i used a 6" bench grinder with wirebrush wheel that i have on the garage wall, it buffed the crud off the valves in no time



ive noticed the faces of the exhaust valves are quite badly pitted, so im going to take them into work tonight and reface them so theyre good as new

 

 

managed to reface the exhaust valves last night

to show the difference it made... here's a before and after comparison

before...



after...



should make lapping in a whole load easier

 

nice work.

what management you using? fiesta?

 

yeah its been built to accomodate fiesta turbo management

 

You sure its not just the way you install the gaskets

How did you do the valves? Presumably you refaced them on a lathe yea?

 

aye mustve been my kack handed gasket fitting

yeah just took a few small cuts off the face using a lathe until they were good as new

 

Well if you can't even fit a gasket properly i dont envy the poor sucker that buys the engine

 

you cheeky dirtbag

 

Tell us something we don't already know

 

Hang on, what's going on here Ben? I thought you sold it! Is it obvious I haven't been on PF much?

 

hi stranger... lol, the cars gone but the engines still here

 

Red16 see how many people you are confusing

 

You bloody weirdo...who sells a car then carries on building the engine? I was so impressed by your commitment earlier on in this thread, now I suspect you should be paying the men in white coats with the money from the car's sale!

 

SafeChav its only simple people that get confused... you know... them that cant read proper

heeman10 i know... it seems a little crazy doesnt it

 

Yes, as long as you're having fun in there eh?

 

why not polish the valves while you're at it? i did mine a few weeks ago when rebuilding my mondy Si head... also changed the inlet valves for the 33mm blacktop ones while i was at it!

pics:

 

MD Cos bling bling you flash git how smart do they look

lapped all the valves in tonight, should get the head rebuilt tomorrow when i get up.

 

they took about 5 mins each with some 80 grit, then 180 grit. done in a pillar drill at my work, then faced with a 30 and 45 degree seat and finally the stems were polished. total time for each valve must have been about 6-8 mins

you should consider doing it if you're going to all that trouble with the bottom end! the build so far looks awesome

just a hint, the largest valve sizes for a zetec are 34mm exhaust and 30mm exhaust, available from two seperate companies. iirc, the st170 uses 33.5mm inlets and the blacktop uses 33mm ones. handy to know if you're going for ultimate power

 

cheers for the info i'll bare it in mind

not done any work on the head today, had no time due to having the best sleep after nightshift ever

 

one cleaned up bare cylinder head



forgot to take pics of the valve stem oil seals, valves, valve springs etc being fitted, so you'll just have to imagine that being done

16 valves nicely in their new home



head bolted down to block with new gasket and bolts, cam followers have also been fitted





cam pulleys removed and new camshaft oil seals fitted



camshaft pulleys fitted again





its only rested on for now, but i had to stick the rocker cover on and see how it looked









im dead happy with how the builds progressing now, shouldnt be too much longer until its complete

 

Still shudda kept the 16i....

 

a lad i know is selling an rs1600i actually

 

a Fiesta Mk1 would be better....

 

yeah something like this'd be pretty funny



MEEP MEEP

 

 

 

didn't understand that

 

The Rover inlet manifold looks well nice Ben

 

coming along nicely mate

may i ask what this bit is where it says 'draper' on it? or am i just being blonde

 

camshaft locking tool, so u keep the cams at right position for no1 piston at TDC when timing up.

my question is - how come urs works and mine didnt?! i bought the same one and it was bent - absolutely useless, wouldnt locate in both shafts :S

 

Another money saving tip there, brought to you by the cheap skates at Ford

 

looks like a section of a old f clamp i got in the shed ?


only a peice of stock bar aint it polished u know anymore on this 16 i ben mate

any chance you couls get some pics for me ???


drop me a pm if u like fella

 

s1kid cheers

smitsturbo demolition mans right its a camshaft locking tool

demolition_man it doesnt locate in either camshaft (unless you slacken off the camshaft bearing caps, as i have done in the photo) as its too thick and just like yours it was bent, so i straightened it.

SafeChav

beefy-rst-2 its just a piece of crappy bar, feels a bit cheap and soft if im honest, bends dead easy, nothing like the bar we use at work. if it was a shade thinner it'd fit without having to loosen the cam caps off. what do you want pics of?

 

thers 16 i of ur mates if poss bud


gary said the lad dont get online much , was hoping u could get me some piccys of it

im sure by now ur familiar with what to look for lol

much appriceated\

beef

 

beefy-rst-2 pm sent

 

saying as the Draper camshaft locking tool was no use, i made my own



sandblasted the coilpack bracket, painted it and bolted it down along with the coil pack. pushed the core plug in the block sealing up the hole left by the breather i removed.

trial fitted the manifolds to see how they looked



its now ready to begin fabricating the new section of exhaust manifold to allow the turbo to bolt on.

tomorrow i will get the thermostat housing bolted to the head along with a new thermostat, and if i get time the cambelt/timing will be sorted.

 

Does look good.. But It needs to go into a RWD S2 now!

 

donate your S2 to me and i will gladly bolt the engine into it

 

Donate the engine instead