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Finally got the new engine on the stand...lets get this thing built!

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

So update 2 of today, got bored so spent 30 minutes in the garage tearing the block down!

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

Engine appears to have been Dual Carbed at some point, pretty carboned up!



So out came the tools and elbow grease...





Lick-o-paint.

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

More Paint...

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

Another weekend, another update...

Ordered some new scuttle panel clips as they had all gone brittle and snapped.





Finally got hold of an engine crane to borrow, so time to strip the old block down. you will remember rebuilt the head just before christmas, with the smoking deemed to be the block, i decided i will re-use it on the block. I also needed the oil pick up, as i need to use an A6/A9 sump to clear the gearbox, i also need the matching oil pickup (the Z6 one is to tall, it bottoms out on the bottom of the sump, meaning it will not bolt up)










Also cleaned the new sump up. its in fantastic condition, but needed a tidy up, sanded it all down using 320 and 240 on my mini-da sander, couple coats of Etch, couple coats of Satin black




I wanted to re-assemble the new engine today, but with a lack some tools needed, some RTV and some ARP grease. So thats all ordered now.

So, until that turns up. thats it for now.

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

Head studs in...

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

Good S*!t candy man

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In the league of ultimate procs

More progress...

Stripped the paint off the rocker. i had painted it before, but it had become putting with the paint flaking. possibly due to lack of etch primer and cleaning











Got the head torqued down.



Also trying to decide on colour matching for the engine bay. had bought some PWJDM Washers in silver/polished.



But cant decide whether to go Silver or Red!


More tomorrow...

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

Go red, nice accent in the bay I think and it will suit because of the car color

New crank end seal.



D16A6/A9 oil pickup installed.


I took the Oil pump apart again and gave it another porting session, got hold of a Die Grinder which made the process easier (had been using a cordless drill beforehand!) Back together with a new crank seal.


New sump gasket, on the new sump went!


hopefully the oil pump doesn't eat itself alive on first start...

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

YES project thread FTW no of this video stuff good man! Its looking great you've made good progress dude keep it up!

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1990 Civic VT Daily
1991 civic GL (track toy)
1991 Shuttle (To be "sensible" daily project)

That last picture.. Oh yes! Very clean and good work done, keep it up

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I really hope it works out for you.

I miss this project stuff, still so pissed off it never worked out for me.

Most of the fun is building it and watching it come together.

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2010 Audi A3 1.6TDi Sport

More work...

Prepared subframes for paint.




Suspension gubbins...



Gave the gearbox a bloody deep clean and lick of paint.





Also removed the bash guard off the gearbox. it had collected about 2kg's worth of dirt over the years! Cleaned it, prepped it. painted it...


Newly painted box next to my spare one...


Thats all for now...

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.

More paint...

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1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Supercharged, VTEC Swapped Track Toy.
1988 RT4WD Shuttle - Lifted Daily Beater.