ka rebuild coming together!

[Options13]

well, i replaced the piston rings, main bearings, rod bearings, block machined and re-honed, prepped the oil galleys, polished crank, full gasket set, oil pump, timing chain kit, water pump, thermostat

and took the head to the shop to get re-ground, turns out there was a lot of problems with it, so that cost about $300! well worth it though

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i have a question about the vaccum lines, anyone familiar with removing the mess of hardlines behind the head? will my the engine run the same without it? also known as "butterfly removal"

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[projectRDM]

Yes. SCV removal does nothing except free up a little more air and make the engine more serviceable.

[Options13]

ohhh ok, also i need to order pretty much every hose is this a list of every hose..?

Water Bypass Hose 14056-40F13
Water Bypass Hose 14056-40F12
Water Bypass Hose 14056-40F02
Water Bypass Hose 14056-40F04
Water Bypass Hose 14055-40F00
Water Bypass Hose 14056-40F00
Heater Hose 92400-40F00
Heater Hose 92410-40F00
Heater Hose 92400-40F60
Hose/Pump 49717-40F01
Lower Radiator Hose w/ Thermoswitch 21503-40F65

[silnismo]

what are your future plans for that single slammer?

[sliksta1]

shits coming together real nice.gl

[ZilviaKid]

WOW! that is the cleanest looking sohc ive ever seen. you can eat off that puppy!

[CoasTek240]

lookin good. one day when when I have the time, Id love to buy and 89-90 with a decent single slammer and rebuild it.
keep up the good work and keep us updated. its threads like this that keep me coming to Zilvia even though i dont have an s chassis anymore.

[illvialuver]

i need to get on the ball. i am waiting on my new oil pump for my dohc.
i am replacing all the gaskets, and seals, and cleaned everything up real nice. ill have to post pictures somewhere when i get done. anyway good job with the soc

[Options13]

haha thanks guys, i removed almost all the emissions / vaccum lines that i could, still waiting for my EGR block off plate to come in from ebay... jb weld does wonders!


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anyone know what this hooks up to..?

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ALSO, does anyone know if i have to order the hoses from nissan? or do you guys think i could go to a local auto parts store to get some of the hoses, i noticed some of the hoses are rock hard.. and specally bent.. so im guessing i have to go to a nissan dealer ship?

[ARS13]

I just finished replacing the head on my 89 and I just bought hose from my autoparts store to replace all of it. I works, it just takes some time to make it all fit. I also just got a freebie single slammer that'll be getting built for a turbo... woot. Good luck with the rest of it; it looks great.

[Options13]

sweet man, good to know, looks like my car will be running sooner than i thought :D

[xpertsnowcarver]

anyone know what this hooks up to..?

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believe thats a breather hose to ur brake booster. i don't have a sohc, but iirc, thats what it is.
rebuild looks sharp. keep it up.

[fromxtor]

I think that other hole in the IM goes to the actuator for the butterflies(which i hope you removed). +1 for the SOHC, reminds me of my old one.

[s13 @ fullboost]

that looks like it is coming along real nice. Good luck with the rest =]

[Options13]

thanks guys!,

just making sure is this how you hook the vaccumm line to the FPR?

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and also i need hoses asap, you guys think a local auto parts store would have bypass hoses and blow by hoses?

i tried going to one today and they had a couple, got an upper radiator hose, some heater hoses and one bypass hose.. im not sure if i am hooking them up correctly though..

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that look right?

and where do these go
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[delishnick]

wow that looks nice!!!!!


i just started my SHOC rebuild, and this just made me want to do it like right now!!

whats it for?

[awesomenick]

Those hoses look like the ones from autozone that have the note "trim to fit" on them. To me they look too long, and may need some trimming to work. But if the parts stores computer says they'll work, they probably will to some degree.

[Options13]

anyone know what this hose is?? coolant right?

anyone got the part number to it??

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[projectRDM]

Dude, FSM. Seriously. Every hose is labeled and diagrammed. A lot of the coolant stuff can be deleted if you're doing it right and bypassing the TB lines, so from there it's just a matter of making hoses fit where they need to be. I've never needed to buy OE parts when you can buy bulk hose and trim to fit in virtually all applications.

[Dutchmalmiss]

Yes search for the online FSM around here and most, if not all, of your questions will be answered. Get some real hose clamps, too. Those are shiet.

+1 on SOHC builds. I love 'em.

[skippy k]

The rebuild is looking reallll good man. What are the plans for the motor?
+1 for single slammer madness :rawk:

[ka-turbo]

when you say you prepped the oil galleys wat was involved

[Options13]

thanks for all the positive feed back guys! i just went to nissan today and ordered the hoses i need should be here this weekend, so HOPEFULLY i will have this beast running by sunday! i'll get some vids of it running for you guys..

when i say prepped the oil galleys i mean cleaned them out, get all the old gunk out of there

and my plans for this, im not sure yet since it has stock internals.. possibly throw on a fairly sized turbo.. looking for at least 240whp!

[wow-thats-a-cool-car]

IS there any benefits of turbo-ing a single cam? Will it produce more torque than a dual cam or an SR?

[Options13]

IS there any benefits of turbo-ing a single cam? Will it produce more torque than a dual cam or an SR?


im not sure if this information is accurate, but i heard SOHC has more throttle respone than a DOHC, and also depends on the turbo setup you have, but yeah its going to have more torque than the sr...im pretty sure..

[wow-thats-a-cool-car]

sounds like a tight build i can't wait for it to be done
+1 for you

[Options13]

alright well tomorrow the engine goes in for sure! i got a couple questions before it goes in though..

with the wiring all i need to really "wire" up to the transmission is the reverse lights right? (doing auto - 5 speed swap)

also is the breather hose on the transmission pretty important? i guess im missing a piece.. i tried to shove the hose into the hole but it doesn't fit.. haha to big, you guys think i can live without a breather hose or is it a must have?

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breather hose hole... hmm

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[aNskY]

ive never ran a vac to my tranny and never had a problem

[Options13]

well the engine is in,its just the grounds that are killin me, i dont know where half of them go, so i need to search for a guide for that or something, also i used 80-10w on the tranny enstead of 75-80w, that matter?

[Full-Lock]

buildup looks great so far. not often do i see a sohc with this amt. of detail and work.

[Clowny]

awesome lookin single slammer. kudos for it. many many kudos.

[Options13]

well i got it all connected up but i think my grounds where wrong, but i tried anyway, i connected the battery and once i connected it it started sparking like crazy, then got really hot and had a burnt smell, then i took em off and noticed the 2 notches that stick out of the bbattery, one of them kind of melted..

now when i try and put connect the battery the car gets no power.. hmmm what is wrong? my grounds bad?

[Options13]

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..its a mess i know!

welll i figured out where to ground shit, but blew some fuzes in the process, also the engine is not getting fuel.. so i dunno if the fuel pump is bad or what.. hmmm i tried cranking it for like 30 seconds straight..

[Options13]

its running.. but it sounds a bit off.. hmm

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