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Engine
Chronicled below are
the changes that were made to the engine.
Engine
Bay Shots | Stripped
Block | Powder
Coated Parts | Greddy
Oil Catch Can
Cylinder
Head Porting | Carbon
DI Cover | Engine
Build Up | Aero
Oil Pan | 2.34
Pistons
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Final
Engine Bay Shots
These are the pictures of the engine in final
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Engine
Bay Shots
To start things off, here is the stock engine, the stripped engine
bay, and the engine bay back from the painters. |
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Stripped
Block
The engine block was stripped of all the old
crud and painted. |
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Aero
Oil Pan
The 9-5 Aero oil pan adds increased internal strength and also bolts
to the transmission to further stabilize the engine and transmission. |
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Maptun
Performance Cams and Adjustable Cam Gears
New exhaust and intake camshafts - Bolt-on upgrade for a massive improvement
in breathing at high rpm! Lift/Duration: 268/9.6. Massive improvement
in high rpm breathing and a very beneficial complement to other upgrades.
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2.34
Piston Install
Just to make sure that the pistons held their pressure, we installed
new piston rings. |
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Powder
Coated Parts
As part of the total rebuild, all external
engine pieces that could be were stripped,
cleaned, and powder coated. This car will
not only go fast, but look good doing it!
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Greddy
Oil Catch Can
To keep the intercooler clear of oil blow
by, I also installed this nice oil catch can
made by Greddy. conveniently, there was a
perfect spot for it. |
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Cylinder
Head Porting
Now for some of the good stuff! Got the head
ported and you can judge for yourself. The
real noticeable increases are on the exhaust
side at full lift. Nuff, said. |
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Carbon
DI Cover
The beginning of my journey down the road
of carbon fiber. Since there were a number
of pieces that I either wanted to cover in
carbon fiber or have made from carbon fiber,
I figured I might as well get started on this.
Since this piece was only going to be a plug
for a mold (like how I am already talking
the ling), I am not as concerned with the
overall appearance yet. My focus was on getting
the surface flat and smooth which I did after
a lot of wet sanding. Also, with this piece,
I covered over that annoying valley in the
DI cassette which always seems to catch water
or something. |
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Engine
Build Up
Here are the latest pics of the engine. It
is coming together great and looks as well
as it should perform. With a fully balance
and rebuild bottom end and the ported and
flowed head, the block should take on what
we throw at it. Basically, a new engine, but
better. |
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for comparison purposes, here is the engine
before and after.... |
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