Big Single Build

[CoopKill]

Pics of the mirror would not be frowned upon!

[Boost4VR4]

Power Steering cooler to replace stock:


Just fabricated some sort of bracket to mount this somewhere in the car.
Next thing I want to do is work on the T4 flange and the external wastegate fab work:

Fuel pump dropped in:

Turbo oil drain line made:

Turbo feed fitting installed in CHRA:

Turbo tag:

New fuel fitting for fuel rail:

Oil filter housing leveraging the area where the stock oil pressure sender was for oil pressure and turbo oil feed:

Radiator with fans dropped in and cleaned:

Space in between oil cooler and intercooler radiator:


To remove engine, remove bolts on:

[Boost4VR4]

Pull the cotter pins out on these and disconnect:

Pull the hose out of the power steering and unbolt hard line from steering rack:


Interior so far:


Need to drill oil pan and have this bung installed for the turbo oil drain:

[Uniuno]

Looks like it's coming along.

Two things..

That doesn't look like a thermostatic sandwich plate. It would have a thermostat next to one of the ports to block flow until the oil is up to temperature.

and OMG that fuel pump hole!!!!!

[Boost4VR4]

Looks like it's coming along.

Two things..

That doesn't look like a thermostatic sandwich plate. It would have a thermostat next to one of the ports to block flow until the oil is up to temperature.

and OMG that fuel pump hole!!!!!

Yea the fuel pump access panel the previous owner didn't want to go under the car to disconnect lines so they thought they could just peel the metal back... dumb...

The thermostat is built into the sandwich plate, it's a mechanical thermostat with a metallic heat strip inside to control flow based on temperature. The thermostat opens up around 160F. Here's the specs:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/prm-186

[Uniuno]

I don't see specs in there for any sort of thermostat. Also, at that price I don't believe it would be worth trusting even if it did.

Mishimoto Thermostatic Oil Sandwich Plate, by Mishimoto

See the thing on the side? That's a thermostat.

I'd hate to see you damage your brand new engine by not letting your oil get up to temp.

[Boost4VR4]

I'm gonna run this for a bit. The engine oil will get up to temp, these engines run hot anyway.

If I run into a problem where it doesn't warm up and the engine temp is too cold, then I will change sandwich plates. The likelihood of anything truly happening is pretty slim and even if I have a problem with the crankshaft, I can get one at the junkyard, have it rebalanced and im back in business again.

[Boost4VR4]

It has been awhile since the last update. Life happened and that took priority a little bit. So I decided today that it would be good to get some work done on this car. First thing is to yank the old engine out:


Typical 3/S human in engine bay:




The GF was playing with the camera as I was working on the old engine mounts:




I thought I would be cool and do it all in my sandals lol.

[CoopKill]

I thought I would be cool and do it all in my sandals lol.

Ummmmmm, NO!

[j2k4]

Kev, your mode of dress betrays a total lack of seriosity.