s13 cylinder head

[Andrewdrazin]

warped the the cam placement out of specifications.

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by Andrewdrazin

warped the the cam placement out of specifications.

Like, the journals are out of line?

With the caps torqued, does the cam spin freely?

You can get the head bent in an oven by a machine shop, before resurfacing. Or if it's already been resurfaced, you can use lapping compound to take a little meat out of select journals.

Or, if it's not warped to hell and back, you can slap a squishy graphite gasket with copper coat and all that to give it the best chance at life, and the torque will set the head strait - as long as it's not a MLS gasket, it's not as critical as you might think.

Some sketchy internet head isn't going to be better, it's going to have been blown and changed by every ricer and their cousin. And their dog. And their dog's cousin.

What I'm suggesting is vaguely advanced-level-fuckery, but why not? It's already been fuckered, the others have all been fuckered, and it's not exactly priceless.

[Andrewdrazin]

yeah im working on it right now, im going to take a little at a time and see if i can get them straight again.

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by Andrewdrazin

yeah im working on it right now, im going to take a little at a time and see if i can get them straight again.

Torque it to the block on a piece of cardboard before you do that, or if you have a spare block. That'll flatten it as much as possible, so you don't just make it worse when it's back on.