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5sfe with 180sx turbo t25

interesting choice going with a t25 since a ct and mani bolts stright up, each to their own.

any power figures?

no, mate..
maybe go to dyno test in the future

This post has been edited by Neil_Y: Jun 13, 2009 - 2:13 AM

During a nice summer cleaning [only about 1/3 of the way done at this point]

good thing ther is a computer screen between me and your clean engine bay.....cause i just busted a nut

Thanks Ian

Thanks for the comment in my profile Death, I figured it was time to post an updated pic in this thread too...

that's the SEX!!!

ive work pretty hard for this and i gotta say im satisfied with the results and pretty proud i did it all myself.

HOw d you get it to look like this, did you just paint the things like the fuse panel cover and other plastic things like that? And the blue ribbed plastic that protects all the wires, did you just buy a role of blue?

bought raidiator, intake and strut bar, and blue gates racing raidiator hoses.

bought some caliper paint at autozone.

got some blue silicone vacume hoses and wire looms+tie wraps from ebay the usually come in kits 6ft of 3 or 4 diffrent sezes any color u want.(pm me found pretty good store wit
pretty good prices for these and they come in kits like 4 diffrent sizes)

drop some massive degreaser on it let sit for 10min. scrub wit towel rag. (cover intake + ignition)

use a metal brush to brush aluminum like alternator.

rinse.

take out what u wanna paint covers, caps, heder ect.(i left the fuse box on the left and manifold in just coverd around them very well.)

i didn't clear coat now i regret it would make it alot shinier

replace wire covering wit blue ones and vacume lines be sure to check that vacume lines do not fold under pressure realized that then had to put smaller tubing inside to reinforce it.
battery terminals are easily over looked but if they stand out will catch attention bought 2 for like 10 buck ebay.

drop some mothers aluminum polish on all aluminum sufaces will give u an incredible shine but need some time for a good rub down ie alternator, strut bar u get the idea.

l8ter gonna paint around the engine the chasis or body just to match my new paint job just a quick coat.

find colors that match i didn't want the manifold blue so painted it matte black make sure to take ur time never rush when u rush u miss things and then u gotta doit again ie i forgot 2 clear coat.
side note if u have a 5sfe the accelerator line goes right over manifold if u put the wireloom IT WLL MELT. found out the hard way got a bad scare with some smoke and wierd smell
be safe wait till engine is completely cool to touch anything also found out the hard way

Did you sand any of the plastic pieces or just paint right over it? What kind of paint did you use just the caliper paint?

i didn't sand anyting and yea just caliper pAINT from autozone its pretty good like 4 7 bucks.

Before

Teardown and rebuild


After

^^haha winner. what did you do?

At the start of the teardown...



As of last night.

wow super nice celicas....

rebuild time!




This post has been edited by robdrummer: Jul 18, 2009 - 6:56 PM

Here is mine just rerouted the intercooler pipes

wow that first bend is REALLY bad.