The Daytona Project

[Jeff]

Another day of good progress, but it wasn't without a cost...

The good news-
Cam is in
Water pump and alternator mount installed
All lines and sensors in
Timing belt installed
Painted oil pan





The bad...bad...news
The Taft Camshaft I paid $100 for is junk. The surface where the cam rides in the head is pitted and scored. I never noticed it until I was dropping it in. Car is running a stock 2.2L TII cam, still a good cam for 300h/p, with a good idle. I only loose about 20hp at 3500rpm.

The baddest of the news-
The beautiful valve cover you see in the above photos is nothing more then an expensive dust cover.



I think the gasket bunched up and on my way to 35ft/lbs it just snapped See the poll above.

Thanks for lookin.