in for results. sick build man

 

lol he is running full e85 with methanol..

 

Here is one of the earlier maps that i was working on to get the ethanol and etc to work good. (we werent done yet because he had to leave and etc)



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Lifters showed today block should be here friday getting close

 

have fun with the build, did mine not to long ago and its so easy on these cars when you just leave the bottom end in the car

 

gonna happen sooner than later lost number four last night at the track

 

well made some progress today. Tore the head down completely cleaned her up and prepped her for the port job.




also had a delivery today

 

Nice job man!

keep the updates coming.

 

going to try and come up with a way to run the gmr cams on the stock lash adjusters

 

Nice.

If you find out, let me know.

One day when I track down a GMR head, I will prob want to install the GMR cams as well.

 

yea man i have a good friend that is an awesome machinst we're going to figure out a way. joe is doing some calculations between the stock cam base circles and the gmrs to come up with a shim for the oe lash adjusters

 

They've already been tried and failed horribly. There was no good way to secure them properly from the oil pressure. The BLE lash adjusters seem to be a much better idea:

BLE Solid Lifter Kit Chevy Cobalt 05-UP 2.2L ECOTEC

No, if your machinist were to disassemble the factory lash adjuster, then weld on some material on the bottom half or fab a new bottom half in a different height, that would probably work out well. The other thought, was finding larger diameter follower bearings to make up for the smaller base circle. I looked extensively for such bearings without luck, but that doesn't mean they are not out there or that they couldn't be fabricated as well.

 

Keep it going Kenny!

 

Yea I noticed how the lifter bore is with the half moon shape. I was telling Joe we will probably have to affix the shim to the bottom of the lash adjuster. Well figure something out, and if not I already have the solids anyways

 

I wish i woukd have known about the ble adj before I bought bates solids that have to be machined for lash. If we can't get the oem ones to work maybe ill opt for those so no machining will be needed and will have an adjustment for lash further down the road

 

In for build... Need ideas for next setup

 

as long as the wallet keeps me going lmao

 

Sorry Ken, I've been recommending someone try the BLEs with the GMRs for several years now. No one wanted to bite.

 

That link is decieving man they dont exist just emailed them all they have is non adjustable solid lifters that have to be machined like the bates ones

 

Wow and after i emailed them they changed the description lol rediculous

 

I just searched "ecotec ble" when I found that. They were available at many vendors last I knew, I'd try another.

 

they said that they were having issues failing and the design had flaws. Im just gonna run the solids and call it a day i already have them anyways

 

That's good to know. Last I checked, bates and jesel were the only ones making solids.

 

zzp valve springs ordered, arp head stud kit ordered. New valve seals, head gasket, rod bearings, rod bolts, sc gasket, exh gasket, and new revised timing chain tensioner all ordered. Last of the parts i had to buy to complete build

will be ordering the ATI super balancer as well when wallet recovers lol

 

Sounds good man. Looks just like my parts list.