Had the front cover and a few other items powder coated by Rotary resurrection. Excellent job
I'm definitely going to him for my powdercoating needs.
Since I deleted the throttle body coolant circuit, i cut off the nipples, tapped and plugged the holes in the rear iron and front thermostat housing. I used brass plugs with NPFT threads. I used special taps with these threads also, they are for dry sealing.
I installed a new oil pan with HondaBonda sealant. Garfinkle's oil pan brace, and a Moroso stud kit. Has held up well and so far has no leaks.
New Mazda water pump. Replaced passenger side motor mount puck.
ACT prolite flywheel and street/strip clutch. I already had an alum. 9.5lb flywheel and CW, but I found a killer deal on a package, so I went ahead and got it.
My turbo setup for a while was the Poorman's nonseq. I cut off the flapper in the manifold and had a professional welder friend put a beautiful bridge sealing the manifold. Welded the other door open, installed a low mileage CHRA for the primary, and a rebuilt and balanced CHRA for the secondary. Ported the wastegate. Drilled and tapped the manifold for pre-turbo EGT sensors. I am using sensors from teamrip.com.
Same welder welded shut the now unnecessary holes in my Efini Y-pipe.
Deleted unneeded connectors from engine harness and rewrapped with 3M fabric tape. (I'm nonseq. and no emissions).
Pressure tested block with Pineapple's special tool. Very useful tool to bring peace of mind to first time builders.
Plugged the OMP injector holes and blocked off the OMP with parts from Pineapple.
Put back all the accessories to make the longblock ready to drop in.
(Yes I know, the thermostat housing is hideous and needs a repaint)