I did not engage vtec, I didn't even think about it until after I disassembled everything. To make myself feel better, I measured the amount of clay on the domes and then measured the difference in lift of the vtec lobe over a regular lobe and there was still plenty of room. It's crude but I didn't feel like putting it back together. I do plan on claying it again to measure clearance w/ vtec, I was just lazy that day.

 

This is sick let me know how it goes I am considering something along the lines of this.

 

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I got my head back from the machine shop. I had it pressure checked, decked, and new seats installed. I also had the intake ports and manifold gasket matched (I'll explain why this was a rash decision made while talking to the machinist about flow). After all this was done I found out that I needed new valves because there was not enough material on the edge of the valves to seat properly, so I ordered a new set which arrived today.

While I was waiting on the valves, I remembered that I have access to a head porting kit so I decided to make use out of it. Using small diameter cartridge rolls, I smoothed out the casting marks of the exhaust ports while being extremely carefully not to change the size or shape of the port. Then using scotchbrite-like wheels for my Dremel, I polished them smooth using progressively finer grit wheels. They are really smooth but not as smooth as if I had used a buff and compound.



Then I moved to the intake side. For these ports I used 40 grit then 80 grit cartridge rolls to smooth out the casting marks while again being extremely careful not to enlarge or change the shape of the ports.



After I finished the intake ports I realized that I paid someone to gasket match my ports, when I could have easily done it myself. Anyway, tonight I lapped in my valves and installed my dual valve springs, bases, and retainers (all Skunk 2). Then, since the deck of my head was milled very slightly, I clayed my pistons again to check valve to piston clearance. This time I manually engaged vtec and there was no contact, even with the Skunk 2 stage II cams I'm using. So this weekend, it all gets assembled. More pics to come.

 

 

 

go kial!!! keep it coming

 

i am also preparing for this setup... with a few extra things here and there. cant wait to see yours done.

 

I bolted my head on yesterday but now I have to wait for a new timing chain idler gear. After I bolted the cam caps down I noticed that two of the teeth on the idler gear were chipped. Good thing it happened now and not when I started the engine.