In the Works

Putting this DE back together. Bought the car with a smoked motor that had been taken apart by the previous owner and have since rebuilt. Putting back together now and haven't built an engine in years. Pretty sure I had the timing right but in acquiring parts for the motor I gained an extra couple cams. I need to know which two need to go back in. I have three marked 53F with a 3 stamped on them and one with 53F and 5 stamped on it. Right now I have 2 53F with 3's installed but number 4 cylinder is hitting the valves on rotation. I even tried the shifting the cam over 4 teeth and still the same(as I read somewhere in another post on zilvia somewhere). The problem seems to be the valves hitting the piston in cyl 4

Whats the next step?

Here are the timing marks as they are now

Here is an overhead pic of the cams

Here is a close up of Cyl 1

Here is a close up of Cyl 2

Here is a close up of Cyl 3

Here is a close up of Cyl 4

vxcoastie

No. 1 cam lobes should be facing outwards...
http://jimwolftechnology.com/wolfpdf...R%20KA24DE.PDF

Al_P

What he said plus

Make sure you have the chain on right. Distance between black/marked links is not the same. longer one goes on the side of the tensioner.

Also don't forget once you turn the crank marks will not line up for who knows how many revolutions.

Edit: you have the upper chain wrong. should be SIX links between cam bears

Below is how it should look at TDC

In the Works

excellent. lemme try that...thanks guys. Also how do you tell the difference between the intake and exhaust cams?

Al_P

from my exp they are interchangeable and are same on all KA's except that oddball year where it had a longer lift. but even that cam can be used on both sides.

on S14's Intake is Green

In the Works

Got it. Cams were reversed. Thanks for the help everyone.

Al_P

o shit shit shit. i am sorry exhaust is green .check pic above for reference. i got it mixed up. pic above is my old old ka build. either way this wont have any effect.