Mitch529

Well the reman finally bit the bullet a couple months ago... I just now got around to pulling the motor. Now its time for a rebuild (that im going to attempt myself) and single :P

I've decided to go with a 1/2 bridge and large single (maybe R85) along w/a giant list of other things, lol.

Anyways, enough chatter here are the pictures!

Mitch529

And here are some more :p

Mitch529

Now... time to finish the a/c removal job. mmmmm gotta love a good dose of weight reduction :p not much but every little bit adds up!

Mitch529

And finally the goofy pictures!! This is my good friend that helped w/all of the process enduring the summer florida heat :/

Mitch529

I will update w/more pictures as we make more progress. Feel free to ask me any questions etc... It has definitely been an experience doing all of this in a single car garage!

iceman4357

iTrader: (2)

thats funny. Hope you remember where everything goes...

ROTORhead93

Great job so far mitch, and good luck with everything to come.

Renesisfury

your dad is crazy looking!

BobfisH

your removing your AC? Are you MAD?!

i live in britain, where its very very cold and wet, if i run with my AC off i sweat my **** off!

MakoRacing

iTrader: (12)

What kinda #'s are you shootin for with the 1/2 bridge and single turbo?

Mitch529

Yeah I have tons of pictures and every bolt in nut in a plastic baggie labled sitting with the part.
OMG! thats not my dad :p God if that was my dad.... lol j/k Sim
lol everyone says that... but the a/c has never worked since I've owned the 7, so why not remove it. Besides this buildup is for a weekend/race car not a DD, my DD has a very cold a/c :p
Well, I'm hoping for numbers in the mid 400's on low boost/pump gas and somewhere in the 500's later on down the road w/high boost/race gas and lots of tuning.

DamonB

Isn't it sad that all of us have pics of our cars with no motor in it?

Mitch529

lmao yeah it is

dubulup

I was just thinking the same thing

saxyman990

In some cases, we have a few series of these pictures.

"and this was when I had the motor out back in '02. This picture was taken in the summer of '03 when I lost a coolant seal. Oh and this one was taken last spring when I dropped a sideseal. This next picture was taken...."

-Rob

kuroi FD

Is this going to be a drag car?

Spirit_Rotary_7

Nice pics. When is your car scheduled to be running?

Mitch529

Well, mostly its going to be for enjoying but yes I will delve into a little bit of everything with it. Im really interested in getting into some road racing, I would like to try out auto x but... with the engine/turbo I dont think it will be ideal for that :P But that will be after the motor etc... are all finished and I can work on getting some new rims/tires and suspension setup. Just taking it a step at a time!
No schedule really, just taking my time having fun! I am going to be very meticulous about everything, I have alot of projects lined up for it.

Mitch529

Well, the motor is torn down... The front housing and rotor look like they have bit the dust :p but otherwise everything looks good! In the pics everything is still dirty... now comes the fun part cleaning! lol, I will post some more pics after everything is cleaned up.

ROTORHP

I'm thinking of rebuilding my engine myself as well. I will just do a streetport on mine but I do want to go single. Just everything at once will cost a fortune! My engine runs quite healthy, but I want to beat a possible catastrophe to the punch. I have a 1st gen racer that is willing to show me the ropes a bit.... makes it a little less stressfull.


Good luck with you build.... should haul!