Ghost XI

This is how I left my spare engine yesterday, crank pulley still firmly attached to the engine.

I took my SST for crank pulleys and sawed some threaded rods to attach at the SST

…and promptly screwed everything. Still, I got the crank bolt open, so this wasn’t useless sacrifice.

I slightly knocked the crank pulley with a plastic hammer and managed to slide it off the crank

First inspection – nothing special on top side

and nothing special on this side either

After some cleaning I found a part number (13470-16040). Seems that this pulley started its life as a regular pulley from AE92 and had nothing to do with supercharger.

While inspecting the spare engine, tried to look around the crank pulley as much as I could.

Looks like the ignition mark pin was sawed off. I’m not sure anymore if the pin would fit, even if bent upwards.

The pulley looks surprisingly stock. It’s just slightly bigger.

I even tried to peek behind it, but it revealed nothing. Stock from this side too 🙂

If I have some spare time, I’ll try to remove the pulley. I think I can make out something when I get it off. Hopefully.

This was a while ago, but a friend of mine from Hong Kong got me a pair of racing Totoro safety harness paddings 😀

I removed the oil pump plug from the spare engine to check if the sensor installation would be possible.

I measured the thread

…and it seems to be something like M16 x 1.25. Damn, I couldn’t find any M16 x 1.25 -\> 1/8″ NPT adapters, only thing I found was M16 x 1.5.

The plug also seems tapered. I checked the repairmanual as well and I didn’t find any info about it. Maybe I’ll leave it alone 🙂

Oil pressure sender is at the top right corner. I left it slightly open, so I can spot it when I start working with my spare engine.

I’m not exactly sure whats going on behind this plug. Maybe it is easier to install the oil temp sensor in the same tubing with the oil cooler. I’ll check if I can find a adapter for that.

That weird noise from the rear of the AW11 still annoys me and I haven’t been driving that much. Meanwhile, Mr. Kylie’s 1984 Suzuki Carry “Notorious E.G.G.” has gotten plenty of attention.

The toy gearbox:

Engine compartment:

The engine itself:

…and finally, a huge oil spill

That Suzuki is a really positive car. Everyone has a smile when you drive around and there hasn’t been a single negative comment from anyone. Some people even laugh, but 99% of time everyone laughs because the car looks so funny. Never this “MUHAHAHA LOOK AT THAT SHITTY THING” laughing, which sucks.

I think people would laugh even more if they knew about the 0.8L F8A engine with 30hp (or our ongoing debate about turbocharging the engine). With turbo the Suzuki would be the fastest deathtrap on the road (empty weight 725kg, check out the top gear bedford rascal flip).

Funny little thing 🙂

I recently got my hands on a Tamron SP AF10-24mm F3.5-4.5 Di aspherical lens. I had some spare time before I had to leave the garage and I needed to get familiar with the lens.

From the left, there is Maladar’s Nissan K11 and Honda Civic. Then there is my Toyota EE111 and after that Widric’s fast Civic 🙂

The last car is Mr. Kylie’s Notorious E.G.G., also called ‘a bowl of bananas’. We’re fixing a leaking crankshaft seal, but that Suzuki F8A engine is not very common around here and it is bit difficult to find spares.

The new shifter knob really improved the feeling of AW11. I had a huge grin on my face for the whole time I was driving 😀

Right now, I’m helping my friend Mr. Kylie to fix his Suzuki Carry (the Notorious E.G.G.). I’ve found out similarities between Suzukis and Toyotas while going through this ST90V and this was probably the best find.

While removing Suzuki’s oil pump I noticed couple screws which opened directly into oil passages and started to wonder if 4A would have anything similar. I went to look my spare engine and especially the oil pump, which has really similar construction and woooo!

(Picture is bit bad) Just left to oil pressure sender, there is a opening into oil pump cavities. I didn’t have time to check the thread, but it is enormous. The oil temperature sensor has 1/8 NPT thread, but the hole was way bigger. I could have inserted the whole temp sensor inside the oil pump through that opening.

The location for the opening is bit difficult, but I’ll google a bit around to see if anyone has done anything similar.

I used to have the biggest knob know to mankind.

Thank god, I got a normal one 😀

Now I need that baggy thing that sits under the shifter knob and hides the mechanics. Ebay seems to be full of those., but should I get a original one?

I found something that belongs to the previous owner of the AW11. I dropped one of the shifter knob screws and tried to look it under the seat cushions, but instead of the screw I found a small photo. It says something in japanese and it has been taken in photo booth of some kind. If you recognize yourself from the photo, please send your address so I can send it back. Send the old japanese license number of the AW11 as well, so I can be sure that I send it to right person 😀

I didn’t notice how dirty my windshield was.

The woofer box moves around a lot and it was pinned between the seat and the dash.

I had to take it off. Looked like ahamallu car.

Nice