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... of installing brakes, should i bother to rebuild calipers? anyone know what diy kits there are? (there seems to be a bit of corrosion in the cylinder but quite minimal). Thanks, Reuben.

... it will be sweet! Besides, I want to know first hand how much of a headfuck it is going to be to make it work. Even if after it turns out that ... tell, apart from the A and E series Nissan do not have a another odd cylinder spaced head that will even remotely look like fitting to the block. ...

... like the RB25 onto the RB30! There are going to be big problems with cylinder alignment, oil drains and of course, cam actuation. The first thing I'll need to do it match up the head with a stocko E15 gasket to see if the bolt holes are in the ball park, more than ...

Picked this up during the week. It is a head of a QG18 which is interchangable to a QG16 which is supposed to be based off ... http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/Damlowet/IMG_2541.jpg The cylinder spacing is around 7mm, the comp chambers are 79mm, exhaust valves are 24ish ...

... is done at firmware level but they charge an arm and a leg for this. As far as loading a tune is concerned, they might just load a generic turbo 4 cylinder tune. You may find this artical of use. http://forum.n12turbo.com/viewtopic.php?t=2340 Search is a wonderful function eh? Now, $500 is too ...

... TDC compression #1 or TDC compression #4. If the rockers are loose on cylinder #1, it is TDC compression #1 and you can set: Inlet and exhaust ... the sides as this causes the feeler guage to bend over the top of the head casting and tends to give false readings. Remove the spanner and just ...

So then ignore that method and do each valve individually on that cylinder.
Just rotate the engine intill the cam lobe is pointing down and opposite the rocker tappet face.

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its funny you should say that, because Im having trouble locating TDC on the cylinder where BOTH arms are rocking,

thats EXACTLY what I thought...

i can only get the intake rocker to clear off....

heres hoping,

stay tuned

Have you tried just replacing the lead/plug? Im guessing so. How about the coil? Tested compression on that cylinder? Leak down test?

so iv still got an issue with my EXA. seems to miss on cylinder one, but its still firing somewhat... I removed a vac hose to spray throttle body cleaner and it ran slightly better... If i give it a gut full of revs it will bog and cough and fart and ...

... from there with the use of its own computer system it is sent to the cylinders in sequential ect depending on ur setup, the only down side is ... tapped has to be the same distance from the inlet flange closest to the head and every hose length for each cylinder has to be exactly the same other ...

Blew my head gasket the other day. I was accelerating WOT on the freeway and the engine started to ... (which I had to check after coming home) was brown like coffee. And the spark plug on cylinder #3 had taken slight melting damage. So it seems not only was I blowing the head ...

Alright, I believe I have stuffed piston rings on cylinder #3... the spark plug is covered in oil after a cold start... but after driving around for a while it cleans up and looks as good as any of the other plugs... completely normal amounts of soot ...

Try pulling off one injector plug at a time to see if it is cylinder related.

Are you able to localize the sound with a screwdriver stethescope?

Damo

... Turn the engine by hand to TDC. It will be in one of two possible positions, TDC compression #1 or TDC compression #4. If the rockers are loose on cylinder #1, it is TDC compression #1 and you can set inlet and exhaust on cyl #1, plus inlet #2, plus exhaust #3. If it is TDC compression #4 you can ...