Okay so here's my story. On Saturday I was pulling the harmonic balancer off to remove the timing belt and put my new cams in, and to my surprise I find the keyway on the balancer has been flogged out. Then after closer inspection I notice a cracked edge on the balancer which looks like it's from a hammer. Obviously some jerkoff in the past has tried to put the balancer back on and has had trouble lining it up on the keyway, so instead of trying again, they've bashed it on with a hammer. Not cool...here's the flogged out keyway (the picture is off my phone so you can't really see it, but it's the top side).
To make things worse, the key itself on the crank has been chipped off completely. So I was left with the following choices:
a) pull the motor down and put a new crank and balancer in (probably rings for good measure)
b) pull the motor down and send it away to get built properly
c) put an RB30 bottom end in
I chose option C
I will most likely go for a R.I.P.S bottom end. If you haven't heard of them, they are pretty much kings of RB engines outside of Japan, they're in NZ.
So anyway, in true Sinclair fashion, my car is off the road. Again. Right before I had the chance to put my new cool stuff in!
Bosch 044 and surge tank
Cryo! There is a sprayer bar for the intercooler to go with these but it hasn't turned up yet, not that I can use it yet anyway!
