brucers GT/LET wip.

Coming on well bud, Keep at it.

thanks for the comments boyos. :thumb:

update

as mentioned from my saturday post i took the head to work for the strip down.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8032011129.jpg

rather grubby you may think, well its what i thought aswell.

removed the valves and set them up in some sort of order, gave them a wire wheeling ready to be lapped in.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8032011133.jpg

eventually found a 5.5mm allen key (7/32nd tbh) and undone the grub screws so i can eventually attempt the porous head mod. the head hasnt gone porous yet but id rather it didnt. passed a rod through it all it make sure it was clear.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8032011132.jpg

placed it in the washing off tank and scrubbed it clean

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8032011135.jpg

washed it off with the hose and air lined it dry. came out rather well.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8032011136.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8032011137.jpg

i have started to clean up all the mating surfaces for the gaskets but havnt got pics of that.

cleaned up the xe cam and the let cam also.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8032011134.jpg


hopefully more to come this week.

bruce

Good work dude - you're getting more and more thorough, like it :thumb:

Nice work mate. Have you go any close up pics of the crossmember cut-out? I'm at the early stages of a LET project, i'd like to keep the intercooler behind the bumper, couple of pics would be helpful. Cheers

Nice work dude, am rebuilding my head.. Its a sh*t job.

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Originally Posted by anotherwhitenova

Nice work mate. Have you go any close up pics of the crossmember cut-out? I'm at the early stages of a LET project, i'd like to keep the intercooler behind the bumper, couple of pics would be helpful. Cheers

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have you had a look earlier in the thread at the pics of when i cut it? there pretty much the only pics i have of it.

thanks alot tek, im sure it could be better though.

yes benn, it isnt the best of jobs. ground in 9 valves today and my handies were sore. :( .

Looking good mate,that head scrubbed up pretty well,oh that exhaust is not out rolled mate,keep up the good work

thats excellent tony, cant wait to receive it.

update

continued on with the head, got all valves lapped in and assembled.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...0032011139.jpg

got the XE inlet cam and LET exhaust cam bolted down and torqued correctly

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...0032011138.jpg

on with the porous head mod, went to b and q to buy the 8mm diameter aluminium tube.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...1032011140.jpg

cut a section down to near to 87mm as i could and tidied the end up.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...1032011143.jpg

went to trial fit the tube in the head to see how much tapping it will need to go in, only to hear myself go DOH!!!!

the head has already been repaired before. i had noticed when i removed the head there was a warranty void sticker which i could barely make out. presumabley it was a re-con head.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...1032011144.jpg

not to worry, i returned the tube to b and q for a refund, even with a minor bit missing. lol also gave the head a paint of silver to spruce it up.

down my garages today to bolt the head on to the block, first i had to fit the arp rod bolts. had the conrod caps countersunk by a machine shop to accomodate the bolts. torqued them down using the supplied lube.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2483.jpg

after that i drilled out the relavent rivets off the Z20LET head gasket and fitted it to the block.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2482.jpg

got the head on and torqued down

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2488.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2486.jpg

after that i concetrated on other bits that needed painting, dipstick tube and alternator bracket.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2490.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2491.jpg

dizzy and cambelt back plate

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2493.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2497.jpg

oil pump, im waiting on the steel gears to arrive from phillip off here.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2492.jpg

majority of dash parts painted satin black

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2494.jpg

there are more than whats pictured, stripped down the clock and painted it

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2496.jpg

also got the sunroof finally fitted, still all works with the electric motor.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCN2489.jpg

im awaiting on quite a few more parts to arrive, vernier pulleys, bottom crank pulley, exhaust off tony k and got to go collect dan16v's old f28 with atb diff and header tank from kev. should have the clutch and cambelt either monday/tuesday courtesy of a friend from LUK.

thanks for looking

bruce

Good work and attention to detail dude. Looking forward to seeing it all in!