Am i the only one whos SR hates them?

[burntricer]

ok, so i unplugged the o2, and your right it ran richer, but no change in idle... im going to talk to my dads friends about degreeing the cam. i still have the spec sheet.

[redsx13]

ok, check those cams then.

did you figure out if air coming from the valve cover while compression testing is normal?

anyone want to confirm this?

[the converted]

If you don't plug the pcv port you will get that.

[burntricer]

ok.

changing the cams tonight, i didnt have a chance to do it last night. im kinda excited....arent you?

[the converted]

Always excited for someone to get their car running. Hell if you weren't up in Canada, I would be up there with a degree wheel helping out.

[burntricer]

got the valve cover off...tdc...yeah. they are out.

[burntricer]

well guys.im out

0 compression. bent the valves. by hand. dont ask how. but i spun it over by hand when i put the new cams in and it spun over like normal, tried to fire it, and it just spun, no bang, all you could hear is it spinning fast like it had no compression.

running a compression test tomorrow
Modified by burntricer at 7:07 PM 2/26/2009

[jr_ss]

That blows, but I have good news... There's a dude selling an S13 head on Zilvia for $300. Snatch it up, unless you plan on rebuilding yours.

[burntricer]

are sr's interferance engines?

[jr_ss]

I'm not 100% positive that they are, but I remembering seeing something about them being interferance engines.

[burntricer]

i zip tied the chain to the cam gears so it couldnt move, and the cams were torqued down, so its not like they would have moved...you would really have to be out alot on the cam timing for it to drop a valve and bend one...

but is it possible to have it skip a tooth on the crank pulley?

[the converted]

Yeah it can move around on the crank. That really sucks man.

Edit: You may have lucked out and just have everything off. Put the engine to top dead center and count the number of teeth from where the dots are on the gears out to the top of the front cover. Should be 5.5 on the intake and 9 on the exhaust.

[xiaphin]

my sr hates me too. its still on the engine stand - for 2 years

[burntricer]

intake cam is one full chain link out...did i bend em?

[burntricer]

news flash.

compression test results after adjusting the cams to spec,

yesterday i had 38lbs. today i have

138... lol

it made just that much differnce... moral of the story,,,,, be f***ing careful. i got lucky, its not gunna happen again

[jr_ss]

Good... Now double check everything and put it back together...

[burntricer]

double?

try quadruple checking

[jr_ss]

Touche.... How's everything coming along? Tried cranking it over yet?

[burntricer]

its wayyyyyyyyyyyy too cold to work on it outside today lol, its gunna be later today when i can get it back in my shop.

[redsx13]

email sent...

let us know what happens!

[Superuser]

Hey just wondering where you guys get gas cause i live in oregon and in my accord thats all stock it will run really crappy on reg during the winter and i know that the gas ppl here switch what they add during the winter
Modified by Superuser at 9:53 PM 3/4/2009

[redsx13]

Hey just wondering where you guys get gas cause i live in oregon and in my accord thats all stock it will run really $hity on reg during the winter and i know that the gas ppl here switch what they add during the winter

you have a Honda, put whatever you want in it. personally, i buy may gas at this thing called a gas station.

the only fluid that you should switch during the winter is your oil(and your coolant if your using water), run a little thinner, it should say in you owners manual.

[Superuser]

dude dont be a smart*** im just says that my car runs crappy on reg during the winter so i have to run plus in it than it will run fineEDIT:btw if for some reason you didnt know what i ment by where you get your gas i dont know about where you guys live but i use chevron and not arco cause some stations replace there filters like they should and some never do
Modified by Superuser at 9:52 PM 3/4/2009

[burntricer]

but, had you read the entire thread, you would know that the issue started in sept. annnnd if you ran an SR then you would know that you have to run premium all the time...

[Superuser]

Still doesnt change that the fact that you get crappy gas at like arco the quailty isnt there thats what I was getting at and some ppl are so cheap that they wont run preium
Modified by Superuser at 9:51 PM 3/4/2009

[the converted]

Chill with the caps lock, and knock off the funny characters to get around the swear filter, it will get you a vacation from NICO. That is all I'm going to say about that.

Burnt, you look into getting adjustable cam gears yet? I was looking at the set of cam gears I have here and noticed that they have 36 teeth or 10* per tooth. Should get you in the right ball park if you wanted to advance a tooth before you get some new gears. I'm wondering if BC just didn't measure the stock equipment right.

[redsx13]

Hey just wondering where you guys get gas cause i live in oregon and in my accord thats all stock it will run really crappy on reg during the winter and i know that the gas ppl here switch what they add during the winter

Superuser, if you review you original question, it has nothing to do with Burntricers issue at all, you thread jack and then get angry at us??

anyway, enough of that.

I was looking at the set of cam gears I have here and noticed that they have 36 teeth or 10* per tooth. Should get you in the right ball park if you wanted to advance a tooth before you get some new gears. I'm wondering if BC just didn't measure the stock equipment right.

how do you know the bc cams need to be advanced? you said you read that the gears could be as much as 8* off, but you didn't say in which direction. Is there a chance that the cams are allready advanced and need to be retarted?

[the converted]

Read in multiple places that when they are degreed in need 11-16* of advance. Only way to know for sure is to get a degree wheel and measure.

[burntricer]

Read in multiple places that when they are degreed in need 11-16* of advance. Only way to know for sure is to get a degree wheel and measure.

i have a spare motor i have been planning to rebuild for a long time. and im going to slap those cams in there. they will be degreed, with a full head job aswell as some forged slugs and propably an hx35 but that will come in the future

[jr_ss]

So whatever happened with the car? Did you get it running?