Got the bits back Friday, so decided to get stuck in it immediately. I painted the block Friday night after a good scrub, and left it over night. The head received a new valve and valve seat, everything else seemed good, so just a general clean, face and tidy up. Started the bottom end today, put the ARP studs in for the mains. Spent a stupid amount of time cleaning everything, pistons, rods, bearings, crank etc. just to make sure there was no crap hiding since machining. Slapped a new set of King bearings in, and checked the clearance with some flexi-gauge. Then the tedious task of gapping the rings started. Quite glad it's only a six banger and not a V8. Rods, pistons and rings all went together, That'll have to do for today, will continue tomorrow. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Good stuff man, casually putting an engine together in the space of 12 days, that's a pretty good time frame lol!

Stripping a motor and having it machined never takes long as long as there's money in the account to do so The rest will take a lot longer, want to tidy up a few things while I've got the motor out, and maybe paint a bit here and there etc. and all the cleaning of all parts takes ages. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Good stuff man you put me to shame, Ive been mucking around tidying up my engine bay for nearly 3 years now your doing stuff overnight virtually haha

Made some more progress yesterday. While I was working away in the shed, my partner gave the valve cover a fresh coat of paint, less purpo than the old, and a bit more pearl. Will give it a rub over with some wet & dry when it has hardened properly. Got the ARP studs back in and a fresh headgasket. Popped the head back on and torqued it all up. Also test fitted the 6boost and 6466. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Awesome mate. What size Precision you running?

Cheers! It's a Precision 6466 Gen2 with a .86 rear housing in T4 twin scroll. Will be interesting to see how it performs once tuned Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Well, she's back in. Will chip away at all the small bits after work this week, hopefully turn the key next weekend. ---------- Post added 11-10-15 at 10:22 ---------- So, I made a purchase a while back. Plan is to strip it and see what type of condition it's in, and give it a freshen up, after that, it can sit in the corner until it's needed. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

So after having the motor running for about 5min or so, warming up nicely, it started to run a tad rough, and started coughing, and died. Decided to tow the car to WA Performance and let Mitch have a look at it. It had plenty of spark, however, next to no signal to the injectors. Faulty CAS was the verdict from Mitch, so I went to work and picked up a new CAS, rotor button and cap, and we rebuilt the dizzy, slapped it back in, and it ran like a champ, hot or cold. Seems this little ****er may have been the reason as to why it leaned out and popped the old motor, if the CAS only controls the fuel. After setting the timing, Mitch started bedding in the rings on the dyno, had it running for an hour or so with mixed loads, revs and boost. Nothing needed to be changed in the old tune, which was reassuring, and again pointed at the CAS being the culprit. While bedding it in, it made a whopping 152rwhp at 2psi of boost. Later pushed 5psi where it made 176rwhp, and 236rwhp at 10psi. We ended up putting a 5500rpm limiter in and a 10psi boost cut, so that I can put some kms on the motor. Now to fix all the other small bits and pieces that need cleaning up, put the bonnet back on, and get some kms on the motor, so we can turn up the wick. ---------- Post added 25-10-15 at 19:42 ---------- Made another purchase today too. Will get them trimmed at a later stage I believe. Also bought some bigger front brakes. 330mm and twin pots should do just fine. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Splashed out and ordered a Link G4 Fury. Now to find someone to make me a harness as I'm not overly keen on doing wiring myself. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Very nice car! nice build mate, The G4 will be a massive upgrade over the EMS stinker, looks like it will make some nice power with some boost into it.

Thanks mate! I've also taken delivery of a new radiator from PWR, I slapped that in the other night. Nice and shiny Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Very cool mate

Very nice, May have missed it, but what's the little can hanging beside the timing gear where I assume the stock coil would have sat? Power steer reservoir?

Quote: Originally Posted by 350stato [View Post] Very nice, May have missed it, but what's the little can hanging beside the timing gear where I assume the stock coil would have sat? Power steer reservoir? That's it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

More bits have arrived. With the thicker core of the new radiator, the old fan setup with twin AU thermos were getting a bit too close to the oil pump belt for my liking, so I ordered a 16" Spal fan, and a shroud to suit the radiator. Rocked up all nice and shiny. I also removed the old turbo setup and dummied up the manifold and turbo. Plenty of room for a decent sized dump pipe and screamer it seems. The turbo also lines up quite well with the old cooler pipe, so shouldn't need much work to get that to work. Had a weak moment the other week and got Mitch to order me a Link dash as I was sick of a tacho and speedo with a life of its own. Was contemplating doing an Autometer dash, but there would be more wiring, and a similar cost, so figured it would be easier and more accurate to go with one of these. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Picked up a 2nd hand cluster today for a staggering $15 and started dismantling it. I reckon the dash will fit inside quite well, just need to make up a few mounting brackets. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Dash is pretty much done. Drilled some holes in an alloy plate. All together. Sort of. Figured that raw alloy was crap, and rattle can black wasn't good enough, so I took the old background and hit up GT Graphics. He made me this background, and added the Turbo badge along with the Lion and the flag to make it less "empty". Came out a million bucks, super stoked with the result Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

That dash looks amazing I had a similar idea of doing that background on an autometer dash good job man!

F*ck mate, that dash looks tops