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Rodney's twincam thread
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:38 pm
by rodney007
Yep the dohc side finally won me over...
Engine choice:
4G63 wideblock
Evo head
T3/T4 turbo
External gate
Evo intake manifold
Evo 7 Injectors
Evo loom and computer
Starion flywheel/clutch/gearbox
The wideblock is fully rebuilt from bottom up,
I have the 2 engines now, one EVO narrow engine complete, and one wide/dohc hybrid long block, using EVO engine as part donor, then selling whats left.
donor narrow engine
staz engine ready to go out
intake and exhaust mani's off midweek for a chop swap and flip
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:39 am
by FST4RD
Good to see you went the easy route with the wide block :beer
Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out :)
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:13 am
by rodney007
Haha, It was a matter of luck that the wideblock poped up, I grabbed it while I could.. I had already purchased the narrow engine. waiting for it to be delivered..
Where can I purchase the thermo adapter for cooling? anyone here sell thoes?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:11 am
by Lunacy
rodney007 wrote:Haha, It was a matter of luck that the wideblock poped up, I grabbed it while I could.. I had already purchased the narrow engine. waiting for it to be delivered..
Where can I purchase the thermo adapter for cooling? anyone here sell thoes?
Possibly contact Wantsom, he did the last run of thermo adaptors but unsure if he has any left/did another run or not.
Turbo and manifold looks good :beer That wideblock long block u bought looks sweet too, and not a bad price really. You should recoup a bit selling off the evo longblock anyway.
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:35 am
by rodney007
Yes thats what I will do. A friend is going to get back to me this week, he said his engineer makes the plate and a bolt on adapter for the from frost plug,
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:37 pm
by enthuzed
Got to get rid of that engine mount hanging out the front...
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:54 pm
by rodney007
comes with the engine :-) for sale on trademe...
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:42 am
by redzone
I think I have one of those thermo adapters left, pm me your address and i'll work out how much..
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:29 pm
by rodney007
Ok, wideblock engine is in, flywheel clutch lined up and ready for gearbox,
Swaped over oil filter housing with new gasket, put on alternator,
Manifolds due in this week, thermo adapter being made up this week as well as water pump inlet hose.
My wife's parents are over so most of my time is entertaining them, would love to spend more time on it :-(
Got my intake manifold in this morning,
tight fit, but okay for now i guess...
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:01 pm
by rodney007
*removed starion engine loom
*cleaned out heaps of rust in little cranny's
*removed aircon unit to make way for new loom
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:33 pm
by avandull
Nice to see another twincam install.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:46 pm
by enthuzed
That's a big arse turbo!
What are the inlet and exhaust manifolds? What sort of finish is on the inlet?
Looks like a cleaned up cyclone...but maybe I'm wrong.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:16 pm
by rodney007
The exhuast mani is a fliped/extended low mount of a random brand, not a very good one but decent enough. I asked the fabricator to add some supports just incase.
The intake manifold is a evo 1 chop, and powder coated.
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:58 pm
by JAS
Looking good mate :beer
What computer are you going to use to run it?
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:07 pm
by rodney007
Hi JAS, I have a EVO 0 vr4 computer (think that's what it is)
As per your recommendation, I moved the engine forward in both places on the mount, nice idea.
Also finished off all the waterlines tonight as well so things are looking good.