HIF38 throttle cable problem

Post by **eastona** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:20 pm

It's a lot easier to sink those exhaust vales !

yes, I'm picking up the cutters this weekend. I thought It'd be better than wielding a dremel at the block. I think I'll measure lift (standard cam) then clearance and sink accordingly.

I think I'll use the cutting disk to cut the manifold and clean it up with the grinder.

looking forward to extra umph. I do need to find a HIF38 and K&N cheaply though.

This is as close as I'm going to get to a 1275! At 55BHP (or thereabouts) it must be halfway between that and a standard 1098

Andrew

Post by **bmcecosse** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:24 pm

If you do pockets - this is how the finished job should look!

Post by **eastona** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:42 pm

Crikey, that looks great. Not sure if I could do it that neat. I'd need a cutter and drill press.

That looks about 5mm, do you have a high lift cam?

What about blocking and redrilling the waterway that I heard about? Did you do that to prevent Head Gasket failure?

Sorry, this has gone way off topic.

Andrew

Post by **bmcecosse** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:06 pm

Errr - the picture is not mine - I stole it off ebay! When I did the pockets it was no-where near as neat as that.
I found one waterway in the block that didn't match up well with the 1275 gasket - so I put a lump of silicon sealer in the hole and fitted the head. That was 3 years and a good few thousand miles ago now - no overheating and no other problems either.