lookin good there. I have been out of town with the holiday season but am back and will be pushing forward with the HG install thread very soon. BTW my Alaniz head is here and looks GORGEOUS! I'll post some pics so you can see it! Later!

 

I'll upload some pics in a few minutes, I just got done torquing the head down, shower first though.

 

So would you recommend just pulling the intake mani in the beginning since you ended up doing it anyway?

 

It wasn't too much of a pain to get off and having more room/space to work with was nice. If time is not an issue, I would just do it anyway. I got my head back on today without any problems, I also used ARP head studs torqued to 80 lb/ft.

Putting a rubber band on the orange cam chain guides to hold them together helps when you put the head back on, otherwise it won't go back on when using studs.




The rocker arm assembly is a bugger to get back on, that's where I left off.

 

damm, talk about detailed step by step pictures! This should be on the faq's

 

yeah its a pain tu pull the intake mani, but the room is worth it I think. hey carguy... did you install the 3mm HG? if so was there any special issues with re-installing the head since the HG is thicker than the stock one was? I'm about to go down this road myself... nice pics I intend to take step by step pics of the whole thing as well and will add them to this DIY... thanks for all your posts and your interest!

 

The additional 3mm didn't change much. Reinstalling the cam drive gear was a bit tricky (chain is TIGHT), but it's very doable.

 

BTW if anyone is looking for a clocked cam gear thingy that you need to punch the pin out and move, i have one and am looking for a factory one since I took out the 3mm headgasket and am going with a stock thickness

 

Linked to FAQ, please keep the turbo install updates coming. DIY's are a great asset to the forum. Thanks

 

do you have a picture of what you are talking about? I have my cam gear without any pin punched out as of yet? we could swap if thats what you are talking about? let me know what you mean and get back to me. Thanks