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John G
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Registered: 18th Jul 05
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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18th Sep 07 at 20:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whats the acutally breakdown of the engine then to be fetchin 240+ at the wheels when james is 232, with all his engine work an tbs??
TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Spalding, Lincs
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19th Sep 07 at 07:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the engine was 204 at the wheels(240iah at crank) now i have turned the boost up and it feels loads quicker am waiting to go on the dyno again

all the engines got is FMI, phase 3 chips, adjusted fuel reg, uprated acutator and thats bout it. still can turn the boost up more but the clutch is too bad. my quess is its 280 at the min
Nic Barnes
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19th Sep 07 at 18:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you can be bothered with a paddle clutch, i have helix in mine, done 21k on it and its had a fair bit of abuse aand power through, still loads of life left in it. theyre costly, but i think theyre good clutch
TomSBD
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19th Sep 07 at 18:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have thought about it just dont know weather i can live with it lol
it will be a helix whatever as i can get discount.
will price one up and see how much more it is
Nic Barnes
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19th Sep 07 at 18:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
theyre not that heavy really. the leg gets used to it after a while anyway if you drive it every day. well, thats what i thought.
Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford   Drives: LET Vectra B
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20th Sep 07 at 11:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Watched your video on youtube and its sounds awesome
corb
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20th Sep 07 at 22:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ive got helix clutch gear, swear by it having had all sorts of problems with other clutch setups
TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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6th Oct 07 at 08:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well had a day off after my birthday so id thought id better do something to my car

got some silicone hoses for my turbo, only think was i had to take the turbo off to fit them so here goes

well took my turbo off, oh how much fun that was, block had got a bit dirty




gave it a bit of a clean up while i could get to it. i mean why on earth would you paint a block white in the first place

old looking turbo with crappy hoses



gave it a bit of a polish and a paint







also found that my manifold gasket was blowing a bit, which couldnt of been help so got a new gasket



turbo was finished and looked loads better



got it fitted



then but it back together







looks a million times better now i think
Anthony
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Registered: 2nd Nov 06
Location: milton keynes. Drives: 1.6 Sport
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6th Oct 07 at 08:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fantastic job, looks really well done
mark106mark
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Registered: 30th Sep 06
Location: West Midlands
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6th Oct 07 at 08:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
did you replace the missing stud...prob wasnt helping the blowing manifold situation...
TomSBD
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6th Oct 07 at 08:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
both are nut and bolted due to the threads in the manifold being stripped
Nic Barnes
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6th Oct 07 at 17:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
must be some mental high temp paint that youve used?
TomSBD
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7th Oct 07 at 09:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh smoked like foot when i first started as the paint was going off

seems ok for now, have gave it a bit of stick since and its shill holding up strong

[Edited on 07-10-2007 by TomSBD]
TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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17th Oct 07 at 16:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well been busy at the weekend

started out like this



few bit off later



and it ended up like this



and one fucked head




well my head has gone porous. have know about it on my car for a while but hasnt really been mixing too much but giving it a run to norwich on sat to get my f28 topped it off i think, so took the lot off as i was board

any hoo got another head in my shed and a few spare gasket that i just happened to have in stock it should be back together soon
TomSBD
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17th Oct 07 at 16:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
had half a day at work so got a bit of time on my car

quickly checked over my spare head, seems ok had new valve stem seals when i last had it on so left em, gave it a quick clean up and changed the cams and lifters over form my old head then bolted the inlet on



gave the block a quick sand down and a clean





and then stuck the head back on, easy peasy



started to build it back up



cambelt on



then turbo back on with a few wires here and there



got board after that so will do some more after work tomorrow.

should be up and running again soon i hope anyway
SportBoy
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17th Oct 07 at 16:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes a true turbo owner .. engine in peices all the time
TomSBD
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17th Oct 07 at 17:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tell me about it

i dont mind tho saves me getting board at the weekend

f28 to go in soon to, when i get round to it
ScottBeck
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Registered: 7th Dec 06
Location: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
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18th Oct 07 at 15:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
absolutly love your car mate, so would your car feel faster having a f28 gearbox rather than a f20?
Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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18th Oct 07 at 17:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
excuses me for sounding stupid but what dose haveing a porous head mean?
TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
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18th Oct 07 at 19:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thanks for the comments

porous head is where the head crack and the oil mix's with the water and have a party wooo

happens on the mainly non coscast heads(gm) as the are made of weaker ally
corsa333
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16th Nov 07 at 16:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
any updates mate very nice car
TomSBD
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16th Nov 07 at 17:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well

heads all done and built up ages ago just forgot to update
been running ok for a while.
chnaged my wheels over after finally getting them all painted, still need to take some better pics







had fun this morning tho as it failed to start?? battery was bit flat, im sure i have a drain on it somewhere
tomorrow im doing a bit of investigating, robbed a new battery from work todday and way lol
im gunna renew all my earths and check for a drain as i have nothing better to do.

may clean it as well and take a few better photos
STEvieXE
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16th Nov 07 at 18:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
rims are gorgeous are they 4 or 5 stud?
TomSBD
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16th Nov 07 at 18:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
4 stud

still need a flat and polish yet but i just wanted to put them on lol

[Edited on 16-11-2007 by TomSBD]
TomSBD
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17th Nov 07 at 17:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
right went to start my car this morning . .
batt was flat as a fart. checked for drain and was way too much, traced it to my fan relay. quick hunt and found one that fitted. all good now

right gave it a quick clean and polish before it rains tomorrow god know why

few pics

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