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    That wouldn't include any headwork though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    That wouldn't include any headwork though.
    Even the head isnt alot, £30 for a skim £30 for genuine gasket kit and new valve stem seals, £2.50 per valve to be grinded.

    Thats only £110 for practically a fully rebuilt head.
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    I will see what Hamish has to say.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    That wouldn't include any headwork though.
    If I was replacing or rebuilding my engine I would get Tim to flow the head - takes a fair bit of time but results are worth it.

    If you have decent compression across all cylinders then the engine isn't "old" anyway. Mine has done 110000 miles and Joules was running the HLM hybrid with 500nm at >200000 miles on a stock engine. The things that tend to pop are rods on older cars with high boost at low rpm or pistons burning if running too lean. I don't see that either of these is a risk for your engine if you wanted to run a lot more torque - the transmission maybe but not the engine. Mine ran at 1.5 bar for a few months with a failing BCS.

    If anything bad happens to mine and I have spare cash I will fit whatever's needed for silly torque (rods and pistons) and have the head flowed. I'd bank on ~£2000 - £3000 as depending on what you replace. If I have no cash I will just fit a known good used engine.
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    Nah - I think I need to stop chasing the envelope & enjoy the car for what it is - namely one of the fastest phase 1's in the country.

    Gonna get the front bumper sprayed in again & I have found a man to make my RIP kit out into solid pieces.

    book some track days & watch you lot eat my dust
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    I will see what Hamish has to say.
    You see Dave that is where you are going wrong, You need too find a top mechanical engineer that can port and tune a T5 engine and there aren't many of them around in the UK.
    Tim has built lots of engines he understands these engines inside out, you have his number go ask him, if it makes you feel better get Hamish to fit the head or engine Tim can build for you, while you are at it, get a KKK24 or 27 and you will be happier than a pig in a sand pit map to suit and you will have over 350hp, we will always struggle with the 19t's because of the flow rate exh side but you know that anyway lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    Nah - I think I need to stop chasing the envelope & enjoy the car for what it is - namely one of the fastest phase 1's in the country.

    Gonna get the front bumper sprayed in again & I have found a man to make my RIP kit out into solid pieces.

    book some track days & watch you lot eat my dust
    As long as you are happy with it Dave then I'd leave it as is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Flying Moose View Post
    Even the head isnt alot, £30 for a skim £30 for genuine gasket kit and new valve stem seals, £2.50 per valve to be grinded.

    Thats only £110 for practically a fully rebuilt head.
    You are joking aren't you ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by siamblue View Post
    You see Dave that is where you are going wrong, You need too find a top mechanical engineer that can port and tune a T5 engine and there aren't many of them around in the UK.
    Tim has built lots of engines he understands these engines inside out, you have his number go ask him, if it makes you feel better get Hamish to fit the head or engine Tim can build for you, while you are at it, get a KKK24 or 27 and you will be happier than a pig in a sand pit map to suit and you will have over 350hp, we will always struggle with the 19t's because of the flow rate exh side but you know that anyway lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by siamblue View Post
    You see Dave that is where you are going wrong, You need too find a top mechanical engineer that can port and tune a T5 engine and there aren't many of them around in the UK.
    Tim has built lots of engines he understands these engines inside out, you have his number go ask him, if it makes you feel better get Hamish to fit the head or engine Tim can build for you, while you are at it, get a KKK24 or 27 and you will be happier than a pig in a sand pit map to suit and you will have over 350hp, we will always struggle with the 19t's because of the flow rate exh side but you know that anyway lol.

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    We did - http://www.prideengines.com/ - I would not feel comfortable using someone who does the majority of his work on a driveway. I am sure you are super happy with him & DTP seems very pleased with his 2.4 conversion - but that is just not me.

    There is no point just sticking in some cheapy rods to run an extra 0.3 of a bar.

    If a job is worth doing then it is worth doing well. The shopping list from Pride to build a proper engine with proper rods (not the ebay specials), flowed head comes in at just over 8K - at which point it is still sitting on a bench. Just ask RT - I am sure he has had the same experience. Then a 1500 quid turbo (maybe need a new DP) - then map it.

    On an 11 year old C70 just to get a second off the 1/4 - nah it is just not worth it given that the car for 95% time is a road vehicle. I think about sitting on the other end of a 12-15K bill with my wife growling at me.

    Gonna take my money & buy something we can both enjoy - like a 400hp jacuzzi.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    We did - http://www.prideengines.com/

    Gonna take my money & buy something we can both enjoy - like a 400hp jacuzzi.
    LOL.

    If you fitted Alcohol Injection it could be really fun / dangerous !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hamish View Post
    LOL.

    If you fitted Alcohol Injection it could be really fun / dangerous !!
    The alcohol injection would be in the form of a fridge in the garden.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    Gearbox has gone tits up again. I am sending it back but will still have to pay for the drop/refit.

    Is this to be 3rd time lucky. I cannot recommend CTS (www.gearboxman.co.uk) but cannot afford to go down another supplier route. HLM will do the drop refit work.

    I would advise all to steer clear based on the quality of the work done. It is warrantied but I wish I'd stayed more local.

    On a brighter note - before this occurred - we have been fettling the car at HLM & was able to produce another 7 horsepower - 312 BHP in the end (30th July 2011) - however we have made a significant torque increase across the board.

    The red line was made last October at the RR day.
    The blue line (312) was just the map alone (1.2 bar)
    The green line was with 1/4 turn on a bleed valve fitted that day (then removed later). It made 1.4 bar on this run but Hamish & I both felt it was too much for an old engine & would only end in tears.

    Significant amount of torque has resulted in a much faster 2nd gear & car is fierce!

    I was going to keep this a secret until the Pod results came in but the busted G/B has pretty much put paid to that.

    I was hoping to shave half a second off my season's best of 14.6 at 103.

    I was pleased to see that the AFR was steady at 12.7 & that the AIT did not rise above 37 degrees (17 above the ambient, which was 20 that day).

    I hope that once the gearbox is sorted again that she will put in a good performance at Silverstone.
    good result that dave the mods u have on it think i would be happy with it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by smithness View Post
    good result that dave the mods u have on it think i would be happy with it.
    The really annoying thing is that I will not get to test it at Santa Pod - unless I have a miracle turn around.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wobbly Dave View Post
    The really annoying thing is that I will not get to test it at Santa Pod - unless I have a miracle turn around.
    we can race each other in spirit lol

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    See Dave you are missing the point again, it is about the guys workmanship and after care not where he works from, we all have too start somewhere, you can lead a horse too water i suppose, carry on Dave.

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    Sorry to spoil your fun but it's all irrelevant as (and said in my best growling voice) the next project is DECORATING THE BATHROOM.


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