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[JETGSR]

not sure where to post pics ? so i'll post here and MODS may move if they are unhappy!

Pics are of the spigot, clutch, spigot bearing, engine bay partly finished and some cam gear insurance. Yes they are steel! and a wanky blue belt.

Troy

[rob323]

Thanks for the offer Craig but I am already running a modded stockie.
Time for an upgrade methinks!

Time for a Rob's special dual stage twin bov conversion eh

[MDK87]

Lookin good Jet! 8)

Btw, happy 21st birthday jdm-vr4! Hope you have a great one.

[rob323]

Troy, what flywheel you using? Looks like a standard one. (what! no, can't be, there's nothing else standard on that car, he wouldn't be using a standard one. hell no... )

Have you tried to fit the gearbox yet? I imagine that unless you have more room than you do in a vr4, then getting the end of the input shaft into the bearing in the flywheel is going to be a real beeeeetch (unless you can remove your drivers side chassis rail for easy access).

Oh, happy birthday day Marek. Don't worry. You'll stilll be young, dumb and full of..... for quite a few years yet (unlike some of us).

[JETGSR]

The box is in and yes it was tight, we gave it very little tolerence the next one should there ever be one would have more than .1 of a mm

the flywheel is a standard one. but we machined it to fit the spigot bearing.

Exhaust mani is the last thing left to do and the turbo lines!

then turn key!

[GVR40]

glad yours is going well troy, mine has gone beyond worse possible case scenario, pulled the valve cover off today and found that all of the rocker arms had come off the valves, and one the way taken bits of the lifters with them. so i have a useless set of lifters that have 520kms on them. so now i have to wait for new lifters to arrive before i can drive again. don't know what damage is done to the pistons yet, didn't want to take the head off until all the parts are here

[JETGSR]

pull the cams out and measure the heights of the valves, see if they are the same? (ie: bent valves) but if the rollers have come off there is a good chance that you have bent something!

Troy

[jdm-vr4]

thanks Mo and Rob:)

Troy the car looks great:)

what coil packs are you using??

[GVR40]

pull the cams out and measure the heights of the valves, see if they are the same? (ie: bent valves) but if the rollers have come off there is a good chance that you have bent something!

Troy

i know the valves are bent, no point me denying it, no big deal, should only take a day to fix when all the parts arrive

[rob323]

But why were the rockers not on the lifters? Might pay to check for coil bind on the valve springs Craig.

[JETGSR]

yes thought of that after I posted!

might of been a bit of over REV there me thinks! (if your cams are std)

Almost bought an EIII with the same problem, I accounted for pretty much a complete head rebuild and 2 pistons.

worst case. well not really ... worst case is the whole motor is lunched!

didn't end up buying it.

[GVR40]

i hadn't had the revs up that high, probably around 5k rpm max, when it happened i was just cruising in 3rd probably around 3k-4k, cams are 272/272 with heavy duty valve springs.

what i think has happened, is when the valves have bent and got stuck down the oil pump has stopped at the same time so it hasn't pumped oil into the lifters to keep the rocker arms on, so the have fallen off. it makes sense in my head anyway.

[MDK87]

Ouch man. I'm tempted to say get another engine, that one is cursed!
Good luck with fixing it, and let me know if you need any help.

[JETGSR]

if dont panic, when my cam gear broke it only cost me 1 gorilla : that was for 16 new valves ,new head gasket and all the labour to do the head again.

i think the valves are about $ 18 each and $27 for the inlets each : cant really remember it was a tragic moment for me, I was very embarassed and they even took pictures

It scared me for life!! :evil:

[JETGSR]

guess you'll need to keep that awsome tool of mine!

[GVR40]

it may help, but i think i will need to use a proper valve spring compressor to do it. so far this has cost me 1 gorilla just in parts, still got to pay for lifters

[rob323]

i think the valves are about $ 18 each and $27 for the inlets each : cant really remember it was a tragic moment for me, I was very embarassed and they even took pictures

What do you expect, you spoiled our nice leisurely cruise :evil: .
Anyway, my car trailer has been vr4 proof tested now so next time, we'll be able to get it all the way home, not just down to the bottom of the hill.

[JETGSR]

next time ? next time I'll light the fucker on fire and catch a taxi home.

The only thing I can see that will go wrong is the box will break!

I certainly don't think it was the tool that cause your greef as It has been used in 2 cars now and had no problems. But that is cool if you don't want to us it.

[brisvr4]

I think that the explanation that you have in your head for the rockers coming off is perfectly sound Craig. I would say that is pretty much exactly what happened.
Do you need a hand with anything else on it mate?

[GVR40]

What do you expect, you spoiled our nice leisurely cruise :evil: .
Anyway, my car trailer has been vr4 proof tested now so next time, we'll be able to get it all the way home, not just down to the bottom of the hill.

nearly vr4 proofed rob, need longer ramps, but it does work...

next time ? next time I'll light the fucker on fire and catch a taxi home.

The only thing I can see that will go wrong is the box will break!

I certainly don't think it was the tool that cause your greef as It has been used in 2 cars now and had no problems. But that is cool if you don't want to us it.

i don't think it is your tool that had anything to do with it mate, just that when the head is off there wont be anything to hold the valves in place to get the springs etc off.

I think that the explanation that you have in your head for the rockers coming off is perfectly sound Craig. I would say that is pretty much exactly what happened.
Do you need a hand with anything else on it mate?

would love a hand with it tim when the new lifters arrive, going to get enginbldr to send me another set, unless someone has 16 lifters laying around...