The final pictures on the hard drive are for a little port matching.
After having the inlet ports enlarged during the head work we wanted to be
sure there would be no slight "bottlenecks" for the incoming air
before it reached the cylinder head..........
This task is made a slight bit easier on the S14 engine as the throttle bodies
and the rubber insulator blocks that fit between the cylinder head and the
throttle bodies are all dowelled. The advantage here is that when you get each
piece of the induction system matching it's neighbour they all line up perfect
each time things are reassembled thanks to the locating dowels........
first to go on was the rubber insulator blocks. Even though these were
the larger 48mm style blocks they still needed opening up a little to match
the exact shape of the ports..........
Once they were a good match for the head side they were removed, flipped
over and bolted down to the throttle bodies.......
the throttle body side was a very close match and needed only a very slight rub....
next up was the airbox and we had to induce a little smoke from the ears
to figure out this one. The problem being it was all but impossible to see
how the ports on the airbox were matching up with the ports on the throttle
bodies. So a devilishly cunning plan was hatched. The airbox is sealed to the
throttle bodies by 4 large o rings.........
each of these o rings were given a smear of engineers blue ink and the
sealing face of the airbox was covered with a little masking tape........
nail the two together.........
and then remove to see from the transferred blue markings how well
things were aligning............
as you can see above the outer two ports needed a little material removed
to get them a better match for the throttle body ports.
Which when all assembled should now leave a nice smooth obstruction free
path for that incoming wind.......
And that, you'll be delighted to hear, is the last of the engine prep photos
I have for you, which unfortunately for me, means I now have to extract
my thumb from my lazy ass and actually nail this engine together.
Till next time...........
After having the inlet ports enlarged during the head work we wanted to be
sure there would be no slight "bottlenecks" for the incoming air
before it reached the cylinder head..........
This task is made a slight bit easier on the S14 engine as the throttle bodies
and the rubber insulator blocks that fit between the cylinder head and the
throttle bodies are all dowelled. The advantage here is that when you get each
piece of the induction system matching it's neighbour they all line up perfect
each time things are reassembled thanks to the locating dowels........
first to go on was the rubber insulator blocks. Even though these were
the larger 48mm style blocks they still needed opening up a little to match
the exact shape of the ports..........
Once they were a good match for the head side they were removed, flipped
over and bolted down to the throttle bodies.......
the throttle body side was a very close match and needed only a very slight rub....
next up was the airbox and we had to induce a little smoke from the ears
to figure out this one. The problem being it was all but impossible to see
how the ports on the airbox were matching up with the ports on the throttle
bodies. So a devilishly cunning plan was hatched. The airbox is sealed to the
throttle bodies by 4 large o rings.........
each of these o rings were given a smear of engineers blue ink and the
sealing face of the airbox was covered with a little masking tape........
nail the two together.........
and then remove to see from the transferred blue markings how well
things were aligning............
as you can see above the outer two ports needed a little material removed
to get them a better match for the throttle body ports.
Which when all assembled should now leave a nice smooth obstruction free
path for that incoming wind.......
And that, you'll be delighted to hear, is the last of the engine prep photos
I have for you, which unfortunately for me, means I now have to extract
my thumb from my lazy ass and actually nail this engine together.
Till next time...........
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