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Oli_p

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 17:36

vxr pistons are forged as standard, and if im correct chap that owns the car is going down the GT28 route


gavin18787

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 17:23

:cool: lot of work in a day :thumbs:

I changed my exhaust today, go me :o


Any paticular reason they were changed or just strengthening for future plans?


spikedjack

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 17:20

it says fitting the rods to the forged pistons.

why would you have fitted forged pistons and steel rods at two completely different times? Or are the stock pistons forged and only the rods need changing for the power you wish to achieve?


Cole

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 14:43

quote:
Originally posted by Mark.W
Great stuff that Warren looks like you know your stuff.

Whats your occupation just out of interest?

[Edited on 30-10-2011 by Mark.W]


That is his occupation


taylorboosh

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 14:16

what do you mean by big power bhp wise


Mark.W

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 14:04

Great stuff that Warren looks like you know your stuff.

Whats your occupation just out of interest?

[Edited on 30-10-2011 by Mark.W]


Sunz

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 11:03

So jealous of all that space you have to work in !

Knowledge is power !

Conrods look the business to.


SteveoBC

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 10:52

:thumbs: Warren working his magic once again


gez bay

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 10:45

:cool:


big eck

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 10:25

Impressive stuff buddy.


Warren G

 posted on 30th Oct 11 at 10:20

Conrod change, one day....

Box of goodies



Car ready to go



TIme to start stripping down the engine



Small pile of parts building up



Draining the oil (Nice and black)



My turbo removed which is in perfect condition for having 53k on the clocks, no play in the shaft etc



More bits removed





Lower sump removed



Rocker cover off and removing the rocker cover



the the head removed



and put in a safe place :P





Warren the cleaned the top of the block where the headgasket sits of all the gunk etc

More bits removed





Warren cleaned then it was time to remove the pistons and rods



Upper sump was then removed along with the oil sensor and baffle plate



Crank revealed



Standard Pistons and rods removed





Time to remove the forged pistons from the standard VXR rods



Pistons removed and H beam steel rods ready to go :)



Then fitted



Warren marked each rod so he knew which hole it needed to go back into (Cant really see from the pics)



Installing the new Mahle shell bearings





Cheeky pics if the oil squirter



Pistons going in with Piston ring compressor



We were going to keep the old piston rings in because they were fine but swiftly changed plans and went with new piston rings

New



Old



Going on



Going in



Nice and shiny



Rods in with ARP bolts



344mm Brake conversion



cleaned the underside of the head



Headgasket on



Headbolts going in



New extended exhaust manifold bolts



Parts back on - Turbo, boost pipes & CDTi kit



Fresh oil going in :)



Then all done :D and time for a test drive



I also got a few extra parts fitted - Cambelt & tensioners, waterpump, Headgasket, upper & lower sump gaskets, thermal inlet gasket


Awaiting Nortec manifold and GT28 Turbo for big BHP