Matt's Jordan 26 build

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Here is my Jordan (026/500) Bought in June 2012.

When i first bought it there was a fair bit done to it and the previous owner must of spent alot of money at it.

It gave me a nice base to build upon


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Now onto my touches

First things first i had to jack it up 30mm, love the slammed look but it ain't convenient where i live


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Just after that i performed:

New lower ball joints
Full underbody waxoil and hammerite
Repaired both back brakes (seized)
Replaced both Tie rod ends
Cleaned up under the bonnet, rivetted holes in wheel arch.
Adjusted handbrake lever
Flush and refill of hydro clutch fluid
Flush and bleeding of all brakes, cleaned res pot out too
Replaced all upper rear bumper black push clips (where tailgate shuts)
Top up and inspection of gearbox oil
Top up and inspection of radiator
Had all wheels tracked
Fitted correct spigot rings (63.4mm OD - 56.1mm ID)
Replaced snapped wheel stud and D1 race nut


Shortly after that my handbrake start playing up again - raaaaaaaah

I decided to buy brand new Calipers and treat myself to some new braided lines too :cheers:


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Thank god my brakes are all mint again and the handbrake holds like brand new

Whilst they are working mint again i decided to colour some parts in yellow to match the body


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Decided to treat myself to a rear tow hook and front tow strap with Japfest 2's Tracktime approaching fast i needed to act swiftly

and just as luck has it a friend of mine decided to flog me his JDM foggies just at the perfect time


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A few shots whilst out cruising


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Thought i would add a few cheeky decals on her too :mrgreen:


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and my little Japanese mascot Pikachu


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Then i thought, i want more power so i ordered a shite load of parts from H-Tune and also bought a used B18C4 engine to rebuild from the ground up.

This picture is when 60% of my parts were at the shop 8)

 

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A week later it all arrived

Honda Oil Pump
GMB Water Pump
CP 81.5mm 9:0:1 CR Forged Pistons
Manley H-Beam Con-Rods
ACL Full Engine Bearing Kit
ARP Head Studs
ARP Main Studs
Continental Timing Belt
GMB/Koyo Tensioner
Brian Crower Stage 2 Turbo Camshafts
Brian Crower Dual valve Springs
Brian Crower Valve spring retainers
Supertech Valve Guides
Supertech Valve Seals
Brian Crower Gold adjustable Cam Gears


I was then waiting on the full engine gasket kit, Brian Crower SS valves and the B18C4 engine itself.

 

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I then got myself to Machine Mart to pick up a new 280KG engine stand.

Got the engine on the stand ready, and also had my vlaves and gasket kit delivered.

Gasket kit and valves

Engine just before i mounted it on the stand

 

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First things first, engine is securely mounted to the stand and its off with the rocker cover.

Then off with the inlet manifold.

Then after numbering the camshaft supports it was off with the camshaft's

and pop goes the head and valvetrain!

Now we going upside down, off comes the sump tin.

Off with the oil sender

Same goes for the splash tray

Then off with the crank guide for the middle cylinders

Off with the 1st and fourth cylinder crank guides

Now to the journals, we piston poppin' :guns:

First piston dropped, the rest followed.

Dont think ill be needing these anymore :wink:

Now its time to remove the water and oil pumps

and out comes the crankshaft

and im left with a block thats now ready to go to the machinist

Not bad for 5 hours work is it 8)

 

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Hi-ho Hi-ho it's off to the Machinist we go, with some brand new Valves and some Brand new Guides Hi-ho HII-HO

 

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Got my block back from the machinist a week or so later. It has been bored/decked/honed.


Decided to give it a good degrease and scrub.

Also Santa brought me a Fidanza lightened flywheel. Nice one Santa

Next up;


Reassembly of the engine and respray.

 

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After having a further look at the engine just sat there still stained with oil i decided i was not happy with the degreased n scubbed finish.


Went out and bought a wire brush drill bit set and went to town with it (not perfect but at least its silver-ish)

Then i was all over gauging the new shell clearances on both the crank and rods with Plastigauge

With the shell clearances at a tolerance it was time to assemble the rod and pistons.

Gudgeon pins in, it was time to gap the rings and gauge it all up with the feeler's

With the rings gapped and labelled for each cylinder wall it was time to fit the rings and drop the pistons in

Pistons in there new home, now back to the bottom to connect the rod caps and stud up!

Crank bridge refitted

Brand new Oil Pump fitted

With a brand spankers Oil Pump comes a brand spanking Water Pump

Last thing for the bottom end internals, splash tray and oil sender refitted.

Next up;


Sand blasting of ancil brackets, refitting the head and painting of the engine

 

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Ancil brackets shot blasted

Engine painted

 

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Got my Cylinder head back with all brand new uprated components.

Valves fitted all ready to go!

Gave it a good degreasings.



Before -

After -

Then it was on with the paint

Thats it until the weekend, when the whole block gets mated and the deal is sealed!

 

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A little more progress on this engine build.


Got the head painted to match the block, the valve train is fully assembled, rocker and lockers in place it's time to bolt it down to the block.

With the head on it's time for the turbo cams

Then the adjustable Camgears to go on

Then the timing belt was dropped on

Thats it for now, next up:



Painting of crown wheel and ancil brackets, touching up of the engine, rocker cover painting and valve clearances setup

 

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Small update Folks.


Got the valve timing absolutely spot-on

and just for some extra added value to the money shot

Went nuts with the 4'' holesaw, slightly off centre but what the hell whats done is done.




Lastly for now, welded the sump baffle in place.

 

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Been busy with the paint again today.


Decided to paint the baffle to make it look more OEM and that its meant to be there.

Sprayed the plug cover too.

Then i thought why not colour code the timing belt cover

Then i finished the engine off by touching little patches up and appyling some Milano red to the oil pump that was visibly silver on previous photos

Up next:


Rocker cover spray job and final fitment and who knows what will follow.

 

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Been busy welding and blasting today. Quite a productive day

Gave the rocker cover a good blasting in Nitro-Mors too

Thought id get the shot blaster out to clean some bits and bobs up

Blasted the distributor 1st

Then the dipstick, thermostat housing and some other random bits

Must set the spray gun up next and get some spraying done


Also got the last two of three pieces to the puzzle arriving sometime soon.

 

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Had the spray gun out.

Mounted the induction on just for the laugh

So glad its nearly done, the fun part will start when i go to put it in the car. It will be like a jigsaw puzzle

 

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Had the spray gun and brush out again today, painting the final odd parts to the engine yellow

The dipstick was gagging for it.

 

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Got a few more bits and bobs done.


Alternator brackets fitted

Brand new alternator (its a four pin one and my loom is a three pin one, sort that out when i find out how to)

Red MSD 8.5mm ignition leads

Just picked up a S9B LSD gearbox today too.

Got the gearbox rebuild kit coming soon from Synchro-tech in the states, along with two more un-announced goodies

 

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been waiting for some goodies arriving from the states, been waiting for 7 weeks now so hopefully wont be a deal longer.


In the meantime ive been very busy with the spray gun again, taking a massive risk, took me six attempts and i can honestly say i never want to do it again.


So this is a partial reveal of the risk i have took, im doing something else but wont reveal that just yet.

Thats it for now until my goodies arrive from America

 

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SHIPMENT HAS ARRIVED




Looks like it could be from the states, hmmm

Wonder what could be in it?????







Lets have a look!




Oh ello

Anything else in the box?

Haah another box, whats inside this one?






Looks like a pizza in a fancy box!

Stage 4 clutch niiiiice

Bless ya Victor

 

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Hello hello hello what do we have here?




Looks like another box from the states.

What the hells inside this one

Looks like a S9B full rebuild kit, sweeet