great times bruce! what part of nz are you from? im from up north, but glad i moved. About to get my darton sleeved turbo'd engine tuned actually, should get 300kw at the wheels. looking for mid...
couldnt agree more!!!!
I had a really "old school mechanic" machine a head and linish a crank for me once, he asked what compression i was going to run my b18c at and freaked out when i told him it...
so have people done it without any trouble dean? i really have no use for pushing more than 9krpm, thats getting a bit high for my intended use i think. i just want the retainers to fit snug and...
well just for referance, i have pressed out an itr retainer and checked the spring size differance between the oem spring and crower spring. the big inner spring diameter is the same however the...
there should be crap loads of room before the piston hits the head... remember if it is just hitting under idle, then with high rpm it would have exploded by now due to rod stretch... and your...
whas gsi said ;) its a fun project to do but you have to look at what your aim is then work backwards from that, you have to keep focused on what you "need" and aim for that rather than what pops up...
i have a b16a head and with cams vtec solinoid etc if you are interested, it will allow for better intake manifold (ie type r, non butterfly type) however slightly less compression i believe...
i finally managed to take out my sunroof glass last night, the stupid allan key bolt heads stripped so i had to drill them out. took me ages to get round to this nasty one!!
absolutly nothing wrong with running with used semis, I would definatly run these over a typical street tyre if i could, especially if it were for practice. if however you were to try and put a P.B...
afas well as doing what "Types" said, i would also disconect the ignition (dizzy) pull the spark plugs out and crank the motor over and give the bores a good suirt with a water dispersant like crc....
yep, as soon as its started you want to be giving it a bit of load, the first ten mins is the most important part of the break in imo... even with new bearings I let it idle as little as i can...
had a look at the tar matting underneath the car yesterday, its alot thinner than the inside stuff. I might not strip it just yet unless i get desperate. cant really see more than 5 kgs in it all...
i managed to pull 14kgs of tar from inside my dc2 (thats including the dash lining stuff) using a flat edged hammer drill bit on just the hammering function. then also ripped all my heater boxes out...
