Redscort build thread

[Redscortgt93]

how were the bearing clearances on those rods? looks good !

Perfect lol the spec is between 0.0011"-0.0027" with 0.0040 max and I was right at 0.0015" on all four. The biggest pita is drilling this mbsp to clear the ARP main studs. :/ I have it drilled to the biggest bit I had, but I'm aquiring a 1/2" drill bit soon...

[Mazda_Powered]

nice!! were those ebay H beams as well?

[Redscortgt93]

Yeah I bought em on ebay. They came from a machine shop in Texas called Adept Performance. The site has been closed due to non-payment lol that's not good. Hopefully they're good rods. They looked/felt great. I've been to the website before. Hopefully it comes back.

[Mazda_Powered]

Cool! I see a lot of the H beams on ebay, just wasn't sure if you went that route or not. Glad to see the machine work was even across the board tho! That's promising. I wonder how even they were in weight

Sucks about the site getting shut down tho lol

[Redscortgt93]

Hopefully it gets put back on. It said it was shut down due to non-payment to the server or whatever. They have 30 days before it's completely deleted. I had them all weighed at the machine shop when he balanced the rotating assembly. He said they were all the same weight/or close enough...idk sometimes I wonder about people. :/ no marks were made anywhere on any of the rods, but he was supposed to balance everything since I paid for it...which means either they were all the same weight/or he didn't do what I paid him to do.

[Mazda_Powered]

I hate when you have to second guess places like that...could call and ask?

[Redscortgt93]

I mean I did ask and he said they were all the same weight lol so they must have been :/ or he lied to my face! lol

[KAinjection]

You can balance pistons and rod assemblies yourself.

The crank has to be done by the machine shop.

Read page 2 of this article at the top of the page about balancing your piston/rod assemblies plus some google searching will get you more information as well.

http://www.circletrack.com/enginetech/ctrp_0504_engine_balancing_tech_terminology/piston_rod_crank_balancing.html

[Redscortgt93]

It's a defining moment when you put the oil filter on isn't it? haha

[Mazda_Powered]

sure is!!! looks great man! when's it going in?

[Redscortgt93]

Soon soon soon I start my new job Saturday so I can get some income...I'm pretty much out of money and I'll need to buy all the fluids and other crap...Here's an update pic. I still wanna get the valve cover powder coated but I don't have the money for it. I'll probably just clean it up and put it on for now...

[Mazda_Powered]

sweet!!! looks great man! hows your oil return line looking? I've never been to happy with mine lol

Also you can easily ditch that plastic inlet pipe with a 45 degree 1.75-2.5" reducer, and a 45 degree pipe, such a better flowing setup over the stock pancake pipe LOL

[Redscortgt93]

That's something else I'll have to do when I get some money rollin' in lol you don't need that 'cut' front motor mount thing that I've seen do ya? I got the timing belt on tonight. Everything lined up perfectly and at tdc. ^I haven't gotten an oil return line yet lol the oil outlet for the turbo and the tapped inlet on the pan is like 3 inches apart haha I'm pretty much replacing all the heater hose and vacuum hose as I go.

[Mazda_Powered]

yea the VJ20 to OE pan hose is a BITCH. I've got a spare oil pan and I plan on relocating the fitting once I find out how far 3.5L of fluid goes up on the pan (capacity is 3.8, but I figure SOME has to be circulating )

Also nope, OE front mount for me Just have to grind/cut the clutch line stud so it doesn't rub...I trimmed mine but it does touch EVER so slightly lol...not enuff for me to care tho.

[Redscortgt93]

Update..



Now I gotta touch up the paint lol probably woulda went smoother if I didn't have the tranny mount on backwards...ugh :/ but she's in now! lol