Where Do These Go?

[camandcandice]

After 4 years of slowly gathering parts for my rb26 im finally putting her back together(spun bearings) 4 years is a long time and cannot remember for the life of me where the hell these go!!they where in the same zip lock bag the 3 bolts for the lower front cover was in but cant see them being used for the front cover, hope some one can reconize these 2 sleeves i guess you would call them? and save me having to pull the motor apart again!

cheers cam

[Manuel Kasko]

I think they are seatbelt clamps?

[camandcandice]

Nah they are from the motor, never touched inside the cabin the motor didn't last long enough!

[Manuel Kasko]

I'm just f**king with you mate haha

Someone here will be able to help just give it 10min

[m.j.h]

My first thought was they go in the front cover to locate it before it is done up but I could be wrong

[methz]

dont they locate the head to the block?

[camandcandice]

The head to block use a dowel pin, I'm thinking they must be for one of the front covers because of the zip lock bag i had them in I've tried Nissan fast program to try and locate them but still come up with nothing

[GTR260]

Throttle bodies to inlet manifold

[kitto]

They are the dowels that align the head to the block OR the dowels that align the plenum to the throttle bodies.

If they are 18mm +/- they are the head to block alignment dowels.

[Bsa]

Looks like head locators

[Guilt-Toy]

they are the dowels that locate the head to the block.

just try and slot them into your head, that will answer your question

[camandcandice]

Head is all ready on the block guys the motor is more or less finished apart from cam gear front cover and ati balancer, should I be pulling the motor apart?

[Bsa]

How did you line the head up properly without them

[camandcandice]

They are 14mm o/d

[camandcandice]

Good question BSA you have got me worried honestly I can't remember,i put the head on a good year or so ago using a arp stud kit

[turboedsloth]

That ring pull looks to be off the redbull can you had that night

[camandcandice]

Haha yeh that's a red bull can ring, the dowels are 10mm long as well if that helps

[boostn0199]

I also reckon its the head to block aligners looks like it.

[Scott Black]

if you used an arp stud kit you may have just been able to align the head without the dowels on there and not noticed that you needed them, if the engines out of the car and easy to rip the head off then id just do that to be sure, althought they could also be dowels from the box to the motor

[camandcandice]

The motor is still on the engine stand, I prob used the stud kit as alignment and not thought twice, the r33 engine manual has no mention of there being locating dowels which is why I may have over looked it, guess what I'm doing this weekend then god damn it!!, unless you guys think the arp stud kit would line the head up enough?or best not to risk it?