Well I have been working on the head and I am very happy so far this sucker will flow kinda excited woot woot pic soon



beer is more fun then up loading pic's

 

Well here are some pic's, I am far from done. I think i have taken just about 1/4 pound out of it











this is still a rough cut. I must say the 22re head is **** tell it is ported

ps photos are bad but I am working

 

Are you going to be able to test how much cfm they flow after your done to compare to stock?

 

I could use my make shift benchtest but I did not test out the stock head thou

 

fished





exhaust


Intake









wooot wooot

 

Well still going and I forgot to add these photo's






Pulling the motor for a re-freash and replace the stock iron rings with molly rings




Head work

The exhaust valve has been lapped in and notice nice thick contact area for better cooling where as the intake being smaller for better flow











Just about done





Next on the list is to re shape the Chambers a tad "taking off the unwanted sharp edges and what not"

 

Turn out I have 3 pistons that look the same and one odd ball I am not sure why since they all show the same amount of ware ??????

and who replaces 1 piston or replaces 3 and not all 4 ??????????????

my ocd is on fire right now

 

pic's of pistons

what one is the real deal

 

Right is stock, left is factory replacement.



Years ago my dad and I tore down the 350 in an early 80's caprice that had just driven straight outta mexico. It ran but made all sorts of lovely noises and was down on power. Once we had it apart we knew why, the headgaskets were original and USED but they smeared weatherstripping adhesive on both sides before assembly. they used at least 3 tubes of silicone when putting everything else together and the best part had to be .040" piston in one cylinder while the other 7 were stock bore.

 

Haven this one odd ball piston bugs the **** out of me and its not the same weight eather why on earth whould you go after market at lest buy a factory one

 

The best part about the oddball piston is that everything you have been taught to be true will now come into question. It's common knowledge that you HAVE to run a matched set of pistons or catastrophic engine wear and damage will happen in a short amount of miles. Right, RIGHT!?!?


No big deal just get another set of pistons with the correct bore and toss them in with a fresh set of rings and a hone job. No need to freak out, cast pistons are cheap.

 

I am going to see if i can find a used piston i have a new set of molly hasting rings

 

i have a set of "toyota" piston. Unsure of shipping though

 

Are they in good shape

hows the trust side of the piston look?

 

I have a set of new .030" with rings id sell you for $100. 0 miles on them, I assembled my bottom end but decided I'm going a different route.

 

Looking for stock pistons but thanks thou

 

Well the pistons I ordered are here and I have a bunch of pics to load as well


dear god i miss my truck 130 km for 40 buck of fuel 22re was like 300km

 

This is what my pistons looked like after pulling them out



Turbo oil drain with cap



stock piston with sanding done to remove bad casting marks (but now getting throw away)



I had my block decked but found out the RA finish was not good enough for MLS gasket and it was not flat as well so I had to send it back. I am glad checked the block with flat edge.

I had it honed for molly rings, the only down side is the bores are out of round by half a thou but this is not enough for it to be an oil pumper aka burner

 

Well I got new pistons today and there with in my spec's that I want. The lightest to the heaviest is 1 oz so I am happy with that.

 

Well I think i have huge rain cloud over my head some times turns out my hasting rings have to much gap for the first comp ring .022 spec is like 9 to 18 or some thing like that can't remember proper spec right now right now the bottom ring is good just need to file it abit.


My end trust freeplay is only 006 min is 008 so it's far to tight but get this i just put my old thrust washer in and it clocks at 004 ?????

This gets me thinking that some one just threw all new stuff in last time it was apart and did not measure a thing


GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR this was supposet to be easy but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
and I hate 4 peace trust washer's they are a pain to sand down

All post pic's when I get home when I go drink my self to sleep