Donor 8 Engine prior to being striped down
Another view of the donor engine - bit of an odd angle I am affraid to say
Slightly better angle this time of donor engine
Yet another angle of donor engine
Nice new MIVEC rocker cover - Very shinney!!!!!
Arrow Crank shaft with double counter balances
Arrow Crank Shaft for stroker kit again
Arrow Crank shaft very out of focus!!!
Arrow Con Rod
Arrow con rod with up rated bolts
Arrow con rod with Birilliam? bush
HKS Kamsai inlet manifold - mobile phone picture.
HKS Kamsai inlet manifold again - must get a better phone with better camera on my next phone upgrade.
HKS Kamsai manifold - phone camera again.
HKS Kamsai inlet manifold again - phone camera.
CP Stroker Pistons
CP Stroker pistons with uprated gudgeon pins and rings
CP piston rings
CP Pistons - before box was opened!!!
Full Race anodised intercooler from the front
Full Race GT40 Twin Scroll turbo & I think that is the turbo elbow to the right of the turbo.
Now that is what you call a manifold - Full Race Twin Scroll with twin wastegate outlets.
Same again but looking at it as seen from the engine's point of view.
The two external wastegates - very shinney.
Turbo Elbow - I think!!!!
3" down pipe - with wastegates and manifold in the back ground.
Wastegate and fixings
Very shinney looking VTA dumpvalve with fixings.
Close up of an out of focus VTA dump valve.
This is what it looks like in slightly better focus - one VTA dump valve.
The beast of a GT40 TS turbo again.
And again from a slightly odd angle.
Intercooler from the back and the beast of a turbo in the back ground.
End view of block showing oilways
I think this is the back view of the block the inlet side
Bores and top of block showing machining work
End on view of block
Front view of block I think exhaust side
Bottom view showing machining work on bores
Same again only a close up version
Last two bores showing machining work in close up
Pistons ready to go into their predesignated bores - each one mached to fit a specific bore
Same again but top view of pistons
Same agin - trying to show side view aswell
Close up side view - bit dark this one
Same again - now where's that Macro setting on this camera?
Found the right setting at last
All four pistons ready to be fitted
Side and back view of the Donor Evo 8 Block painted up ready to be fully built
Back view of the Donor Evo 8 Block painted up ready to be fully built
Front view of Donor Evo 8 Block painted up ready to be fully built
Front and side view of Donor Evo 8 Block painted up and ready to be fully built
MIVEC Head after being polished and ported - didn't want to take it out of the bag and get any dust or muck on it.
MIVEC Head underside view
Adjustable Cam Pulley
Slightly out of focus End on veiw of MIVEC Head
Side on View of the MIVEC Head
ARP Head Bolts
Piper Custom Ground Cam Shaft
Piper Cams
Evo 6 GSR 5 Speed Selector
Evo 6 GSR 5 Speed Linkage
Evo 6 GSR 5 Speed Gear Box - too heavy to lift out of the box at the time.
Mark did tell me what these were at the time but I can't remember what it was they were now!!!
Same again - Mark did tell me what these were at the time but I can't remember what it was they were now!!!
Standard Throttle Body but bored out 5 mm
Standard Throttle Body
Underside view of block with pictons and conrods fitted.
Slightly better view of the underside of the block with con rods and pistons fittted.
bottom ends of conrods ready to be fitted when the crank is put into place also the very hard to get hold of fitments to convert the standard 8 block to full 9 MIVEC headed block.
Very out of focus shot of cylinder number 2 from underneath.
Under side view of crank and con rods
Under side view of crank, con rods and block
Under side view of crank and block
Close up of balancer shaft hole
Engine being put together - Oil galleries fitted
Engine being put together
Uprated fuel rail
Sump fitted
Head fitted and engine left upside down to drain after checking compression ratios
Head fitted and engine left upside down to drain after checking compression ratios - exhaust side
Head showing valves and springs fitted
End on view of head fitted to the block
Exhaust side of engine with head fitted
Manifold and turbo fitted just for picture taking purposes
Turbo, wastegate and manifold fitted for picture taking purposes
Turbo, wastegate and manifold
End on veiw of head, turbo, manifold and wastegate
Rocker cover and turbo kit just bolted on for picture taking purposes
End on view of turbo, manifold, wastegate and rocker cover
Turbo, wastegate, mainfold, head and rocker cover
Over head view of rocker cover, manifold and wastegate - well pleased this came out this good as I was holding the camera about 6 ft in the air so had no idea of what it was going to look like !!!
Rocker cover, turbo, wastegate, manifold and head
End on view of block, head, rocker cover, manifold, turbo and wastegate
Inlet side of engine showing head and rocker cover
End on view of head and rocker cover
Close up of turbo, wastegate and manifold
Exhaust side of turbo
Induction side of turbo showing wastegate and manifold
Side on view of the inlet manifold mounted to engine
Turbo kit bolted on nearley properly - just waiting for two more nuts from Mitsubishi. Metal gaskets fitted between manifold and engine block.
Side on veiw of inlet manifold and turbo kit fitted
Top view of rocker cover and inlet manifold
Bird's eye view of rocker cover and both sets of manifolds.
End on view of block and inlet manifold
Turbo kit and inlet manifold fitted
Close up of metal gaskets and manifold and missing nut.
Close up of metal gasket, manifold and second missing nut.
Close up and out of focus view of the inlet manifold and fixings
Same again but in much better focus and not quite so close up.
Worm's eye view of the inlet manifold bolted to the block
Close up of one cover plate
Close up of another cover plate
Just to show how big this turbo is
And again to show how big the induction side of the turbo is
Just to show the size of the turbo again
Just to show how big the exhaust outlet of the turbo is
Close up of one of the brackets to stop the turbo kit from shaking it'self loose
One of the brackets to stop the turbo kit from shaking it'self loose
Lash adjusters for the exhaust cam being fitted
Close up and out of focus view of the lash adjusters
Close up and slightly less out of focus view of the lash adjusters
Rockers being fitted
Close up of rockers being fitted
Out of focus view of rockers being fitted
That's more like it - in focus shot of rockers being fitted
All exhaust cam rockers fitted
Exhaust cam sitting in place ready to be fitted
Sensor end of exhaust cam
Exhaust cam ready to be bolted down
Head, inlet manifold and exhaust cam fitted
Exhaust cam fitted
Close up of inlet manifold
That's what it looks like up close on the inside
Front view of engine, turbo kit, exhaust cam and inlet manifold
Another close up of the inlet manifold
Exhaust cam sensor
Exhaust cam being bolted down
Exhaust cam fixings ready to be tightened up
Bird's eye view of exhaust cam fixings ready to be tightened up
Close up of exhaust cam sensor
Exhaust cam finished - fully tightened
Evo 6 GSR 5 speed box internals - shot peened, super polished and cryo treated
First one of the two missing nuts fitted
Last one of the two missing nuts fitted
New uprated inlet cam ready to be fitted
Evo 6 GSR 5 speed gear box casing - shot peened, super polished and cryo treated
End view of engine with both cams and rocker cover fitted
Top view of engine with both cams and rocker cover fitted
Other end view of engine with both cams and rocker cover fitted
Engine removed from the car
Engine almost fully built ready for the dyno
Engine removed from the car ready for the swap over
Various parts ready for the new engine
Braket for steadying turbo
Close up of wastegate with pipes fitted
Close up of oil filler cap - supplied by Raj
Ready for engine swap
Original flywheel that only just made it to the engine swap over
Original clutch after 14000 miles of abuse by me
Modded standard throtttle body and adapter
Evo on stilts !!!!
The beast being prepared for the dyno
Fuel pressure regulator fitted
Ready for the off on the Egine Dyno day - 70 litres of V Power 2.33 litres of Coke, sarnies, jacket and ear defenders.
Engine and fuel in the back of the van
Slightly closer view of the engine and fuel in the back of the van
At Norris Designs ready to get the engine off the van and onto the engine dyno
Starting to get it ready for the dyno run
Getting it ready for the dyno run
V Power dyno graph
V Power dyno results
VP Import dyno graph
VP Import dyno results
Engine going back in - phone picture
Engine just about to have new clutch fitted - phone picture
Tripple Plate Carbon Exeddy Clutch - Phone picture!!!
Engine stripped out ready for swap over - phone picture!!!!
Shot peened super polished and cryotreated Evo 6 GSR 5 speed gear box just about to be fitted - phone picture!!!!!
New clutch being fitted - phone picture !!!!!!
Waiting for engine to be fitted - phone picture !!!!! Notice I managed to get the dodgey calender pictures just out of focus enough so as not to need editing them out LOL
Waiting for engine to be fitted - phone picture !!!!!
Clutch being fitted - phone picture again!!!!
Engine with clutch fully fitted - phone picture again!!!
5 Speed gear box just about to be fitted to the engine - phone picture again!!!!
Engine, clutch and gearbox going in - phone picture again!!!!!
Engine, clutch and gear box fitted - phone picture again !!!
Turbo elbow in place - phone picture again !!!
Back on all 4 wheels again
Waiting for intercooler to be fitted so bumper can go back on
Is it just me or does it look a bit high at the back here - that rear diff must weigh a tonne - will sit a bit lower when the diff goes back in
Engine fitted and wiring all tidied up - even was able to start on its own power now
Wiring and Fuel Pressure Regulator close up
Looking tidy there
Nice work Dean - well tidy
Full frontal page 3 picture
How tidy's that then?
And again - better than it was when I bought it new
Injector resistor pack removed for the real tidy look - thanks Dean
RS Rear Diff
Underview of Engine and Exhaust
Close up underview of exhaust and engine
Underview of intercooler brackets
Heat shielding on Air Con pump?
External uprated fuel pump fitted and ready to be piped up
Manifold and turbo ready for wastegate recirc pipes to be fitted
Close up of turbo and manifold
