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Ahh ok...I guess if yours is steel and not alloy then yes you should probably strip the internals for chroming. Elliot

I am happywith the manufacturing quality of the cams. Cant really say about how well they work until the engine is back in the car and on the road. Yes they were an excellent fit with no mods required apart from grinding the gears to clear the lobes. This engine wil be naturally...

Fitted up and measured the clearances on the last of the 4 cams tonight. Heres a bit of a pictorial of how it went... First picture shows the left hand exhaust cam. The two separate gears have to have the preload set before you mesh it to the inlet cam gear. First you insert an M6 bolt or...

Ive been doing the valve clearances for about the past week or more. I never bothered to number the original shims when I stripped the motor because I knew I was fitting new cams. Before the cams were fitted, I meticulously cleaned each of the cam buckets, smeared them with assembly lube and...

Deuce. The tensioner's main body is made from cast aluminium... I just had the outside surface polished. It has an oil seal on the shaft where it enters the body so I saw no danger of dirt getting into it during polishing so I left it together. Will let the forum know when I get somewhere with...

I only need one of the gears. Fortunately David has been a great help and sourced me one earlier this week. Cheers anyway though Elliot

I wouldnt say the cams are small. It is the same profile that they recommend for twin turbo motors. I did consider different bucket options, but the cost of sourcing them outweighs the weight loss in my book. Kelford list the shim under bucket conversion, but it is not currently available are...

I ordered the valve clearance shim adjusting tools from toyota which arrived today. What a rip off! If you need them, you need them... I'm planning on making up some of my own design from stainless steel to sell at an affordable price....if anyone is interested. The cams are fitted now and...

The die grinder is a 'black cat' brand. Nothing fancy, another fine ebay purchase. Cheers for the comments. Elliot

Took a few pictures of the cam gear grinding. You can see the cresent shape I have ground from the bottom of the gear in the first picture and then you can see how easily slides over the cam lobes. It was surprising how little metal had to be removed, it only took a few seconds with the...

I called Kelford this morning and they knew about the problem. They said that I you have to 'file' a clearance on the bore of the gear. I used a 16mm dia carbide burr to put a small 1/4 moon shape on one side. Took just a few seconds with the burr and fixed the problem. Not too happy about the...

Not too much to update. Got a few more brackets etc fitted to the engine. I ordered a new set of cams from kelford on Tuesday and they arrived on Friday. Excellent service, I couldnt believe how quick they went from manufacture to delivery. I had a slight mishap with one of the cam gears...

Standing in front of the engine it is the cams on the right hand side. Elliot

I damaged one of the camshaft gears (the ones that sit half way along the camshaft) when pressing one off. The one I need is the left hand intake cam gear. I dont know 100% but I would guess that I would need the exhaust cam gear set also as they probabaly are meshed together as a matched...

I'll be running my car on the road as well as the odd track day so i need the car to be driveable at all revs.... Lookin forward to see what figures you come up with Elliot

Thanks for the help rivmaster...I called kelford yesterday and had a long chat, went through the engine specs etc and we decided to go for something close to their 207-T1 cam set listed on their webpage :- http://www.camshaftshop.com/camshafts/view/46/lexus-camshaft I know very little about...

I looked around the starter motor but couldnt see any other connections....I'll have another look, cheers. Elliot

I'm assembling my engine from scratch. I took quite a few pages of notes and photographs when I stripped it, but theres still a few things that are puzzling me. On the small section of loom that goes to the starter motor, there are two connectors for the knock sensors, there is a large cable...

I'm at the stage now with my engine build up that I'm ready to fit some cams. The engine specs :- lightened 10:1 forged ross pistons Heads been ported and polished New manley race valves. +1mm exhausts Uprated camshaftshop valve springs I will be running an aftermarket computer and making...

I had trouble locating any bearings for the engine in Australia. I asked David from lextreme and he sorted me out right away. Cant remember what they cost to be honest. I can dig through my paperwork and find out if you like. I took all the cast aluminium parts to a local chrome...