gravelRX Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Slowly getting the parts and pieces in the mail. It's like Christmas but Santa wears brown and drives an aluminum bodied box truck. Finally started to reassemble the various parts that I had torn down for cleaning and repair. Couple pictures. Back at it, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Lookin' good there. How did you go about cleaning your block? Yours looks absolutely spotless, but there were a few places on mine that I couldn't get to in order to clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted February 17, 2004 Author Share Posted February 17, 2004 Got these pads at Harbor Freight and the chuck to fit into the drill. Most of the cleaning was done with a toothbrush and varsol(sp). What can I say, I'm waiting on my gaskets and engine parts. I haven't posted much about my RX. People have forgotten about it. That's a good thing. Regards, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subarutex Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 looking good... Not everyone has forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hocrest Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Originally posted by Subarutex Not everyone has forgotten I can't wait for Carlisle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 Looks like a bird to me. Hmmm? Anyone? Meaning? manufacturer icon? Subaru outsource the camboxes? Thanks for the encouragement on the RX, Tex and Hocrest. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATBRAT Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Damn that thing is clean. I really wanted to tear mine all the way down but I know me and I know that it would be yrs to put it back together. I am still working with the one I have had for too long now. Looking great! Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted February 19, 2004 Author Share Posted February 19, 2004 Bird thingy anyone? what is this thing? Finally getting my parts. Now I really have to get to work and making everything ready for the reassembly and installation. Thanks for the compliments. Scot, my b-i-l, makes jokes that it's the obsessive/compulsive disorder in me coming out. I think the cleaning is kind of cathartic. I look down and 4 hours have past. Updates to follow if anyone is interested, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATBRAT Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Yeah, the bird thingy, as you call it, appears to be a part that Subaru did not manufacture. Some other company made it and Subaru had a contract for it would be my guess. What company? I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colosuby Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 You really did a great job, know it must have been allot of work, but that aluminum looks great polished. Maybe you ought to try and seal it. POR15 makes agreat clear and very tough clear sealer. They even have it with a little colered tint to it. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis ex24 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 jay rules. good work jay, see you at carlisle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted February 19, 2004 Author Share Posted February 19, 2004 Wasn't really going for the polished look, but alot of the aluminum had that funky scale on it and the only way to remove it I found was just to keep cleaning. I still have several cans of high temp clear from doing my wheels if I do clearcoat the alum. clean=cool. How does paint effect that I wonder? Now that my parts are on the way, I fear that I won't have the gumption to tackle the intake assembly as I would really like. Really want to get it running. Replacing all the hoses and relooming the electronics is still my plan. I don't much look forward to going to the dealer for all the preformed hoses and such. As far as the bird. I was also thinking Subaru farmed out some parts. Regards, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 use a brass wheel for the drill chuck. the brass is almost softer than the aluminum, and it wont scratch, and it will buff the metal and make it have a "hardened waxed" look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiemech85 Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 copper is used to hit brass without damaging the brass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teasdam Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 the machinist I took my ea82 to said that painting an aluminum engine block is about the worst thing you can do. Said something like, the aluminum has pores and needs to "breath" to dissipate heat, where paint will fill the pores and impede cooling. So, that's what one machinist said anway...I was never motivated enough to paint my block anyway so I never looked into the veracity of his thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim5551212 Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 With regards to the Bird Logo. Subaru makes Robin Engines......Check out the Japanese website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asavage Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Originally posted by teasdam the machinist I took my ea82 to said that painting an aluminum engine block is about the worst thing you can do. Said something like, the aluminum has pores and needs to "breath" to dissipate heat, where paint will fill the pores and impede cooling. I hope you don't use that machinist for her professional skills! Hmmm. Here's food for thought: why were aluminum motorcycle engines from Jap mfgrs painted silver for so many years? That's right: to keep the corrosion down. Aluminum alloy corrodes pretty easily, though not as easily as steel. Metallurgical dermatology! Subaru engines with pimples! I got a real chuckle from this one Painting aluminum parts (or, indeed, any parts) adds insulation. Some paints impede heat transfer more than others. It has been said that flat black radiates heat better than gloss white. I'm sure that someone better grounded in thermodynamics can confirm and explain this. Skip's last question in this area made me think too hard Automotive radiators with cores of copper are almost universally painted flat black -- coincidence? And aluminum core radiators are unpainted. Summary: if you need the best absolute heat transfer, I think that unfinished will yield the best results -- in the short term. Long term, and for most applications, some kind of finish may be desired, to keep the corrosion down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted March 10, 2004 Author Share Posted March 10, 2004 A little farther along now. Turbo coolant inlet pipe. Jay The pan boss, the pan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbasher Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Sure paint will lose you a little cooling, but even on an air cooled motor it wouldnt be anything to worry about. I mean you can still burn your hand like nothinin else on a painted motorcycle cylinder head. As for the radiators, I think that the copper ones are painted black cause a blue-green oxidized rad looks gross, whereas aluminum never looks really bad it just goes dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam N.D.J. Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Tell ya whot Jay, definatly looks sweet. Nothing quite like a freshly cleaned motor. Except maybe if you go nuts on it, and polish the aluminum But thats almost too much time and effort to be worth it. Keep up the pic updates, a day source of Soobie P**N is good for the soul. Oh yeah, I think that bigjim hit the bird emblymn on the head there. The cam baskets where prolly made in the Robin plant, which is (was?) a different building on the FHI Gunma plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 Taking tomorrow off. had three bolts break off in the intake manifold. I have gotten this far and no broken bolts, so I was actually surprised when it happened. One was just a hold down bolt for the purge system but the others were for injectors. Drilled one out, then proceeded to break the EZ out off in the hole. Stripped all the stuff off the other intake manifold and back to work. Thank goodness for the parts car. I was going to use the other manifold as a template for putting the RX's manifold back together. Now I'm glad I took pictures. Turbo assembly in process. Regards, Jay Thanks for the info on the bird, BTW. "Soobie P**N" I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 starting to look like an engine again. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subarubrat Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 That WILL be at Carslile right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravelRX Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 I'm going to try not to get it too dirty before I get to carlisle, but I don't think that will happen. there is a Rallycross in April. I will be registering as soon as I work out details with ScotTM. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hocrest Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Originally posted by subarubrat That WILL be at Carslile right? It better be... Your Brat and Jay's RX make the trip worth the drive for half the country:D :D Jay, "Soobie Porn" = Pictures of Subarus that cause excitement and arousal... This is definately Soobie Porn :slobber: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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