New FD in Town!

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:14

Got my ALS seals today !!!!!!!

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:14

Nice man!

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:14

I'll start putting the engine together tomorrow. Dave i just found out there is a Dyno like 4 minutes from the house.

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:14

Good news man. Wish I could come down and help but I will be working.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:14

Well i wasn't happy with the side seal clearance ended up getting a .006" not good. The magic number is .002". Ordered a whole new set of side seals to do it all over again.

On the side seals clearance is where you make your money. It can take up to 6 hours to do all 12 of them. Also will give you the peace of mind that you are going to get good compression numbers.

On the mean time, got my fuel lines ready to run braided lines. Here is some pics

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:14

So did you not have to grind them down to the right clearance? Were they already cut to length or something? When I built mine back in 08 I had to file them down to make them fit, so I had them pressed in pretty tight, just loose enough to allow them to move freely up and down.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:14

The thing is in the FSM says the maximum clearance is .0059" so i thought I was good having them at .006. Then I wasn't feeling good about it so I started reading and found out that people was having them as tight as .015 and saying that .006 is too loose and will have problems starting the car and making power.

I felt like shit when i saw that .006 was too loose. Is a good learning experience for sure.

iani1.1 · Postby **iani1.1** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:14

yea i keep mine at .002 or lower. the engine i rebuilt and i sold to a buddy of mine is at .0018. he drifts the shit out of it and still running like a champ. also alexna on here is also running one of my engines that one runs .0018 if not a little lower.

doing things the first time right is always the way to go. it takes time but whatever, its gonna last.

edit: oh yea how big are the fuel lines your gonna be using?

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:14

-6 an

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:14

speedjunkie wrote:So did you not have to grind them down to the right clearance? Were they already cut to length or something? When I built mine back in 08 I had to file them down to make them fit, so I had them pressed in pretty tight, just loose enough to allow them to move freely up and down.

I believe all side seals available for sale to the public are grind-to-fit clearance. Only the Mazda factory has pre-cut ones.

Sucks man but luckily side seals aren't too expensive!

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:14

Oh OK, so you already ground them down yourself and then realized the clearance was wrong. Gotcha. That sucks!!!

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:14

Got the first rotor done today! .002" on the dot. Tomorrow i'll do the other one.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:14

Short block is almost done. Just gotta get the end play straight, I got .003 of end play that's to loose so i ordered a thinner end play spacer.

Two different types of Thrust Bearings, New (left) old (right)

chickenwafer · Postby **chickenwafer** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:14

Looks good man! I'm doing the same engine color theme; black plates with silver housings.

What goop did you use on the rotors? I am just planning on using vasoline.

VRx8 · Postby **VRx8** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:14

Is assembly lube got it from O'Reilly. It doesn't matter once the engine gets warm all that is going to be gone. Where are you getting your Rebuild Kit from?

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