Ada7\'s T-Rex

[russellparkerx]

Blimey.  What turbo is that Ad?

[Ada7]

The beans were on special offer so i treated myself to some before i got the turbo knowing i\'d only be able to afford Aldi value ones after :rollin

The turbo is a HKS T04R

Adam

[MaLicE]

ad.... random q.. the rear turbo pipe, i have one i have polished, u recon its easy to get to while the engine is in the car lol?

[Ada7]

You might be able to get to the nuts to undo but it would be a right PITA.
I nearly bought a polish one a while back but didnt in the end as for the sake of the little bit you actually see when its on i didnt think it was worth the hassle of doing. But i polished this one up for the next owner to have cos if they\'re changing their turbos for my 99s you can get to it easily then

Adam

[Ada7]

Got the news back from Era the other day about my engine.I knew that it had been rebuilt at some time in the past and been street ported but no idea who did it. I was hoping it would just be a small water seal failure and so not much trouble at all. How wrong could i be.
Massive water seal failure on all plates. Era suggested that some of them look so bad and twisted that they could have been second hand seals used in the previous rebuild. All the apex seals were intact but one housing had a large grove cut in it by the exhaust port suggesting it was damaged in the past but still used even though its knackered
None of the ports had any form of finishing off,they were also not equal in size.The exhaust ports had no bevel cut into them as the stock ports.The result was that the one housing has picked up carbon and rubbish and has got bad scores in it,also theyare not equal in size.
I had been adviced by some very knowledgable people to use K-seal in the water system as this could help slow down or even stop any water leak. This has got in to all the water channels and looks to have infact increased the wear on the seals and acted like a grinding paste and scored all the plates.
So.. i\'ve had to have the plates sent off to be resurfaced and buy 2 housings.
Luckily the rotors are ok, although one has a slight bang on it, but apparently its ok.
Felt really fduk\'d off with this news as you can imagine but now being positive and now know its going to be done a thousand times better once done

Adam

[Ada7]

Ok things for the engine are starting to look up. Got some pictures from Era to show off the ports he\'s done to sort out the old ones.
Look big to me but i\'m not expert






Really excited now about getting it back and in the car again.

Adam

[Ada7]

News today from Era is that all the porting is finished and he\'ll be preping the bits for painting before all the new seals arrive
So do i go for a pink or purple engine :p

Adam

[Nik da Greek]

.....apparently, black ones are faster....:rolleyes:

[Ada7]

Well the engine is going to be the ultimate in speedy colours. Half black, half red

Adam

[Ada7]

Went to Reworx today to get the manifold i bought welded up as it had a few cracks in it. Also picked up my rebuild parts to then take on to Era\'s. Engine is all ready to be put together now
As it looks today. Kind of scary i think when you see your engine looking like this :o


All the new bits


Got some days off now so going to finish all the polishing i want to do

Adam

[Ada7]

Bit more polsihing today. Took the compression housing off the turbo and gave it a good going over
From this....


To this...


Took me about 3 hours and isn\'t the best work i\'ve done as couldnt get right into the tight spots but it\'ll do for now

Adam

[Nik da Greek]

Ooooh, look at your big shiney trumpet thing :Ladys-man

[Ada7]

Everyone loves a shiney trumpet :p

Adam

[Ada7]

Just finished these. Polished, Painted lettering and rubber trimmed. Not to bad if i do say so myself


Adam

[Ada7]

Been to Era\'s today to pick up the engine :D
Is looking greeat now and cant wait to get in back in tomorrow



Big thanks to Era and friends for helping me out and getting it together for this weekend and answering all my questions. Also a big thank you to Jo for the use of her car and doing lots of miles in the last couple of weeks

Adam