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j20accord00 · 01-05-2007, 05:54 PM

hey whats going on guys, I wanted to know what you guys have done or how you have done it. ok this is what I have. 1990 240 with a sr blacktop. the car ran ok but as usual i wanted to build it to go faster..ok whatever.

this is my problem..the motor is apart minus the bottom end which I am leaving stock for now. The head is off the car and I have comp valve springs, crower retainers, JTW C1 cams, and JWT gears. everything else is stock(valves). I came up with a good method to removing the valves and getting the keepers out. now here comes the fun part. I bought a valve spring compressor, a "C" clamp style one and then a regular OHV style one. It took me about 2 hours to put 1 on. after many tries i was just getting pissed off about it. So the head sits with 1 new spring a new retainer and everything else still undone. this is what I was thinking should I just drop it off and have it done for like 100 bucks or whatever it cost or does anyone know a better way to do it?

sorry for the long post and all but this is killing me..its been like 3 days. im getting my turbo tomororw and I really wanted to put the rest of the car together and get it running by sunday. IDK anymore what did you guys do, just have someone else do the work, have them tank it and call it a day?

any kind of help would help me out sooooo much thanks everyone

-Evan

01-05-2007, 05:54 PM	#1
j20accord00 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SEASIDE PARK, NJ Age: 39 Posts: 720 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	need some advice for building the head hey whats going on guys, I wanted to know what you guys have done or how you have done it. ok this is what I have. 1990 240 with a sr blacktop. the car ran ok but as usual i wanted to build it to go faster..ok whatever. this is my problem..the motor is apart minus the bottom end which I am leaving stock for now. The head is off the car and I have comp valve springs, crower retainers, JTW C1 cams, and JWT gears. everything else is stock(valves). I came up with a good method to removing the valves and getting the keepers out. now here comes the fun part. I bought a valve spring compressor, a "C" clamp style one and then a regular OHV style one. It took me about 2 hours to put 1 on. after many tries i was just getting pissed off about it. So the head sits with 1 new spring a new retainer and everything else still undone. this is what I was thinking should I just drop it off and have it done for like 100 bucks or whatever it cost or does anyone know a better way to do it? sorry for the long post and all but this is killing me..its been like 3 days. im getting my turbo tomororw and I really wanted to put the rest of the car together and get it running by sunday. IDK anymore what did you guys do, just have someone else do the work, have them tank it and call it a day? any kind of help would help me out sooooo much thanks everyone -Evan