Project S2000: Part 27 – Building the F22c for Turbo Boost and Manifold Test Fit

In go the camshaft holders.

While the cams were out, we got them WPC treated to help reduce friction and wear. Howard is lubing them up before install.

A smoother running engine is a better running engine. That’s why race engines match piston and rod weights as closely as possible in order to minimize differences in stresses from cylinder-to-cylinder. We installed the Fluidampr crank pulley to attack torsional vibrations. Reducing the amplitude of the vibrations can help improve the life of everything attached to the crank. In this case, the timing chain and gears, cam gears, cams, valves, springs, bearings, etc.  I’ve read Kojima’s reviews on various cars and I can tell you without a doubt the Fluidampr significantly smoothed out the engine. More on that later.

From top to bottom, the Fluidampr crank pulley basically interacts with everything inside the engine. Fluidampr advertises horsepower gains with their damper, but I care more about the increased engine longevity under high-stress use from the reduced amplitude of vibrations.

The valves on the S2000 have to be manually adjusted, so here’s Howard doing his thing with the feeler gauge to get the correct valve clearance.

Project S2000 is a 2005 model year. The stock coolant hoses are old needless to say and are typically made from EPDM rubber. Now is the perfect time to replace the old rubber hoses with the HPS Silicone Heater Hose kit. The advantage of silicone over EPDM is a higher temperature capability which comes in handy with motorsports and high-power type use.

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