red_top_corsa
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Registered: 29th Oct 08
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look at the engine pics ouch
http://www.vauxhall-sport-forum.com/phpBB2/gazd-out-for-the-season-t9704.html
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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Not good
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SXI - Matt
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Registered: 8th Jul 07
Location: Leicestershire Drives: Corsa C SRI
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Sore this blow today at santa pod was having a good run until just before the finish line came a plume of smoke that filled the whole top end looked a mess when they put it on display later on in the day a fair bit of damage
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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That's absolutely mangled
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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i blame painting the block...
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red_top_corsa
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it was the opc crank
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M Sutton
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Thats a shame. Hopefully itl be back better than before if he rebuilds it because it was abit of a beast up the 1/4
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Gareth
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Registered: 2nd Mar 00
Location: Derby, Drives: EVO VIII MR & pug 308
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Ouch
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FruitBooTeR
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quote: Originally posted by red_top_corsa
it was the opc crank
Not 100% confirmed yet
And if you think about it its just bad luck really I mean his car is what somewhere between 250-350bhp? tbs + gas and this has happend but 400+ lets can cope fine with standard crank....
Unless hes got a raised rev limmit etc not sure on his spec?
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Fro
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Can't see it have a standard limiter tbh
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jr
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was talking to steve slim earlier and he said it had gone, was on the phone but he said it wasnt good
then i saw that fucking hell
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
quote: Originally posted by red_top_corsa
it was the opc crank
Not 100% confirmed yet
And if you think about it its just bad luck really I mean his car is what somewhere between 250-350bhp? tbs + gas and this has happend but 400+ lets can cope fine with standard crank....
Unless hes got a raised rev limmit etc not sure on his spec?
it will be an 8-9k rev limit id imagine to make the engine power it does.
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Nic Barnes
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thats the worst engine failure ive ever seen from a vaux if not any engine. i feel right sorry for them lot. gutted isnt a word that describes it id imagine.
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ShEp
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I thought they said the crank and rods were intact, so I wouldnt imagine it being crank failure
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FruitBooTeR
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quote: Originally posted by ShEp
I thought they said the crank and rods were intact, so I wouldnt imagine it being crank failure
Think it is lol 
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GAZ`D
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Registered: 12th Jun 05
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it was an opc crank but it snapped as can be seen not as bad as it looks really but i think a steel crank is must lol hopefully we will be back real soon like to be at pv
ps thanks for the kind words boys
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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dont paint the new block
please
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Fro
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quote: Originally posted by GAZ`D
it was an opc crank but it snapped as can be seen not as bad as it looks really but i think a steel crank is must lol hopefully we will be back real soon like to be at pv
ps thanks for the kind words boys
Hope you guys do manage to get it built back up again by PV, good luck
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GAZ`D
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lol can we paint it black then
you know its only purple for the tacky effect lol
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GAZ`D
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cheers mate its not dead yet lol well it is actually
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flybikeslee
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im not stopping you paint it black
harder to spot leaks though
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GAZ`D
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right purple it is then as we spotted that leak straight away lol
[Edited on 22-03-2009 by GAZ`D]
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flybikeslee
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pink please
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Mike
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Those pics are shocking, hope it's back up and running soon, good luck with it
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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paint it like a rainbow............
how could 2 diffrent forums have such diffrent repiles on the engine failure
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