Front iron painted, that's alot of taping for very little painting.
stopping point for that day, front housing taped off and ready for paint the next day
got the front housing painted
centre iron painted
rear iron taped up and ready for paint
front iron with the tape removed
And a preview of what it could look like once finished.
Weekend Later I started assembly of the engine.
Parts laid out
First housing on and rotor dropped in
Few less parts in the pile
E shaft dropped in
Top housing on and rotor dropped in
Even fewer parts left on the table
last iron on
Starting to run out of engine parts
oil pump on
front cover on and water pump studs in
Oil pan on
Water pump painted
water pump on and put on my longer term engine stand. I didn't like leaving the engine hanging off two bolts.
started my non sequential mods. These are the twins I picked up from a friend. The previous owner said the second turbo wasn't boosting. based off of the condition of the vacuum hoses the turbos likely weren't the problem but at least this way I know the turbo's work.
plugging the holes with some bolts just cause I'm lazy.
UIM cleaned off a bit
double throttle or whatever its called deleted as well as the thermo whatever.
