My Rebuild Thread

[mituc]

I guess this will reduce the heat in the engine bay quite a lot.
However, I remember there was someone on MSF (phate?) who started to advise against using these blankets because they were making the exhaust housing to crack... This is why I didn't order one of these blankets for myself any more. Do you happen to know if that is a particular case only for some of the turbos? ...because I imagine you'd already know about this if it was really the case...

[Steve @ VersaTune]

I know the KO4's are prone to cracking even without a blanket. This ATP housing is quite thick. I don't have any concerns.

[Steve @ VersaTune]

I finally pried myself away from the keyboard long enough to get the cylinder head on.

Ceramic coated CP pistons and ARP studs:



Cylinder head:



Spiffy new Cometic gasket:



Helllooooo in there. Is there anybody home home home. Ported intake ports:




More to come soon hopefully.

[Steve @ VersaTune]

All ready to close the front cover.

Darrell Cox Racing VVT actuator and new timing chain installed:



My handy dandy MZR DISI timing tool in place

[mituc]

You are close! I'll go through a similar process at the end of january.

Btw, what head studs are you using and how much are you torquing them to make use of that cometic head gasket?

[Steve @ VersaTune]

ARP studs torqued to 20, 40, 60, rest overnight then 72 ft-lbf final with moly assembly lube on the threads.

That's what I did last time and I did not have any head gasket issues with loads > 3.5

[Steve @ VersaTune]

Waiting on some odds and ends that did not come with the overhaul gasket kit.

Injectors are in:



Front cover is on, crank pulley is timed, and the water pump is on:

[Steve @ VersaTune]

I finally had some free time.

Engine is closed up. Manifold is wrapped. New compressor wheel is on. Waiting on some -AN fittings to plumb the turbo.

[crashdan]

Nice thread!

[Steve @ VersaTune]

Almost there.