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My plan was to set up the cams as you normally would in a cambelt change, get the car running and idling and handing it over to engine dynamics to finish the job. Also using the OEM tensioner.

Is there a way to edit the body of a thread once its been posted that I'm missing? I can't see it. Anyway, I wanted to add that there has been some discussion around which valve springs to use, some saying the catcam ones are too aggressive and the 197 valve springs are actually more suitable...

Afternoon all! I did have a quick search on this topic but I didn't find anything concrete (and within the last few years). So after realising that the cams I have to go in my engine build are not compatible with the standard valve springs I have resigned to the idea of removing the hard from...

please delete the above, posted in completely the wrong seciton! :ROFLMAO:.

Small update today, decided to take the dash out to tidy up behind. Id already made the following mods: Cut down the mounting frame - I figured this is to hold the the airbags and the weight of the dash, but with the airbags this want really required. I kept the mounts at the ends and left...

Small update today, decided to take the dash out to tidy up behind. Id already made the following mods: Cut down the mounting frame - I figured this is to hold the the airbags and the weight of the dash, but with the airbags this want really required. I kept the mounts at the ends and left...

Hey Everyone, I am planning on replacing my cams for cat cams later in the year and I wondered if there is a guide on here for doing so? I'm aware that there is a guide on here for a cambelt change which I have read but it appears to lack a number of torque settings for various bolts and I...

Ugh you're probably right, but it looks so cool! I wonder if anyone does 5mm axle spacers... Wheels are second hand, i was trying to find the et stamped on the rim but failed. Looks like they come in et25 amd et35 based on the team dynamics website. I dont think theyre et25 surely.

I completely forgot to check! I'm quite annoyed with myself. Will check in next week and update! I'm more worried about the wheel to the rear quarter at the moment! I guess I could max out the shock stiffness and raise the ride height. Or just remove the 10mm axle spacers.

Hmm, well hopefully the amount ive done it so far hasnt done any damage to the other wheel bearing. I have put the shafts back in now, and i can confirm once torqued up the play in the new wheel bearing has completely disappered. Also new wheels got delivered today! So on they went, and...

first vote for the tyres being OK! It does sound like UV is the big tyre killer when it comes to the rubber hardening and these have been inside pretty much their whole life. Still, I'll probably replace the tyres to be save.

Eek, Ive been doing this! There's no engine in at the moment so I the weight on them is significantly reduced, still a no go? Are you better of just having the shafts in dangling? I'm worried they'd get damaged when rolling the car around.

Cheers dude! yeh i want to keep the posts going just so i have my own record to read back on. Though looking at this thread i definitely need to proof read more. Thanks for the feedback on that though, perhaps once the wheels come tomorrow I will put a drive shaft in and just torque it down to...

So i double checked the date stamp, it was 3410 - so August 2010, i must have got them pretty fresh out the mold... 15 years ago. Sounds like the tyres definitely need to go, I agree with the above that it would avoid any confusion if there was simply a legal requirement to scrap tyres over a...

This forum is really a shell of what it once was sadly. But i want to push forward with my project thread purely so i have somewhere to look back on this in the future (I should probably download my updated to be honest). So - Absolutely no progress was made over the winter, but that was part...