My Rex rebuild

[mikey-t]

anyone fancy that manifold

[JayDee]

Have you tried spinning the front of the turbo, is the manifold fitted with gaskets also the lower intake manifold is the wrong way round and looks a lot thicker than normal.

[mikey-t]

Cheers , i know it\'s the wrong way round and the turbo hasn\'t been spun it\'s the hot side that catches, Ed did make me aware that the manifold needs adjustment, and yes that gasket is huge it\'s one if these heat suppressing ones, plus it\'s massively out.
Unfortunately my skill level is way short of what\'s required as it\'s the flange on a divided manifold that needs adjusting.

[mikey-t]

more bits today! my cheap LED bulbs have arrived, see if i can test these out for a bit when the car is running,







have gone for a different route now with the fluids, sticking to braid and AN for my oil cooler lines and got myself a AN 10 bundle of joy today with some dowty seals to match








on the fuel side of things I\'m running PTFE line braided, as this won\'t react with my fuel / premix and should last a bit longer, i had the choice of running this with the normal red/blue AN fittings but have decided i will measure it all up and then get the ends terminated with a proper swage, its half the price and a bit more secure in my opinion





all coming together slowly, off out on tour for a few weeks now, but should hopefully come back with another boat load of money and start spunking it on mikalor clamps and wiring

[mikey-t]

back home for a couple of days, got a little sick on tour so I\'m bed ridden and shopping for bits

need a bit of advice first though,
i need to get two fans for the above radiator, now the question is do i need to buy push or pull fans, i will be going front mount,
also do i need to make up a shroud for the radiator aswell?



got a few of my mikalor hose clamps turned up and my fuel pump has been ordered,
ceramic internals 340 LPH @ 40 psi, 270 LPH @ 5 bar, that should cover it,

got a bit of help coming out tomorrow see if this manifold is worth the hassle or not, if its going to be a ball ache i will sell it and get a full custom item made up, or get eds longer running manifold,
im not exactly what you would call a fabricator

[boosted]

looks to me like pull fans bud, should be able to measure them mounting lugs and check demon tweeks for some to mount on them.....or use and original fd fan pack.

[mikey-t]

cheers fella i will prefer to go aftermarket purely to have more control over the fans, they are twin 12" spaces

as ever this car is fighting me every step of the way,
was having trouble getting the clutch fork to engage properly so had a good look today and it turns out a bit had come off the clutch plate so we will have to pull the engine out again and try redo it, worse case we will have to rebuild the clutch plate bearings etc etc


had a good look at the turbo / manifold layout and thin owe have come up with a solution to chopping up my manifold,
as the hot side touches the LIM but only just and by a lot more with my thermal gasket installed we have come up with the idea of using a manifold flange as a spacer moving the manifold 10-12 mm away from the block and therefore away from the LIM, obviously this is a bit of a bodge but i would prefer this to cheese wedging a brand new manifold and having uneven heat expansion etc stressing studs and bolts.

so if i go engine block into gasket into spacer into gasket and then manifold it should provide me with enough clearance,

running fairly small turbo this will not provide to much of an issue chassis side

if anyone has any spare good condition exhaust manifold gaskets please let me know,

ecu has been sourced so now i just need to mock up all my oil and fuel lines, find someone to build me a down pipe and intercooler hard lines and I\'m pretty much away.

also looking at getting a oil sandwich plate to pull off a couple o spurs maybe for turbo feed /drain and filter relocation.

[boosted]

Having a look at your pics mate id get some tape over the inlet holes....anything could drop down there and it would all end in tears bud.

[mikey-t]

yes mate they are taped up now ready for covering in heat management, cheers for that don\'t want to rebuild again anytime soon

[mikey-t]

tried to draw up a up to date spec list,
forgot loads I\'m sure, but yes this is where my money has gone


-Atkins Rotary Rebuild Kit
-Cryogenically treated apex seals,solid corner seals, side seals,
-Viton rings
-Rotary Art gasket kits
-DM-motorsport anodised billet secondary rail
-AM Sportscars locking nuts
-Gizzmo thermal intake gasket
-Sytec bullet fuel filter
-Teflon (PTFE) 10mm stainless braid fuel hose
--10 stainless braided oil lines with AN fittings from coolers to engine
-Sard primary fuel rail
-Siemens Deka 750cc primaries
-Bosch 1680cc Secondaries
-De-Cat silencer
-Mikalor Supra clamps on all non AN fluid / air pipes
-Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
-Turbonetics turbo
Ported anti surge compressor housing, 61 mm Billet compressor wheel, 65mm Extended height inconel turbine wheel, T4 1.00A/R Turbine housing

-Turbonetics rg-45 wastegate
 -Ed_Rx7 parts short runner manifold
-silly big radiator and intercooler
-Jayracing pro ceramic internal fuel pump
-Apexi pfc ecu

[mikey-t]

spent a little time down the workshop before i got all squiffy again today,
had a tidy up and decided to see how i would fit this rad/intercooler setup,
the end game is i have no :censored::censored::censored::censored:ing idea

rad fits in on the chassis rails just nice but will block the intercooler pipes no matter how its mounted, the intercooler sits nicely behind the slam panel thing but the pipes look like they will be higher then the bonnet, if it fits underneath the chassis rail it will be too low and the pipes will hit the radiator etc etc so basically i have no clue, this has come off someones car before so it must have ft somehow any ideas?












also dug out this lightened flywheel which is surplus to requirements,
i didn\'t use it as there is no holes for locating dowels and didn\'t feel comfy running with no dowels

open to offers on this

[mikey-t]

having fun tonight

[boosted]

You tried v mounting that IC/rad set up?

[mikey-t]

No not yet I have been away on tour, I have been sent pictures of how it fits now and it does go front mount,

[mikey-t]

so after a few weeks away doing this kind of thing


I have finally got 12 hours at home, and have come home to a box of goodies,
big thanks to those who have supplied the goodies



apexi pfc and commander
mikalor clamps
purpley tasty braided brake lines
LOTS of heat protection

just need a bit more money and a lot more time now