17X7 ULTRA LIGHT WEIGHT FORGED ALUMINIUM GENUINE MAGLINE FORGED WHEELS MADE BY HR RACING FOR THE RACING ENTHUSIAST. EXTREMELY LIGHT WEIGHT APPROX 4-5 KG IN STUNNING SHADOW CHROME FINISH AND POLISHED OUTER LIP. PRICED TO IMPRESS AT ONLY $350 EACH I know these aren't 16s, but 17s at under 5kg?! :shoc...
Ahh. The metal piece that receives the shaft in the middle it the green bit on my car that I left on. So you can't get the shaft the boot surrounds out? Shouldn't be hard, unless all the grease is gone, just keep rotating and wiggling it all angles. Taking the boot off may help you visualise what yo...
Eugh one of mine broke in half for the engine mount x member, still welded in! Took me 45 mins to carefully dremel off the 3 tack welds! Sounds like you got a worse deal Can you not just remove the wing?
Slinkys got it covered, but sure.. 1) There are tolerances you're allowed before your block/heads are considered to far out for machining in the shop manual. I had my heads skimmed despite them looking flat, looking back I probably didn't need to. But I don't like the word probably in a head rebuild...
wow wish I had the time to do something nuts like that! Engine bay looks so spacious. I have to agree the light conversions do not work well with the lines of the car. RWD mx3 would be such fun. Id be seriously considering it if it were over here
The torque specs seem to be the same. I got a new set of ajusa head bolts for doing mine, which are for all k series engines. These had a torque guide of how to tighten without distinguishing between engines, but was slightly different from the manual. Make sure you measure your bolts if you're reus...
I used a magnetic tool that came with my valve spring compressor tools, and my finger :lol: But yea a socket should work, perhaps something soft inbetween to prevent damage though. Put a little bit of clean oil on the contact areas of the seal - where it attaches to the head and the inside for the v...
Most cars have the 32mm, the early ones have 16mm. You seem to be on the borderline! This shop describes it more: http://www.fordprobestore.co.uk/store/product_info.php?cPath=51_74&products_id=115 http://www.fordprobestore.co.uk/store/product_info.php?cPath=51_74&products_id=469 I couldn't s...