1600 mild street engine buildup

[Edmond]

got the heads from DaveR today they look brand new will post pics tomorrow

[Edmond]

Some pics of the heads with their new valves and hd single springs


Should be sending the cam to get reground at the end of this month and getting a flywheel
as well as getting DaveR to 8 dowel the crank and flywheel

[Edmond]

Got a flywheel today so next saturday it and the crank are going to DaveR to get 8 dowelled and the flywheel will also maybe get slightly lightened

[Edmond]

Crank and flywheel is with DaveR to get slightly lightened and 8 dowelled once its
done everythings going to Dave Ingle to get balanced
Got the casing back from DaveR after he had to make a spacer for the No1 main bearing
because I could only get bearings with a +1mm flange instead of a +2mm flange
that the casing was cut for, also got a few other goodies from him
I need to get another STD 1600 barrel one of them has a cracked cylinder wall

[Edmond]

Got another STD barrel and a new set of 20 thou pistons and rings so the barrels are getting sent to Claude Inder to get rebored next week at least then I know they will be good for at least 100 000 km

[Edmond]

I got the flywheel and crank back from Dave R he lightened the flywheel to about 14.5 pounds
while the assembly was 8 dowelled
The rebored barrels should be ready by next weekend then I can pickup a 8 dowel kit,
hd gland nut and oil strainer kit from Dave R while im there
Should be expecting the cam followers and solid rocker shaft kit I ordered from Rui
to arrive soon

[Edmond]

I got the barrels back from Inder as well as some goodies from Dave R
Rotating assembly should be going for balancing at the end of the month as well as getting the cam reground then its assembly time

[Edmond]

Cam is going to G & C Auto for regrinding sometime this week.
Still got to get a pressure plate before all the rotating assembly bits go
to Dave R for balancing should be getting one this weekend hopefully

[dubster]

Edmond are you going to bump compression a bit aswell?believe its going to be a nice setup...not a monster motor but if you want pass a car then you dont have to kill the motor and look like an idiot...you just put foot down in forth and go...

[Edmond]

Yes Dubster im going to get the heads flycut 1mm depth should bump up the CR to about 8:1
I just wanted something mild with a bit more power it should run nice and smooth though
The solid rocker shafts and cam followers should be arriving this week as well

[hitlers revenge]

Edmond, why you sending your cam to Cooper and Guch. They gonna just send it to Arno in Villiersdorp and charge you extra.

Why not take it to Arno yourself and see his vehicles while your there.

my 5c.

[Edmond]

I thought Goch and Cooper do it in house I spoke to Deon Goch yesterday about getting it reground
Will give Arno a call today

Thanks HR

[Edmond]

Well G & C Auto collected the cam today so thats one thing out of the way

[Edmond]

Cam is too worn to regrind the W100 profile so im getting a new billet cam done with the W100 grind at G&C at a good price now I need a new 3 bolt cam gear with matching bolts anybody got one

[Tony Z]

Sounds odd.....
why not get another used stock cam and get them to grind it, will be much cheaper