Love the build and energy in these videos! TBH, as a fabricator and builder myself I would love if there was a second channel centered around the shop and what's happening with more detail (starring Johan). You guys are an inspiration!
"this is not the time, get back on the e36" Makes me realize how adam truly does have his team set on certain builds and not just 1 getting work done at a time.
I think it’s best you make a video addressing all the conflict behind your old crew. Saves all the unwanted comments from everyone asking where people are. As much as you may not want to. It’ll help in the end and hopefully stop it all.
No seatbelts + no doors + car with a cage is a death sentence I remember how much of an advocate you were of using your safety equipment back in the Bmx days. Stay safe and be smart Adam.
After the FD season is over, I think the LZ team needs to go on a dang vacation and relax for at least a week. You guys have been working so hard for all of us and y'all deserve some time to relax!
Tuners don't tune anything and everything they have preferred engine's and ECUs they tune as I've noticed a lot of tuners only specilize in one type of ECU I've never seen a tuner do every type of ECU including stock
can we just talk about this guys arm strenght placing the window with the naps on the side, FROM the side!? he has some damn confidence placing those S15 windows like that XD
You should put lights around the compound that change colors. Flip the switch to red when you are ripping around and green for when you’re not. Will help prevent accidents
a tip when looking at cut open oil filters or any cut filter squeeze it in a vice and get rid of the oil etc and you can see so much better how much metal is in there.
Did you see the exhaust gasket looks like it's been leaking. That can make that ticking sound. Plus the idle rattle is the VCT gear they are quite prone to rattling especially if high lift cams are involved.
From the very beginning it sounded like you have a one rod with excessive clearance, The excessive clearance is more than likely from one of four things the first is the rod was incorrectly sized during manufacture/machining and is why I like to take the time to blueprint /mock-up engines completely when building them. The second is the result of a screwup by the machine shop and one of the rod journals on the crank was incorrectly ground and or polished resulting in either a slightly undersized rod journal or out less likely an out of round rod journal, Option three is the crankshaft is not true this can result from previous engine damage resulting in a tweaked crankshaft, or a crankshaft that was dropped or was not stored in the vertical position when out of the engine. I have witnessed a crankshaft that was stored on its side for a little over 24 hours become slightly distorted, additionally I have also scene a crankshaft that was out of true from being stored on its side return to being true after it was stored on end (vertically) for a week or so. The fourth option is the upper rod bearing was damaged/distorted during assembly. This is normally caused when a piston is being tapped down into the cylinder and the rod hit the crankshaft at a bad angle or the upper bearing shell popped out of the rod slightly and became distorted either from the rod/bearings being roughly tapped home. In any event one or more bearings has developed excessive clearance. Lastly when dynoing a vehicle and the tuner says I thinks I hear engine noise chances are he/she hears a noise.
Adam like most of us know the Life of rushing a build SR are one of the few engines Ej ,rb20 , B20 etc that if you rush it alot can go wrong an most of the time its something small that sounds like something bad mechanical wise, I love that they are still trying to get it right even thought something is defs not going right, Wouldnt say thrashing it in Donuts was going to make it come back to life.. Johan is an amazing Mech, but with Any mech some specialize well in motors they are used to, an some have that Engine that always haunted them, i'm an Ex mech an EJ was that engine for me always had issues building them for people, SR can be amazing engines, ID of Defs gone a SRVVL Neo Head though, the Normal SR20 head has the most engnines Keep up the good work boys i hope it pans out,
sounds like shim clearance honestly, the clearance isnt the big issue, its making sure all shims across exhaust and intake side are the same height (ex. exhaust guide and shim need to match so that way the rocker isn't sitting sideways, make sure they're all the same across exhaust side, and then do the same for the intake within oem tolerance, HOT SHIMS makes kits for this)
Ive been watching Adam since he was in college and rode BMX everyday but know watching im confident about ripping my engine apart and out it back together again thx Adam 🤑🤗
It would have saved a lot of time if you had rebuilt the engine, but you guys are wizards and will present an incredible motor in time for the showdown...!
Mike I really liked the beat you layed over towards the end of the video! Please incorporate more beats like that, we need a switch up from the lofi background music :)
Yes I vote for this, he needs to see how amazing they are, simple engines that make crazy power and torque, also if it’s a 16v it doesn’t have rocket arms!
Half way through the vid..... Just gotta say, I'm digging the edits/montage'ish stuff!!! Content is always welcomed... But presentation is what drives it home!!!!! Keep it going!!!
First gasoline powered "turbo" vehicle i ever drove was a s15 with not heaps of power by today's standards. But was soo responsive and for someone who's never driven a gasoline powered car with a turbo. I can only imagine how nice this will be to drive 👌💪🔥
I wonder if this is one of those knocks? the same knock the boostedboiz had and it turned out to be an exhaust manifold gaskets leak. They tore the motor apart and there was no issue. And it definitely look like you had an exhaust gasket leak on that head
Anyone whos had that infamous rattle before it spins the bottom end be laughing RN watching them try figure it out... give it some time she'll spin eventually mate
Doesn't look like you have any crankcase ventilation with the crank port routed to the valve cover. That's kind of asking to push a front or rear main seal out under boost. Though maybe i'm not seeing the catch can.
Disconnect the TPS sensor while checking base timing it kills the VTC advance and keeps its stable while you set base timing
This
Every now and then the comment section has useful tips, hopefully and sees this
And for other setups you can usually lock the timing in the ecu
Best comment for advice. Adam…?.? Nope to busy swapping it for the third time
Zszzzzz
I'm glad you show the process and the trials and tribulations to your builds. That makes it infinity more relatable
By all means.
Had same problems with my "new" car last year
If you look past the engine tick she sounds like an absolute BEAST. It sounds so beautiful.
I'm sorry but that's funny. Your not wrong tho. If it was mint it would sound extremely good
it sounds like normal lifter ticking to me tho just normal engine noise, if the hood was shut we wouldn't hear it i think
14:22: that sounded oil starved lifters before it revved back some oil pressure so 16:20 idk
Not a big fan of screamer pipes but the fancy cast manifold adds some nice spice
@@madcanic9632 lol bruv good thing you ain’t a mechanic
Love the build and energy in these videos! TBH, as a fabricator and builder myself I would love if there was a second channel centered around the shop and what's happening with more detail (starring Johan). You guys are an inspiration!
Adam needs to see this I 100% agree
"this is not the time, get back on the e36"
Makes me realize how adam truly does have his team set on certain builds and not just 1 getting work done at a time.
You have to with multiple cars. Not just any team though, one you can trust.
Where's Freddie 🥺 i miss him
Chill dude granted, but guy was super reserved (he may be good at what he does but didn’t actually add any charisma) imo
quick released
Tuning cars. He still runs his company on a lower scale I believe.
Wondering the same thing!
He popped from left foot braking
“this is why i like ka’s better” i love johan 😂😂😂
I think johon needs Adam to buy him a drift car he's always wrenching on everyone else's car
Those are fighting words with adam. Johan is amazing tho !
@@barrelsurfergirl4614 i mean johan can get one himself or maybe already has one
@@barrelsurfergirl4614 He has a 350z
@@barrelsurfergirl4614 do you realize the fact that working on everybody's car is his job at lzmfg right?
Adam wants a “simple SR” set up, not remembering how often he had the engine out of his s13.
srs r trash
@@cykauskinaranj3879 when was last time u worked/owned one?
@@cykauskinaranj3879 nah. Sr's are reliable if built right. Adam rushed building this to debut it at a drift event and now he's suffering. Lol
@@b.roa2366 this is the reason why you dont rush builds
Wasn't the cream s13 going to be 2j swapped at one point before he decided to stick with the Sr?
where's Freddie?
I think it’s best you make a video addressing all the conflict behind your old crew. Saves all the unwanted comments from everyone asking where people are. As much as you may not want to. It’ll help in the end and hopefully stop it all.
No seatbelts + no doors + car with a cage is a death sentence I remember how much of an advocate you were of using your safety equipment back in the Bmx days. Stay safe and be smart Adam.
Was thinking same thing. Collette flying out the car
🙏
I remember that tuner dude from your videos.. love that dude..seems like straight to the point type of guy
Ay what happened to him
You know it’s a good day when Adam LZ post a UA-cam video
Yes sir
Adam. It’s time you addressed the Freddie situation. Many viewers have tin foil hat theories. Put them to rest.
YES
What's happened
I agree he has just disappeared
The alligator in the pond ate him.
You think he may not be able to talk about it? You never know but I kind of agree, not gonna lie, I wanna know too!
Adams gone from having next to no SR issues ever, to having all of them in a week lol. Hope you get her sorted bro 👍
The only way to not have SR issues is to not have an SR...
That S15 is cursed 😂😂
you must be new
This is all for youtube
You people are chimps with phones
@@kanseidorito5287 u think they fucked it up on purpose for drama ? Bro lmfao 🤣
After the FD season is over, I think the LZ team needs to go on a dang vacation and relax for at least a week. You guys have been working so hard for all of us and y'all deserve some time to relax!
9:18 pm *motor put back together*
9:21 pm *sends a rip of donuts to break it properly*
Entire reason this is my favorite yt channel.
You need to put the blitz on the s15
I love how your guy cut and welded the rear quarter fenders ..looks dope and done right. Nobody welds they always cut and get flares...
Another day another SR struggle, brings me lots of joy having left them behind!
Really cool seeing Martin again. It brought back memories when you took the S13 there many times.
We all noticing now, WHERE IS FREDDIE
I've noticed for a while I really wanna know what happened he was soo good
@@JustMakingItHap-en bro i wonder the same havent seen him so long
Same here asked this question while back
Same. From what I've seen he hasn't been around since 3rd round of FD
Where is Freddie
Confused why Freddie isn't tuning it ?
Same I haven't even seen him around in any videos recently.
#wheresfreddy
Because Martin is the SR guy
Tuners don't tune anything and everything they have preferred engine's and ECUs they tune as I've noticed a lot of tuners only specilize in one type of ECU I've never seen a tuner do every type of ECU including stock
same broo did he left or ??
This was a blast from the past, enjoyed it.
SR teething problems and general S chassis confusion is what this channel was built on… 💪
LZ is def managing a big operation now... I'm genuinely so damn proud of him
can we just talk about this guys arm strenght placing the window with the naps on the side, FROM the side!? he has some damn confidence placing those S15 windows like that XD
The scenery in this video is absolutely mind blowing and I love it and motivates me soo much
@5:00 System of a Down playing in the background. Amazing coincidence I just was listening to this today for the first time in years. Very relevant.
You should put lights around the compound that change colors. Flip the switch to red when you are ripping around and green for when you’re not. Will help prevent accidents
Communication is free
I think anyone with ears knows when he's ripping 🤣
Patiently waiting for the 3 Rotor build
3? 4 Rotor dude! 😂😂
It’s a 4 rotor
Can’t wait to see the finished product and that sound 🤧🥵
Man these video’s are so beautifull to watch, what an awesome team! Enjoy every minute.
Finally someone to eat my late night snack with
Same bruh
Lmao same im eating ice cream
gold fish rn
Having a mango rn
Grapes and pretzels weird stuff
a tip when looking at cut open oil filters or any cut filter squeeze it in a vice and get rid of the oil etc and you can see so much better how much metal is in there.
Is Freddie still with LZMFG?
Curious about that too
Same
No.
No he is not i think sonething extremely shady went down...
@@leonardocasagrande6851 where have u heard about it
Did you see the exhaust gasket looks like it's been leaking. That can make that ticking sound. Plus the idle rattle is the VCT gear they are quite prone to rattling especially if high lift cams are involved.
From the very beginning it sounded like you have a one rod with excessive clearance, The excessive clearance is more than likely from one of four things the first is the rod was incorrectly sized during manufacture/machining and is why I like to take the time to blueprint /mock-up engines completely when building them. The second is the result of a screwup by the machine shop and one of the rod journals on the crank was incorrectly ground and or polished resulting in either a slightly undersized rod journal or out less likely an out of round rod journal, Option three is the crankshaft is not true this can result from previous engine damage resulting in a tweaked crankshaft, or a crankshaft that was dropped or was not stored in the vertical position when out of the engine. I have witnessed a crankshaft that was stored on its side for a little over 24 hours become slightly distorted, additionally I have also scene a crankshaft that was out of true from being stored on its side return to being true after it was stored on end (vertically) for a week or so. The fourth option is the upper rod bearing was damaged/distorted during assembly. This is normally caused when a piston is being tapped down into the cylinder and the rod hit the crankshaft at a bad angle or the upper bearing shell popped out of the rod slightly and became distorted either from the rod/bearings being roughly tapped home. In any event one or more bearings has developed excessive clearance. Lastly when dynoing a vehicle and the tuner says I thinks I hear engine noise chances are he/she hears a noise.
Adam like most of us know the Life of rushing a build SR are one of the few engines Ej ,rb20 , B20 etc that if you rush it alot can go wrong an most of the time its something small that sounds like something bad mechanical wise, I love that they are still trying to get it right even thought something is defs not going right, Wouldnt say thrashing it in Donuts was going to make it come back to life.. Johan is an amazing Mech, but with Any mech some specialize well in motors they are used to, an some have that Engine that always haunted them, i'm an Ex mech an EJ was that engine for me always had issues building them for people, SR can be amazing engines, ID of Defs gone a SRVVL Neo Head though, the Normal SR20 head has the most engnines Keep up the good work boys i hope it pans out,
Let’s go, y’all are working so hard just for these awesome vids and I’m so thankful
Definitely cool seeing Martin behind the wheel again doing some tuning for you! Always thought he was a great guy
It sounds amazing 🤤
18:12 soooo gud braaaa
@@connorb9097 bro I thought you time stamped the rod nock 🤣🤣
sounds like shim clearance honestly, the clearance isnt the big issue, its making sure all shims across exhaust and intake side are the same height (ex. exhaust guide and shim need to match so that way the rocker isn't sitting sideways, make sure they're all the same across exhaust side, and then do the same for the intake within oem tolerance, HOT SHIMS makes kits for this)
Hell yea Johan ripping a beer quick!
My day gets 1 million times better when I see one of your new videos in my recommended
Should be in your subscriptions
Why ain’t Freddie tuning ur car bro
Ive been watching Adam since he was in college and rode BMX everyday but know watching im confident about ripping my engine apart and out it back together again thx Adam 🤑🤗
B20 with b18 head I wanna do rods and pistons soon
ADAM PLEASE ADDRESS WHAT HAPPENED TO FREDDIE!!!!!
dope seeing the driftHQ guys bangin on this car too
Wasn’t expecting the Aidan cameo @20:20
down there doing up mike's nsx
All this headache with sr’s but Adam swears they’re so good😂
Right
It would have saved a lot of time if you had rebuilt the engine, but you guys are wizards and will present an incredible motor in time for the showdown...!
The dyno session took me back to NFSU2 times, they really nailed the audio in that game.
where u can hear the engine hit limiter too
Mike I really liked the beat you layed over towards the end of the video! Please incorporate more beats like that, we need a switch up from the lofi background music :)
Sweet. Now ka prices are going to skyrocket. Thanks johan 😂👍
Best sounding car out of all of your drift cars but I think the blue e36 looks the best
Do a KA build with johan! That'll be rad, let him pick everything out
Yes I vote for this, he needs to see how amazing they are, simple engines that make crazy power and torque, also if it’s a 16v it doesn’t have rocket arms!
This 👆
Johan can build the KA for Jimmy Oakes RWD Civic :D
20:23 finally! Been waiting for the appearance!
What happened to freddie
Who knows. I wonder the same
He quit and went back to his old job
That’s the vvt sprocket making the noise……..
Johan’s the best addition to the channel
i would love to see a ka build from adam that would be sick especially with one of those new Garrett turbos making all the torque
Dude a sohc with a g25-550 would be sick
I love you be the blue interior, its the last part that makes it so you can tell it was the mona Lisa
Martin is an OG.
19:08 the 3 rotor noises in the back 😍
Am I out of the loop, where’s Freddie at? Did he end up in the same hole as Shoemen?
Lol
Lol shoemen
@@bigdaveyyboi I like how that sounds better than Shulman.
shoehorn*
Idk what hole that is cause I’m not in it
Mad nostalgic pulling up to Z fever and seeing Martin😌
Where's freddie?
Seeing the process of taking the car in and out for tests late nights with the buds hanging out is what is all about doe
Crazy how he doesn’t mention his in house dyno or tuner, cmon g
dyno not set up yet
I think Carol Baskin whacked him
@@Matty.Hill_87 god dang carol baskin
@@trevorevans3520 it was set-up, his chaser was already on it.
He doesn’t work for him anymore
I see you Johan, pulling out the teloscoping microphone. Old skool method!
Where’s Freddie?
Love Johan using the old trick of putting a metal rod against the something and then against your temple
"This is why I like KA's better" the god said it!
Half way through the vid..... Just gotta say, I'm digging the edits/montage'ish stuff!!!
Content is always welcomed... But presentation is what drives it home!!!!!
Keep it going!!!
what happened to Freddie😢
First gasoline powered "turbo" vehicle i ever drove was a s15 with not heaps of power by today's standards. But was soo responsive and for someone who's never driven a gasoline powered car with a turbo. I can only imagine how nice this will be to drive 👌💪🔥
I think right now would be a perfect time to release a V2 of the SR Problems tee 😂
adam is a pimp i got a manual and am trying new stuff with it now, big ups to adam!!!
We seem to be missing some little legs...
Wonder what happened to them 😔
He was in the background in the last video
@@Nightkids7777 really? Where?
I love Garza, dude is so smiley. Also, the “don’t blow up” was awesome on the pistons
Please run the blitz 03 on this car. It gonna look so good.
Pleeeeeaseeeeee !
Lol, they are disgusting
@@AtMortenJ No, you are
@@icedoutshef also that
I disagree. Blitz 03's are classic and look awesome on some cars but I doubt it'd look right on this one
I wonder if this is one of those knocks? the same knock the boostedboiz had and it turned out to be an exhaust manifold gaskets leak. They tore the motor apart and there was no issue. And it definitely look like you had an exhaust gasket leak on that head
Where is Freedyyyyyyyyytt??
Man this editing on this video was feelin like a movie 😩👌
What happened to Freddie? He was kinda fun
Was asking the same thing, he doesn't come in the vids anymore?
Good to see that your not giving up despite sleepless nights. 🤙🏾
freddie??
That exhaust manifolds sick!!!
That’s no top end sound, rod knock all day. Also, where’s Freddie?
Rod knock 💯👊
I've been wondering where freedie has been? don't remember seeing him in the fd videos also....
"it could just be not redoing valve lash with the new cams" you better believe it , loose clearances are just as dangerous as tight clearances
Wheres freddie ?
Good to see the s15 up and going!
Where’s Freddie the tuning guy and shulmen
Sean has that natural mechanics rage
Where’s his on staff tuner?
We will never know. Something happened
The extension stethoscope trick never fails!!
Mom can we can an Adam Lz?
Mom: No we have an Adam Lz at home.
Adam Lz at home: 20:22
It's sounds AMAZING tho. That 3½ did it. Best sounding v4 ever. Love it alot
Anyone whos had that infamous rattle before it spins the bottom end be laughing RN watching them try figure it out... give it some time she'll spin eventually mate
Doesn't look like you have any crankcase ventilation with the crank port routed to the valve cover. That's kind of asking to push a front or rear main seal out under boost. Though maybe i'm not seeing the catch can.