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Yup,

That's what I ended up doing today.

M6 Cap Heads (Black Phosphated)(10.9 Grade) = 14.7 Nm Dry by my reconing.

Thanks
James

O, Bugger.

Thanks for that....

Has this worked?




Cheers,
James

Hi there, Just fitted my new Piper timing set, I didn't get any data sheets with it. Can anyone tell me the correct torque setting for the 4 cap heads that hold the two halves of the cam sprocket together? I obviously could really do without them coming undone when the engine's run up! There's a lin...

For cleaning the heads on a budget, nip down to your local pay and play car wash, jet wash off the worst, and then give them a dose of Mr. Muscle Oven Cleaner. Wash off and bingo, almost as good as bead blasting!

Good luck with the build,

James

Total Star,

Many thanks again,

James

That would be very good of you indeed.

Many thanks again,

James

(Email addess - y@rdley.org.uk)

Superbly fast answer, thanks so much.

Yes that makes sense, I may try to get hold of a vernier set then. Did I get it right about he timing up method?

All the best,
James

Hi there, Just thought I'd fit up a Viper Hurricane cam and Coyles timing set to an engine that I'm building up at the moment. It's the first time that I've used a timing sprocket with more than 1 keyway (to adjust the timing slightly). I have two main questions, the card that came with the cam spec...