Alright Suckas ...

HKS 264 cams are up for sale - and I'll grab some Kelfords. As I see it the following individuals are responsible... and will need to buy some seat brackets.

- hokiruu: for being worried about the results with HKS cams vs. the awesomeness of the build.
- RallySport (Ben): for having swapped out his HKS cams during his 2.3L GT3076 build.
- justboosted02: for swapping out his HKS 264's in his 2.3L Gt3076 and providing DYNO evidence of the improvements.
- wshishnevo: for pointing out that now is the best time to swap out cams, and justifying it with time spent vs money saved.
- sabastian458: posting how great other cams are, and having a similar setup.

I'll look for your guys orders

 

Glad to see you are staying away from the BC's

 

Glad I could help and seriously when I get some extra money soon I have been wanting to get the brackets. Everytime I get into my car I am like I cant wait to pick up some brackets. I am forever adjusting my seat position.

 

They've been on my shopping list for quite awhile now, and just moved up a few notches. I'll do it ASAP! If not, then maybe I'll start sending you paypal $ on lay-away in the meantime just to help you get the Kelfords.

 

Part of my next paycheck might have your name on it Jared.

 

Well it was one of those days yesterday.... where crap goes wrong.

Trying to get the balance shaft bearings out I was struggling. There are allen set screws directly outside the bearings. And the bearing wasn't budging, so I thought I may need to remove the set screws. BAD IDEA. The are made of weak material and seriously torqued in place. My allen wrench just spun inside them. So then I tried vise grips on the outside - that just collapsed it... great. So I grab an easy out broken screw remover. I drill a hole, thread in the easy out, start turning and BAM - The easy out breaks. Awesome, now I have a piece of hardened tool steel stuck in the bolt I need to remove; sweet. So an hour later and a handful of burnt drill bits and dull punches I get the thing out. I ruined the threads in the block though as my drilling kept getting deflect by the broken easy out. So I'll need to up size it and tapped new threads. And then it turns out the set screws don't even make contact with the bearings! I guess I'll know what I'm doing next time.

I finally did get the bearing out it just took major banging with a big mallet.

Before all that carnage I did get the rings filed and fitted on the pistons.

Anyone who hasn't seen this video, should. It's a cool fast speed engine build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVXj4ULvPJQ

 

That sounds rough Jared, I feel for you. Yeah, that vid is always great to watch.

 

wow jared! look awesome! cant wait see ur car running agains.. forward to see ur car soon man! good job!

 

Lots of pictures....

Here was me struggling to remove bolts that could have stayed in place. Don't remove these!



What the front balance shaft bearing looked like after I beat the **** out of it. It being so hard to get out was what "screwed" me (thinking I had to remove the set screws).



Up-sizing the hole/threads since they got ruined drilling out the broken screw/easy out.



Pressing in the new bearing with the oil hole clocked away from the oil feed. Ugly bolt with RTV. Since the bearing covers the hole there's really little risk of oil being there, but a little RTV to be sure. I may paint that bolt so I don't look at it and remind myself of the carnage.



Back to the fun stuff. Grinding the piston ring end gaps.



Checking gaps.



Time to lube things up and start reassembly.



Crank in and spun around a few times.



Bearing Cap on, torqued, and thrust in spec!



These C-Clips are a pain to put in. The pain is mostly in my fingers -ouch!



Just tap it in.



Pistons in and ready to clean off all the extra oil.



Surfaces cleaned and head gasket on.



Buttoned up.



Now I can finish cleaning the oil pump housing and get all the motor externals back on.

 

I would have left the extra oil. It will help with the break in some. Glad to see that it is coming along well.

 

Hey my oil squirters are uber close to the piston skirts. Any of you guys run into this.

 

Don't you have a TIG welder? Next time build up a few beads on top of the broken screw, clamp on some vise grips and it will come right out.

 

Yeah, I was moving too fast when this happened and did too much damage before I stopped and thought. The problem was that the vise grips collapsed set screw, building up some wall thickness would have been a good idea - I'll remember that. I probably would have been ok if i used a size bigger of easy out.

Oh well, The next time I'll do better.

 

You just build up a pille of beads, the heat and weld shrinks the bolt or plug and he pile of beads just gives you something to grab on to.

 

Jared did you do anything to the head besides get it cleaned and what not and the cams that will be going in it?