Tony D Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Were those stock, or performance-reground cams, Bryan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Very Nice!!!!!!!! Cant wait to drive the damn thing!!!! now I have to go put my foot up the machine shops ass that is working on my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 fast z Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Those were "stock" grinds on those cams. I sorta regret not doing regrinds, as I had to do all custom rotaters anyways. But theres always next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Congradulations Bryan. Good to see hard work & engineering to fruition. Love to see the potential of this engine. I'm thinking it will be on par with a heavy RB26DETT biuld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 BAH! Now you live in the world of DOHC where you can surface grind all your bucket spacer/shims to adjust for valve recession...instead of simply turning a wrench! But that's an improvement! LOL Our equipment uses surface ground shims to set clearances as well...if the rotor assembly is off more and 0.005", we are off with a set of shims to find a local shop with a decent surface grinder. "In the old days" they were set up with an allen jackscrew and a locknut...but apparently the incidence of people not knowing how to properly torque a locknut resulted in too much warranty work...so in came the shims. I still open up older units and find the original locknut/jackscrew setup, and have to dissassemble the whole thrust bearing assembly to retrofit the 'new and improved' solid spacer. Better measure right the first time...you overgrind that shim and you're calling to explain 'why you need another one'---it usually gets blamed on incompetent machining! LOL I was hoping they were already ground with some performance lift/duration. Well, at least you can independently adjust your lobe centers...that should really help with the turbo and any reversion problems. As well as allow you to move the powerband pretty much where you want, within reason. Damn, that reminds me, I need to talk to Ron about my camshaft---or actually Franks. I need to get by his shop and pick it up! BEFORE I leave for Belgium. Have fun at JCCS with that thing, I'm sure the Japanese Press Boys will be pressing for interviews and feature articles for some of the JDM Magazines. It's neat when you get into one of them with your car, they will usually send you a few copies... It's too late now for CarBoy's Annual L-Engine Shootout Issue (usually October) if they even do it any more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted September 17, 2007 Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2007 Ok, so after ALOT of fighting with the spark on this setup, EDIS, MS2, etc. I FINALLY got it good enough to RUN, Yes RUN. ...... I need to say a personal thanks to all who helped on this project. 1.) My Dad, withouth his help, and almost 50 years experience with engines and engineering, It could not have been done. 2.) Mcadam, for his orinial therory, that we worked into a working model over time. 3.) Andy Mayfield for his efforts on the build of this car. 4.) J. Seymore, for his dedication to the "quicky" paint on this car. 5.)My wife for putting up with the long hours 6.) Last and Defnitly not least My grandfarther and grandmother, for without them, I would not have a shop to build this in, nor the know how on how to do any of the building. This IS history folks. ..... Way to go Bryan. This is a HUGE accomplishment and definitely one that will go down in Z car history for sure. I have great admiration for your perseverance in following through and getting it running and also how you kept a thick skin every time the “nay sayers†piped up. Congratulations my friend, good work, yeup, good work in deed. Paul Ruschman Rusch Motorsports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyMIz Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 very nice 1 fast z i am stoked to actually see and hear it run cant wait as well as the others to see it perform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbobluestreak Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Congrats 1 fast z. At least someone finished one lol. I'm curious to see how much more power can be made with that head vs. a stock head, but with everything else the same. In case anyone is wondering I'm didn't finish my head because I really did not want to go with a 88-89mm bore so I'm working with the stock L6 heads to try and find the hot spots and flow restrictions. Right now I'm at my college 3d Scanning the chambers on a N42 head once the chambers I'll be slicing the head open for more scanning. Sorry about the thread jack 1 fast z but once again my hat goes off to you. tbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 fast z Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 Some pics of the valve cover, minus oil fill cap, which is done, just not pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I love the sound of the engine revving up. It sounds so smooth. That is bieng controlled by megasquirt right? I'm not digging all the engravings all over the engine, though... its like reading a book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 i love your work and its amazing to see this thing running but i have to agree with olie05 the valve cover is awesome. but sometimes less is more and it just looks a little busy to me... but thats just my opinion obviously its done now and nothing can be done about it. and im sure that you like how it looks because its your machining, good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 fast z Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 You CANT see the front timing cover when the cold pipes are installed. Onlything you can see it the valve cover, and the coil is gonna be mounted on the intake. So pretty much only the valve cover engraving is visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globerunner513 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 honestly, on any other engine i would say the same thing about the engravings...but i think this is a special case where it really deserves it. IMHO. Again Congratulations man! this is something for the books for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecase70 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 right On man!!!! it sounds just absolutely awsome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 allright ill retract my statement if you cant see most of it when its all together... either way thats just bling and doesnt take away from the precedent that the engine is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 1 fast z. Im just curious why you decided to put the first line of text on the bottom of the valve cover, rather than the top. it reads: By Blake Machine Pheonix Arizona DOHC 24 Valve Twin Turbo would'nt this make more sense: DOHC 24 Valve Twin Turbo By Blake Machine Pheonix Arizona I actually like the shape of the valve cover though. It fits in with the style of the z car of the 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 fast z Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 There actually is reasoning why, the text is like it is. There was already holes in the peice of material I had to use, so to bypass those holes, I swaped the text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Congratulations. With all that polished aluminum its looking a bit like an old Offy or Miller engine - which is a nice compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombarace14 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 So when are we gonna see pics of everything finished? I watched the vid the other night and showed my buddy(who owns a skyline) and he thought it was the coolest thing. Cant wait to see and hear more of this car!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Looks like Ill be going NA on mine. Talked to the machine shop today and the guy will have the dowel pins in place as well as all the halves surface ground and ready for the side plates by friday. I think Ill have to look into some reground cams, as you know the ones I have are slightly puny, lol!! pretty comparable to stock KA cams. Gonna get a header built for it and I have a set of 50MM itbs in the works for it. I just hope they finish soon so I can get something for mock up in my 280ZX engine bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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