Tigawoods' 1995 Celica, Racing n Stuff Options

[Batman722]

heavy drinking tonight

[Tigawoods]

you mean at 5pm!!!!!
thats the afternoon!!!

and i got your message you delinquents



here is a copy of whats on the previous page for those of you who dont like to look for things lol

SO!
Here is a note of where i am at with all the clearances

counting left to right on the valves as you go down the list
all measurements are in inches, my micrometer only does inches


INTAKE
clearance btwn .007-.011

SHIM GAP
.116 .008
.110 .010
.118 .008
.110 .016-17
.111 .016-17
.116 .008
.1175 .010
.109 .015

EXHAUST
clearance btwn .011-.015

SHIM GAP
.122 NO CLEARANCE
.109 .015
.109 .016
.109 .016
.1235 .008
.1085 .020-25
.122 NO CLEARANCE
.122 .008

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This is a list of the remaining shims (excluding a few very small unusable shims)
.108 x2
.1085 x2
.124 x2
.1255 x2
.126
.1275x3


now...wtf do i do

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Aug 1, 2010 - 10:44 AM

[lagos]

Mike,

When I did my shims I was able to get away with swapping some of the intake and exhaust shims around to get the clearances that I needed. Just glancing at this it seems like you might be able to do this with a few of them.

Also make sure you are checking this correctly. You need to rotate the crack so that the cam lobes point straight up on each shim.

[Tigawoods]

yeah today i am going to see how many i can use for the ones that arent meeting up to the clearance standards.
SUPPOSEDLY my friend at an automotive school can get some of my shims remachined on monday while my flex pipe is getting fixed.
if thats the case then i may be in luck.
im making sure the lobes are straight up too.

so today im replacing my rear caliper. removing my midpipe. changing around some of the shims

[hurley97]

Just to throw a little twist in everything, as a last resort you can also try swapping the cups that the shims sit in. Those cups are all different too, btw.

[Tigawoods]

when i take them out i will check them with the micrometer. NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER THING TO MEASUURREE!!!!
thus far 4 of them need a higher size and 4 need a lower size

[hurley97]

I used it as a last resort, there isn't really a good way to measure the buckets. But say you have like 3 or 4 valves that you just cant get right, just try switching the buckets under the shims and see what difference it makes. Try to keep that for last and keep it isolated to only a few valves cause that way is just a guessing game. Stick with what you are doing but just know that you can try that if it gets to that point.

[Tigawoods]

i had really nothing else to do today so i tried switching a couple of them after i measured them. which im still not sure if i did right.
and it didnt work. i was hopeful. but it didnt.

i guess. ill look back over my notes and see if there are any last minute possible options i have with switching them so i dont have to get alot of them reground on monday.
if the regrounding does go well. then i will make sure i get a couple extras reground as well so just incase if some arent the perfect fit i have others in various sizes

[Batman722]

and update

[Tigawoods]

MY EAAARS!

that open downpipe sounds nasty

on an unrelated note does anybody know where you can buy new eardrums?

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p.s. sounds like sebulba's podracer


This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Aug 2, 2010 - 6:10 PM

[Keiri]

Definitely sounds like Sebulba's Pod...

...best of luck with that.

[808celica]

[Rusty]

Rusty likes.

[Tigawoods]

getting the exhaust fixed this morning. so i will be able to hear again. and not get dirty looks.

my a/f gauge still isnt working. we cant figure out why.
wired it to the radio and it worked sometimes.
wired it to another power source. doesnt work at all

[Stambo]

your not going to be able to hide those cams in autocross

[Tigawoods]

shhhhh! nobody knows i put cams in!

[RvA944]

Wow Mike putting those cams in will move you all the way up to SM. might as well take the rest of the goodies you can do now. like gut the rear of that thing........ oh wait ya did that already. Well ok then. you can go with a fiber glass hood, trunk and fenders, put on a set of Brembo's and run slicks. kewl


This post has been edited by RvA944: Aug 3, 2010 - 4:30 PM

[Tigawoods]

thats why im glad the are an internal mod lol.
when i put the midpipe on today it will be alot less noticable than with an open downpipe

[RvA944]

thats why im glad the are an internal mod lol.
when i put the midpipe on today it will be alot less noticable than with an open downpipe

I hope so!!!!
That sounds pretty radical (I like it)

[4-eyed-freek]

your car is the best, sounds like a beast. did you get new cams or just ground them down.