Made some really good progress with
@Grundy on his engine this morning. Started off with new cam seals and put the cams in the vice to torque the new bolts and laid them in position along with the new cam tensioner and gaskets
ARP exhaust cam bolt (55ft/lb with red locktite) Inlet cam needs new bolt and torqued to 24Nm
Lubed the important bits where the cams sit in the head, we’d already lubed the valve lifters last week
Cams in position with the alignment notches facing upwards. Set the cam gears in the chain with 16 rollers between the marks
Refitted the cam caps and gradually worked all the bolts down then followed the torque sequence starting with caps 3, 4, 2, 5 working outwards and then 1 and finally the long end cover which needs a little gasket sealer underneath. Torqued the bolts down to 10Nm tightening in a opposite cross pattern
ARP head studs fitted using ARP lube on threads
That’s the head fitted
Made sure cylinder #1 was at TDC and cams aligned before mating. The ARP stud kit needs torquing to 80ft/lb in three equal steps using the ARP lube
Timing belt fitted, timing marks checked. All looks good
Test fitted the exhaust manifold, inlet and wastegate
1.5” runners, it’s huge
Precision Turbo wastegate
Awesome looking turbo oil and water lines arrived from Badger5
I know it’s not my engine build but I think I’m more exited about this than Sam is, haha. I’m just glad I’m not the one footing the bill
Next is the turbo purchase, this will be coming from AET Turbos and the manifold is now going away for ceramic coating before it’s all fitted. We still need to install the meth kit, fuel pumps, AEM wideband gauge and a few other things before it goes away for exhaust fabrication and then it’s running in time and then down to Badger5 for mapping
I think I should drive it back Sam
@Grundy