Mk1 16v Project

[Preen59]

My Supertech HD valve springs and Military grade (had to state that.. ) Titanium retainers turned up the other day. I hadn't had a chance to open the package until this arvo. The retainers are unbelievably light! The springs appear to be good quality. Well packaged too.

Here's a pic just to get under your skin, Josh!

[GoLfMan]

dam you dam you!!!
updates are few and far between bro hurry up!

[Preen59]

dam you dam you!!!
updates are few and far between bro hurry up!

Gimme a break, dude! I've been really busy! You know the story, first you have the time and no money, then you start making more money and have no time!

I'm trying to get this stuff done. Now we've got the blaster i'll clean the gearbox up and blast that etc.

[GoLfMan]

Gimme a break, dude! I've been really busy! You know the story, first you have the time and no money, then you start making more money and have no time!

I'm trying to get this stuff done. Now we've got the blaster i'll clean the gearbox up and blast that etc.

ill hear none of it!!! lol nah bro tottally understand

[Preen59]

Got my stud kits today. . Can't beat ARP for quality. Very nice.

[WABIT]

lol needs to be lower.

wabit

[Preen59]

lol needs to be lower.

wabit

I don't get it..

[WABIT]

lol neither did i... it was 12am man.... hehe

wabit

[Preen59]

lol neither did i... it was 12am man.... hehe

wabit

Haha, nice one dude.

[Mischa]

:O dude i just read your WHOLE thread start to finish. big cudos to you for doing all this work yourself. i feel silly now for my comment in sydney "oh yeh building a 16v aye, what've you done with it?". lots of inspiration in there...

[Preen59]

:O dude i just read your WHOLE thread start to finish. big cudos to you for doing all this work yourself. i feel silly now for my comment in sydney "oh yeh building a 16v aye, what've you done with it?". lots of inspiration in there...

Hahaha. The WHOLE thread? man, thats some reading! Yeah there's been some work done. Being sread out it doesn't feel like that much, but when you look back on it, i'd hate to tally up how many hours i've spent on it. But hey, its better than blowing it on alcohol and cheap thrills! Thanks for the complement man.

[Preen59]

Did a little more tonight. I went to fit the head studs to the block the other day and the threads had a little corrosion etc in them and the studs were binding on them. I tried blowing them out but that didn't seem to work.

So, this arvo i made my own TPR Gingerbeering patented thread cleaner outerer. I just got an old 1.6 head bolt and ground 2 opposing flutes on it on the offhand grinder. If you don't have access to one, you could just use an angle grinder and be careful.

I would have just used a tap for this, but the bolts are 11mm dia by 1.5mm pitch. Why didn't they just use 12mm?

Anyway time for pics.

Here's the block with all the studs in and the torque plate slipped over the top.

I just wanted to make sure i didn't screw up on the dimensions when i made it. Thankfully, i didn't.

And here's a shot of the bolt i modified. Its a little hard to see.

[GoLfMan]

what does the torque plate do again mate? nice piece of machining there

[Preen59]

what does the torque plate do again mate? nice piece of machining there

Its to extend the cylinders so i can run longer rods.. Nah just kidding, you torque it down when you bore and hone it to distort the block 'out of true' so that it is actually 'true' when the head is torqued onto it. If you measure the bore under no tension after it has been bored and honed torqued up, it will be all over the place.

By the way, did you notice the TPR Engineering logo? A guy i know has converted an old bridgeport mill into a CNC mill and does all kinds of stuff like that.

[GoLfMan]

thats awesome mate thats for the explanation