NZ Performance Car

KILLER K20 BUILD

Welcome to part four of the K20 build that we’re currently undertaking. Last issue, we pieced together our short block and also assembled the modified RBB head. This month, we take over the engine room at Jtune Auto as we finally bring everything together in high-compression harmony ready to bolt into the midget chassis.

Before doing any of that, we wanted to dummy assemble the engine to check the very critical piston-to-valve and valve-to-valve clearance at maximum lift due

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