Spare Engine Rebuild Update: Installation

Its been awhile since my last post but never fear, the car is in the final phase of the rebuild. The RB26 block that originally came with the car has been taken out, allowing for the engine bay to be resprayed and the rebuilt engine installed, along with a few new goodies.

Tomei Oversized Oil Pump and Trust Extended Sump

The RB26 head being prepped

 The head installed

The RB26 that was in the car - it will now assume the role of the spare engine

The engine bay without a RB26

The engine bay repainted in stunning silver - very clean and a much nicer than dull primer!

The HKS GT-SS twin turbos installed along with the ceramic coated HKS turbo elbows

 The Exedy Twin Plate Racing Clutch installed

 The Nismo Intake Collector along with the HKS fuel rail as well as R34 GT-R cover emblem

 

The rebuilt RB26 has finally be installed into the engine bay :)

Spare Engine Rebuild Update

Please refer to a previous blog entry on my purchase of a spare RB26DETT head and block, if you do not already know the story behind the rebuild.

Due to the limited availability of aftermarket RB26 parts locally, my tuner thought it best that I purchase items that we had reserved at several Sunway shops. 

His fear was that, since these reservations weren't firmly tied down with deposits, the vendors would have no qualms in selling the parts to walk-in customers. And so today we went out and visited the usual haunts of motorheads in and around Sunway. 

So while the block was being re-sleeved at the machine shop, we went to ST Wangan. We were there for the following items:

Jun Oil Collar 

ARP Bolts and Studs

Our next stop was Samurai Racing for the Greddy Oil Sump.

It will take sometime to rebore the block and port the head, so stay tuned till then.