with such a compression mismatch it will run like crap, im gonna borrow a leak down tester and see whats up, ive just never seen odd results like this before
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with such a compression mismatch it will run like crap, im gonna borrow a leak down tester and see whats up, ive just never seen odd results like this before
old comp tester
It has not been turned over for 3 years or so and the cylinders looked dry when I removed the plugs, i did think 170 was high but its an comp tester so may be off a little
Yh could be, I just find it weird that its good, bad ,good bad normally if its head gasket its the centre cylinders which are low due to the head warping.
hi guys I picked up an s14 as a non runner that had been sat for a few years and I did not findout the history of the engine
I put power to it and compreesion tested it
The results were
Cyl...
lol true
Im just looking for a bit of guidence, I cant dial them in because the motor is built and in the car, so its going to have be done the old school way ensuring piston to valve clearance allowing room...
hi guys I have bought adjustable pulleys for my hks 264 step 2 cams,
my spec is 1.1mm cosworth gasket with 7 thou skimmed off the head
I wondered if anyone could help me with setting them up? I...
after much research Ive put it down to a rocker tick due to the wrong shim clearance, is there any chance you may have mixed up your shims when you rebuilt the head?
I too have the same annoying problem and ive checked everything but shim clearance, but cant see why that would cause a tapping sound, its only when I give it a rev and the idle is coming down you...
The q45 should be ok for me as I can't run no more than 410 with standard pistons and rods
True and I haven't bought a top mount mani or external gate yet, any ideas where to get em from?
Mine has a 12cm twin scroll ex housing with a 7 blade compressor so I should see those figures which doesn't sound too bad
The max with standard pistons is around 400bhp I've heard, but wow I didn't realise these turbo's could produce that much power
Hi guys I've got a hx35 turbo I've had for a while it's a standard turbo non waste gated with a 12cm exhaust housing, if I fit this to my s14a and get it mapped with a q45 maf and 740 injectors, what...
No they removed 7 tho I did say that after the first reply lol I'm gonna try but I thought Id save some time by asking the forum
There was nothing wrong with the head I had the valve seats recut and asked for a skim and that's all that was needed, all I'm asking is if I need a thicker gasket to avoid piston valve interference...
The head was skimmed 7 thousands of an inch
0.7 tho
Lol lM tired and not explaining myself properly, can I go for any thickness gasket or do I need the thickest to avoid valve piston interference?
Hi guys I have a standard s14a block with 54k and a s14 head which is skimmed with HKS Valve springs and HKS 264 cams, which size cosworth gasket should I go for which will stop the valves touching...
Hi the best thing to do is put a tea spoon of oil down the plug hole and then do a compression test, if the compression raises then you have a piston problem if it stays at 110 psi then you have a...
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