blast em off with the air gun. git er done

 

Someone other than Aidan.

 

They're fine.
Bathe them in some gasoline for peace of mind if you want.

 

Bathe them in the blood of your... Wait, no, that's for the other kind of injector.

They're fine.

--Ian

 

"Just blow it"

 

Guys! Guys! I DID A THING!


Valve stem seals from 949. Supermiata Valve Seal Miata


Seeing as they are supposed to be the same for intake and exhaust, I was surprised that they looked different. Probably different production batches or something. I put the vanilla ones on cylinders 1-2 and the chocolate ones on cylinders 3-4. For science.


Wife's car provided required straw for installation.


Then I got this thing out of my garage.


...and I jammed it in my engine and hit it with a hammer. (not even joking)


Some times I hit things too hard.


And I replaced my stupid valve stem seals. Yay!



This was my least favorite thing. Its a fairly sizable divot near the middle of my lifter. The cam looks perfect. I'll see if I can get a pic with better lighting tomorrow. I suspect FOD, probably from garbage floating around inside the motor during breakin. I guess when you squeeze a piece of metal between a hardened shim and an even harder cam lobe, something is gonna give. The good news is that I can flip the shim and keep on keeping on. Aidandj recommended (and rightly so) that I should probably hit that face with a superfine diamond hone to knock down possible high spots, and I agree.

Feels good to move forward.

 

Only 2 more years until it's re-assembled and we will find out if that fixes the smoking issue.

 

I deny nothing.

I balked on the turbo reinstll because I didn't have the parts to refuxor the fuel system the way I wanted, so its going to sit for a bit longer.

I'm also about to order a buttload of things I'll have to figure out how to mount, like an oil cooler. I think we all know how that's going to go

 

You should like....make sure it works... then come to Laguna on the 8th with me so we can have many funs.

 

LOL. G won't have even looked at his car by the 8th.

 

I tried.

 

I have to walk past it to get to the garage where the washer and dryer live. If I want clean underwear, I'm not going to have much of a choice

8th is what, HoD?

 

And here I was wondering why you never wear underwear

 

I have to wear underwear! My wife writes my name in them so I don't forget who I am.

 

HoD is Friday. 6/8 is SpeedSF.

--Ian

 

why do half your valve seals look like they're covered with the burnt plastic gunk that accumulates on a 3d printer nozzle?

 

Dryer lint?

 

that's not gunk baby, that's poo poo

 

You ask these questions like you expect me to have answers.

 

It's a proprietary low-friction coating from 949.

--Ian