Stingrae's Legacy GT

[Stingrae]

Cleaned up the heads over the weekend, really strange rust patterns. EX valves are coated in rust and crap, one IN valve will be rusty, and the other will look perfect on most cylinders. Looking at all new OEM valves, and may keep whatever valves are salvageable as spares.

Have been having a terrible time finding valves though. I only have a steel rule on hand, but as far as I can tell
IN - 36mm face, 94mm tall, 6mm stem
EX - 32mm face, 94mm tall, 6mm stem
I can't tell by how much, but the EX is marginally taller

These are the only products I can find that are similar, and they don't look very promising or have great photos. The EJ20H isn't listed as compatible either, but they might be the same as the ones on the EJ206/8, which are listed.
https://www.precisionintl.com/products/ ... 5094409411
https://www.precisionintl.com/products/ ... kW3LjoqJ7W

Intake valves is stamped 1251, can't make out anything on the exhaust. JDM hydraulic valves seem to be very difficult to find now. Haven't even found a parts manual yet.

Cylinder heads are coming along slowly, look to be flat but I don't have much on hand to test. Despite pitting on the back of some valves, all the valve seats are fine, I'm thinking that lapping new valves should be enough to clean up anything else.

Absolutely agree on the shampoo. I've got to rip it all out and clear all the bugs first. Now with the engine and trans out it's time to take the fenders off and clean it all. I've seen many restorations that have a fortune spent in the paint and then all the inside looks like every other 30 year old car.

There isn't much wrong with it. Cracked windscreen, worn dash, window seals, leather steering wheel has shrunk, bent bonnet and damaged front bumper. It came with a replacement bumper and bonnet but the bonnet has the same crease. Shouldn't be too hard to find replacements from gen2 liberties.

[El_Freddo]

If you’re chasing OEM valves partsouq.com would be your best bet. I use them all the time and would use them more if I had more money and time for projects.

Valves being OEM isn’t so important - no one will know unless you tell them, and even then, who cares?

Going for another set of heads might be the best option here - or hand them over to a machine shop to do all the work for you. Less headache for you in the long run.

I can imagine having all the bits of a vehicle restored at the same time being a big undertaking and a slap to the old wallet too. Paint is huge and to do it properly everything needs to come off the body. Interior can effectively be pulled at any time for resto work. But I get what you’re saying, I’d be in that bucket if I could get my cars resprayed!

Cheers

Bennie

[Stingrae]

I know nothing about the aftermarket companies for EJs, but most seem to be expensive and performance focused. I figure that OEM is my best bet for quality at an affordable price. As far as I know, valves are not a point of failure and can handle much more then the 7k redline - not that I'll be pushing it there very often. The hydraulic setup is self adjusting, and I would like as little maintenance as possible, although, if there is a decent block + heads for sale I would not be opposed to throwing the turbo cams in there and running regular valve rockers.

If these heads are good enough to keep, they will be sent off and resurfaced. I've been cleaning them up a bit to see if they're worth the effort. So far, they look flat enough to be resurfaced, and the seats look good enough that they don't need to be replaced. But it can wait for now.

I've moved on from engine work to the rest of the car. There's much work to be done, here's where I got up to this weekend



Would've got further but the weather has been miserable for the last few weeks. In addition to cockroaches, ants, wasps and spiders, the car is home to some geckos. Hopefully they'll get most of the bugs I can't see.

Will be stripping everything from the engine bay and giving it a good wash. Lots of dirt, but only a little rust in the door sills so far.