Jason's "built" D24T engine build

[Jason]

Time for another update! Its starting to cool off, shit its already the end of october!!! I was hoping to have the engine in already. I have been working on the engine pretty consistantly each night. I cleaned up the valve cover, blasted the exhaust manifold, and finnished the cylinder head. Valves are all adjusted. I'm just waiting on my head gasket. I'm taking the motor mounts, timing belt covers and a couple other pieces with me to work today to clean up in our tumbler to install tonight. With the valve cover on, it really tops off the look. Pretty bull-dozer spec I think. Its gonna look like a million bucks once its in the car!

[T-brick]

looks like a cummins 6BT haha! where can i get one of those stickers?

[v8volvo]

Looks fantastic Jason. I wasn't sure about your choice to paint the head at first but now that I see the whole thing put together, I agree with your decision. It looks great. Definitely unique.

Might want to check valve clearance again after you torque the head down. Do you have a good water pump to use for it?

[Jason]

Thanks! I had the decals made by a friend of mine to mimic the Cummins "C" found on the engine valve covers and on the newer dodge diesel truck front fenders.

I plan to recheck when its torqued, but I cant immagine it will move that much. As long as there is clearence on all the valves I'm gonna start it, as they are going to go out after the first run with the freshly ground seats and valves. I plan to check and adjust after the first 500 miles or so, and I may just check quickly after the first startup. I haven't ordered the pump yet, I'm gonna get the bosch from Rockauto since all I have access to is that crappy GMB with the bad impeller.

Jason

[Jason]

The MLS head gasket is here! That thing is HD compaired to the fiber one. Between the studs and that gasket, its gonna be pretty bullet proof. I'm going to be power washing the engine compartment, engine, and trans this week sometime and then start taking everything out. Pictures to come.

Jason

[nick]

You are doing a fantastic job with your motor!

Where did you get the MLS head gasket from?

[Jason]

Thanks for the compliments... I ordered mine through my local Volvo dealer. Since I work at a shop they sold it to me for whole sale so it ended up being $85. I torqued the head on last night, installed the cam seals, motor mount brackets, and painted the timing covers. Just waiting for the water pump now.

Jason

[Jason]

Update with a couple pics, I modified a remote oil filer mount to thread directly on to the bock where the normal mount goes. This way I can run hoses to the cooler and remote mount the filter. I had been thinking to myself how much easier things would be if that stupid ass cast mount wasn't right there, and if I could just have fittings and oil hoses... Then a pciture popped into my mind out of the green book, showing the block assmebly for a D24, it has the oil filter screwed right to the side of the block. We have remote mount oil filter heads at work that a D24T oil filter screws on to, so I knew the bolt that holds the stock cast mount on isn't some strange thread. I brought one home and bingo! Trying to get the area less clutered since the turbo, waste gate, and intercooler piping are all smashed up against the oil filter and related mount assembly. Also, this will give more room for the planned T66 turbo upgrade. With the current setup, there is no room for anything any bigger, as the waste gate canister already touches the mount. Not sure where I'm going to mount the filter yet, but thats not a big concern. Also, I modified the Cat fuel filter mounting head to bolt down to the factory fuel filter mount plate. Looks very factory and hugs the block nice and tight, exactly what I was looking for. Water pump should be here tomorrow, I ended up buying the "cardone select" pump from rockauto, as they were out of Bosch pumps and it wouldn't even let me order it, maybe they dropped them? Tom Bryant checked out a bunch of available water pumps, and as I remember the cardone one had the stock style impeller and was overall good quality, thought the impeller is plastic. At this point, I think I would rather have the stock style impeller made of thick plastic than the crap stamped steel one like the GMB pumps. Theres no way that flows as much water, especially with how the water pumps inlet isn't very tight to the pump impeller, since the water pump is adjustable. Plan to take the engine and trans out Monday!



Is the block squeeky clean or what!!?? I know your jelous!!! Gotta brag a little, even though most of my friends think I'm totally retarted taking this thing to this level.... If I'm bothering to do this much damn work, its gonna at least look good, and who knows, a diesel power challange for cars comming up perhaps??? No ones engine is going to touch how fresh my setup is going to look!
Jason

[mylesofsmyles]

Whoa, this has got to be the coolest block up engine restoration I've ever seen...nice work!

[Jason]

Thanks... I'm just tryin to represent for volvo diesel power for once. Its been to the track a bunch of times with the old worn out engine. I plan to put the smack down on a few more cars with the new engine.

Jason