2000 ej25 rebuild in progress

Update

Well, this is taking longer than I would have liked. Life kinda got in the way. Been hard to corral my teenage son. This was supposed to be a father/son project but he just doesn't seem to be that interested. And taking a week off due to some much needed hiatal hernia repair work didn't help either.

Also had a little trouble with the Delta 1500 cams and valve adjusters. Didn't have enough adjuster screw thread sticking out of the top of the rockers on the intake side. The shop that did my valve work trimmed the tips of the intake valves 0.010"...and between that and the base circle reduction due to the regrind I just didn't feel good about the number of threads engaging the lash adjuster screw threads (only 3 or 4 and buried down in the nut. Required new valves to solve the problem, and now there are 1 or 2 threads exposed on the adjuster.

Will probably have things ready to stuff back in the chassis tomorrow. Pics shortly.

Yea...its running!

Finally got it all back together and started it on Jan 1...then immediately went down with the flu.

I've put 40 miles on it and it purrs like a kitten. The Delta cams do NOT cause any appreciable lifter noise. I have about 40 miles on the engine and I've done a second valve lash setting. Nearly all of them had tightened up about 0.001"...I guess due to the valves seating totally.

Sure seems to have nice mid-range grunt (according to the butt-dyno)....and I'm loving the mechanical throttle and 12.5 lb flywheel. No more "Nader-lag"!

Had to slightly dent one of the Ebay Borla-knock-off header pipes to insure it did not touch a metal power steering line..otherwise it fit very well.

Wrapped the headers near the oil filter and where they pass under the power steering components for good measure.

Getting 215/65R16 Yokohama Geolandar AT-S tires this weekend. Car needs shocks, but that will have to wait till next month.

Video by this weekend???

800 miles on the engine...

Running well....the lifters are still noisy despite setting the valves twice now. I'm setting them to 0.006" intake and 0.008" exhaust

Clutch hydraulics are acting a little funky...as if the master cylinder isn't fully returning. Doesn't need fluid

Just this week it has decided to die at idle when it's cold...but not sending any CEL codes....like something in the throttle body idle circuit might be sticking....any suggestions as to what to look for?

Fuel mileage has only been around 21 mpg....

I have KYBs for the rear...and ceramic brake pads...maybe I'll get them in this weekend...