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Does it only make the noise on Bluetooth connection, or does it do it if you connect via USB aswell?

And here she sits, all timed up and ready to rock. Just a few bits to do, like set up the crank trigger bracket and wheel, aswell as the obvious timing covers, water pump etc

Getting closer. With the change of camshaft it’s paramount that they’re properly dialled in to ensure valve opening, closing and overlap happen when they’re supposed to. Furthermore, as my heads have clearly been skimmed, it’s equally important to make the appropriate adjustments are made to reset the centre line of the camshafts to crank. The adjustable cam pulleys make this possible and are a must when changing camshafts To make use of a large timing wheel (which makes the process easier and I’d guess more accurate) Mitch made up an adapter for the crank snout to enable the use of a bigger timing wheel Then the process began Hopefully this will be topped and tailed later today and the final bits and bobs will be installed ready for shipping

Not used Elvington, but have done a Vmaxx event at Bruntingthorpe in the Z. Great surface there and used more regularly the Elvington so I think it’s better maintained

Plan is to get/keep the car to a similar standard to this engine..... it’s gunna be a long road but it’ll get there

Ah, forgot yours was a shortie

So after a chat with Mitch, a splash of colour has been added into the mix. Those of you who know me personally probably know I’m not a fan of multi coloured loud engine bays. Just not my style. However, I was stuck in a bit of a quandary. I’ve got nearly 1K’s worth of BDE cam gears that aren’t going to be visible due to the colour of the gears against the black backing plates. The colour scheme of my car has always been black with anodised red accents. So Mitch made a suggestion and after a bit of thinking I ran with it. Bold..... They’ve been painted anodised red, by coincidence, the same paint I used on my Plenum many moons ago. The idea was simple, to have a back drop that accentuates the black BDE gears Still too bold? Maybe..... but I’d always had in my mind I had smoked timing belt covers. And they’ve done exactly as I hoped With the anodized red fasteners, I think this is an in keeping way of highlighting the quality of the products used in this build (a bit like a window in a Swiss watch) without being overly shouty and in line with the rest of the car. Another nice little touch is these Copper exhaust nuts to prevent seizing in the future

Looks like windscreen washer bottle leaking

Also just thinking, my heads have been skimmed 3 times, which is probably the biggest reason for the slight step ***edit, should read the replies first, what he said ^^^^***

Thanks fella

Yep

Upper and Lower ARP idler studs installed

Lower Plenum is now complete. EPR noticed that the Plenum was warped by 7 thou, so it’s been surfaced to correct. I also had a couple of iffy threads for where the upper Plenum bolts down to it. This has been resolved and all the threads have been replaced with Keen-Serts Unfortunately, it appears that the stock gaskets appear thicker than previously experienced. This has caused the lower Plenum to sit a little higher than the port by a smidge. A shame, but budget doesn’t allow for rectifying at the moment

Another little update. As the late series cars did away with the EGR system, it means the EGR valve mount on the back of the lower Plenum is redundant. So, to make getting to the knock sensor that little bit easier, it’s been machined off. Here’s a little sneak peak of the lower Plenum porting aswell

I’d guess to accommodate an adjustable bias valve

OEM. They’re sprayed with a copper coating to help create a bond between deck surfaces.

A pic showing the inside of the oil galley that was opened cleaned and threaded that supply’s the lifters

So they’ve got a 44 micron stainless steel mesh filter that’s washable. There’s nothing about service life on the bumpf on the website, but I guess you’d just clean them out whenever you did a normal oil and filter change. As for pressure drop, being TurboSmart, I doubt there’s any

Another new addition that will provide a little more protection to the turbos I’ll be plumbing one of these in the feed line for each turbo. Should anything go wrong in the future (I bloody hope not!) they’ll prevent any debris being sent off to the oil journals and potentially trashing a set of turbos. I’ll need to make up a set of custom -4 braided lines for the turbo oil feeds, but that shouldn’t be too hard to do

Coolio Yeah it would in an ideal world, but it’s being force fed by a Plenum (not drawn by cylinder vacuum once on boost) that isn’t supplying a balanced portion of air. By going down that rabbit hole I’d be chasing my tail for thousands of dollar more work... kinda gotta stop somewhere. Cheers dude

This is the other vid EPR sent me that shows a bent vs straight valve in the same jig [video=youtube_share;jHkHXqaxi3I]

He didn’t check them using the lathe, that was simply the easiest method of showing me via video what he had noticed when he had put the valve in the valve grinder. I’m sure there is a more accurate method of showing the amount of bend, but it’s kinda pointless.... a bent valve is a bent valve and needs replacing. Checking the ports volume, probably not as that info doesn’t really assist me in any way. I can’t make use of it for the tuning process as the Haltech Platinum doesn’t allow individual cylinder fuel maps, just injector trim. If I had something like an Elite 2500 or Motec M150, with individual IAT sensors per cylinder and EGT per cylinder then it would be information I could actual use to my benefit. Otherwise it’s just “nice info to have” for me at this stage. I’ll be able to see the benefits/changes in the heads as I’m using VE based tuning rather than Speed Density, so my VE numbers in the map should be lower across the whole map in comparison to my old setup as both compression ratio and engine CC has remained the same

Nope. It must have just glanced them

Indeed. The lower Plenum has also been cnc ported. This is done by bolting the lower Plenum to the head to ensure the transition from Plenum to head is as smooth as possible

Just when the build starts gathering momentum.......I’ll start with the bad news... So for those of you who’ve followed this thread from the start, you may recall a lucky escape I had when a backing plate bolt worked its way loose as jammed itself into one of my intake pulleys...... Post #15 in this thread if you wish to remind yourself. Well it turns out I didn’t get away with it after all! As Mitch has started to cut the seat angle in the valve, he noticed one of the valve wasn’t spinning concentrically in the cutting machine. So he put it on a dial gauge and this is what he found [video=youtube_share;xFHyq-m-pyg] It turns out I have 6 intake valves in the exact same condition... bent. How this car made over 550hp on 6 bent valves is beyond me! Yet again, Mitch’s diligence has made sure that I have a 100% perfect engine and nothing less. So I’ve ordered 6 replacement SuperTech valves from CZP. On the good side, the heads are progressing well. Some before and afters with the head work