the evo project

[madhillbilly17]

Hi guys here's a pic of the evo,haven't done much to it yet due to not having the space.









wheels before i did a quick refurb

 

[evilrob]

Nice.

Glad to see you're sticking around! :thumbs:

 

[madhillbilly17]

Nice.

Glad to see you're sticking around! :thumbs:

thanks,yeah i will never leave lol this forum is awesome,iv'e been on quite a few other forums and sadly the idiots out way the decent people,the evo forum is probably the worst iv'e been on

 

[PhilLew]

..... i will never leave lol this forum is awesome,iv'e been on quite a few other forums and sadly the idiots out way the decent people....

I'll second that! :grin:

 

[alexwilliams840]

nice! great job on the wheels too!

 

[oilburner]

The 4 and 7 are my favourite Evos the 5,6 and 8 went a bit OTT styling wise!

 

[red]

I love Evo's - nice job on the wheels.

 

[grayfox]

Evo's are cool cool, have a softer spot for GTO's though and almost brought an FTO over the puma!

 

[madhillbilly17]

update on the evo! it turned out to be in a worse state that previously thought once i got it to my garage :roll: turned out the crank had walked so bad the crank and block weren't salvageable,so its a engine out job,thought i would post up a few pics of where i'm at with it of you guys.



took the gearbox out first as i didn't think my trolley would take the weight of both



and i would have been right lol



the bay



this is how black it was!



after a good clean




now in the process of swapping everything from this



to this



found the balance shaft belt was snapped!



give the intercooler a clean up





that's all for now folks

 

[Brian']

Too bad the engine was a little bit manky.

Goodluck cleaning everything up, You've done a top job so far! k:

 

[Blue3]

Seriously is that the same intercooler, looking good will be great when its finished

 

[madhillbilly17]

Seriously is that the same intercooler, looking good will be great when its finished

Thanks,ha ha yeah its the same one,started at 80 grit and then 180,320,400,600,800,1200,3000,then metal polish.

 

[madhillbilly17]

update engine is back in,still got a few bits left to fit


before




after



next up is to put some oil in the transfer box and the gearbox then fit the exhaust.

 

[CherryVimto]

Nice!!

 

[madhillbilly17]

Thanks Tony,it's cost more than i thought it would but should be worth it in the end

 

[ally frp]

My favourite Evo.

It got a roasting in a Jackie Chan film in mid 90's which name escapes me.

Enjoy

 

[madhillbilly17]

yeah was a good car chase the film was "who am i"

 

[Brian']

Nice looking engine! Especially the inlet - Is the battery in the trunk?

 

[madhillbilly17]

Exhaust is now on,will be starting it up tomorrow! mixed feeling on that nerves and excited lol




bought a downpipe that said it was a decat downpipe,to me i thought it mean't it was longer to take the cat out,but i was wrong so i had to reuse my old decat pipe



cleaned up with the wideband sensor fitted



the exhaust







front bumper resprayed and back on, it is a different color to the car at the mow as the car needs a good clean up

 

[madhillbilly17]

Update for you guys,bad news im afraid :-( started bleeding the coolant and topping the oil up engine was running nice,Then after a few minutes it made a screaming sound and started to stall so i ran and turned it off,took the sump off and checked the main and rod bearings and all of them were scored :-( the oil clearances must have been to tight,I took some advice of a guy that owns a garage "evo specialist" who said just use std size bearings they will be fine! should have plastigauged iv'e been kicked in the nuts and it hurt less!

so i guess are give up................................... nah lol,Iv'e got a evo 7 block that need a rebore so i'm going to rebuild that,also got a 4g64 forged stroker 2.3 crank for it and forged rods so hopefully this one will run well.