90kacoupe's pignose build thread

[90KAcoupe]

Originally Posted by cronux

dude, everything looks clean as hell, and this thread is kind of my inspiration to do something similiar on my new coupe. but that head gasket bullshits gotta blow. damn, it seems like a whole bunch of companies are against your clean ass coupe build.

yea its definitly something that is worth the time... it makes u feel good when u look at your car and see everything nice and clean

but yea its seems like everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. but owell.... this little piggy is gonna keep on movin.

[bardabe]

Originally Posted by 90KAcoupe

well the head has to come back off!!! and im FREAKIN PISSED!!!!!! im trying to get my car ready for a drift event coming up....

but the company i ordered my cometic head gasket from sent me the wrong one... i ordered a .045" head gasket. and they sent me a .051" head gasket.. which will lower compression. so im trying to get a hold of the company.. and get this crap straitened out...

I honestly would't worry about that it won't lower the compression that much where you will notice it. but to each their own. if perfection is what you seek then go for it.

P.S. if u plan to turbo it keep that HG , however if ure gonna be an N/A monster then get some single slammer pistons, and notch them to clear valves then go for the high compression

[eulalia]

love how you did the brake lines, and cruise control button!!

[statik]

really good stuff, but for the love of god use a better camera, some of your pictures hurt my brain

[90KAcoupe]

^^ lol i'm using my camera phone.... i know it sucks... but i dont have a good camera and one of my friends has one with pictures of my car on it.. he just never remembers to upload the pictures.


but i am getting a new head gasket... i went ahead and got it cause i've done a bunch of porting and polishing on the intake and head to achieve the most hp as possible... so lowering compression with a head gasket would just make me feel like i did all that for nothing. and it will just make me feel better.

but there were a couple of my friends that were super redneck trying to tell me that my car is gonna be slow cause its a 4cyl and how they can beat me in there v6 f-150's (stock). its kinda funny. i'll just take them for a ride in it down a good back road.. or give them a ride at autox and they will probably change there mind... lol (i don't think my car is gonna be a super fast car, but i think i will have plenty of power to have fun)

[B Love]

Keep up the good work. that slight difference in the headgasket should be fine

[unicoladron]

very clean clean clean, what type/color paint did you use on your block, it looks real nice.

[90KAcoupe]

well here are some picks my friend took with his camera... they are pretty freakin old but they are better quality then the ones i have up... and it shows some of my intake mani port and polish work. (the ports arent quite finished in the picture but u can get an idea of the work done)
















^^ this picture is setting up our tool to do line boreing on the cam cap journals.. they were warped causing the cam to not turn freely...
this seems to be pretty common on ka's, out of the 3 ka heads i have helped build... all three of them were warped causing the cams to not spin freely. so this is something i would recommend checking. this could cause a broken cam, and HP loss.

[IGSDann]

You're the only 16 year old who hasn't gay'd up his 240. Awesome work man!

[240trooper]

dam i loveing everything so far. Are you planing on going KA-T? or n/a?

[nwmrkt]

looks nice man!
So you stitched every seam in the engine bay? Anywhere else? fenders, rad support? Do you plan to stitch anywhere else? Did you "re-seam" the seals with sealer after?

[90KAcoupe]

well for right now im going with a basic n/a build.. stock compression nothing real fancy.. but i do plan on pulling this engine back out later down the road and building a turbo motor. i would like to get the money to get good rods/pistons/ brian crower's 2.4l fullycounter weighted crank( not advertised on the site but he does make one) before i go turbo... i've always throught do it right the first time so u dont have to tear back into it to do something else.

[czarli]

beautiful work

[90KAcoupe]

update.....not much waiting on headgasket. header is ordered (4-2-1 style)

[Howard92884]

Nice stuff man, hope to get into more detailed cleaning, restoration of my car sometime too. Keep up the good work.

[wannabe_drifter]

90kacoupe : you talked about a brian crower fully counterweighted crank, how much do they sell it ???

[90KAcoupe]

^^ 1800 if u just ordered one. but if u can get a group buy u can get them for 1300. in my opinion it would be worth it. just email him and he'll tell u about it.

[s13pignose]

I wish I was knew how to do all of this when I was 16. One thing though I'm confused with and if you don't mind answering...is it a machine shop or paint shop you work at. I see you painted the car but you are also assembling everything in what looks to be the same place. Good choice in color too btw. Oh yeah what did you do to get the inside of the manifold so smooth.

Sorry if you already answered, but is your friend gonna swap bottom ends with you?

[90KAcoupe]

^^ well actually i haven't painted my car. its the original paint. the paint was a little faded when i bought the car and a buffer and a little elbow grease and she cleaned up really nice. i had a friend of mine believing a re painted it. but im doing all the work out of my basement... i have a pretty nice setup for working on cars. and the side that my car is sitting in can be made into a paint booth just by rolling down some plastic that i have rolled up.

i ended up not swaping the lower end with my friend. i cant really afford the other things i need to see full benefit of the high compression pistons. and i plan on going turbo later so h/c+turbo=fail...lol

[babowc]

you deserve a fucking cookie.
this is the cleanest thread/build i've seen to date.
YOU ftw. Cant wait to see the end product!!!

[s13pignose]

Originally Posted by 90KAcoupe

^^ well actually i haven't painted my car. its the original paint. the paint was a little faded when i bought the car and a buffer and a little elbow grease and she cleaned up really nice. i had a friend of mine believing a re painted it. but im doing all the work out of my basement... i have a pretty nice setup for working on cars. and the side that my car is sitting in can be made into a paint booth just by rolling down some plastic that i have rolled up.

i ended up not swaping the lower end with my friend. i cant really afford the other things i need to see full benefit of the high compression pistons. and i plan on going turbo later so h/c+turbo=fail...lol

buffer ftw then lol. Yeah does seem like a nice set up for working in.

[hijack3d]

+1 for a KLEEEN N/A build thread

[90KAcoupe]

still no head gasket,,,, geez its been 2 weeks since i talked to him... i left 4 or 5 messages and no calls back... im about to go ape shit on somebody!!! i missed the drift event i wanted to get my car ready for. so im pissed about that... but wat ever thats part companys for u....

[drftwerks]

Originally Posted by 90KAcoupe

h/c+turbo=fail...lol

no hc + turbo + shit tune = fail

hc + turbo + standalone = faster spool, and panties droppin

[s13pignose]

Originally Posted by 90KAcoupe

still no head gasket,,,, geez its been 2 weeks since i talked to him... i left 4 or 5 messages and no calls back... im about to go ape shit on somebody!!! i missed the drift event i wanted to get my car ready for. so im pissed about that... but wat ever thats part companys for u....

I hear ya...communication is everything. I believe it and honesty are the keys to a successful business, even without having one myself. Thats not to fault the person you bought the gasket from, but hopefully things get resolved soon for ya.

[ms!3]

i can tell you have mad attention for detail but it was a head gasket, with a .006 diff. i would of just kept it.

[90KAcoupe]

well im waiting on a head gasket still. but i talked to the shop and he said cometic is having to make the headgasket since they don't normally stock it. and i'll get it next week. but i have been doing some work on the engine trying to get all the bolts figured out and cleaned and painted. and getting all the vaccum stuff for the intake figured out.

but here are some pics i took with a decent camera. the lighting probably could have been a little but owell they are better then the camera phone.












^^custom egr block off


^^clean throttle body









but i got rid off egr/carbon canister setup. which got rid of all the lines except the idle air, and throttle body heater lines. (which i am keeping)

[90KAcoupe]

oh and i have decided when i get the car done... im probably gonna post it up f/s or f/t for a CLEAN!! e30 325i preferably a 90-92 cause of the different front bumper and stuff. dont get me wrong i love my 240 but deep down inside i've always been a BMW fan. and after spending some time on bimmerforums.com i think im gonna go turbo e30.

here are some inspiration cars,
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/1203743

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2509623 < beautiful car... would be perfect if it was turbo

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2349684/6 < super nice turbo setup.

[JDS Performance]

awsome man - but how do you tighten those bolts/nuts without ruining the paint?

if you need a FSM you can download it free off my site

keep up the great work!

nice idea on the rear links too! a ton cheaper than aftermarket!

[IIIXziuR]

Everything looks really clean man
Car should look mint factory-plus style when its done!
Its good to see someone really building their car up clean and simple
Keep it up