The RB has landed!
Spent bulk time on the weekend working on the car, and got heaps done! Firstly we spent a few hours attempting to get a snapped bolt out of the turbo flange, with persistence, we finally got the fucker out. but lesson learnt, dont try drill it out with blunt drill bits as it will only superheat the bolt, making it the metal harder. None the less, after mucking around with numerous drill bits, easy outs, and whatever we could find to try budge it, we eventually got it out.
Dropping the engine in was a rather slow process of simply guiding it in smoothly and making sure everything lined up. I wish the photo's showed it, but there was literally millimiters clearance on either side of the engine. As we didn't have a proper engine lift or anything to tilt the engine back it was oviously slightly more difficult, but we did it none the less!
After it was bolted to the engine mounts i had a quick look at clearance and thought 'oh shit', bascially the engine was leaning back and therefore wouldnt clear the bonnet at all. But it was quickly realise that as soon as we got the gearbox on and bolted to the gearbox crossmember, the engine would tilt forward and sit correctly.
Getting the gearbox on was the hardest part, lying underneathe the car, trying to hold the gearbox up with another person and slot the spline in correctly was really fidgety. Not only we had to twist and turn the gearbox to line it up perfectly but also the let the grooves of the spline line up too. Having a third person manualy turn the crank a little bit helped. But the clearance to the underside of the car was nill, so we didnt have much room to play with. Once again persistence was the key, this time with a very sore neck and back from lying twisted under the car supporting the gearbox.
We quickly bolted it up when it was lined up and then used the r32 gearbox mount and crossmember which lined up to the chassis perfectly. Next up i decided to hook up the clutch as when we were putting the gearbox on it felt a bit loose and weird (the slave cylinder had been removed for some unknown reason, so i had to use my old ca18 slave). Anyway i got the slave on and connected all the lines up and whalah the clutch compressed nicely :).
It was about then i called it a day, and since then i have hooked up the tailshaft (my old ca18 manual tailshaft seemed to fit ok which was a surprise), i have also fitted some intake lines, the power steering resovoir, the radiator (which may need to be removed again to fit the thermo's in), the shortshifter, and a few other little bits and peices such as the speedo sender and coolant lines into the cabin.
Im currently in the process of buying an oil cooler as i am worried about temperatures, so i figure i may aswell get one now for ease of mind. Also sorting my FMIC piping out, i need to find a front and dump pipe, and 2 12" thermo fans. Once they are done i can bring in a mate to help figure out the wiring side of things, and hopefully we should be running sooner rather than later. Eta is still a few weeks, but i really really really really miss driving my onevia around now so am trying to get it done nice and fast.
Anyway, enough writeup, here are the pics!!!
Dropping the engine in was a rather slow process of simply guiding it in smoothly and making sure everything lined up. I wish the photo's showed it, but there was literally millimiters clearance on either side of the engine. As we didn't have a proper engine lift or anything to tilt the engine back it was oviously slightly more difficult, but we did it none the less!
After it was bolted to the engine mounts i had a quick look at clearance and thought 'oh shit', bascially the engine was leaning back and therefore wouldnt clear the bonnet at all. But it was quickly realise that as soon as we got the gearbox on and bolted to the gearbox crossmember, the engine would tilt forward and sit correctly.
Getting the gearbox on was the hardest part, lying underneathe the car, trying to hold the gearbox up with another person and slot the spline in correctly was really fidgety. Not only we had to twist and turn the gearbox to line it up perfectly but also the let the grooves of the spline line up too. Having a third person manualy turn the crank a little bit helped. But the clearance to the underside of the car was nill, so we didnt have much room to play with. Once again persistence was the key, this time with a very sore neck and back from lying twisted under the car supporting the gearbox.
We quickly bolted it up when it was lined up and then used the r32 gearbox mount and crossmember which lined up to the chassis perfectly. Next up i decided to hook up the clutch as when we were putting the gearbox on it felt a bit loose and weird (the slave cylinder had been removed for some unknown reason, so i had to use my old ca18 slave). Anyway i got the slave on and connected all the lines up and whalah the clutch compressed nicely :).
It was about then i called it a day, and since then i have hooked up the tailshaft (my old ca18 manual tailshaft seemed to fit ok which was a surprise), i have also fitted some intake lines, the power steering resovoir, the radiator (which may need to be removed again to fit the thermo's in), the shortshifter, and a few other little bits and peices such as the speedo sender and coolant lines into the cabin.
Im currently in the process of buying an oil cooler as i am worried about temperatures, so i figure i may aswell get one now for ease of mind. Also sorting my FMIC piping out, i need to find a front and dump pipe, and 2 12" thermo fans. Once they are done i can bring in a mate to help figure out the wiring side of things, and hopefully we should be running sooner rather than later. Eta is still a few weeks, but i really really really really miss driving my onevia around now so am trying to get it done nice and fast.
Anyway, enough writeup, here are the pics!!!
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