EB strip down

[lawler]

Well I got laid off last week due to a new owner taking over were I was working and he had his mates line up to work for him so no job for me. tho luckily my old boss lent me the invoice books so i can finish my on the job stuff for my apprenticeship and get signed off. but in between trying to find a new job I got bored and started pulling my mates Eb apart due to blown head gasket, new turbo set up going on, cleaning engine bay up, new exhaust and respray so just thought i would post up a few pic of it

how it looked Tuesday



how it sitting now


old turbo j-pipe


new manifold



head gasket


fully shaved look lol

[SnyperEB]

Looking good.

[misk]

what size is the pipe he used for the J pipe?
did he run any bracing?

[lawler]

what size is the pipe he used for the J pipe?
did he run any bracing?

2 1/4 i think fairly thick stuff. he ran it with out a brace and the bolts keeped coming out of manifold

[Dansedgli]

Is this dude your boyfriend? You sure do talk about him a lot.

[lawler]

Na lol hes my best mate. i haven't been able to work on my 31 lately due to a heap of bill to pay so no parts or things to do on it at the moment so i get bored so i work on his car because I'm gonna go crazy not doing anything and I've always wanted to do an eb/ed xr6 turbo projected but with the 31 and working on my mates Eb I don't think ill never get to do one unless i sell the 31 but that would be a waste of money at the moment so hence why its his car I'm always talking about on here and his account on here doesn't want to log in due to password problems so he also use mine so its not always me

[misk]

what size is the pipe he used for the J pipe?
did he run any bracing?

2 1/4 i think fairly thick stuff. he ran it with out a brace and the bolts keeped coming out of manifold

cool, i read that as 'he ran it with a brace and the bolts kept coming out of the manifold' at first and though fukc!
but hopfully i wont have those issues with the bracing i have in mind.
also makes me feel better about using 2.5" pipe thinking it might have been too small

[lawler]

2 1/2 should be right if you go any bigger it might slow down the gas flow making it laggier.
yeah you should be right with a brace because once he put the brace on it it didnt have a problem

[misk]

yeah thats what i was thinking also.
do you know what power he was making?

[lawler]

yeah thats what i was thinking also.
do you know what power he was making?

Na we don't we just backed a little timing out and use an air/fuel gauge to make shore it wasn't running lean. but on 9psi when it was auto it was about even with my r31 last time that was going and my r31 was even with a mates r32 gtr that just had 3inch exhaust and pod filter on standard boost

wich means about the 180rwkw mark but that seems a bit high for a few restriction the car had so dont know like the facted it and a foot and a half of standard exhaust just after the dump pipe then into a 2 1/2 inch exhaust on a 340km old motor

[misk]

lol
i rekon 180rwkw on 9psi would be about right, if not a little low, should really be making 200rwkw+ with a decent tune

[lawler]

dont know might have been higher but with out a dyno sheet we will never know

[misk]

yeah true.
id just be happy if i can rip a good skid lol

[lawler]

yeah true.
id just be happy if i can rip a good skid lol

well with the auto, 2.93 lsd, 235/40r18 all you would have to do is stall it up in low click 2nd brake off then steer. but the auto only lasted 6000km before it died. then the manaul he had sitting around for a year went in and so far that's some how holding up to his 3rd gear clutch kicks with 265/35r18 on the back

[lawler]

has anyone re ran a Eb wiring loom a little so as to look neater with out having to lengthening it?

[lawler]

few more random photos

new manifold arived so dummyed it up ont he ea with my turbo to see how it would fit and look




how the car sits at the moment



and the ea brought for $250 with new tyres on snowflakes, t5, lsd as a complet car

[braad]

is that a W427 in the background?

a bit rare...

[lawler]

is that a W427 in the background?

a bit rare...

Yeah it is. I wasnt even aware there was one in tassie

[misk]

**** that thing is sexy as, nice spot

[Warbie666]

is that at mr magic in moonah?

[lawler]

Na it in devonport mate.

well ive been working on my car and looking after mine and my gf dog because its been sick so not much has happend to the eb

[lawler]

Well due to some one closing the bonnet with the release cable disconected he hasnt been able to get the bonnet open until I had a chance to ninja it open last week. well the decition was made that engine bay paint was to shit so its getting a quick sand, primer then painted black and when the motor lets go it will be painted correcly

[lawler]

Well engine bay is done

[lawler]

Well haven't post much in here for a while because its just been sitting but we have started getting stuck into it again

Got bored and got some vinyl dye and made the rear seats out of the ea match the fronts better



put the head on and dummy fitted turbo for a photo. please dont flam for the black paint on the bumper his younger cousin found a spray can

[misk]

engine bay came out pretty nice!

[lawler]

Yeah It look alright for the job we did. It will be done properly when the motor comes out when it dies

[misk]

lol i would have just pulled it out now man
only 4-6 more bolts to go

[lawler]

lol i would have just pulled it out now man
only 4-6 more bolts to go

yeah we almost did just dont have any where that we can do it at the moment because his dads xr6t ute is in the shed with a fucked turbo and his dads race bike (ducati 1098) is in bit in there as well due to a smashed piston. And engine jackes dont work to well on grass and there drive way is ash felt and it sinks into it

[misk]

lol yeah i see your point

[lawler]

Also the motor has 340k on it and the bores are a bit glazed so if it came out it would have got re ringed and bearings then the head would have got this and that and once again it wouldn't be going so he can drive it because hes most likely losing his license soon for a few months and wants to drive it again before that happens

[lawler]

Well hes waiting on more parts to arrive but here is how the engine bay sits at the moment

[LOW_XR]

looking nice!

[lawler]

Nether off us have had time to touch it until Friday we had an hour to do a bit before going to the movie for mine and my gf 1yr anniversary

Dose any where know any where that can get the socks for spark plug leads

[misk]

lol gotta love working on cars on anniversary
i managed to work on mine all anniversary and valentines haha

looking good though man, you guys have done well

[lawler]

Lol if I did that Ill be dead by now

gota start on dump pipe, exhaust, oil lines, a few little bits and working somthing out with the hose that has been put in the back of the head so it sont get melted

[lawler]

Lol well im back on night shift and bored shitless so thought I might post up and update on this thing

Engine is running and very rich and drives nice excepted the slightly runnning rich due to the 977b but is so much smother than the old set up and way more off boost torque and just loves to rev



Ill just let the photos do the talking with the body work