My brand new vn turbo v8

[immortality]

right tried 2 of the old lifters we pulled out of it with the old cam. they push the valves open so it must be the new lifters we got from segidens they look like the insides are further inside the lifter same length on the outside though.they are very soft compared to the old ones the old ones wont even preload they just open the valves like solid lifters .we soaked the new lifters in oil to fill them . either the others are serious antipumps or are jammed

soaking em doesn't really fill em. the lifters in my 308 were real hard to push down as well. i made a special lifter compressor so i could pop the retaining clip in/out. i had one lifter where the clip was missing the lifters should pump up once they get oil pressure. it really is a shame there is no simple way to prime the oil system like the chevy V8

[plymouth_hemi_69]

[immortality]

you get the torque specs for those head studs?

[plymouth_hemi_69]

you get the torque specs for those head studs?

yeah mate got em from the arp guys themselves

[VNracer34G]

VN S1 Production Saloon same way for the eights. are your pushrods still sloppy as with the pedastal bolted up? zero lash has about the same feel as a feeler blade slipping through properly gapped ignition points haha remember those anybody - if its real close you can carefully file a SMALL amount off the bottom of the pedastal but be carefull as what you take off is relative to rocker ratio, cam grinders often reccommend longer pushrods to compensate for how much has been ground off the base circle and it goes the other way when you shave the block/heads

[delcowizzid]

hopefully we may have the wrong lifters and we be laughing the old ones were good were opening the valves they had about 1mm max clearance under the pedistals before tightening them down they arnt that old we had contemplated reusing them after these issues LOL

[VNracer34G]

hopefully we may have the wrong lifters and we be laughing the old ones were good were opening the valves they had about 1mm max clearance under the pedistals before tightening them down they arnt that old we had contemplated reusing them after these issues LOL

not often the lifters are wrong, they're the same for the old sixes and small block chev. "about 1mm max clearance under the pedestalsshould be about half a turn till bolt tight so aroundbout .020"-.030" preload from zero lash - with new lifters its a fine line feeling the pushrod just start to nip up to zero lash.

for priming without access to a pressure pot when you put the pump back together pack the gears with vaseline and once the pump is bolted up avoid turning the crank as much as possible till you have filled the sump and cranked it over without plugs till you get pressure then put the plugs in and fire it, grab a boiled sweetie from a kid and jam the thermostat open with it, instant coolant flow to burp it then it dissolves and the thermostat operates normally - beats a facefull of hot coolant when air pockets chuck it out.

DO NOT put antifreeze in till its run in!!! the silicates in some antifreeze love to slyly sneak out and some headgaskets leak if not allowed to set into the castings for about a thousand km's

[plymouth_hemi_69]

nah these lifters are so short on the inside you can just hold the rocker supports level and they are sitting on the head allready even before bolting them down

[plymouth_hemi_69]

its delco on plymouths account couldnt be bothered signing him out. well we had a roadtrip to segedins in auckland today got the correct lifters this time should help preload heaps had trouble getting plymouth out the store he was having a sly masty over the brandnew bigblock 454 sitting on a pallet and stuck looking at turbos and what have you what a great shop left with hats badges stickers heaps of goodies for free since we had to mqake a trip for the correct parts

[immortality]

its delco on plymouths account couldnt be bothered signing him out. well we had a roadtrip to segedins in auckland today got the correct lifters this time should help preload heaps had trouble getting plymouth out the store he was having a sly masty over the brandnew bigblock 454 sitting on a pallet and stuck looking at turbos and what have you what a great shop left with hats badges stickers heaps of goodies for free since we had to mqake a trip for the correct parts

nothing like a quick 6hr round trip ehh guys which Segedins, STA or Dominion Rd?

both places have lots of goodies though. you could have popped in at my place on the way and given me a hand painting my boys room

[immortality]

not often the lifters are wrong, they're the same for the old sixes and small block chev. "about 1mm max clearance under the pedestalsshould be about half a turn till bolt tight so aroundbout .020"-.030" preload from zero lash - with new lifters its a fine line feeling the pushrod just start to nip up to zero lash.

for priming without access to a pressure pot when you put the pump back together pack the gears with vaseline and once the pump is bolted up avoid turning the crank as much as possible till you have filled the sump and cranked it over without plugs till you get pressure then put the plugs in and fire it, grab a boiled sweetie from a kid and jam the thermostat open with it, instant coolant flow to burp it then it dissolves and the thermostat operates normally - beats a facefull of hot coolant when air pockets chuck it out.

DO NOT put antifreeze in till its run in!!! the silicates in some antifreeze love to slyly sneak out and some headgaskets leak if not allowed to set into the castings for about a thousand km's

thats some good advice mate. that bloody vaseline is handy stuff. works in the bearings too

[VNracer34G]

works in the bearings too

no way mate assemmbly lube or fresh oil, its just so theres some suction in the pump to get pressure up initially, it dissolves in the oil pretty much straight away - it doesn't have the lubricity for bearings

[plymouth_hemi_69]

nothing like a quick 6hr round trip ehh guys which Segedins, STA or Dominion Rd?

both places have lots of goodies though. you could have popped in at my place on the way and given me a hand painting my boys room

no need for that we just pressure bleed the hole system with this little gadget

[Project_HR]

That pressure thing is bluddy brilliant....and so simple too! Also love the boiled lolly idea too, V6's can be a shite to bleed.

Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing the results of this build.

Delco, I must hassle you next time you are down this way for a boost tune, as I have a 2 bar, and bigger squirters now. Cheers!

[VNracer34G]

good old fashioned kiwi simple solution to getting oil through the galleries......liking it, how much pressure can that bottle handle?



is it going yet??

[plymouth_hemi_69]

bottle handles quite a bit of pressure actually it worked great.engines in wired up manifolds on crossover done powersteer and alt is on just have to install torque convertor bolts bolt on the turbo and cooler and radiator and shes pretty much ready to start.we didnt finish till 530 this morning so been sleeping for the last half a day should be running the cam in tonight more pics today

[plymouth_hemi_69]

[plymouth_hemi_69]

heres some pics of my tiny hx50 compared to my hx60

[Boonz]

that is frikken ridonkulous

[Nzpure]

dude that turbo is insane!!!!

[Aaronsbt1]

my brother josh is giving me a turbo if i want it, its a garret ball bearing turbo high flowed 800hp rebuilt by him he works at turbo brisbane, now he thinks it will do well on the 304. now you guys know ur shit about these setups can you give me any ideasand or places i can go to get stuff to fabrucate it to my 304? and wat i need to do?

[plymouth_hemi_69]

my brother josh is giving me a turbo if i want it, its a garret ball bearing turbo high flowed 800hp rebuilt by him he works at turbo brisbane, now he thinks it will do well on the 304. now you guys know ur shit about these setups can you give me any ideasand or places i can go to get stuff to fabrucate it to my 304? and wat i need to do?

if we were in aussie wed be straight over there helping you but we dont no where in nz

[plymouth_hemi_69]

just so yous all no that turbo is not going on my car was brought all for a bigger plan

[akuma]

just so yous all no that turbo is not going on my car was brought all for a bigger plan

Well if you do manage to run the HX50 out of puff for starters i will be impressed!!

[immortality]

good to see they fitted some trumpets to the inside of that manifold

that bottle is a great idea. i had though of the oil pressure sender port but hadn't figured a way to get the oil in there. nice one.