New engine arrived today, pics inside

[mpg9999]

The SR20VE from All Japanese in Florida is finally here . I spent nearly 20 hours driving on Sunday, so today I slept in until about 2. I called down to the shipping company (who was supposed to call me when the engine arrived), and they said it was finally there. I picked up my cousin (to help lift the motor) and headed down to Fredericksburg in a borrowed minivan to pick up the engine. Here it is in the back after arriving at home:




Myself, my cousin, and my younger brother loaded it into a wheelbarrow and took it around back.

I like how the TB, vacuum lines, coolant lines, etc. where blocked off with those yellow caps









Here are a few shots of under the valve cover, looks pretty clean to me.





There was actually a slight amount of surface rust spots on a few of the cam lobes, but it doesnt look like anything to worry about. I poured some oil over them before I put the valve cover back on.



Both cam solenoid wiring harnesses still intact. Also notice the hook they attatched to easily lift the motor with. There is another one on the front of the motor that you can see in an earlier picture.




Pit Work oil filter, what the heck is that?


Apparently its an OEM Nissan filter



NGK BKR6E-N spark plugs, same as come from the factory (possibly the originals?). It also had the OEM nissan plug wires.


Here is a close up of the special -N plug. The electrod is ground differently on the -N. You can see (or maybe not, that pictures is pretty crappy) that it is flat instead of coming to a tip, and it also has a slit that runs down the middle of it.




Im pretty happy with the engine so far. Everything looks to be in order. I'd like to do a leakdown test, but I don't have the equipment. After finals I will get it up onto an engine stand and drop the pan to check out the bottom end. I'll also tap it for the oil temp sensor, and do a few other things in preperation for the actual install. I can't wait to get this bad boy in.

-Mike

[.RJ]

I dont see a snail....

[mpg9999]

I dont see a snail....

Hater

I think we went over this in an earlier post.

[kafn8ed]

Looks nice. Wish one of my motors was that clean under the VC.

[BLINGMW]

oooooohh looks great! NEO VVL? That's gotta be good right?

[Mike]

neo vvl! awesome! super vtec! pitwork is an aftermarket nissan company i think. i have a pitwork jgtc 350z in gt4.

[CaptainHenreh]

HELL YEAH!

I always wanted a Neo-VVL G20, but alas, it is not to be.

VVL is like VTEC, only with torque.

[.RJ]

Can I put one of those in my integra? :fire:

[ScottyB]

looks sweet Mike. you should put a hot paint job on the valve cover 8)

[mpg9999]

Like others have said, VVL is kind of like VTEC. This engine makes 187 hp stock, up from 140 on my engine.

Scotty, I already ordered a very hot NEO VVL red valve cover, the one that comes on the N1 VE (A super rare version of the VE).

[ScottyB]

already ordered a very hot NEO VVL red valve cover, the one that comes on the N1 VE (A super rare version of the VE).

aaaah supah raro NEO VVL N1 VE hot saucy reddah valve-eh cover-san!

[mpg9999]

already ordered a very hot NEO VVL red valve cover, the one that comes on the N1 VE (A super rare version of the VE).

aaaah supah raro NEO VVL N1 VE hot saucy reddah valve-eh cover-san!

Yeah, I had to do something to satisfy the ricer inside of me.

[ScottyB]

already ordered a very hot NEO VVL red valve cover, the one that comes on the N1 VE (A super rare version of the VE).

aaaah supah raro NEO VVL N1 VE hot saucy reddah valve-eh cover-san!

Yeah, I had to do something to satisfy the ricer inside of me.

don't be ashamed, be one with your inner rice.

[white_2kgt]

where's the other 1/2

--chad

[ViPER1313]

I was looking at those cams and scratching my head - had to look up how VTEC works. VVL is interesting 8)