97 GSX -The Rebuild

[mark4g63t]

Figured this could use a build thread as well, since it's getting some attention and hopefully brought back to life. I picked this car up on Monday (10/17) after looking at it the previous Sunday. Got home and started to dig into the car and after some time realized that I've seen this car before and remember Mark (Tkr) having to replace the strut tower.. thas when it hit me. It's Blakes (97gsexx) old car! Thought that was pretty funny.
Anyways I bought the car knowing it had a few issues. The guy tried to do a 6 bolt swap and said he couldn't get spark when he tried firing it up. It doesnt have DSMLink and I also noticed he had the CAS wired up to the wrong sensors so I'm thinking that's the issue. It also has some rust (none on the body) and a broken drivers door handle.

While taking everything apart we realized it had some goodies.
Apexi 3" turboback
AEM cam gears
Aftermarket cams (unsure of brand or what size they are)
Newer 6 bolt swap (said to have 10k miles)
Sportcomp boost gauge
VRSF front mount
Precision 680cc injectors
ACT Streetlite flywheel

Plan is to get it running and maybe do a 16g or 20g setup.

[mark4g63t]

Got the bay cleaned up. Here's a before and after.. should be going back together shortly.

[mark4g63t]

Tore the engine apart after finding that the previous owner left the oil pump gear bolt loose along with numerous others and finding he used the wrong tensioner arm when he did the 6 bolt swap, I felt it was necessary. About to go through the head and relap the valves and swap the cam gears back to the stock ones.

[goodhart]

Looks perfect for a 16g pump car. I assume it already has a fuel pump? You putting the cam gears on your other car?

[mark4g63t]

yes I believe it has a 255 already in it. I sold the cam gears and will be throwing the stock gears on. I'm not the biggest fan of adjustable cam gears and since this is basically a stock engine I have should have no valve clearance issues.
Only thing I need to buy is Link and maybe some injector seals.

[mark4g63t]

Got the engine back together.. should be going back in this week.

[mark4g63t]

Painting the engine bay flat black.. buddy of mine that is going to buy it decided on the color.

[mark4g63t]

Just need a few more things and then we start it!

[Goat Blower]

Got the engine back together.. should be going back in this week.

Put a straight edge on your cam gears and line up the marks with the center of the bolts, your marks look off a bit. The belt tension looks a bit tight as well, but that might loosen up once you rotate it several times.

[asshanson]

Agreed, the marks look slightly above center.