Below is a picture of my 96 R head..Prehistory of the drama is here>"Damn Toda Cams"> https://honda-tech.com/forums/all-motor-naturally-aspirated-44/damn-toda-cams-3125735/ ..MY question is why is this pad wear occurring on 3of8 of the vtec pads only? LMA STICKING AT HIGH LIFT?!?!? head removed..2 valves intake bent...2 cracked guides barely tapped the seat..sending out to machine shop get pressure tested more valves bent but on a microscopic level (signs of contact)..Cam journals look excellent..no signs of binding..caps are beautiful.. LOST MOTIONS OLDER STYLE :/...hmmmm some of the VTEC pads are worn down on the inside (toward center of head) like LMA binding/restriction at high lift...they all feel stiff to me past 2-5mm..Cams look great no signs of over tightening. motor is getting pulled to do tranny and im going to helicoil the tensioner hole just for the hell of it..at this point..Switching to S2 Pro 1 cams however..as flubyu352 said makes sense..and am def in the market for endyn 2nd tensioner...never liked the back side of a b-series being so long without anything with tensioner on reverse side..AGAIN THE TODA BELT DID ITS JOB THIS TIME!>> Belt flapped loose on cold start and hopped a few teeth.. Still unknown.. Tensioner bolt found tight
THanks for reading my horror story..any input is welcome.
THank you lord for spearing ,me new valve seats~!

 

wow you have some sitty luck

 

yeah tell me more..

 

Ouch!!!!

 

timing on the camshaft for the valves... im guessing.
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