blast em off with the air gun. git er done

Someone other than Aidan. :laugh:

They're fine.
Bathe them in some gasoline for peace of mind if you want.

Bathe them in the blood of your... Wait, no, that's for the other kind of injector.

They're fine.

--Ian

"Just blow it"

Guys! Guys! I DID A THING!

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Valve stem seals from 949. Supermiata Valve Seal Miata

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Seeing as they are supposed to be the same for intake and exhaust, I was surprised that they looked different. Probably different production batches or something. I put the vanilla ones on cylinders 1-2 and the chocolate ones on cylinders 3-4. For science.

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Wife's car provided required straw for installation.

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Then I got this thing out of my garage.

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...and I jammed it in my engine and hit it with a hammer. (not even joking)

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Some times I hit things too hard.

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And I replaced my stupid valve stem seals. Yay!


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This was my least favorite thing. Its a fairly sizable divot near the middle of my lifter. The cam looks perfect. I'll see if I can get a pic with better lighting tomorrow. I suspect FOD, probably from garbage floating around inside the motor during breakin. I guess when you squeeze a piece of metal between a hardened shim and an even harder cam lobe, something is gonna give. The good news is that I can flip the shim and keep on keeping on. Aidandj recommended (and rightly so) that I should probably hit that face with a superfine diamond hone to knock down possible high spots, and I agree.

Feels good to move forward. :likecat:

Only 2 more years until it's re-assembled and we will find out if that fixes the smoking issue.

:likecat:

I deny nothing.

I balked on the turbo reinstll because I didn't have the parts to refuxor the fuel system the way I wanted, so its going to sit for a bit longer.

I'm also about to order a buttload of things I'll have to figure out how to mount, like an oil cooler. I think we all know how that's going to go :party:

You should like....make sure it works... then come to Laguna on the 8th with me so we can have many funs.

LOL. G won't have even looked at his car by the 8th.

I tried.

I have to walk past it to get to the garage where the washer and dryer live. If I want clean underwear, I'm not going to have much of a choice :giggle:

8th is what, HoD?

And here I was wondering why you never wear underwear

I have to wear underwear! My wife writes my name in them so I don't forget who I am.

HoD is Friday. 6/8 is SpeedSF.

--Ian

why do half your valve seals look like they're covered with the burnt plastic gunk that accumulates on a 3d printer nozzle?

Dryer lint? :giggle:

that's not gunk baby, that's poo poo

You ask these questions like you expect me to have answers.

It's a proprietary low-friction coating from 949.

--Ian