Keith Piper
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Registered: 10th Apr 02
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How good's my luck?
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kerzo
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not good
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Keith Piper
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no, not really.
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kerzo
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Marc
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Nowt wrong with them
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ed
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quote: Originally posted by Keith Piper

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Andy_S
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Registered: 24th Mar 02
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it'll polish out!
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kerzo
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nothing a bit of loctite wouldnt sort
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Keith Piper
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What kinda polish do you use then?
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mike_1.2LS96
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Registered: 23rd Oct 03
Location: Darlington | Mazda 323 1.8 Exec
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Is that what happens when you use no engine oil? lol
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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i would think that what happens when the cambelt goes
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Keith Piper
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£35 a gallon, kin site cheaper than the repairs
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mike_1.2LS96
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ono, that probably was incorrect timing on the cambelt.
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Keith Piper
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nobody yet spotted that the pistons are different. Thats 5 engines worth
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mike_1.2LS96
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Yeah, the pistons are different, just like to point that out
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Adam_B
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bet mine look like that
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Keith Piper
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If they look like some of them, then you're spendig too much money
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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ah i take it this is what made you rebuild the engine keith
lets juts hope the 194bhp version does'nt do the same
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Keith Piper
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I hope so too. The new ones are ceramic coated as well. Even more wonga
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jr
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who makes those keith
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Keith Piper
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Pistons are SBD, (only 105 quid +vat each), the ceramic bit is down to us in the 200 bhp quest. Roling road soon
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jr
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what else can you do to brake 200bhp
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Greasemonkey
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you must have been running it for a while or doing some serious RPM when that went to do that damage jesus, i want ceramic pisons for my corsa boo hoo
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jr
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i imagine it's around 9k when it broke
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Greasemonkey
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mmmmm 9k i will have a C16XE that can cope with that one day, i can only dream, got to uprate EVERY thing first, not looking foward to Ceramic pistons and steel rods BIG BIG £££££
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