more parts showed up.





this TO bearing already looks way better than an OE part. from what i can remember lol

 

Wow Greek good stuff!!! I remember when you dropped the tranny last time - when are you dropping that subframe again??

 

Pretty soon. You may have missed the post, but i will be rebuilding the engine. I figured i would add a few things since everything will be out.

 

Cool - gonna do anything custom on the bottom end or just get it back together again? Also - did you ever get a tune or just run the 380 CCs without any kind or remapping?

 

No just gonna replace what need replacing. Not looking to get huge power so dont need to build it up. Engine is stoute enough. No i never got tuned for the 380 injectors. Just run them as is. I will get tuned once engine back together and i have broken it in.

 

Mine cracked and the wire came out of the top. 200K miles.

D2R ones here: OSRAM and heliolite 63126907495

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/63126907495/

 

box of little parts came in today. a timing chain kit.

 

few more things in the mail...

TSW front motor mount. Powerflex bushings for the front swaybar. and the belt tensioner

just a few things i didnt do the first time around. i actually need a new motor mount mines pretty shot. these three should compliment the rest of the poly front end.

 

Don't give up on the TSW right away - it's very harsh at the beginning but give it maybe 500-1000 miles and it will mellow out.

Good luck with everything!!

 

NOW, for the Pièce De Résistance. i present a quaife LSD

actually got it last week but was busy. i also forgot to order bearings as well. so i placed an order just now for some diff bearings and races.

I planed to start ripping apart the car on monday but the weather has been awful all of a sudden. maybe tomorrow or thursday i can start.

 

well today was the nicest day we are gonna have for a while... there were light sprinkles and overcast all day. but made short work of the mini.... only need to pul the axles drop the subframe and pull the engine and trans out.





Then My first problem of the day.... now im gonna have to pull the threaded section out of the crash beam.





Then Problem of two. somehow, i guess a bolt backed out and these two were just dangling and the crank pulley was rubbing against them...
















Thats it for today. ill pick this up again next week when we have good weather again, and i need to grab the engine crane from my brothers house.

 

Look like you have a leak from valcover or is that something else. I also worked on my car today. Put in the ATI Damper and preped the rear subframe and everything to come out. Thinking of doing it Monday. It going to be nice. Wanted yo do more but started the work around 3pm.

 

Differential bearings came in.

took pics of the part numbers and stuff so others might have a chance at finding them maybe at a cheaper price... they are timken bearings so should not be to hard to find with the part numbers.

 

Thanks for posting up .

Looks like the skf one.

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/Sit...892/ES2770056/

 

this set also comes with the outer races, i chose this set because of that, just in case i needed them.

 

AANNNNNDDDDDD its out, and i have had enough torture for one day.

 

Day 1 of tear down...







Had to deal with these... what a pain.


and the one bolt that would come out. drilled a smaller hole into the head of the bolt then used an internal extractor. i didnt have an external extracot small enough.





doesnt look good to me...

1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4

 

Day 2






















yup there is all the oil.... thats why i ddint like the looks of the plugs

 

That's a lot of carbon.

 

Day 3......




rods 1-4






caps 1-4







one side has oil stain from not being shot at by a oil squirter whilw the other side is clean.





crank bearings supports. pulley side to trans side











crank pulley side to trans side.













I think i may be lucky where it wont need a regrind or larger bearings. BUT i need to measure everything. time to break out the micrometers

 

So your rebuilding from the crank up, are you replacing the pistons for higher compression? new bigger valves? The Quaife looks very nice.

 

Yes i did, car is done. started first time. And drives nice. I have a tone of pics to upload and details to add just been very busy. And car is off the road again. Hard line for the rear breaks rusyed through and lost pressure. Waiting for new lines.

 

Great pix and detail. Thanks for posting. Recently picked up an R53 and if I ever need to do the same, I know where to look for pix.

Drive Hard. Drive Safe. Keep Grinning.

 

WELL.... its been sometime idk 2 years?? and i kept putting off uploading the pics and so here we are lol. here are the rest of the pics. hope they help people.

Pics may or may not be in order... i guess we'll see. there is a lot of missing pictures too... i couldnt find them all.



































Carbonite coating on SC pulley (belt has never slipped again)














































































































BTW the steam coming off the inter cooler is the meth we poured on it and its boiling off.

Final numbers were 260whp 221wtrq estimated around 300hp at the crank. this is all done on the factory pre-facelift tune. i never got around to actually getting tuned but i have been told id be well over 300whp if i did.



the "rebuilt" unit i got grenaded so i decided to go electric water pump.

 

Wow.

Talk about bringing a thread back from the dead . . . . .