Okay, I just bought a Lude, has 140k and needed a tranny....

I took the engine out last night, finally after a couple of days of problems, it comes with a engine and bolts this old and with this milage

Heres the things that are going to be performed on this Motor
Replacing the Following:
- Head Gasket
- Timing Belt, PS belt, All Belts LOL
- Water pump & Seal
- Plugs and Wires
- Motor oil
- Tranny

Things Im considering
- Buying a Complete seal rebuild kit....I want to replace all seals on this motor...

Future plans
- I want to build the motor inside and out, pistens, rods etc
- Eventually get it boosted

I need suggestion on what lil things I can right now that the motor is out...

Strapping the motor up


Obvious it had a leak lol


Side View

 

personally i would repair it and thats it. if itll be just a daily driver id boost on stock internals unless youve got the money sitting around to build it.

 

if your already going to buy pistons and rings and rods and such, just go ahead and buy things that are forged... so you wont have to do this again all over again after you boost it

 

Why the head gasket? If you're going to pull the head, there are a lot of things you can do "while you're at it" but it doesn't make sense to just replace the head gasket.

Cap and rotor probably need replacing if you're doing the wires.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by flyrod &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why the head gasket? If you're going to pull the head, there are a lot of things you can do "while you're at it" but it doesn't make sense to just replace the head gasket.

Cap and rotor probably need replacing if you're doing the wires.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What else do you suggest I do while the head is off?

For now I want to get her running smooth without any problems...The performance stuff will be at a later time, when the money is there....this is going to be my daily car...I drive a lot so I want it build it right...I still got to do cosmetics things too....

I basically want the car to last another 140k LOL...

 

check front and rear main seals

 

I bought a complete rebuild kit that has all the seals/gaskets for this motor...

Thinking about a header and a intake to make her breath a bit better....what you guys think?

 

If you're going turbo later, I'd save the $ for that.

 

ya your right, the I would have to toss the header.....

Im hoping to have this finish by next week..I only work on the car in the evenings...

 

bump!!!

 

if you want peace of mind, get some new valves and a valve job. while you are doing all of the gaskets and seals, it doesnt make much sense not to change bearings and re-ring the pistons. you are going to have it 75% torn down, why not make it 100%?

 

I would not reinstall rings without honing the block. I would also NOT reuse pistons. Those will need to be replaced and the cylinder bores will need to be honed to get the clearance in spec. By going from 75% to 100% on the rebuild, you're going to probably double the cost or more.

One other note, you cannot reuse the rod studs.

 

why all that hasle to rebuild it, get ur self a H22 and call it a day, cuz then you will try to spend money on modifing this motor, when u have h22 you'll be fine with

 

I want to do all this but money is an issue for now....Im getting rid of my 07 SI for this car...I dont want any car notes anymore, Law school is coming up soon as well...I need to invest on the cosmetics of the car as well...

So if I change the head gasket, I have to get new rod studs???

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blatallic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I want to do all this but money is an issue for now....Im getting rid of my 07 SI for this car...I dont want any car notes anymore, Law school is coming up soon as well...I need to invest on the cosmetics of the car as well...

So if I change the head gasket, I have to get new rod studs???</TD></TR></TABLE>

no, he was suggesting not cracking open the bottom end which i had said previously. i guess it is alot more work than i think.

 

Ok I see, this is good to know...Thanks guys for the advice on this...

I have lots of work ahead of me....but its going to be fun...I'll keep posting pics on my progress.....

 

Okay guys I have a update....

I change a whole lot of things on this bad boy and I got her running yesterday...So smooth so smooth....This is only the beginning of a soon to be beauty...Below are some pics...Enjoy and comments welcomed..

I just got a H23 head which Im going to build and try to turn this into a hybrid...that wont be until next year though...

 

because that f22 can handle a hell of alot more boost then the h22 all stock.. not to mention you can run forged internals without any problems

 

what'd you use to clean that up?

 

i love how the brackets look. Very nice paint job. What did you paint the block with?

 

Yes f22 can handle more boost, I learned this after I got this car, which makes me happy lol...

I used Dupli-color....Power washed the engine about 5 times to get all the oil/dirt/stains out then I did about 5 coats of paint...I painted the block, head one color...the brackets a darker shade and then the vavle cover....

The header look blue now...I just buffed the paint yesterday, I'll post pics up...Im a detailer so I'm half way on the detailing of the car...Still need the interior....

 

wow you got that cleaned up nice

 

I wonder what the paint will look like in 5k miles.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 117 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I wonder what the paint will look like in 5k miles. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, i was thinking the same thing.

 

i did that with my transmission a while back. over 5k miles and its still mint as the day i painted it. just some dirt got on it but thats about it.