I'm still working out what I think is the best way to vent the crankcase, it will probably involve a large catch can and several brake boost valves.
I rebuilt to top end of the engine with pretty much all new parts including:
- New OEM valve guides (bitch to replace apparently),
new Supertech stainless valves,
crower springs and retainers and
ATR LMA's.
The LMA's:
In place:
New valve stem oil seals:
Valves and retainers:
Now onto the bottom end:
Bearings:
I got the machine shop to measure everything that I needed to know the dimensions of to remove the guesswork out of fitting bearings, still I plastigauge-d everything to double check.
All was good so onto the fitting:
Piston rings:
I made mu own setup to set the correct gap on the rings, it worked really well:
Then combining the rings, pistons and rods:
And checking the gap on the rings:
And in you go...........
Coming together......
New oil pump, water pump and timing belt stuff including the balance shaft delete:
Then head meet bottom end with an OEM gasket:
And on with the cams, followers and the rest:
The rest of the cam timing gubbins in place:
Random:
Adjustable cam gears:
Random bottom:
I decided not to do the rocker cover in a solid colour:
I'e decided to fit an OEM weight flywheel:
With a new clutch:
More soon...............
I love seeing these kind of updates! Great work Paul 