Here are a few images of the work I've been doing on just one of my customers engines. Customers mod list is as follows: Heads: MACHINE WORK: 3 Angle Valve Job EPRacing Street Port Grind Valves w/ Back cuts Mill Head Deck Hone Valve Guides PARTS: Ferrea 1mm OS Valvetrain with Titanium Retainers Z1 Motorsports Bronze Valve Guides Viton Valve Stem Seals JWT R5 Cams Block: MACHINE WORK: Acid Dip Honed with TQ Plate Mill Deck R&R Oil Galley Plugs Micro Polish Crankshaft Balance Crankshaft PARTS: Pauter Rods Wiseco 88mm Pistons w/ EPR Piston coating N/A Oil Squirters Clevitte77 Main and Rod Bearings w/ EPR bearing coating Ported Oil Pump by EP Racing Street Windage Kit from EP Racing Some other TS EP Racing stuff =] Accessories: BDE Performance Half Moons BDE Performance Motor Mounts Matt Z Garage Top Feed Fuel Rail w/ 1000cc injectors NGK Irridium PFR8B-11B Spark Plugs RameyZ Heavy Duty Idler Pulley Studs ConceptZ Gasket Set w/ Cometic Head Gaskets SpecialtyZ 3" Downpipes and 3" Exhaust AMS MaxFlow Cast Turbo Manifolds w/ EPR Thermal coating TDM FMIC and 2" Stock Piping Here are some images... Some pics of my garage... AMS manifolds prior to me going back through them to make them a bit better... Improvements Below are the improvements shown. These are the Z1 675s...below are images of when I received the turbos then after I've gone through them in doing my turbo service work. Here are the customers cylinder heads I've done for him.. And his long block... Final images of the turbos assembled with EPR Thermal coating on the turbine housings. More to come
good timing .. I'm currently putting pen to paper for a list . a little surprised with the 2" stock piping and TDM FMIC. isnt 800HP with GT28RS pushing it a bit?
Looks more like a bloody operating theatre than a garage workshop. Everything in its place. Dream shed :zlove:
Here are some updated images of the garage. I keep it as clean as I can. I'm a one man show with what I do with parts development, machining and engine builds. So this essentially is my sanctuary. I don't need a huge shop to do what I do and I have some tools in my garage that most don't think of getting or using when building engines, but its my little piece of heaven I suppose. The table nearest the garage door (blue legs) is my tear down table. Please excuse the pile of Z parts on there. I'm fixing some issues with this particular customers engine. Got Cranks?!?!?! I've got quite the collection of rear main seal housings and a few windage kits ready to be shipped or installed in a customers engine. Yes...thats right I have a widescreen monitor hooked up to my netbook so I can chat with you chaps while I'm out in the garage playing Its nice I have a wireless keyboard and mouse with a Altec sound system hooked up. Customers turbos I showed above and a set of Wisecos I coated for a customer the other day.
brilliant.. love the zed calender too lol.. true dedication.. pitty your in the states and not down stairs building mine lol
yea its a shame that shipping would literally dry ones bank account if you sent me an engine to build for you guys. Maybe I'll make a trip out there sometime and spend like two weeks and just go around building customers engines. Have an engine building vacation.
Grilled cheese sandwiches, or installing gudgeon pins? Two equally good uses for a toaster oven This is the process for anyone unfamiliar with the process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TEAWO9P95Q
I use quite an array of coatings actually. I use dry film lubricants, ceramic resins, thermal barriers, dispersants, etc etc. I do a lot of piston coatings, exhaust port and combustion chamber coatings and a slew of exhaust coatings for turbo applications. I do all of this in house with no out sourcing of any kind.