Tomei cam pulleys arrived finally. Build quality seems good and the pulleys are much lighter than the stock pulleys.
Making sure adjustment of pulley matched TDC on pistons
Also changed my stock SMIC setup to a chris wilson SMIC. Not brand new, but definitely in better nick than my last setup.
Engine and drivetrain back in
Quick bare essential start up to check oil pressure and get some heat in the engine for a compression check
I removed one of the oil relief springs from the 2JZGTE oil pump as I'm running a GE block, which has less oil galleries. Bit of an experiment to see what happens really, if needed I will drop the second spring back in.
But on first/cold start the oil pressure is reading at 5 bar or just under which is more or less where it needs to be. Will have to monitor pressure once engine has been fully warmed up and under different load conditions, but off to a good start so far.
First compression check after the first start showed 195-200 psi across all cylinders. Again not a bad result given the engine is slightly higher compression than a factory 2JZGTE. Will have to continuously monitor compression readings to make sure the rings are bedded in properly, but happy with the first test.
The only major issue I have at the moment is the injectors. I switched back to using the 1JZ 380cc injectors from the 440's I was using previously and on idle my AFR's are reading between 16.5-17 which is a tad lean for my liking. 1JZ stock ecu is obviously optimized for a 2.5 litre displacement, so the added displacement from the 2J bottom end could be drawing more air than expected.
I will be sticking in the larger 440's back in when I get a chance to see if the AFR's can regulate themselves near 14.7 on idle. If that makes no change then I will be forced to fast forward my standalone plans and wire one in asap in order to gain control over the engine again. I just wanted to use the 1JZ ecu to run the engine in without having to faff with setting up a tune on a standalone, but I also don't want to run any leaner than I need to in the early stages of the engines break in.