Just a bit of an update with my obsession.
I have a variety of issues with mine since the supercharger was fitted, like an engine fire causing quite a bit of damage, mainly to the loomand some cosmetic damage.
Since then it has been one gremlin after another, repair the loom as well as possible still in situ, replace sensors, etc. the car seemed to run OK.
Upgraded to bigger injectors more boost and a Wolf V500 standalone. More issues now, car would run nice for a while then would start to break down, like it was only running on 4 cyls, then it would not start, man this thing was giving me some headaches. Back to the workshop, more things changed and the car is now going again.
Two weeks later the gremlins are back, after a lot of taloking it was decided the engine loom must be the culprit. So I source another loom and in Jan I pull the motor out and replace the loom, everything back in and it runs, and appears to run pretty good.
One month later, it is still going, I am happy,. My missus says to me one what is that oil smell and i start checking around the motor and gearbox, cant find anything.
A few days later, after giving it a bit to see how it felt, smoke started coming out from under the car, and it just got worse, I first thought I had blown the rear main, resulting from blowby. Was not the rear main but the rear cam seal on left side of the motor. So i got a low mileage Celsoir motor and thought Easter would be a good time to change everything over.
Easter in Brisbane was wet and as I was doing all the work at a mates place, and his Skyline had half the rear end out of it all the work was done ouside.
The radiator needed a good flush and the top tank was replaced as well.
Finished it all off after work during the week and got the car going Friday night, runs like a clock quiet and smooth. Just have to get a new top pulley for the charger made to reduce the boost from 15 down to about 12 lbs, back to the tuners to finalize the tune, and set up a better catch can set up.
I dont want to blow any more seals.
A couple of pic of the effort.
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Old motor out.
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Blew the seal right out.
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Replacement motor looked pretty clean.
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Nearly ready.
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Getting there.
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In and done.
I have a variety of issues with mine since the supercharger was fitted, like an engine fire causing quite a bit of damage, mainly to the loomand some cosmetic damage.
Since then it has been one gremlin after another, repair the loom as well as possible still in situ, replace sensors, etc. the car seemed to run OK.
Upgraded to bigger injectors more boost and a Wolf V500 standalone. More issues now, car would run nice for a while then would start to break down, like it was only running on 4 cyls, then it would not start, man this thing was giving me some headaches. Back to the workshop, more things changed and the car is now going again.
Two weeks later the gremlins are back, after a lot of taloking it was decided the engine loom must be the culprit. So I source another loom and in Jan I pull the motor out and replace the loom, everything back in and it runs, and appears to run pretty good.
One month later, it is still going, I am happy,. My missus says to me one what is that oil smell and i start checking around the motor and gearbox, cant find anything.
A few days later, after giving it a bit to see how it felt, smoke started coming out from under the car, and it just got worse, I first thought I had blown the rear main, resulting from blowby. Was not the rear main but the rear cam seal on left side of the motor. So i got a low mileage Celsoir motor and thought Easter would be a good time to change everything over.
Easter in Brisbane was wet and as I was doing all the work at a mates place, and his Skyline had half the rear end out of it all the work was done ouside.
The radiator needed a good flush and the top tank was replaced as well.
Finished it all off after work during the week and got the car going Friday night, runs like a clock quiet and smooth. Just have to get a new top pulley for the charger made to reduce the boost from 15 down to about 12 lbs, back to the tuners to finalize the tune, and set up a better catch can set up.
I dont want to blow any more seals.
A couple of pic of the effort.
View attachment 9289
Old motor out.
View attachment 9290
Blew the seal right out.
View attachment 9291
Replacement motor looked pretty clean.
View attachment 9292
Nearly ready.
View attachment 9293
Getting there.
View attachment 9294
In and done.
