Building my 2.0 Duratec / MZR engine, PART 3 Cylinder head, preparation and assembly

Part 3 from my most recent engine build where you can see my steps through engine rebuild for my track car. Its combination of Ford Duratec, Ecoboost and Mazda MZR engines. In this episode im showing how i did prep and assembly 6M8G cylinder head with VVT delete, on Fiesta ST 150 Duratec block.
Disclaimer.
Its not DIY or tutorial, trying to copy actions you see in that video might results with critical damage to your engine. Engine builds and all works carried on the vehicles must be done by experienced engineer with safe and clean environtment.
tags
#mazda #mx5 #duratec #mzr #engine #piston #rod #assembly #track #ecoboost #mx5nc #ncmiata #ford #fiestast #headgasket

[@CdotPoppy]

Looking forward to seeing the first start!

[@pingpong9656]

Was it reliable in the end? What did you use to clean your head gasket surfaces - do you need to do anything special for these MLS headgaskets in the Mazda engines?

[@alexmagnusson6177]

No part 4 yet? How to adjust both camshafts 1 degree without taking front timing cover off? Thank you

[@ColdieGarage]

Using factory cam gears there is not much to adjust I'm afraid. To have some play in timing you will need to install vernier pulleys or run VVT. You have enough room to loose cam gear bolt with just rocker cover off BTW. And last part coming out very soon, finishing car was my main priority in past few days, didn't have much time to work on videos

[@TheBananaSlugger]

Great rebuild series! You mentioned you wouldn’t lap the valves again (because of need to resize the buckets). And you would send to machine shop instead. What would they do differently?

[@ColdieGarage]

Thank you! Well I would send it away just to save myself time also having not big machining tools background and doing everything by hand you have to put much more work into checking everything few times and adding corrections. There are three ways of setting valve gaps there, one is getting lifter in right size, other is skimming oversized lifter, or skimming the valve itself.