist so I was more than happy to pay Caz to get my stuff polished. As usual she didnt dissapoint. For all the stuff that I couldnt get polished I sent to the platers to get chromed / nickel plated. Photos do not do this stuff justice (always the way) CAS and Bracket. Im running without covers so specifically asked for the whole bracket to be done. Top job Chromed PS Reservoir Whats the biggest thing wrong with most peoples Polished Throttle Bodies ?? They only do half the job. I fully disassembled them and had every piece plated. Cant wait to assemble it all again. I had the fuel rails hot tanked because i wanted nice clean ones to put the new injectors into. To avoid rusting I got them nickel plated. The front PCV pickups are chromed. Throttle bodies and bracket Plenum Sard Adjustable Fuel Reg from Amec Put the Cam Sprockets into the platers today. Going to try some thing special with these. Stay tuned..
I would have offered up my garage for you to use if I'd known. Only payment I'd have needed is to be able to watch and learn.
