Lude Generation

I hope it's something minor.

finally got it on the stand a few days ago


sump off....hmm suspicious


oh hello my fubarred main bearing


this looks to be the cause, a knackered crank seal


damage to the crank


and block started to melt


other half of the now melted bearing


ah well, these things happen. hence the request for a replacement h22 bottom end, hopefully njord has a good spare i can purchase. i doubt ill find a replacement h23 or f22b crank so ill be going down the stock bottom end and 11:1 pistons i have for now. ill transfer the balance shaft delete over as i can take the girdle with me, plus the oil pump with the blanks and ill just tap a new hole and blank it in the new bottom end for the last BS delete bit.

if i didnt have the gearbox probably costing a fair bit to repair i was considering 11:5:1/11:6:1 pistons but that's not affordable right now.

also need to likely look at doing the ABS delete while the engine is out as that hasnt worked in a while, a smidge weight loss there.

Mate.. that is gutting. At least you know the problems and causes and hopefully fix

Dino wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:13 am

Mate.. that is gutting. At least you know the problems and causes and hopefully fix

yeh just one of those things, teaches me a lesson for next time - just missing driving the lude and desperate to get her ready asap for 2021 meets, shows & drives out....oh and more track days

as i was stripping the old block, we can see more of the meltyness that happened to it


but anyway, onwards - the new bottom end from njord i cleaned up, stripped the pieces i didn't need


started to paint it, primer on first


then it started to snow

SO!

since the last update i managed to find an F23 bottom end i can use as another Frankenstein build, so 4thGenPhil kindly collected it for me and ive grabbed that from him.

got it home, stripped it down and found the crank is a 55mm main so wont fit in the spare H22a (50mm main) block from njord, but Phil had a spare H22a7 (take 55mm main) in which it would fit, so after arranging a mate who worked nearby to collect this i picked it up from him and i've started to clean this one up instead.

next step is splitting the old h22a pistons & f22 rods plus the f23 pistons & rods from each other, to then mate the f23 rods & h22a pistons together. also, i found that the old block didnt have all of the BS delete kit in place i thought it did, so i sourcing the missing 4x dowels i need for the girdle, before yet again tapping the block to fit the threaded tap in.

HOPEFULLY i may have some progress soon....

oh, and i'm buying a 5g off Sailor - collection next Wednesday. i will hopefully fix this (as its a non runner) and use it as a temp daily instead of the dizeasel

so, managed to get the F23 rods off ready to fit to the jdm 10:6:1's


started cleaning up the ATR block


primer on one side


plus put in the 1/4 tap for the BS delete kit in the block

1x rod & piston split ok...3x more to go then 4x more times putting them back on the f23 rods...

All rods split and F23 ones mated.

also, a few more seals for the build arrived thanks to Amayama Trading

put the bottom end together enough to move the pistons


then plopped on some oily playdoh for claying the top end, just one piston


i did get the head on after this but i was tired by this point, i'll do more soon.