Kaihatsu Factory S14 Silvia

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:37 am

Ahhh...that's better. Now I can take as long as I need to afford my rebuild on the engine! That's if I don't go spending all the money on drift days.

328i
Welded diff
Low

All you need

nirvash · Post by **nirvash** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:46 pm

djtreble wrote:Ahhh...that's better. Now I can take as long as I need to afford my rebuild on the engine! That's if I don't go spending all the money on drift days.

328i
Welded diff
Low

All you need

awesome toy

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:52 pm

Yeah it's proper fun and quick! Power on tap!
Much better than the compact

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:32 am

haha pretty neat. and what did that cost?

Charlvdw · Post by **Charlvdw** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:49 am

Daniel wrote:haha pretty neat. and what did that cost?

I would guest 800 Pounds.

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:11 am

No, I actually bought my compact for £400 and I did a straight swap for this...so I got a very good deal!

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:02 am

lol thats so not fair!!

Charlvdw · Post by **Charlvdw** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:12 pm

Could have got a z32 for 900 pounds when i was there.

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:13 pm

I'm deffinately going to miss the cheap cars here when I come back!

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:21 pm

So the flameface of the head looks good

BUT then I came across this pit in the head:

Which has done this to the cam:

How the hell does this happen. Looks almost like someone has taken the cams out, put it back in and there was a piece of metal stuck between the cam and head. I havn't put the cams back in place and tightened them down since I've had the engine out...

Example of a few with gumph buildup that the cams have been running on (3 like this)

So I did all the cam measurements and they are still within manufacturer standard measurements (No where near the limits) odly!
But then I found all this pitting:

I never saw any of these problems when striping the head! I guess this means the head and cams are scrap.

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:20 am

So long time since an update.

S14:
Sold of the engine in parts and ordered a sub 50K SR from Japan. Should be here in about 2 weeks so all I have done so long is remove the air con system and gather all the parts to put it back together and get it through MOT.

BMW:
The daily slag has been used for exactly what it was built for, it's kept me sideways so long and has been fun! So much fun that this is what I eneded up doing this to a half shaft:

DriftZ · Post by **DriftZ** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:34 am

he he

what are your UK second hand / import engine prices like?

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:42 am

For a sub 50K SR20DET that I have bought from Japan, including all costs came to £650. That includes a 14 day guarantee.

It's the engine with everything minus exhaust side (manifold, turbo and elbow)

Why, you on the hunt for an engine? If so I have contacts that import engines from Japan and can probably get it sent stratight to you.

DriftZ · Post by **DriftZ** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:37 am

djtreble wrote:For a sub 50K SR20DET that I have bought from Japan, including all costs came to £650. That includes a 14 day guarantee.

It's the engine with everything minus exhaust side (manifold, turbo and elbow)

Why, you on the hunt for an engine? If so I have contacts that import engines from Japan and can probably get it sent stratight to you.

nah.. not on the hunt.. just for interest's sakes.

djtreble · Post by **djtreble** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 2:20 pm

Well there has been a delay so I won't get the engine till November now...so all I've done is cleaned the engine bay and fitted a Z32 fuel filter.

The rest of my time has been spent doing this: