It's got BC valve springs and Ti retainers and 1mm OS valves. Read the thread

I might take the head off, pull the pistons and clearance for the oil squirters. I should have stopped when I saw the lack of clearance in that area, but i was all about making progress...

 

I new you did something and when I looked back in the thread to see I didnt look through everything, I knew thats what you did, I remember now...

 

Awesome build man, keep up the good work

 

I ordered Kelford 272's today.

I also got a few more fabrication parts for the lower IC pipe and some other random hardware etc.

 

Great write-up so far. Sucks to hear about the oil squirters.

 

Heck yeah!

 

Here are some pictures of the oil squirters, it's hard to get a clean shot but this gives you an idea.




What I'm thinking for the fix.

 

So I worked everything out last night. First I installed with just the washers. But the squirters were still closer than I wanted. So I did some bending as well.

- clamped the squirter in a vise and slightly bent it up with needle nose pliers.

- Then I bent the tip back with some pliers. If I didn't do this the tip was too close to the piston pin boss area in the center of the piston.

Stock


Bent


I then re-installed with the bent squirters and the washers and checked clearance. I had bent one of the squirters too much and it hitting the crank counter weight. So I had to mellow the bend. It's important to check everything!

Here's a picture of the final deal.

 

nice work man.

I am lucky i didn't run into this problem we just deleted them on my motor

 

Very cool Jared!

 

Got a used Buschur FMIC today from the "for sale" area today

Buh-Bye stock intercooler

 

glad to hear you are not putting a stock fmic back on

 

Sweet!

 

Cleaned up the oil pump and took it apart and inspected the gears and clearance. Everything looked great so I lubed it up and put it back together. Here's checking the gear clearance to the case with a feeler gauge.



So I put in new seals in the oil pump, blocked off the balance shaft hole and got to re-assembly. I was able to get the race balance shaft in, oil pump housing, water pump, engine mount, tensioner, main gear, and some covers back on.



Then it's back in it's plastic sleeping bag and off to bed for the night.



Tomorrow I'll be looking to finish up that front side, get the cooling hoses and such back on, re-install the intake manifold, paint the valve cover - stuff like that. The Kelford 272's should arrive on Tuesday-ish so I should be able to wrap up the engine on the stand by end of next week.

 

looks just like when I was building mine