Cosmic's Winter Pulsar Project

Is that your wife's best tea towl over your mistresses rockers !
And all this drama on mothering Sunday too mr cosmic :-O lol .

burrows1980 wrote:

Cosmic73 wrote:Typical,
Just paid for the oversized shims from Aus and then found these brand new cams for sale on shitebay;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-pulsar-Gtir-NEW-sr20det-cams-/262314947991?hash=item3d13307597:g:1DYAAOSwDuJW1eXH

These cams might have paid for themselves if it meant i could've reused some of the old shims.

Is that seller who I think it is?

Yes.
I would want see cast numbers on shafts & box details as may not be gtir ones ! like the new only test fitted probably remark ! :-)

@cosmic You want list sizes of old shims & put them in sales thread at £x each delivered, easy item post 1st class in stiff envelope .

Mr B wrote:Is that your wife's best tea towl over your mistresses rockers !
And all this drama on mothering Sunday too mr cosmic :-O lol .

nah, its just some newspapers.
I learnt my lesson after using her jam making cloth to filter my old oil.
She rules our house with a rod of iron she does.

Mr B wrote:@cosmic You want list sizes of old shims & put them in sales thread at £x each delivered, easy item post 1st class in stiff envelope .

Sounds like a plan.
What's the going rate each?

burrows1980 wrote:

Cosmic73 wrote:Typical,
Just paid for the oversized shims from Aus and then found these brand new cams for sale on shitebay;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-pulsar-Gtir-NEW-sr20det-cams-/262314947991?hash=item3d13307597:g:1DYAAOSwDuJW1eXH

These cams might have paid for themselves if it meant i could've reused some of the old shims.

Is that seller who I think it is?

Ah, you meant the cam seller not the shim seller?
I didn't notice the name at first, i've heard about this plonker
Item is now firmly 'unwatched' !!

going rate, at a guess I would think 50% of the cost of a new one.

or ask Bob, I believe he has or had some for sale.

Bob was my first port of call but he didn't have many,

what was precision shims prices & shipping for uk ?

Mr B wrote:what was precision shims prices & shipping for uk ?

Eye wateringly fucking high mate!!
$14 per shim x 16,
$55 shipping
$10 paypal fee,
$289 altogether

Whats that 150 quid? You tight ass

shroom wrote:Whats that 150 quid? You tight ass

It's Mr tight ass to you.

10 ozzy bucks for PP fee sucks & shipping quite high but overall for full set of shims it is decent compared to nissan & faster service too, for the oz guys it a bargain :-)
Did you go for 16 slotted ?

Would having all slotted stop rockers jumping off?

yep, all slotted

It may help keep rocker in situ but they tend get pushed back off pivot rather than slip to side.
They not as bad as tales would suggest, I've never had one come off at over 8k rpm & only ever done couple heads with rocker mess. if all in good shape & set well they pretty reliable :-/

Bang on what Mr B said above

The rockers do not normally come off the side they move back off the rocker pivot point which is why our guy Terry Dolphin first developed rocker stoppers to lessen the risk of this happening.

It certainly however does not hurt to go for shim locators as opposed to a flat and sided shim.
Also the locator shim should be located generally on the l/h side of rocker arm as the foot on that side of rocker is fractionally wider

Give me a try when you have your shim sizes Neil, il have a look for you, we may not be able to get to your precision measurements but then tbh there is no need for those measurements to be precise as long as the rocker arm sits fairly square on the pivot point is the main thing.

Fyi its wrong cam selection (ramp angle) which plays a major part in rockers being thrown as well as incorrect clearances of course

^ true, being careful with what cams you use will help & fitting new or uprated springs to match cams will too as poor/wrong springs can result in rocker being unloaded & then easily nudged back by cam lobe rotation. surprised jun or tomei never done a 54c full roller rocker arm kit with pivot stoppers & matching cams/springs

Still waiting for my shims..........

^skilled engine builder there!!

Yo dudes
Can anyone tell me where these 2 wires go to please?
I didn't remove them and I can't see anything missing a connection.

Did the car used to have an alarm on it?
Doesn't look like original wiring.

Yeah it did, but i thought id removed that wiring,
Anyway, ive taped them off for now,

So my shims arrived, i fitted them and they are still miles out!  
What a mess, a total shambles.
Either i measured the original shims wrong and messed up the maths or the supplier sent the wrong ones.
Im gonna measure the new ones at work tomorrow to make sure.

But what now? Order more shims?
I regret buying new shims now, i reckon i could've bought a shim puncher and had the whole lot gapped by now.

I doubt im gonna have the R ready for Japfest  next month.

Bummer mate! If you do go down the feeler blade route as Mr B pointed out in another thread, 6mm punch is too big by about 0.20mm I machined my punch down so they fitted in the shim perfect. And also can easily be removed if they wear or I measured incorrectly. Did mine yesterday and gaps are around 0.20 - 0.22mm now

Can you return the shims? Might be worth asking?