hey all. got a bit of a problem on my hands. im putting my engine back in after doing a few engine mods. now, wen aligning the clutch, the input shaft in the clutch-housing is to slot into the driven plate (which is situated between the flywheel and pressure plate obviously). now, we have bolted the clutch housing back onto the block so that it is flush. nice and tight and so the input shaft MUST be in the driven plate.

now... before we put the pressure plate back on, should we have made the fingers/springs on the pressure plate (teeth looking pieces, im sure u know wat i mean) point straight across? as in parallel? cause before we put it back in they were pointed outwards, away from the driven plate.

to test that the input shaft was in the driven plate properly, we put it into gear and spun the wheels. the wheels were quite hard to spin BUT the engine DID NOT MOVE. y is this? should it move? is it because the pressure plate fingers were sposed to b parallel, not pointing away (my mate had to have the pressure plate fingers parallel on both his little astra and his MX6 turbo before putting clutch back in) we are leaning towards this but arent totally sure and are hoping we dont have to take the block and clutch housing apart for the 5th time :confused:

any help would b appreciated... all we need is this done and my car is hours away from getting back onto the road, killing some commos :badgrin:

thanks in advance,
brendan

no matter. it's fixed and all working.

yeah we cranked it over today, runs good. 14.7 at 89mph

14.7? **** thats awesome!! Measured at the strip? Either way thats heaps good, "how to get a magna to run 14s" lol

yeah we cranked it over today, runs good. 14.7 at 89mph

Your not tellin porkies now are you? lol

he sure is talking crap. i havent got the car started yet. but this afternoon for SURE!!!! i cant wait :D

surely did get it started, the tappets slap like a latino ***** because the lashs dont adjust enough for the reground cam :rant: sigma gear time