i have not taken the timing belt off yet. But from working on subarus you were suppose to use a specail tool and i never saw the reason to at all i just held the cam with a breaker bar and put the belt on worked everytime. i see this motor being the same.

the headbolt sequence is


5 3 2 8
7 1 4 6

correct me if i am wrong.
tightening should go as follows hand tight on all bolts then in that sequence do 25ft lbs 40 ft lbs 80 ft lbs waiting 10min in between.

 

Do you guys recommend doing a snub install thinking the green speed. Also anything else i should look into while im there?

 

nice work! yea get a t-stat. best $27 dollar insurance you can get! also for those heads take a true flat spot, straight edge, and some feeler gauges, the max allowable is .002" i think.? if your feeler gauge goes thru,, most likely warpage.

as for my car ima start tomarrow on assembly, ohh and ps. those cams are pressed on, they have no keyway.. so if they come off... then were in the same boat. do you have the tool?

 

gonna order the tool i think i can get it for like 70$ so i mean does it really hurt that bad to know 100% everything is aligned. lol

 

ima try to mock up something today, but yea its kinda important, unless you make a accidental performance boost lhaha jk jk

but as for your heads, i think you should mill em. especially if youre heads where already blown like less than 28k ago.

anyone want to help mock up a tool

 

Hey under the valley pan those valves..... any way to check on them? should i replace them? and where is the best price to buy them?

 

**** bro i dont know... but i got a question. are you going to Re-use your head bolts??? im stuck i have the head on, but im not sure as to what do do?

 

No DO NOT REUSE THEM!!! they stretch soo they are basically junk now! they cost 5$ a piece at napa (same as oem) and you need 20.

 

Definitely don't reuse them. But I'm pretty sure you only need 16, not 20. I found them at partsgeek.com for like 70 i think

 

you right it's 16 just counted them lol