ricksilvia

so heres my new build: f54 Rebuilt bottom end; new bearings, reconditioned crank and rods, new rings, .020 pistons, and the block was decked .005. The head P79; 3 angle valve job, one new valve, shaved .080, shimmed .080, ported and polished, mild valve unshrouding, new seals, msa valve spring kit, .260 lash pads, resurfaced rockers, and a delta regrind cam 280/270 advertised duration, and .460 lift. Running triple webers 42 DCOE 8's and msd 6al spark. i cant get my photos small enough

NismoPick

Looking excellent!

ricksilvia

Thank you sir! Any guesstimates on the hp of this build? Compression should be 10.3:1 dyno runs in the future

zxguy1986

Beautiful work! Pure pro quality.

ricksilvia

Thanks I'm in the process of putting together a small z specialty machine shop. Do some work for reasonable prices. One day maybe on a Dave Rebellion level .

ricksilvia

Well I got her started up now just some blanket tunning and its breakin

PredatorZ

Looking really nice, I love the look of freshly machined metal.

[QUOTE=ricksilvia; i cant get my photos small enough [/QUOTE]

This site allow bigs pictures, so please don't shrink them down, the bigger the better, I like all the added detail, and if the pics are good, I use them in my desktop wallpaper rotation.

ricksilvia

I guess my where huge because it refused them even after one resizing. Thank you for the compliment I about to go out a tune her and ride!

PredatorZ

Tuning the tipples would be my biggest challenge, getting them all setup exactly the same is important I would imagine. keep us posted on getting her tuned up. I bet those pull a lot of air and sound pretty good when you put your foot in it. Add some headers and a nice exhaust system and you have pure music ! Keep up the great work

PredatorZ

I am a bit of a stickler for careful break-in, not over revving, lots of oil changes early on, can really extend the life and performance of an engine. Was wondering what your plans are?

ricksilvia

Well I started her up yesterday just to make sure it would fire up and all. But I'm at a bit of a nexus I also installed a new cam which requires a 20 minute 2000 rpm initial breakin. For the engine breakin ie rings I plan a varied idle to 3500 rpm easy drive with high gear engine braking oil change at 50 500 1500

PredatorZ

Sounds like a solid plan, a new cam makes it more interesting. Will be nice to see the HP boost from an overhaul and the bigger cam.

ricksilvia

what are you driving PredatorZ? i also upper my compression 10;1.. ITBs might be in my future.

PredatorZ

MY DD is a 91 Mitsubishi / dodge ram 50, my 81 280zx should be registered tomorrow, I need the brakes worked on a little and she is good to go. Would have been sooner, but I just dropped almost $3600 on dental work... which I really needed and had been putting off, so that put a kink in my current project. But now I can refocus on my car, since its almost summer I was really wanting to get it back on the road. I did go shopping for new 370z's last weekend, 32K for a pretty nice one, I am looking at a promotion and raise at work, supposed to go into effect this month, but I am seriously nervous about getting a big loan like that, so I am just waiting to see if I get a bonus, then maybe a new car. On the flip side, if I just save my money I can really fix my s130 up and find myself a nicer s30 to heavily Mod. That's the long answer.

ricksilvia

haha should just get a G37 at that point but i do covet the 370z. My s130 is up and running but i just had to tear the head off due to a faulty ITM head gasket.. never herd of them you say? yeah.. So i will be installing the FELPRO tomorrow. The power is THERE butt dyno 180 at the wheels.. Soon its off to the mustang dyno for a more scientific approach. It was seeping coolent out of the passenger side of the block. Compression is 180 psi in all cylinders (rings not broke in) and the oil had no coolant in it and the coolant has no oil in it .

SHADY280

take that fan clutch off and go electric, extra 15-20 hp is always a welcomed addition. hey rick send me an email again with your shipping info, I'm going to try another approach using greyhound for that header.

ricksilvia

What fan did you use shady? and how did you have it setup to come on? toggle switch or thermal whatever? Email sent

ricksilvia

also your cardomain says you zx weighs 2500lbs? how was this achieved?

SHADY280

i used a e220 flexilite dual puller fan (i think thats the number), it barely fits between the frame rails. i used a painless wiring fan switch. works very well and mounts into the thermo housing where one of the stock thermotime switches was. it is pre set like an oem unit, then just use a relay to trigger the fans. the switch triggers via the negative side of the relay. i took a bunch of stuff off the car to make it lighter and made some necessary heat shields out of aluminum insead of steel. nothing fancy, these cars are somewhat light anyway, 2800lbs or so, strip them right down and closer to 2100 is possible but its pretty much race only then

ricksilvia

I believe I'm going to go junk yardin tomorrow take some measurements and find something for a swap saw a Kia once with dual off set fans looked like it would fit I'm deleting the bumpers they are ugly. Im gunna make a fiber one front and back.

ricksilvia

meh finished product.. minus the bumper build...