IMO Isolate the noise. If you dont have a stethoscope, use a breaker-bar or long screw driver by touching it to the engine at one end and your ear...
pcv (positive crank vent) valve. Vents the build up of blow-by from the crankcase via a fitting on the top of your valve cover which has a line...
Idle air passage/valve could be clogged/malfunctioning.
Pull the valve cover off and do a leak down test on each cylinder. If any valves are bent you'll find a lot of leakage from the cylinder and be...
Got a 38/38 weber kit from LCE and it came with everything needed to install the new crab; adapter plates, gaskets. I had to take the U shaped...
Check your battery.
If your going to opt for a 3 angle valve job on the 20r head that means you'll be cutting the seats down and re-lapping the valves anyway; the...
Think its all a mater of application your going for. The main difference in head designs are vortex notches on the 22r head; those ledges that...
Could do a leak down test if you have the equipment.
Whats the manufacture date of your 84 engine? If I recall correctly, they switched to the shorter-block + taller-head setup in august of 84.
Don't recall actually but I think the latter 22r blocks are shorter with a taller head. Would require the 20r head to be shaved some so that...
Would affect low end torque negatively.
sound like a blend door actuator has failed and is no longer able to move the door to change airflow.
I'm no expert, heck I haven't even been working on cars that long. But I've gotten the vast majority of my info thus far simply by spending time...
I've ordered more parts and will be updating with more progress soon... Cant wait to have this thing running so I can scrap my current junker....
I hadn't heard that before hand, but now Ive seen it for myself.
Well, today surely did not go as planned. Was degreeing the cam in and had set the lash on the number one cylinder. I pulled out a dial gauge...
Nearly done now. Today I took apart the rocker arm assembly to to put on new rocker arms, put in an engnbldr 261° cam and torqued the head down....
Did a final lapping on the valves today. [IMG] Ready to go back together. [IMG] Checking install height for the engnbldr rv springs....
Finally got done with cutting on the head today. Just got to throw it all back together now. [IMG]
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