had another few hours on it today..
I bought Hallys old head that he and dale converted to non roller rocker to rape it for its lovely BC springs and titanium retainers also the rocker stoppers will come in handy..
so I ripped it apart with the old spring compressor
having salvaged...
Had a few hours tinkering with the lump today got the pistons and rods in the block and them all torqued and angled up..
i got the technique for fitting CP's locking rings down to a T by the 4th one..
then had to go get some rubber O-rings as the one I had put aside for the...
from the feedback iv gotten on here the SR20 forum and the SXOC I am felling better about the clearances..
build up wise i'm just using what I always use mineral oil.. rubbed on sensually with my own fair hands.. I like to work it into all the cracks..
SHAMELESS COPY PASTE!! but it contains details of the crank weights at the end
So today iv had a few hours measuring my bearing clearances using plastigauge.
so with my block now jet washed and all cleaned I laid in The ACL race bearing and slipped the crank in.
following that I...
so I built up the bottom end to Plastiguage the mains,
I followed the torque down procedure in the FSM 38lbft then 45degs but I did it with DRY un oiled main bolts
so doing it gave me these results.
now they are under the maximum of 0.050mm at 0.038-0.04 but abit loose compared to the...
finally got my crank home.. so all the machine shop work is done..
So they have done the following
87mm overbore
deck the block
deck the head
fit 2 new valve stems as they were cracked
recut the new seats and valves
knife edge and balance the crank
balance the flywheel
de grease head and...
Got the block back so I had a quick session gapping the new 87mm 9:1 compression CP pistons..
quick shot of the head
I need to power clean the lot before doing a dry build to check clearances but for that I need my pressure washer to get back from the repair shop and the crank to come...
TBH its really not worth the effort on a turbo car if I was going for mega N/A powers I might consider it but when there's a snail pushing the air in its a hell of a step up from the 200sx one anyway... I need to get the engine built and running rather than fannying with bits like that :)
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