Rodney's twincam thread

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:38 pm

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

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:39 am

Good to see you went the easy route with the wide block :beer

Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out :)

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:13 am

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?

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:11 am

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.

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:35 am

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,

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:37 pm

Got to get rid of that engine mount hanging out the front...

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:54 pm

comes with the engine :-) for sale on trademe...

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:42 am

I think I have one of those thermo adapters left, pm me your address and i'll work out how much..

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:29 pm

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...

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:01 pm

*removed starion engine loom

*cleaned out heaps of rust in little cranny's

*removed aircon unit to make way for new loom

avandull · Post by **avandull** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:33 pm

Nice to see another twincam install.

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:46 pm

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.

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:16 pm

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.

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:58 pm

Looking good mate :beer
What computer are you going to use to run it?

rodney007 · Post by **rodney007** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:07 pm

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.

Austarion

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