40mpgd15b7

joined a while ago, had the car for a while. now starting my build thread.

got the car with the b7, i did a bit of work on that, and then picked up a 4th gen dohc zc from a friend for $50, and i am in the middle of building it for boost to drop it in my eg.

heres the car the first day i picked it up after 5 coats of polish and 2 coats of wax






cleaned the steelies


painted them black


steelies on the car


changed out the deck from my old car to this car


after the first month of driving this car, with the money in gas i saved i bought this alphawerks 4-1 stainless steel header $100

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bay how i got the car, after i installed the header


rotors were warped really bad, so i picked up hawk pads, powerslot rotors, russel braided brake lines, and stock rebuilt calipers. $220


then i started having clutch issues. bad clutch MC, replacement was faulty, and clutch was chattering in first gear during downshift/engagement. bought quality made in japan slave and mc, tru lite 7lb $140 aluminum flywheel, and centerforce dual friction clutch $300 and braided clutch line $25








did a tune up, iridium plugs and msd wires. painted intake tube black. wires and plugs for free lol


cheapy rear upper strut bar $35

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picked up some piaa 4000k bulbs for free lol


took the side mouldings off




found a generic one piece thick billet aluminum rear lower tie bar for $25


picked up an a6 cam for $50


map sensor nipple on the throttle body broke, so here was my temporary solution to fix it. tb spacer from a friend for free lol


until i bought this 60mm b series tb


also a buddy gave me a 70mm bbk tb for free

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bought a vac gauge $28


picked up a longer intake tube with the throttle body and k and n air filter for $140, sold the k and n for $35 and old intake tube and filter for $100, bought the vibrant filter for $19


polished the intake tube


picked up a y8 tranny clutch, flywheel, starter, slave for 160. sold clutch/flywheel for $60 and my old tranny and clutch/flywheel for $150


slightly tinted the tail lights


pw jdm 540g brass shift **** $70



picked up some dc teg seats front and rear $150
old vs new

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installed the grant gt steering wheel


buddy gave me his old rims off his prelude hornet car for free

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well then my hg blew..







felpro mls $80 ..****..


hondata intake manifold gasket $60


yonaka dual core aluminum rad, $150 new


saw this, and had to match that up..


picked up a z6 intake mani

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cleaned it up


arp studs $125


4L of redline 10 30 adn k and n filter $60




resonated test pipe $75


port matched intake runners


and manifold


and header

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and plenum


skunk2 billet aluminum adj cam gear $140


exhaust runners sure opened up a lot




and then i polished them up a little


started assembling




then i had a vac leak from the manifold, wasnt completley torqued down on the middle nut on the bottom, snugged it up, and then corner one felt loose, so i snugged it up and went a little too tight, and it cracked

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can slightly see it in the coolent passage


friends step dad has it at the moment to weld it, its been quiet a while since i gave it too him. hope to get it back soon before i get this thing tuned before i drop the zc in as its running so rich it smokes grey/black.

then after all that, my buddy calls me and says $50 and alll the other miscalanious **** in his garage is mine or its going to the scrapper. SWEET! 4th gen DOHC ZC, spare dx trans, axels, wiring harness, flywheel, and zc manifold. sold the spare trans for $150







shampooing it down




he was running used chevron 15 40 dumb truck oil


my plans for the zc is to rebuild with forged internals, port/polish, bored cylinders by .5mm, mill head, run high comp z6 pistons, static 9.8ish :1 CR, and eventually down the road boost it.
started dismanteling

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one reason i dont like fram, collapsed when i was using the filter wrench to loosen it

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temp sensor wires broke clean off when loosening it from the head


cleaned up the runners on the manifold a bit


pulled the oil pan






crank pulley cracked and broke when pulling it off


cant believe he ran this timing belt


pulled the valves

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nice and dirty




started porting




did a compression test on the b7. ranged from 208-228






the last picture file on pb got corrupted

went to my friends to find the dizzy...found it in a bucket full of water that had froze..great..

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supertech 10.5:1 forged pistons came in $320 for pistons $68 for rings






finished porting the runners

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picked these rods up from a guy from a local forum, new for $250




had a few nice days, decided to do a quick wash and wax on the car

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got some older aem tru time B series cam gears from a buddy for $50




valve guides are worn, some valves were clean


others not so much


although, all the intake valves were nice and clean


ex. cam


in. cam

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polished exhaust runners






quick wash polish, wax, and detail




cleaned up the combustion chamber

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pulled the vc to check the torque on the headstuds, nice to see the valve train is still nice and clean


polished the combustion chambers

mitchh29

Nice build so far. One thing I would recommend if there is one of that engine is a timing belt cover. Don't want a rock getting logged in there and putting all that money to waste.

strykr89

So far this is a nice build. 40mpgd15b7 what part of BC you from?

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thanks man!

i have the bottom timing cover, it didn't come with the top most timing cover that covers the cam gears, but i dont think a rock will get lodged up there

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thank you very much!

lower mainland lol

strykr89

Np I subbed btw to see how this build comes out.

Oh kk, saw one in Vic during xmas when I was visiting my parents that looked like yours.

40mpgd15b7

haha thanks!

oohhh haha, really? ive only even seen one that looked similar, it was a white 4door with the same lip and fog lights

Sax-o-fun91

This looks great. Can't wait to see more!

Juan-DA

Jellyfish! •_____• I want! Nice build! GL!