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9-4-2008
Some parts arrived, from Superformance and rally-design. SF sent the wrong main bearings though, I ordered standard size but got 010 oversize, have to sent those back. The universal brake hats are nice well made pieces and they will work. I will have the center holes enlarged and when the rotors arrive there is some fine tuning to do in fitment, the front will need a 5mm spacer total between wheel and hat or between hat and hub, while the rear hat needs to be shaved down 5mm, also inside or outside, but in such a way that the brake caliper will be a nice fit tight against the spokes of the wheel, I like that look.
Was not in the mood to do much, but I fitted the new starter solenoid I got today. From the old one all the connectors broke of when removing and SF has new ones for not to much so instead of attempting a third world style repare I ordered the new one. Also ordered a bush set for the rotor but fitting was to troublesome, the old ones were still good and my soldering iron couldn't melt them loose so I didn't want to disturb a good thing.
Now that my new exhaust valves were there, I decided to test the strength of an old one. First I threw it against the concrete (outside) a couple of times as hard as I could but it didn't break. Then I laid it on the concrete and threw a big rock at it, as I'm no sportsman I missed a couple of times but finally managed to break the valvestem. Not at the weld joint but higher up. Saw that they were indeed hollow with powder in it. Threw them in some water from save distance and it started to bubble. When all bubbling was done I decided togrind open the remaining piece...after a while it started to burn hehe, looked great but was to late with the camera. Final picture: that valve looks great to me, no corrosion, weld barely detectable, had been probably good for years without a problem. Myth busted? You can't draw conclusions from one valve from one car
