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    The turbomacncheese build thread

    It occurred to me that my donor has been disassembled and gone for quite some time, and that technically I'm doing the work for building the 818 now. Time for a new thread.

    donor: 2006 Saab 92-x Aero.

    Inaugural thread pic - Rebuilt front brakes that I finished yesterday.
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    I'll upload some progress pics later. Looks like what I have left for parts is front arms, steering, clean the trans, surface the rotors. Oh, and build the engine. Heads are done, block/crank are at the shop. Won't buy the parts until after the machinist gives me his opinion.

    In the meantime, I'm a bit concerned about hacking up the harness and trying to get it to run a fresh rebuild. Seems like it would be prudent to make sure the engine runs, and THEN hack up the harness. Thoughts?

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    Thoughts - You are putting the cart before the horse. When you at least have the aluminum in place, you can accurately figure out where everything will go and layout the harness accordingly. The neater looking work uses a sheet of plywood for laying the wires down. If you unwrap the harness now and delete the unneeded wires you will find a real rats nest latter.

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    I had a running donor, then converted that to a running motor/trans on a trolley
    I dieted the harness like this with the dash, pedals, abs and lights in place
    Frequent starting and checking of all codes took a lot of stress out the process

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    Thanks. That's what lends to my trepidation. Somebody on the facebook group suggested I start working on the harness, and I wasn't too excited about it. Starting to get a little twitchy about running out of parts to clean/prep, and the kit fund is still about 2k short.

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    You live in America right? Just open another credit card! 0% interest for 15 months! It's your money, use it when you need it!

    Seriously though, that's how I paid for the last few grand of my kit and the first few months of rapid ordering parts. Then I spent the next year paying it all off before the interest hit. Not exactly the most sound financial plan, but the timing worked out really well between getting a new credit card and the kit. It greatly sped up the build process.

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    I personally don't see any reason why you couldn't start on the harness but it all depends on your skill and confidence level with wiring. I too built a fresh motor and dieted my harness and was fine with installing the motor and harness into the 818 before starting it up for the first time. Electrical tape helps keep the harness from becoming a rats nest while being dieted and fitted in the car. As long as you're diligent about the wires you remove/lengthen/shorten and label all of the connectors, you should be fine. Go for it!

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    ha haaaaa, phil, I got into a mess with credit cards in my early twenties. My credit is pretty good, but I don't know anyone giving 0 interest. My Great Dane and Doberman had an ..... argument last week, and the Doberman ended up with something like $1300 in stitches and pills. One step forward, two steps back.

    STiPWRD glad to know it can be done. How did you get all the lengths right and know which direction your wiring would go?

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    Quote Originally Posted by turbomacncheese View Post
    STiPWRD glad to know it can be done. How did you get all the lengths right and know which direction your wiring would go?
    The lengths get figured out once you test fit the harness into the car. For me, this was after I had done the majority of the dieting. The direction of the wiring will depend on where you decide to place key items like the ECU and fuse boxes etc; I placed my ECU behind the passenger seat and fuse boxes under the dash. Others choose different locations and this impacts wiring.

    The basic process of harness dieting for me went like this:

    1. Find some open floor space, print the wiring manual and label each and every single connector (I used electrical tape and labeled with a sharpie).

    2. Remove all the wiring loom and electrical tape that covers the harness (all of it).

    3. Remove all of the wiring for systems that are no longer wanted. By this point you will have a box full of cut-away wiring and connectors. http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...l=1#post187340

    4. Test fit the harness into the 818. Place the ECU and fuse boxes into your desired locations and go from there. I never removed the harness from the 818 after I installed it. You will have to lengthen several parts of the harness like to the transmission, pedals, head lights, etc. http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attac...4&d=1437348324

    5. The last step is to re-cover the wiring with loom

    You'll find lots of good dieting guides on this forum but this one helped me the most, lots of good details:
    http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...l=1#post152338

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    I'm a wiring imbecile who was able to very slowly diet the donor harnesses, way back before iWire was here. I depended on this work by Mechie3 to identify and label everything before cutting anything:

    http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...h-Auto-AC-HVAC

    And, I would have saved time, weight, stress and vodka if I had the help posted above by STiPWRD and K3LAG. Tony, with their guidance, and patience, you'll be fine.
    818S/C : Chassis #25 with 06 WRX 2.5 turbo, ABS, cruise, PS, A/C, Apple CarPlay, rear camera, power windows & locks, leather & other complexities. Sold 10/19 with 5,800 miles.
    Mk3 Roadster #6228 4.6L, T45, IRS, PS, PB, ABS, Cruise, Koni's, 17" Halibrands, red w/ silver - 9K miles then sold @ Barrett-Jackson Jan 2011 (got back cash spent).

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    I was a college athlete and share the same wiring title as AZPete - we'll leave it at that - when I saw the wiring harness from my donor I almost threw in the towel. I followed every one of K3LAG's steps and got some great scoop from STiPWRD and the forum along the way. I am currently on step 4 of his post above. Expectation management; you will invest some serious hours doing this but it is worth it. Why? Like a wise builder told me (STiPWRD), if something were to go wrong electrically you will know the harness like the back of your hand and it will help you thoroughly troubleshoot any issues. Finally, you have a forum full of very generous and knowledgeable folks that have blazed the build trail and can provide you with any help or tips that you might need along the way. Go for it! Good Luck!

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    Thanks guys. I have Mechie's thread bookmarked already I'm gonna have to chew on this a while to convince myself I can start before testing the engine. Maybe to take off the looms and clean it up, though....

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    Jeez. She's done it again. Thrown a monkey wrench in my plans. Wifey pulled me aside in the kitchen this morning. The short of it is that she's never had a convertible (nor have I) and wants a car she can drive around town with no top (on the car!!). She is suggesting I build the 818S instead of the C, and keep my Hyundai around for miserable summer driving out here in the desert. The upside is the obvious cost savings (as long as we don't choose to add the soft top), but the down side is...well...it's a desert. The heat is unbearable. No top at 120 degrees? On the other hand, she has immediately become much more amenable to a second factory five. The 818 wasn't my first choice, but I couldn't sell her on a $40k project when I got started. I remember something about FF working on a new flagship car based on the redesigned Type 65 chassis which might be fun down the road... What to do? What to do?

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    Hey, Tony, this is the Valley of the Sun which means we have beautiful sunny days for 8.5 months and hot days for 3.5 months. That's over 250 days when you don't need a roof, nor AC. You might use seat heaters a couple of days and wipers a couple of times, at most, from Oct 1 through June 15. During the hot summer months, use your DD with AC during the day and take your 818S out for some spectacular summer evening drives topless (the car!), or one hour up to the mountains. That's what I did with my topless FFR roadster. Remember that millions of people come here for the sunny weather and it's also why there are so many motorcycles in AZ. Then, a few years down the road if you want a soft top or hard top, you can do it. Do what she wants and you both win.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AZPete View Post
    Do what she wants and you both win.
    Pete, I've said before that you give the best advice. It sounds like you didn't have any regrets driving the roadster around, and you know our climate better than I do. Thanks.

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    Topless is a blast. I put 9,000 miles on my Mk3 roadster and loved driving it around town, on a few cruises with the local Cobra club, for fun I drove to Holbrook, Tucson, Bullhead City, Sedona and curvy mountain roads, and evening cruises in the summer.
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    Mk3 Roadster #6228 4.6L, T45, IRS, PS, PB, ABS, Cruise, Koni's, 17" Halibrands, red w/ silver - 9K miles then sold @ Barrett-Jackson Jan 2011 (got back cash spent).

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    Quote Originally Posted by AZPete View Post
    Topless is a blast. I put 9,000 miles on my Mk3 roadster and loved driving it around town, on a few cruises with the local Cobra club, for fun I drove to Holbrook, Tucson, Bullhead City, Sedona and curvy mountain roads, and evening cruises in the summer.
    Geez Pete, keep your shirt on. Do you require that your passenger go topless too? Lol.

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    Pistons are in the machinist's hands now. Got the rest of the stuff I need to put the engine together (except for some RTV, but I'm trying to find time to stop at the Subaru dealer and get "the good stuff"). Hung a couple led shop lights last weekend to replace the fluorescents. The ballasts kept blowing; I think it has something to do with the heat out here and wifey always leaving them on. At any rate, the Sam's Club special led lights are BRIGHT. If you're on the fence, just get them.

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    you can order fujibond online, but my Subaru dealer keeps it in stock and they have Saturday and Sunday parts hours (Long Island is Subaru Country)


    I just got a few of the Costco led shop lights with infrared motion sensors (about $30 each) and I am very impressed. Although they turn on sometimes when i walk in front of the closed garage door which is actually a pretty cool security feature.
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    I didn't think about ordering online. I have plenty of time, so maybe I'll just do that and save the gas.

    Worked on TGV deleting this weekend. Technically, I started it about a month ago but stuff gets in the way.

    Pulled the valve assemble, broke/cut the divider, ground it out and gasket-matched it with some cheap harbor fright carbide bits, and blasted them in my harbor fright blaster.

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    Tapped the holes with my cheap harbor fright open-box-discount metric taps, and installed some m10s from Ace.

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    Contoured the bolts, reinstalled them with epoxy, and put a nice finish on the insides.

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    I think they came out pretty damned nice, really. If I'd known how much easier this is with a die grinder (vs the dremel I used to use) I would have cleaned up the heads a little.
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    Kit......ordered. Target production date 10-7. Could take a while to show up here, though, because I'm on the other side of the country.

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    Congrats on this big step. What did you include in your order? I think I saw something about a sale at FFR that included the 818 so did you get something at a discount?
    818S/C : Chassis #25 with 06 WRX 2.5 turbo, ABS, cruise, PS, A/C, Apple CarPlay, rear camera, power windows & locks, leather & other complexities. Sold 10/19 with 5,800 miles.
    Mk3 Roadster #6228 4.6L, T45, IRS, PS, PB, ABS, Cruise, Koni's, 17" Halibrands, red w/ silver - 9K miles then sold @ Barrett-Jackson Jan 2011 (got back cash spent).

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    Congrats! I've had my kit in my garage for around 4 months and I still get all giddy when I poke my head in the garage and see it sitting there.

    BTW. Those TGV's look great!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AZPete View Post
    Congrats on this big step. What did you include in your order? I think I saw something about a sale at FFR that included the 818 so did you get something at a discount?
    Wheels. Wheels are included with the sale. No $500 off this time, but whatever. I was going to roll around on stockers, probably would have been plenty for my driving. I guess I might always be able to trade them or liquidate them at some point in the future. But they ARE nicer than the stockers...and at drop-shipping-only, cheaper than the set of wheels I originally put in my budget. I might run them after all, everything considered, but we'll see.

    Quote Originally Posted by wirenut View Post
    Congrats! I've had my kit in my garage for around 4 months and I still get all giddy when I poke my head in the garage and see it sitting there.

    BTW. Those TGV's look great!
    Thanks. I took my time and went slow. Hopefully it adds up to some powah!!

    Last porting work I did was in 2007 with an electric one-speed dremel. Never again.

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    I don't understand why more don't run the FFR wheels. I suppose they have questionable origin if you're heavy into the track days and such, but it's hard to find a decent set of wheels with the correct stagger for less money.

    I rolled on the stockers (15's in my case ) for the first few months/winter so I could sort out any issues before dropping the money on new tires.

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    That is exactly my plan. I had even gone as far (in my head) as committing to leaving the stockers on unless I had a compelling reason to spend money on the wheels. Sounds like you think it's a much better ride with FFR wheels, though. Correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by turbomacncheese View Post
    That is exactly my plan. I had even gone as far (in my head) as committing to leaving the stockers on unless I had a compelling reason to spend money on the wheels. Sounds like you think it's a much better ride with FFR wheels, though. Correct?
    The ffr wheels weren't offered for the first year or so when that kit came out. So the early guys all went out and found their own wheels.

    The stock wheels look small and narrow on the 818.
    I would definitely wait until the 818 is complete before buying wheels.
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    You'll definitely want different wheels down the road, so just think of it as ~$800 off the kit price.

    I'm not a "wheel guy" (I've never put aftermarket wheels on any vehicle I've owned other than for winters,) but it made a huge difference on my 818. It absolutely screamed faux-Ferrari kit car before hand with the stock ones. Even the 16's just have too much sidewall and are too bland to look like they belong on a modern exotic car.

    The main problem I think people run into is finding matching wheels/tire combos that are available in skinny 215-ish for the front and wide 255-ish for the rear at reasonable prices.

    These were actually my old tire-rack China Special winter wheels. My donor actually had steelies.
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    Sounds like I'm on the right track, then. Thanks guys!

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    Well, got my block/crank back last week, spent most of last Saturday double checking bearing clearances. I was going to assemble the shortblock, and realized I didn't have the sealing washers for the water-jacket case bolts. Got them the past week, and spent most of today putting the case together. Saw a little more rtv squish out than I was comfortable with, thought about it for a minute, and decided to disassemble (again) and make damned sure I was actually doing what I thought I was doing.

    I swear I barely put any RTV in there, and still, on re-disassembly found this....

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    Also looks like maybe I took too long getting the block together after squeezing out my gasket maker. I was also surprised to see that oily film BEHIND my bearings. Dry as a bone when I put them in there. But I did that last weekend and didn't think much of it.

    Ring gaps are acceptable, but on the large end. FSM says .008 - .010 for the top ring, I'm at .020. Interesting because the max is .039. That's a pretty big spread. Whatever, the turbo engines I used to build ran about 20 and the piston was about the same diameter. Had a full skirt though. Piston didn't wobble all over the place in the bore. Freaked me out. End gaps big, extra room on the piston, better measure this thing again...looked like about .006 on piston to wall. Actually, looks like I'm every bit as garbage at measuring bores as I was afraid of, lol.

    I know it ain't the right way to measure, but I stuck a feeler gauge in with the piston at the skirt, upside down. .0015 went in and came out clean and easy. But .002 wouldn't even let the piston in. If it was as bad as I was afraid of, I'd have gotten a bigger gauge in than .002. Then when I looked back at it later it was pretty clear that all the movement was perpendicular to the skirts where there isn't any real support. So I put the pistons in anyway. And found out that my snap ring pliers suck, too. Replacement pistons have the kind with little holes (standard style, I like to think of them) rather than the bent wire that comes stock and is easy to pull/replace with needle nose pliers. Had to get a new set (dammit).

    All in all, This Subaru is super slow work. I could have built an entire 8v 2.5 turbo dodge motor already. Might have even had it back in the car.

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    Interesting - I did not know they use silicone between the journals like that. Good thing you caught it.

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    Right. The goal is to seal off those bolt holes and that junk just squished WAAAAAAAYYYY more than I thought it would. First time I ever used it between two machined surfaces. Usually on rocker covers or oil pans, where one surface (at least) is sorta round.

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    Well, pulled out some head-bolt threads. Down side of garaging on a Saturday is that nobody is open for me to call. I was on the last pull, not quite to 90. FML.

    I've used time-serts before, but these threads start pretty deep. Not sure how that's gonna go.

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    Sorry for your troubles.

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    Thanks 10lcobra. Don't know if this will come up for anyone else, but I'll throw it out there anyway. Machine shop (and everyone of his friends he could think of to call) doesn't have the tools to fix this thread size.

    The regular $100 time sert kit I used before won't work here, because they are designed to run up flush to the deck of the repair. They sell a head bolt specific kit, but it runs $450. It may be possible to modify the tools for the cheaper kit and run it all the way down, but I don't like how short the inserts are, and I think positive engagement on the insert would be a problem.

    There is another head bolt kit on the market (cheaper, too) that uses longer inserts, and that's the one I'm going to get. Called NS300L. Nothing but great reviews, and thus far the guy who makes them has been super awesome. But now I have a quandary of sorts.

    On teardown, all of the head bolts were extra stubborn, and 3 required the use of a 5 ft cheater. I actually sent my kids back inside in case everything let go. I'm pretty sure that's how the threads got damaged in the first place, not that I had a choice. My machinist confirmed that he had problems with 3 of the holes, but that he was able to fully torque out his plate at 90lbs, which is why he mentioned it but didn't offer any repairs. I was probably around 85 ft-lb when the threads gave up. So if I'm lucky, the other two will give up early also, and all the other holes will be strong enough. But what if any of the threads are only good for 92? I'd hate to fire this thing up through a few heat cycles, push a little boost through it and THEN find the weak threads.

    Do I just say f-it and drill them all out? Inserts are only a couple bucks each, and the kit may actually come with 20 of them anyway. A Saturday morning drilling and tapping is better than a bunch of Saturdays rebuilding a rebuilt engine. I can't think of any other downsides than time, but I'll let you all know what Norm says (guy who makes the tools).

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    Apparently they're up late over there. Norm got back to me. After the standard disclaimer "It's always a judgement call" he said if it were his block he'd absolutely replace every single one. Lucky me, the kit comes with 17 of the inserts. Absolutely nothing to worry about by doing them, always the nagging fear of impending failure if I don't. I'll probably take some pictures of the process.

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    100% agree on replacing all of them.

    Sounds like your head bolts were probably over-torqued by the last guy to rebuild and you just got to experience the fallout from it.

    It's also fairly common to install studs in these engines. Might be something to look into. I'm not sure what size threads they make them in (maybe there's an oversize one or something.) Only real downfall of the studs is they absolutely require full engine removal from the car to remove the heads later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by turbomacncheese View Post
    I was on the last pull, not quite to 90.
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    but that he was able to fully torque out his plate at 90lbs,
    I was probably around 85 ft-lb when the threads gave up. So if I'm lucky, the other two will give up early also, and all the other holes will be strong enough. But what if any of the threads are only good for 92?
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    A couple of times you mention numbers around 90. Are you talking 90 ft-lb or 90 degrees?

    I had to replace some bent valves in one of my donors and I remember special procedure.
    oil bolts, tighten 7.4 ft-lbs, tighten 13.3 ft-lbs, tighten 90 DEGREES. (29.5 ft-lbs for bolts (B & D))
    It is 2 page procedure in the factory service manual.

    I also remember not to reuse bolts as they are stretched during tightening.
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    EDIT: The info above is for the bolts that hold the cylinder blocks together. I misread above:
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    I don't know how the hell I didn't mention it in ANY of this, but......ARP head studs. Instructions are 30-60-90 in the factory sequence. Sorry for the alarm, guys. Machinist torqued down his plate with studs. He also agreed that it's probably a good idea to drill them all out.

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    go to the bigger studs. forget the inserts go to the 1/2 studs or 14mm will cost you about 300 in machine work for block and heads and 500 or 550 for the studs but you'll never have to worry about it lettign go again.
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    Go bigger studs, permanent fix

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