I will post pics tommorrow cause its hard to explain exactly, but they drilled the damn holes out for the LS/VTEC dowel pins WAAAY too much, like a damn 16th of an inch too much. What the hell do I do? They have so much play in them, it completely defeats the purpose of having them, they are just for aligning the head right? Any ideas? Wait til you see the pics if I can get some good ones. I was looking forward to starting the VTEC conversion tommorrow, but I dont know what I can do to fix this

 

tell them to drill the block and head to allow the use of a bigger dowel

 

yea since the block is already over drilled have them match the hole for the head, and find dowel pins to fit correctly into the holes.... machine shop !

 

Or you could get aluminum sleeves and redrill the holes.

 

I would think they would pay for another head or weld up the holes and re-drill or somthing

 

h22a dowel will work there not much bigger

 

Sorry I dont have the pics yet, I need more batteries for my camera. So where can I get some aluminum dowel pins, or something I can fit in there and redrill the holes so the pins fit right? I think thats the best idea.

 

Don't modify the head!

Assuming that the machine shop admits that it's their fault, have them make up stepped dowels out of stainless steel.

Wes

 

damn dood that sucks......