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This is the spec list so far mate, I used this list to explain the mod's to adrian flux. VQ35DE Motor spec list. · VQ35DE block (non-rev up) · VQ35DE Cylinder head’s (Re-built and valve seats re-cut etc.) · New OEM Rev-up oil pump. · New OEM water pump. · ARP L19 head studs · ARP main cap bolts. · ACL bearings (big end’s, little end’s & thrust washers) · CP forged 96mm low compression (8.5:1CR) turbo pistons. · CP piston rings & wrist pins. · Eagle forged connecting rods with ARP rod bolts. · HKS 97mm tri-layer metal head gasket. · Balanced OEM crank + crank pulley. · APS Twin turbo kit. (Twin Garrett GT28r turbo's, cast APS manifolds, APS blow off valve, APS vertical flow intercooler, APS down pipes, K&N air filters, APS baffled turbo sump) · Jim Wolf Technology (JWT) organic single plate clutch. · Lightweight billet flywheel. (JWT) · Stainless steel braded clutch line. · OEM aux belt’s. · Custom coolant swirl/breather system. · Silicon coolant hoses · Koyo racing 36mm alu radiator. · Custom 25-row thermostatic oil cooler. · Custom powder coated/polished front timing cover, inlet runners and upper/lower plenum. · Altered Atmosphere stage 1 fuel return system. (Inc. aeromotive fuel pressure reg. etc.) · Deatschworks 800cc injectors. · Walbro 255lph in tank fuel pump. · Custom painted camshaft covers. · NISMO high-pressure radiator cap. · NISMO JDM alu oil cap. · Custom oil catch can. · Motul 300v 15w-50 motor oil. · 5Zigen ZZ-spec JDM exhaust. Modified to a 2.5“ true dual system. · APS 3.5†turbo down pipes. Whats the problem with your motor Ray? Post it up on here so we can help?

Down pipes are done now. (thank god!LOL) Wrapping them looked easy but its a pain in the a*** becaust it needs to be very very tight to stop it from moving about and its hard to get it to go on right. Anyway, the left DP had the extra sensor bung welded in, both DP's are wire locked and then ive used some big hose clips to give me a bit more piece of mind that it wont come off. Nearly there! LOL..

Made a start on heat wrapping my downpipes. The left bank DP is off getting a wideband sensor boss weled on and im also waiting for the stainless steel lock wire i've ordered to get here so plasitc zip tie's are in place to keep the wrap tight for now. I've got to lock wire the wrap on then paint it with exhaust paint to keep the wrap in good nick and then its being fitted some time next week!

Bit late to post this up but, few pic's from the cars first oil change. The funnel has two pop socks streched over the opening. I used this to filter oll the oil that was dropped just to see for my self if there was any metal in it. Luckly there was one very small hair like strand of alu 5-6mm long that i think (hope) could have been left in the block from the bore/hone? Some good oil going in! K&N oil filter, IMHO better than nissan OEM as it has a metal internal frame rather than cardboard. The funnel filter.

Just a small update again The MONSTERS have arrived!!! God dam these things are huge!! I can fit my hand in side the outlet! Very well made and quite light for there size! The car will wake the dead with these things on! LOL.. Just to try and get some idea of size! Thats my 4.3" HTC HD2 next to one. LOL.. A nice thick blank off plate for the external waste gate return. I think Im in love with these! hahaha...

Small update!! LOL.. Few more pic's and some bad news that turned out good! And about the bad stuff, Mark rang me to tell me the car was running ok for over 1 hour but then started to burn coil packs?? Abbey tracked the problem down to this little sucker. The grounding clip for the wire harness was not making a good connection. As far as i know this has solved the problem. Again soon going for its break in map!! Ill update soon guys.

Not long now!!

Thanks guys! Ill pop the rest up tomorrow The build was completed in 2010 and has done over 9000 VERY fun miles since! Just got my car back out of storage today so though I would throw this up on here as my build was one of the first full builds in the UK back in 2009 Love the car just as much now as i did then!

Had a nice little trip down to Abbey today. Had a good chat with Mark and Tony about whats going on and snapped a few cheaky pic's. Upper intake runners now fitted and HKS 2 step colder plugs in! Also the lower oil pan and sump have gone on too! And a few sneaky shots! Tim.

Update! The big day is getting closer guys! Some more pic's Tony has sent through! Im taking a trip down to Abbey tomorrow to see big Tony so im sure ill have a few more pic's to share tomorrow night Modified APS sump with AN fittings for custom oil returns. Tim.

Some more pic's Tony's sent through! Motor is coming on quick now! All the shine parts are next to go on and the red crinkle Cam covers! WooHoo! Yes starting to get exited now!

Update! More pic's sent through from Tony!

So Far the block has been bored out its being honed as we speak and the crank has been polished. The rods and pistons are being balanced too! Its nice to see the block being bored with a stress plate as this gives better accuracy on the tolerances than boring and honing with out! Starting to get a bit exited now

Another little update people! Tony thanks for the pic's

Just a small update. The block is at the machine shop still as they were waiting for new stones for doing the hone. Tony has sent though some pic's of him redoing the cylinder heads. The valve seats and valves have been re-cut because some of the valves had pitting on them so a fresh cut and lap will have them sealing better than new! Few pic's The build should getting going once the shop has the block re-honed! Ill keep you updated!

Big day today guys. 512 mile round trip down to Abbey to drop off the motor and turbo's etc etc. I managed to get all the gear in the back of the VXR8! My mate who came with me had been on nights last night and not slept and is back on nights tonight so it was a quick drop off so we could get back on the road! It's all in the capable hands of Mark and the Abbey motorsport team now I need to have a good chat over the phone to sort out the final details but its gonna be quicker progress from now on! While i was down there i had a few min's to look at MrSteve's (lizardmotorsports) 350z race car and John Bradshaws project GTST! I would have loved to spend a few hours down their with the guys at abbey but we had to get back on the road! LOL. A few pic's from the road trip down there. Amazing how big the boot is on this thing! It swallowed 6 big boxes, lots of intercooler pipes, and the huge APS intercooler! The block, and timing covers had to go on the back seat along with cylinder head boxes behind each seat And this is what not sleeping for 48 hours does to you!

A big box came today Sorry for the amount of pic's but i want a few good ones as ill never (hopfully ) see these parts again when the engine is built! Pic's. 1. 2. 3. Just a bit stronger than the stock ones! Eagle rods are rated to 150HP per rod, the stock ones tend to fail at anything over 70HP per rod!! 4. 5. A little bit of an arty B&W one! LOL.. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. The CP piston's are a work of art. They look far to nice to be deep inside the motor! 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Just a few pic's! The pic's dont do the finish and colour justice! Its called Graphite metallic.. I just need to stop messing around now and get the machine work done and get this thing assembled!! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Update. Got a call today to say my covers were done! (i dropped them off yesterday at 4pm!) Good job for a tenner!

The way it was explained to me mate was when Det. occurs due to lean conditions the flame face on the piston can go from its normal operating temp (400c approx) and the underside of the piston and skirt around 100c. to around 900c. this temp differential cause's irregular expansion on the piston and makes the flame face piston to wall clearance far to small and cause's the ring lands to touch to cylinder wall. The cast piston is very brittle and as soon as the ring land catches the wall it can and will snap off!! Just a little update on the build too.... Finally got my block down to DRB engineering where my mate works and got it into the parts washers. First wash was degreaser in boiling water. 15mins cycle. Then the block was chemical washed in solivent at around 50c. for 15mins Then a finally water wash to remove the solvent. The block is nice now and ready for machine work

Few pic's of when i was cleaning the block today. Broken piston rings! Most of the broken ones look just like this!

Today's fun.... For a few hours work i got alot done this afternoon! Few item's that were removed today, Windage tray, block girdle, crank caps, crank, oil pump, all rod's and piston's and finally i pulled the engine mounts off. Some more pic's.. Windage tray removed. And block girdle removed. Crank cap's removed. Starting to removed some of the rod's and piston's. All rod's and Piston's remove now!! Oil pump and crank removed. Holly crap the crank is heavy! It must weigh 20kg at least! Close up of the under piston oil spray's. Rebuilt the bottom of the crank cap's and windage tray just to keep them out the way and clean. Final shot of the fully stripped down block. It's really light! Crank,rod's and piston's removed. More under piston's oil spray's. Now for the diagnosis!!!!! 5 out of the 6 piston's have cracked ring lands!!!!!! Some look ok and some are only held together with the rings!!!! Cylinder 1 (the front driver side) is the only one that looks in good nick. The pistons have no sign's of detonation on the flame face but to crack 5 out of the 6 ring land's it may have been a very bad tune or the engine has been over rev'ed?? All the bearings look in ok condition and non of the rod's "look" bent. The main thing is there is no damage as far as i can see to the block!! Ill get some close up pic's of the broken piston's when i've cleaned them up. Tim.

Todays Update Made some more good progress guys. Second head removed today along with the AC compressor, rear half of the timing cover. Alot of mine time is spent screwing the bolts back into where they came from after parts have been removed! I went down to Dyno demon (my local tuner/engine shop) and had a look over and EVO 6 engine that was having crank case pressure problems (blowing the dip stick out ect.) when the block was stripped down there were two small cracks in the ring line on cylinder 4. Once the piston ring had been removed a chunk of the ring land fell out! This would be the ideal situation for my engine as this ring land failed and did not damage the bore at all! All will be revealed when i get the pistons/rods out some time this week. Few more pic's.... Not long guys!!!

Little update guys... Spent a few hours this afternoon doing a bit more work on the engine. Few more pic's. I managed to get the timing chain off which took me a while to work out how to get off! After the timing chain was off that allowed me to remove the Cam timing gears. Its very smart how the Cam timing is changed on the intake side using an oil solanoid and the lager Cam gears. Ill get a few pic' next time im working on the engine. Exhaust Cam removed. Passenger side head removed. So far so good. I cant see a crack in the block on cylinder 6 so im hoping that when i pull the crank and rods out the ring land has gone?? The pistons look in good nick for a boosted engine too! The head gasket was a little damaged taking the head off but the is no sign's of scoring of and leaks which is another good thing. So far guys its going well. ill strip the driver side head down on monday i think and maybe pull the crank out so ill keep you posted