Tag: teardown

Further Disassembly

A lot more progress tearing down the motor ready for the thicker head gasket and head studs. As you can see the condition is great for 121,000kms and a lot of track days.

The head gasket I purchased is to suit an 81mm bore whereas OEM size is 78mm. Speaking with my tuner, a machinist and Cometic (gasket manufacturer) they all advised this oversizing will be fine. This does slightly concern me as R’s Racing Products and Monster Sport both list 81mm bore as “bore up” or oversized bore spec for us non-Japanese.

I also fit the baffled sump plate from R’s Racing Products that I’ve been holding on to for almost 5 years now…

I managed to find the ECU pinout in an obscure Facebook group buried in the comments of a post from 2014. God bless Ka Po W and his Yellow Power Ranger. Wiring diagram table to come in my next post.

Teardown

I had a good day today tearing down everything in order to remove the engine and make way for turbo related parts.

The oil cooler will need to be relocated and the exhaust system up for sale at some point. It’s SuperCircuit headers, RRP mid-pipe and an X-Force catback.

During disassembly I noticed the passenger side gearbox driveshaft seal was weeping a little gearbox oil. As this constituted an order from Suzuki, I also go the opposite side, the OEM oil cooler o-ring, rear main seal and axle nuts.

The engine is now ready to come out, only the mounts remain. Working on the Cube and this car compared to the VR4 really makes you appreciate modern engineering and design for assembly (and disassembly). Both the ZC32S and the Cube allow the engine harness to be disconnected at the ECU, the front bolts off and the drive assembly can simply come out the front – beautiful.