Exhaust VVT not retarding/ not working

[JMlegacy]

IT WAS THE DAMN SPROCKET
who could have known.... I didn't even know the rebuilder welded it.



I replaced it and it is very smooth now. From idling to 7000RPM

[bigBADbenny]

Sweet baby cheeses! WTF?

How's an interwebs/magazine mechanic (me) gonna remote diagnose that one???
All good then?

[JMlegacy]

Was good when I changed it, problem solved for sure but...
As soon as i got to a road i spun bearing again. A sound i was hearing and was taking it for bad tensioner was really a spun bearing.
Took it to another shop this time. Fuck me!

This time I'm getting a used short block. The short block has a different piston in it. It has HSB written on it's face and a lower CR because of it's dish. here is a pic:

[dr20t]

Where did you get that block from?????

[bigBADbenny]

Dammit the sh*t workshops pull and think they can get away with!
When it seems that EJ's are very much a precision job to get right stock let alone a performance build...

Research: see all posts by maxwell power
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=2401576

[JMlegacy]

Where did you get that block from?????

Somewhere out of japan i heard, but bought locally.
Why?