{"id":3476,"date":"2020-02-05T16:07:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tegiwaimports.com\/blog\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2020-02-05T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:37:20","slug":"type-r-trophy-build-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tegiwa.com\/blog\/builds\/other-builds\/type-r-trophy-build\/type-r-trophy-build-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"TYPE R TROPHY BUILD – PART 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tegiwa Type R Trophy Build \u2013 Part 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Since our last update a couple of weeks ago, we\u2019ve handed the reins over to the lads at Motion Motorsport<\/strong><\/a> to take care of some of the bigger jobs that needed doing on our EP3.<\/p>\n

Valve Clearances<\/h4>\n

Jake, who makes up one third of Motion alongside Dave and James, quickly got to work on the car, starting by removing the K20 ready to have the gearbox removed and the all-important timing chain and tensioner<\/a><\/strong> replaced as well as the valve clearances being checked.<\/p>\n

\"K20<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of valve clearances, Jake told us that he\u2019s never seen valve clearances that have been this far out before! It made sense as we could hear a tapping noise on idle, so we suspected there was something untoward occurring. From factory the specs should be 0.08 for intake valves and 0.10 for exhaust valves, however, our exhaust valves were 0.22 and the intake valves were at 0.12. We can\u2019t stress enough how important it is to get your valve clearances checked on these cars, especially if you\u2019re noticing a rough idle or poor performance.<\/p>\n