Pics of my RS-RA engine

Heads, valves, pistons, rods, crankshaft, etc...

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Pics of my RS-RA engine

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Pics of before and after install.

http://www.thawa.net/gallery/My-RS-RA
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DRool, That is sooo clean, where did you get it??? I'm lovin it.
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Very nice.
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I got the engine from Rising Sun Engines. The are in Chico CA.
Nice guys to deal with. The engine came with ECU, cut harness(mostly there though), intake w/airbox, all engine related sensors including MAF, ignitor ect. Also came with AWIC, pump and heatexchanger

I took the only RA, Sorry
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Post by IronMonkeyL255 »

Talk about a sleeper.....
Disclaimer: If anything I post is inaccurate, please correct me. I do not wish to add to the misinformation floating around on the internet.

That being said, everything I post is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

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Very cool, Is that the AC compressor it came with?
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Post by douglas vincent »

Are you happy with the AWIC effeciency? Have you checked the temp of the water before and after boost? What boost levels are you running?

I ask this cause I am not happy with mine but hope you are getting better results than me.
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THAWA wrote:Very cool, Is that the AC compressor it came with?
The pics before intallation show what it came with. I used the one originally on my car(134A)
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douglas vincent wrote:Are you happy with the AWIC effeciency? Have you checked the temp of the water before and after boost? What boost levels are you running?

I ask this cause I am not happy with mine but hope you are getting better results than me.
I am still doing research with the AWIC. The pump is decent but the heat x-changer is not as big as I would like. its about a 1/3 the size of my radiator.

I am running about 15psi. I havent gotten any imperical data yet, but after a few High speed pulls the water was warm(not hot).

I want to install some thermocouples soon, to measure both intake air temp and AWIC water temp.
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15 psi on the VF8?
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Post by napphappy »

THAWA wrote:15 psi on the VF8?
YES?

Whats your point?
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Post by snowjob »

I'm pulling the same, they work very well at 15
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Post by THAWA »

My point was to clarify which turbo you were using.
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Post by douglas vincent »

naphappy, meet THAWA. THAWA, meet naphappy.


I had a small heat exchanger which didn't do squat, especially in traffic and at the dragstrip, where it would get hot.

So I upgraded to an AC radiator but it is maybe a 15% increase over the old small one because the tubing is soooooooo tiny barely any water gets through. It suffers a very very narrow urethra.

So now I am looking for an actual radiator or giant tranny cooler.

I also hooked up my two electric fans so they are on when the AWIC pump is on.
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shouldn't the AWIC pump be on all the time?
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Post by douglas vincent »

Probably, but in my case, no.

Since I can go forever without hitting boost, I don't need it on. But if I want boost, I wired my SC into the AWIC switch so that I HAVE to have the AWIC on if I want the supercharger to turn on. Kinda of a safety thing.
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Post by THAWA »

Hmm, you should try it the other way with the pump on all the time. That should theoretically allow you to remove the heat while you're not on boost right?
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Post by vrg3 »

Yeah, or at least make it so you run the AWIC pump and fans for a minute or so after boosting. You don't want to let the top-mount heat exchanger get heat soaked or anything.
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Post by douglas vincent »

Oh I can do that, I just switch off the SC with its own dedicated switch. But if I am driving down to the local supermarket, I don't need boost, much less cooling.

Like I said, its mainly wired that way so I don't go on boost WITHOUT making sure the AWIC is working.
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Post by napphappy »

The factory setup runs the pump @ 28watts normally. When the throttle is opened 80% or more the pump is bumped up to 50watts.
I didnt have the dropping resistor and such so mine is just full power all the time. I also have the radiator fan on that side running all the time.
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Post by georryan »

Rising Sun motors huh? The place I got my GL10 motor from, here in Sacramento, gets all their motors from them. They told me to go talk to them if I wanted an AWIC as well. Cool to know that you got a good deal from them. Did they charge you the same price as their regular 2.0 longblocks?
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Post by Matt Monson »

napphappy,
You're just trying to get me to post my pics of the engine internals, aren't you... ;)
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Post by snowjob »

Please please, plese post your pics Matt.
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snowjob wrote:Please please, plese post your pics Matt.
Yes, I second that
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snowjob wrote:Please please, plese post your pics Matt.
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