Blue Thing: The Daily / Motorkhana Hack (Now Efi)

[carbonboy]

Just a bit of fun to try & take my mind off why I haven't done this earlier, keeping the drum brakes on the rear for now. They're all bled, just waiting on my wheel alignment booking now :)

 

As she sits now:

 

Edited July 30, 2013 by carbonboy

[carbonboy]

Got the wheel alignment this afternoon, despite initially being told that I don't have any front camber adjustment at all by the employee. They shut up real quick when asked if they'd like to bet the cost of the alignment on it.

 

Anywho, spec's are:

 

 

*cue debate about alignment settings*

 

:P

 

I have some replacement front control arms & a swaybar lined up, so another alignment will be done then or shortly after so I have an idea of what, if anything, I would like changed. There is also the limited scope of adjustment with the factory setup as well.

 

The test drive went well, if cautiously. I'd cleaned the pads/rotors as best as I could & machining may have been the best idea for taking the remaining surface rust off. But in my mind, a few stops going up & down my street with an old set of brake pads does the same thing. Turn-in is much improved, sea-sickness tablets no longer required as body roll is a fraction of what I'm used to. The ride quality is significantly firmer but not uncomfortable, my CD-player skips over bumps now but care factor = zero.

[coln72]

So you will be lifting two wheels at the next motorkhana

[carbonboy]

I'll try my best! :yes:

[coln72]

Just try to keep the blue parts off the black stuff ;)

[Trev]

Just try to keep the blue parts off the black stuff ;)

 

Haha

[carbonboy]

I've spent nearly two days trying to think up a witty response, I got nuthin'.

 

:harhar:

[coln72]

:P

 

[carbonboy]

Had a minor mishap last night reassembling the cylinder head, the spring compressor slipped (operator error) & gouged one of the lifter bores. *insert loads of expletives here* Downed tools, went to the bottle-shop & had a night playing Devil May Cry 5 while drinking Bundy Red.

 

Went to Bunnings this morning & picked up a cheap Ozito rotary tool. A bit of careful polishing later the bore feels okay, there are still some small grooves but the ridges that formed are gone, so hopefully no excessive wear on the lifter. The upside of this is I now have another power tool that I can see being useful, but not used often enough to justify spending more than $40.

 

 

Next up, lifters in & checking oil clearances, yay!

Edited August 5, 2013 by carbonboy

[carbonboy]

All the camshaft bearing oil-clearances came up as being within limits (got the hang of this Plastigauge stuff now :P ), so the cams came back out, cleaned, lubed & reassembled. Feeling pretty good about it being back together correctly too. I may or may not have disassembled the whole thing to double-check I had the valve stem seals on properly & found one not quite right...

 

All done!

 

[Trev]

Good work mate.

[carbonboy]

Cheers Trev, it's now obvious to me why engine builders charge so much. It's a mind-f@#k even when everything's labelled, in order & you have step-by-step instructions, let alone all mixed up (heard a few horror stories from the cylinder head guy).

 

Now to get the block back from the machinist & start assembling that, more fun times!

[carbonboy]

May the progress recommence! Forgot to order piston rings, but sorting those next week. Machinists were literally moving the workshop to their new location (mostly with forklift/truck) when I picked the block up, so will give them some time. Could get them from Repco etc, but the machinists can get them for me even cheaper so why bother? ;)

 

0.010"/0.25mm deck skim & probably not even that much with a cylinder honing, paid a third of what I was semi-quoted/expecting so no complaints here! :)

 

Edited August 16, 2013 by carbonboy

[coln72]

Nice, but need to squirt some color on it ;)

[carbonboy]

True, I was thinking that those bores would look great in yellow.

 

Edit: Playing with filters/effects while bored at the laundromat last night, turned out okay for a phone camera.

 

Edited August 16, 2013 by carbonboy