Project R

[Jaliya48]

Impressive. MOST IMPRESSIVE!

[Komisiripala]

a little more progress today. the block was serviced, crakshaft spruced up and my ACL bearings put in place. its so nice to see it shaping up.

here's the cleaned P72's

hopefully getting the valve cover sprayed tomorrow for baking. and i'm guessing they'll be on to the engine head by tomorrow as well. closer and closer every day. damn this is getitng good!

[Komisiripala]

here's my engine guy Kelum working on the block. the bearings are in. he's bolting the flywheel to finish it off. next up, the piston chambers. that should be worked on today, methinks.

[sachinwick]

Good work man!! nice to see your getting closer!!

[Komisiripala]

closer with each passing day. so today met up with kelum again. he had finished the block, and put the piston rings in with the cleaned pistons:

here's the before:

and this is the after:

and started working on the valve ports. so much gunk in there. unbeleivable. cleaned all of it out. bugger too his time doing this. nice to see some dedication!

and a few more pieces have gone into the engine bay. electricals mostly. fuse boxes et al. i guess you have to be as fanatical as i am to notice a little difference from last time

going to spend the whole of monday there. so lots mroe to update

[Komisiripala]

so i thought i'll get to watch kelum work on the engine while someone else did the datto today.

not a chance. looks like kelum is the only bugger with an ounce of common sense and of course skill around int he garage. this is all we managed to do in the morning with the teg:

cleaned the valves, and then ground the inlets with valve grinding paste. guess the teg will be on hold tomorrow as well since the datsun is being worked on...

[NZer]

so i thought i'll get to watch kelum work on the engine while someone else did the datto today.

not a chance. looks like kelum is the only bugger with an ounce of common sense and of course skill around int he garage. this is all we managed to do in the morning with the teg:

cleaned the valves, and then ground the inlets with valve grinding paste. guess the teg will be on hold tomorrow as well since the datsun is being worked on...

Machan couldnt you get this done professionally by the engine re conditioner? I feel you would have got a little bit more if you did it that way specially since your looking for good performance. Just a thought anyways.

[Komisiripala]

He is a pro engine guy. I'd rather it be done here

[NZer]

Fair enough

Edited April 2, 2013 by NZer

[Komisiripala]

so! the block and head are finished! just a matter of placing the cams and the engine is done!

inching closer to nirvana. kelum now goes to work on the timing belt on the 300ZX. i doubt i'll get to see any more progress until after new years...

[Komisiripala]

just noticed that i do have flat faced valves. as opposed to the curved ones. very interesting. the spoon sports rumor just might be true. well one can live in hope, i guess.

here are the finished wheels. finally picked them up after powder coating:

[dreamracer]

komi any updates...is it still "AVRUDU" @ the workshop

[trinity]

W da Faaaak,, thought there's an update from komi..

[Komisiripala]

Yes! *-boo hoo hoo-* 6 months to the 17th of April! Why?? Wahaaaaaay? *-sniff-*

Just spoke to Indika. They're back at work...

At least I have a Datsun for distraction...

[JadeyBlitzen]

I saw a white teg running at full chat along the independence square straight last friday evening. sounded well tuned but couldn't see the car clearly cos I was at lemon. For a moment I was wondering if komi's come out for a secret test drive.

[Komisiripala]

There are two other white tegs around. Zackies and one other. God I wish I was test driving even half a car

[Komisiripala]

finally, we get the proverbial ball rolling. haiyyo after so long, it feels wierd when some work is actually done...

here's a shot from where i meditate. chanting "nam myoho rengek kyo" and hoping for miracles...

so the springs are in, as are the cams, valves etc etc. bolted all the itty bitty pieces. and mounted the intake manifold for kicks.

isn't that the loveliest thing you've ever seen?? i swear to you monica bellucci could have stood there with nothing but a pair of socks on, and i wouldn't have been this aroused...

[Jaliya48]

Good to see the engine progressing!

P.S. I'm positive you meant stockings and not socks...

Edited April 24, 2013 by Jaliya48

[Komisiripala]

Stockings would drastically alter the argument. It is Monica after all. No I meant good old socks

[Davy]

There it is! Something I've been waiting for! Made me remember how I felt when the engine of my A72 was being put together... Man what a feeling that was. I can totally second the Monica Bellucci argument.

[Cyclist]

finally, we get the proverbial ball rolling. haiyyo after so long, it feels wierd when some work is actually done...

here's a shot from where i meditate. chanting "nam myoho rengek kyo" and hoping for miracles...

so the springs are in, as are the cams, valves etc etc. bolted all the itty bitty pieces. and mounted the intake manifold for kicks.

isn't that the loveliest thing you've ever seen?? i swear to you monica bellucci could have stood there with nothing but a pair of socks on, and i wouldn't have been this aroused...

Wow. what a sight! is that a new after market manifold ?

Not know much about engines, but I can surely say this engine looks so damn sexy!

those two orangy wheels (cam ) looks like Monicas tits wrapped by leather! lol

[Komisiripala]

And cyclist takes it to a whole other level! Damn that's one fine set of cam gears she got!!

Yes machan, that's a skunk2 pro intake manifold mated to a d90 70mm throttle body

[Pericles]

I'll tell you one thing, ain't no bit of metal in any shape or form gonna distract me from Monica Bellucci. Unless its a piece of metal in the form of Monica Bellucci. Like the Terminatrix.

[Komisiripala]

Megan fox then?

[Watchman]

arent cars and girls more like apples and oranges? Unless you guys do to a car the same stuff you do to a girl..