Ive always been told to use .5mm over the piston bore.

stock is 88.5mm and cometic's start at 89mm.

Either way I'm sure your fine.

 

Hey guys, xB owner here. One of the (comparitively) few cracking open the 1NZ-FE. I got this book for my build and found it very helpful, especially on the balancing and assembly chapters. The only tools I was missing were an interior micrometer for and a telescoping bore gauge. The engine tech is a little dated but to be honest, short block technology hasn't moved in the last 30 years, only the head.



http://www.amazon.com/Blueprint-Buil...8089493&sr=8-1

 

haha thats 1 part but their are more alot of trial by error on my part... and alota bent valves later success..lol

 

oh I know..................

 

know as in part or know about how much a PITA its been working on the tc lol

 

can you guys specific? it's like it's a trade secret and you don't want to tell us or something

what honda parts fit? head studs?

bearings?

 

aen me and you are on the same page....geez spill the beans guys

 

i have never heard of using a head gasket that isn't flush with the bore

 

which bearings did you coat?

 

main and rod bearings and thrust washer is what he said

 

i know, but i mean stock bearings, acl bearings clevite bearings blah blah

 

shouldnt matter about the brand....

ever bearing that doesnt meet toyota spec's should be coated and that will happen prolly like 90% of the time.

 

well, dependin on the brand you get different materials, different hardnesses that are available and different spec clearances...that's all i meant, i mean you could get stock bearings and get them coated, but are they as strong as clevite bearings that are coated?

knawmeanhomiegslicedawg? lol

 

Ahh. I C

 

so i'm going to need, rear main seal, head gasket oil pump and thermostat gasket from toyota?

i just saw that their kit is like 300 dollars

 

why would you get the oem head gasket instead of cometic?

 

im not, that's why i was asking which ones i need to get so i can pick it seperately and create a list in the first post

otherwise i'd just get the engine overhaul gasket kit

 

My bad, I guess i wasn't very clear. Since I wanted race series ACL I had to buy them from ptuning and send them to calico since they don't stock the race series.

My friend used to work for two nascar teams as their engineer and they all swear by Calico's CT-1 bearing coating.

 

I dont see how a gasket for our cars would cost 300.....i know the main seal's cost like 66 for the big one and 20 something for the pulley side.

Not sure about the OEM HG. I went with Cometic and paid 75 for it.

So no way should a "kit" add up to 300. Way too much IMO.

 

it included everything from the main seal to the head gasket, and exhaust gasket and intake manifold gasket

it made somewhat sense, i jut ddon't need alot of it so i figured i'd piece it together instead