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BMWgiant · Post by **BMWgiant** » Jun 17, 2011 10:00 PM

How unsafe is your garage that you need a firearm on hand to spray the valve cover?

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 17, 2011 10:16 PM

BMWgiant wrote:

How unsafe is your garage that you need a firearm on hand to spray the valve cover?

I'm trying to get used to it so I carry it all the time.
Plus there's been a few bear sightings recently.
My hood is extremely wooded and at night I hear pretty big stuff moving around in the woods just behind my house.

I'm not worried about people. Cop lives across the street and one down the hill.
All my neighbors pack heat.

Post by **mooseheadm5** » Jun 17, 2011 10:18 PM

Bears will fuck you up and have been coming closer to civilization for food.

Eta power · Post by **Eta power** » Jun 17, 2011 11:43 PM

This build is coming along nicely. I'm excited to see the finished product.

shocka · Post by **shocka** » Jun 18, 2011 7:42 AM

How many people have been mauled by bears in NC? Black bears i presume?

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 18, 2011 8:33 AM

shocka wrote:How many people have been mauled by bears in NC? Black bears i presume?

In NC, there are an estimated 7000 bears on the coast and another 4000 in the mountains. There have been several sightings in the last few months within 20 miles of my house.
Its only a matter of time when the paths between humans and bears become one on a frequent basis.
I have no problems with bears but I have two small daughters that are perfect bear snack size
.
Now while the likelyhood of that happening is very slim, it can happen.
Most people who have been attacked never thought it would be them, because if they did, they would have had a nice 45 like mine on their hip.

Five years ago there was a bear sighting in my neighborhood.
If you see one, there are surely a few you don't see.
Can't take that chance.

On top of that I've had fox in my yard. They are mean little bitches and they will attack your ass with the quickness.
I've seen road kill coyotes right outside my hood on the main road.
They are both on the rise here in the east coast, big time.
There has been a massive push back east by many species.

You just have to be ready.....

Next thing will be P-Puma,

Rich Euro M5 · Post by **Rich Euro M5** » Jun 18, 2011 9:38 AM

grey ghost wrote:Got the head off today. That was a bitch. That last bolt on the bottom of the intake was a MF.

The easy way is to leave the intake manifold bolted to the head, a clean jerk and you have it off.

If you think removal is bad, re-installation will be far worse. Install the intake to the head, then get a couple of friends to help you lower the head / intake assembly onto the block.

Rich

9mil · Post by **9mil** » Jun 18, 2011 9:49 AM

What did you clean the intake with? looks great- and did you paint the oil housing and intake pipes?

BTW- def. install the intake mani before putting the head back on - it also gives however is standing on the drivers side somthing to hold onto when your lowering it.... way easier.

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 18, 2011 11:36 AM

9mil wrote:What did you clean the intake with? looks great- and did you paint the oil housing and intake pipes?

I hope to have three people here for the install.
Bolting the intake on first is all good but there are two connection that go between the intakes that need to be fead before the intake goes on.
But I have a plan.

Everything was polished with a buffing wheel.
I painted the oil filter head. Too many deep cravices to get to.
I'm going to paint the alternator pulley red as well

Hit Man X · Post by **Hit Man X** » Jun 18, 2011 12:42 PM

BMWgiant wrote:How unsafe is your garage that you need a firearm on hand to spray the valve cover?

I always have a pistol when outside working on my cars. About three weeks ago I had some drunk whore try to scale my barn door gate at 12.30am. Asked her to leave repeatedly and ended up calling the police. It was a huge scene in my neighborhood. More bizarre than anything, she was looking for someone that died apparently.

Hell, my other house in Houston area has armed security, ended up having to call the police early this year. Also had some dumb cut from the Harris County Appraisal District just arbitrarily walk up my driveway on me when I had my head under the hood of my F150... just like she owned my house. She nearly received a chest full.

You never know.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Jun 18, 2011 12:54 PM

^^^ somebody has woman issues

You should move to Iran.

Hit Man X · Post by **Hit Man X** » Jun 18, 2011 12:59 PM

Nope, just no excuse for blatant ignorance.

Women are a blast, everyone one of them is a laugh riot.

Anyway, sorry for the hijack!

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 18, 2011 4:50 PM

If you come on my property and sneak up on me, at the very least I'm going to shove my sidearm into your mouth and push a few of you teeth in.....
at the least

If you come into my home, party is on!
I will red-dot your ass and the hollow tips don't play nice.

But thats another thread all together.
Back to turbo ish please......

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 21, 2011 8:47 PM

I pulled the oil pan from my 745 and my 545 today.
The pump itself in the 745 had 1/2 the bolts finger tight at best and one was 25% out.
I wasn't really planning on pulling my pump but with that finding I decided to do it for caution.
While the bolts on my pump where not at loose, they were just a smidgen tighter than finger tight so I gave them a slight twist to snug them up.

I was wondering how much of the pump sits in the oil.
If the top of the pump is above the oil line and those bolts are loose, you could be sucking air thus decreasing oil pressure.
This is just a theory on my part, please correct me if its incorrect. I welcome the knowledge.

I ask because if I fill the oil pan so that its as the top line of the dip stick my oil pressure light does not flicker.
If the oil reads in the middle of the range it flickers.
It also flicker if I'm on an incline were less of the oil pump would be submerged due to self leveling to the back of the pan.

The oil pump from the 745 crosses as per realoem but the sprocket is a little bigger. If I swap in the pump with the larger sprocket will that increase my oil pressure or vise versa.
I was trying to think of it in terms of riding a bike but my gears kept spinning.

Pan tap coming soon to a theatre near you.

Rich Euro M5 · Post by **Rich Euro M5** » Jun 22, 2011 10:27 AM

grey ghost wrote:I
The oil pump from the 745 crosses as per realoem but the sprocket is a little bigger. If I swap in the pump with the larger sprocket will that increase my oil pressure or vise versa.
I was trying to think of it in terms of riding a bike but my gears kept spinning.

Pan tap coming soon to a theatre near you.

Larger sprocket on the oil pump results in lower pump RPM at any given engine RPM, therefore less flow and oil pressure.

Rich

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 22, 2011 10:34 AM

Rich Euro M5 wrote:
grey ghost wrote:I
The oil pump from the 745 crosses as per realoem but the sprocket is a little bigger. If I swap in the pump with the larger sprocket will that increase my oil pressure or vise versa.
I was trying to think of it in terms of riding a bike but my gears kept spinning.

Pan tap coming soon to a theatre near you.
Larger sprocket on the oil pump results in lower pump RPM at any given engine RPM, therefore less flow and oil pressure.

Rich

Thanks. I kind of figured that.

winfred · Post by **winfred** » Jun 22, 2011 3:57 PM

you can usually look at the pump and pan and see the level that the oil is at by the color, its usually cleaner below the oil level

grey ghost wrote:I
I was wondering how much of the pump sits in the oil

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 22, 2011 9:42 PM

Got the head on today. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
I took a piece of wood and used the top motor mount hole and bolted the piece of wood to the block so that it was about an inch higher than the block.
Then I mounted the head.
The piece of wood was put in place to stop head from sliding off.
I then mounted the intake and the top bolts.
With the two people I had helping me, they tipped the head up on the side while I bolted the bottom bolts.
Worked like a charm.
That piece of wood was a life saver.

I got the timing chain and sprocket all bolted up.
The valve cover is just sitting there. I;ve not torqued the head yet.
I also changed the oil pan gasket and got that all bolted up and torqued. That was a PITA. Never again, I hope!

I started on the injectors but it got dark and I was beat. Tomorrow is a new day.
Gotta get the turbo mocked up so I can order my intercooler plumbing.

tschultz · Post by **tschultz** » Jun 23, 2011 1:01 PM

This will be sweet when you finish it!

AlpinaE24 · Post by **AlpinaE24** » Jun 23, 2011 1:10 PM

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 23, 2011 6:32 PM

Today I installed;

alternator and its air duct
throttle body
throttle and cruise cables
coolant resevoir
water pump
water temp sensor housing
injectors
fuel rail
cap and rotor
oil filter head and housing
oil cooler lines hooked up
radiator and hoses
torqued the head - 40 - 60 - 80 ft/lbs. I"ll hit them again tomorrow with 80 ft/lbs
ran my oil line to the turbo

got my ICV sorted

Yesterday I tapped the block for my oil return.
I used the same boss as on the 745.
It was rather easy. luckily I had the oil pan off.
I made a few small pilot holes to make sure I had the pitch and angle correct.
I had a friend fab me up a dowel from a 1" stainless steel rod.
He bored it out to 19mm and took the outside down to 23mm.
I tapped it in and its has a nice snug fit. Now I can't get it out although I didn't really try very hard.

I need to get the turbo mount so I can figure out some sort of plumbing for the intercooler.
What I had planned on won't work because I can't clock the turbo down. It will hit the motor mount so it has to be clocked up.

AlpinaE24 · Post by **AlpinaE24** » Jun 23, 2011 6:36 PM

Definitely gonna be a fun car

ceebee9 · Post by **ceebee9** » Jun 23, 2011 7:28 PM

DAMN! your phone takes great pic's.... you've been a busy bee.

Post by **Brad D.** » Jun 24, 2011 12:50 AM

It looks like it's coming along nicely. BTW, what kind of 1911 was that in your valve cover pic? I do see Crimson Trace grips.

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 24, 2011 7:44 AM

Brad D. wrote:It looks like it's coming along nicely. BTW, what kind of 1911 was that in your valve cover pic? I do see Crimson Trace grips.

Thanks Brad.
Its almost ready to go to the exhaust shop.
Hopefully Monday.

That lovely piece of machinery is my Kimber Ultra Cimson Carry II 45 with a 3".

And I love it. I stepped up from Sig P238, just a little

To fix the issue of not being able to clock my turbo down so I can plumb the intercooler as I planned, I'm going to have a motor mount made.
I think I'm going to back to the original 3-point mount the utilizes that one top mounting point and the two upper points that the 533 mount uses.
I may have a few made just in case there is any interest in using my intercooler plumbing route.

clongo · Post by **clongo** » Jun 24, 2011 1:26 PM

The build looks like it's coming along very nice. I can't wait to see this thing in person!

turbodan · Post by **turbodan** » Jun 24, 2011 1:41 PM

How long is the actual rifled section of the barrel in that thing? 2"?

grey ghost · Post by **grey ghost** » Jun 25, 2011 8:35 AM

turbodan wrote:How long is the actual rifled section of the barrel in that thing? 2"?

2" is about right.

And here are a few more mock up photos.
I've figured out what I need to be able to clock the turbo down.
But unfortuantely my machinist friend is off every other Saturday and its this Saturday, so I have to wait until Monday to go by his shop.
I've slapped on the old valve cover just to keep dirt and grime out.
Maybe I'll mount the Begi RRFPR, the Walbrop intake fuel pump and the TCD 059 chip today.

Maybe!

I'm also going to fab up a CAI so I'm not sucking hot engine bay air.
Either that or I'll figure out how to squeeze the stock filter box in there somwhere using the vent cover to suck fresh air in from behind the headlights.
I understand that I'll need to do everything I can to keep intake air temps as low as possible.
From what I been told, my intercooler wont do much to aid in keeping intake air temps down.
I guess I will have to see.

Should I use my stock 535 spark plugs, BOSCH WR9LS or the plugs that the 745 ran on, BOSCH W8DC?
I take it they are a cooler plug.

clongo · Post by **clongo** » Jun 25, 2011 2:09 PM

I'm running ngk's that are one step colder than stock. I would stick with ngk's or bosch's that are one step colder than stock.

oldskool · Post by **oldskool** » Jun 25, 2011 2:14 PM

Guns and a turbo build all in one thread. It just keeps getting better around here!

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