Nice, ill consider going that large when i do my motor, i was planing on keeping stock timmings before and just opening it up a little.



and too anyone who's considering taking there sleaves out, i dont suggest a drill bit. the roll pins are very, very, very hard, i chewed up a couple drill bits on them, and some cuttign bits, the only things that worked for me are: A. dimond bits (takes forever) and B. carbide, i suggest carbide

 

Adam how is your progress? What mileage are you at? Compression?

 

Im about 10 miles away from 1000, but the compression test will probably have to wait until this weekend. I cant believe I put 600 miles on in the first 5 days, and it took me over a week to put another 300 on...



On the roll pins, I used a cobalt drill bit, and a whole lot of patience and cutting fluid.



On a side note, I need to adjust the primary throttle stop....I cant lower my idle past 1100 rpm now. It was idling at 800 on my last motor. And I feel the extra compression every time I drive it too. Its great.

 

woops my bad

 

cobalt, maybe thats where i went wrong, i used a cheep steel bits, and no cutting fluid.

 

Make no mistake about it, i still had a hell of a time getting the roll pins out. I need to find a better way to get them out. Ive heard of tack welding a piece of steel to them, and pulling them out that way.

 

what i did was drill thru the aluminum of the housing to the side of the roll pin, and then cut it with a carbide dremel bit, which still toke awhile, but it was alot better than everything else i tired.

 

Adam, I remember you said you got your pulley kit from Atkins.



If I'm not mistaken, that's an S6 alternator. Did you use the stock S6 pulley or use the Atkin's one?



Why is the water pump pulley a different colour?

 

The alternator is a S5 one. The FD pulleys are a different size. I think they have one less rib. I compared them a while ago, but I dont really remember how they didnt match up, just that they didnt. I dont know why the water pump pulley is a different color. On a site note, i had fitment issues with the wate rpump pulley on my S5 water pump. I was running a S4 water pump on my last motor, so it wsant an issue. But when I put on the S5 water pump, the hole in the center was too small, and it wouldnt go onto the water pump. I ended up putting the pulley on the lathe and enlarging the hole a little. And the alt pulley had the hole a little too big. I had to put a little tape around the shaft of the alt so the pulley wouldnt wobble. But Im still very happy with that pulley set, just wish it would underdrive the water pump and the alt, but not as much on the alt as my RB pulley set did. I had bad charging problems with the RB set, since it was underdriving my alt 35%.

 

Hmm.. S5 alternator casings must be the same as S6.. Learn something new everyday!



I would love those same pulleys, but in adonized (sp?) red.. I was looking at FD pulley kits, but some spin the water pump backwards, or are brutally ugly, and all cost alot of money.



Not to mention the fitting issues..



Maybe I'll stick with V-belt..