I have some new updates for everyone,
The motor received an attempted test start last night. All the fluids were topped up and I was sure to see it running by the end of the night. I went to fill up the coolant system and unfortunately heard a particular familiar sound which was similar to urine into a toilet bowel LOL. It ended up being the water pump weep hole pouring out. That wasn't too much of an issue because I was going to change the timing belt and water pump once I knew the motor was running.
Well after a heap of stuffing around trying to get the car to fire up, me and my best mate noticed no fuel on the plugs. After inspecting the loom I found the fuel pump loom connector loose on the fuse junction box. After this the motor was getting fuel but unfortunately still no firing up. I had only the exhaust manifold on so it was very easy to hear the motor pulse. The second thing we noticed was the drivers side earth wire to the motor was starting to smoke when cranking the motor. It ends up that the earth points I was using from the battery were coroded and I had to clean them up. Once this was done the car was cranking over without any wiring heat up issues.
Well the car was still not starting after ages mucking around with the distributor alignment, the car was still not firing up. I couldn't even hear any of the cylinders firing, the motor was just turning over.
After much reading up and lots of help on the forums I found out that I had put the dizzy in 180 degrees out. While I thought I had the motor on TDC to slide in the Distributor, the intake cam was not properly aligned, I had to rotate the motor again to TDC and the marker on the cam was visible through the oil cap filler hole.
Well I charged up the battery again and realigned the distributor. After about 6-7 seconds with open throttle the motor sputtered and splattered, before I knew it the motor fired up and was able to run without any assisted throttle. Wow was I happy to see that after all that work.
Now the fun part, i've still got the following to finish off:
- Bleed front and rear brakes
- Change Timing Belt and Water Pump
- Install radio, heater controls
- Install A/C Lines
- Install A/C and Power Steering Belt
- Bleed Cooling System
- Bleed Clutch
- Do mad skids once its done lol
Here are some photos for everyone :)
The 4age 16v smallport motor all in the engine bay yay. Still needs airbox and a few other bits:

 

Car definitely needs tinted windows

 
Better pic of the new Disc Brakes on the rear

SX Dash is pretty awesome. 7 gauges give me a bit better idea of what the motor is doing (and what time it is lol)

This weekend I got around to replacing the timing belt and water pump. I should have done it when the motor was out, but I couldn't get the crankshaft bolt out for the life of me haha. I use the "car Stand" and cranking the motor over with the efi fuse out. Its a great technique although a bit risky lol
Proof to myself that the timing belt is all aligned correctly (the dot on the intake lines up to the marker behind timing belt)

The dot below on the exhaust camshaft lines up nicely to the marker on the cover behind it.

TDC Indicator visible in the middle of the cam covers lol (Good old screw driver)



The motor is pretty filthy under the covers unfortunately. Thats ok though I am hoping an oil flush should clear it up a little bit. This seems pretty typical for jdm import motors. Gummed up carbon throughout the head.

I've dreamt of seeing this motor in a AE92 Sedan for the last 11 years. Great to see it finally done. I'll see if anyone can spot what I have done wrong in the pic below.... LOL I was sure to fix it up asap. (for those that don't know the 4ages so well, I put the cam covers the wrong way lol)

I finally got around to finding a Mazda 626 front lip in resonable nick at Pick-A-Part for a hefty sum of $15 hehe. Was an absolute bargain as it will make the car look very nice indeed

MR11GT
great read and a great project, always wanted a gt ae92 sedan!
 
almost bought this gt ae92 couple years ago, going for 3k... damn cheap
 
http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/showthread.php?20536-new-to-JDMST-my-JDM-spec-ae92

Thanks mate :) I've always wanted a GT AE92 Sedan too haha. I've been following that thread more recently like a hawk, such an awesome levin. I wish I could find some of those OEM bits for mine. But mine will never be a true GT Sedan lol

Ah man thats gotta kill your drive... head reco would have to be the most wallet friendly option I'd imagine, provided its a viable head.

i have a leak down tester you can borrow if you want to check it out properly

If you are going to do itbs keep an eye on my thread. I am going to have a go running a set of itbs on my bigport with afm on the stock ecu. Its will be interesting if I can get it working. But the way I see it the same amount of air will pass through the afm so the ecu should know whats going on. I guess we will see. If your desperate and cheap like me also I am trying to make my own manifold for the itbs also. I will update mine soon as I have to try a new approach. I had a epic fail on the old manifold I tried to make.

I washed my new Levin Seats the other day to remove some human slime and they are crispy as now (let them dry in the garage in this 45 degree weather) must have been some of the cleaning product I used in my mighty Bissell Car Upholstery cleaner. Best money i've ever spent:

I decided to get onto my Cam Covers, I must admit they look particularly average at the moment. I have always been a fan of the red cam covers with brushed aluminium letters. I first sanded the covers so the paint will bond better.

Then I applied a number of coats to ensure I have a good finish. The hot weather helped with the drying quite a lot. I decided to cut away at the letters with a razor blade but may have not let the paint dry enough. The original idea was to just cut away at the top of the letters, leaving the edges (or bevel) red still. Unfortunately when cutting with the razor blade it took a bit of the edge with it on a few letters so I decided t o

All finished

With Spark Plug Cover (don't like it as much with the cover on lol)


Not that its much to look at in this photo but I got around to installing my AE101 short shifter and gear knob

I decided to vinyl dye the gear knob using a lamp stand while I sprayed it lol Seems to have worked quite well. I like the AE101 gear knob as its got a decent weight to it

I decided to peel off the rear red pinstriping trim from the parts to see how it looks. I don't mind it actually. Only problem is the indentations that hold it in on the other car are in different locations on the bumper so I can't use it unfortunately. I will have to see if there is another option. Maybe on the off chance that the hatch SX model trim may just fit. My only problem is dealing with matching the door trims. I am sure I could peel off mine and swap them, I am not sure if I was keen on the look of the car without the black trims though. It really breaks it up a bit with the black trim down the side.

I also tried out fitting the red SX front bumper pinstripe onto the stock bumper and I must admit it does look very nice indeed. I reckon I will do the side trims in black and red, and also find a way to get the rear piece to work (maybe the front lip from an sx is the same). I found out its the Holden Nova SLX models that have black trims with red pinstripes, so that means I could get the rear bumper, front bumper (as a spare) and side mouldings to change mine from the peeling chrome ones on there at the moment.
If only I could find an SX model at the wreckers, or a damaged SX front bumper that I could peel off the trims.
I've got a couple of things on order which should become apparent in the next couple of days :) I've also decided to go maticulous on the build and try add a personal touch to every component of the car. It will be subtle but would mainly just involve replacing the main visual bolts/nuts with either allen key hex bolts or changing the valve cover dome nuts to something a little different :)
The car should be running properly in the next week if all goes well with the oil flush.
Won't know for a little while yet :(

dasic1
You really need to shorten that shifter

Haha thats not wrong. It was about 5 feet long in that pic LOL
 
Well I thought i'd leave a few more photos of the car. I got it out of the garage finally. The bumper still needs to be bolted in, so it if looks a bit out of place its only temporary hehe. More updates shortly :)