mike noble
02-06-13, 09:09 PM
at round 1, lou lost compression on the 4 corner cylinders so we knew it was something serious.
stripped the motor and found the 4 corners had leaned out knackering the pistons.
we also noticed the rockers were making contact with the valve spring top hats.
the motor is now completely stripped to a bare block.
ive ordered a set of forged pistons, rings and roller tip rockers.
the block will need maching to suit the new pistons when they arrive.
the car will then be dyno'd at a local tuning shop owned by a good friend graham at rawspeed tuning.
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if that wasn't enough..............
emptied the oil in my car and noticed quite a few bits of metal in the oil, cut open the filter and it was full of metal !!
pulled the sump to inspect and found bearing damage.
the motor is now completely stripped to a bare block.
the crank will need a polish or grind.
all bearings are shot.
while its apart i'm going to hopefully up the cam spec as its quite mild at the mo. just aswell while its apart eh ?
the car will then be re-dyno'd at john sleaths.
so we have two complete rebuilds to do before round 2....... its achieveable but it totally depends on parts and machining.
round 2 will see either neither car ? one car ? or both ?
god knows at the moment but we'll give it a bl00dy good shot.
as usual massive thanks to mike couch.
stripped the motor and found the 4 corners had leaned out knackering the pistons.
we also noticed the rockers were making contact with the valve spring top hats.
the motor is now completely stripped to a bare block.
ive ordered a set of forged pistons, rings and roller tip rockers.
the block will need maching to suit the new pistons when they arrive.
the car will then be dyno'd at a local tuning shop owned by a good friend graham at rawspeed tuning.
.
if that wasn't enough..............
emptied the oil in my car and noticed quite a few bits of metal in the oil, cut open the filter and it was full of metal !!
pulled the sump to inspect and found bearing damage.
the motor is now completely stripped to a bare block.
the crank will need a polish or grind.
all bearings are shot.
while its apart i'm going to hopefully up the cam spec as its quite mild at the mo. just aswell while its apart eh ?
the car will then be re-dyno'd at john sleaths.
so we have two complete rebuilds to do before round 2....... its achieveable but it totally depends on parts and machining.
round 2 will see either neither car ? one car ? or both ?
god knows at the moment but we'll give it a bl00dy good shot.
as usual massive thanks to mike couch.