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    Project ME7

    After the engine I rebuilt developed a smoking habit and had to refit my old engine I`ve be thinking about what to do with the engine.
    To overhaul the head, bore out the block, a set of rings and head gasket + bolts I`m looking at around £500 - 600
    So when a V70R P1 series 3 engine came up for sale for song I could turn it down.




    Had to remove the ME7 cam sensor and fit the 850 cam sensor which fitted with no problems, the only other thing to do is to lock the VVT pulley which I need to get a new pulley manufactured.



    I`m in two minds what to do with this engine once I`ve locked the VVT cam,

    Option 1.

    Clean & paint it then fit it into the car.

    Cost - £0

    Option 2.

    Remove the head, fit my forged rods & shim the liners.

    Cost - £150 (head gasket, head bolts and rear main seal)

    This is what the plugs look like, the engine has done 90k miles and has been in dry storage for the last 5 years.


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    Can you not just fit a pre ME7 exhaust cam pulley? or is it not that simple?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stribo View Post
    Can you not just fit a pre ME7 exhaust cam pulley? or is it not that simple?
    It`s not that simple

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    Quote Originally Posted by oblark View Post
    It`s not that simple
    Should have known. Will pre ME7 cams fit a ME7 engine? if so can you keep the pre ME7 pulley?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stribo View Post
    Should have known. Will pre ME7 cams fit a ME7 engine? if so can you keep the pre ME7 pulley?
    Pre ME7 cams won`t fit a ME7 engine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oblark View Post
    It`s not that simple
    I of course it's not that simple, Robs doing it and it very interesting to see how he progresses with this

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    So, if you just blank off the VVT solenoid ports, will that stop the cam adjusting its timing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stribo View Post
    So, if you just blank off the VVT solenoid ports, will that stop the cam adjusting its timing?
    There are a few trains a thought on this,

    1.just unplug the solenoid,
    2.blank the solenoid off,
    3.blank the solenoid off and manufacture a new pulley.

    I`m going for the 3rd one

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    Mine has the solenoids blanked off.
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    Nice too see another project gets brushed under the carpet.

    The me7 engined 850 is a rare site here in the UK.

    It looks like its a bit radical for the shiny shiny people.

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    calm down precious, you posted it up yesterday & already got 4-5 replies. There is a cliche within the forum that certain people can post up that they've cleaned a wheel nut & they'll get 3 pages of people "well done, good job" etc. If your doing it to get peoples admeration & congratulations your doing it for the wrong reasons

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    TBH Rob, what you're doing I beyond most people's ability/understanding, so most people won't post, as they don't think there's anything they can contribute.

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    With that being a P1 Ph3 wouldn't that be a 2.4 aswell? and have come off an auto? good choice sir
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdavis View Post
    With that being a P1 Ph3 wouldn't that be a 2.4 aswell? and have come off an auto? good choice sir
    Yes it is a 2.4 from a auto, so the engine hasn`t be worked to hard

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    calm down precious, you posted it up yesterday & already got 4-5 replies. There is a cliche within the forum that certain people can post up that they've cleaned a wheel nut & they'll get 3 pages of people "well done, good job" etc. If your doing it to get peoples admeration & congratulations your doing it for the wrong reasons
    I don`t expect everyone and he`s dog to leave a post on my threads but when you ask for peoples opinions and one bothers to reply.

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    Good thread and watching with interest .i look at all your threads but don't always reply .its a shame it isn't the lata s60 2.4 lump though that would of been a nightmare to convert though
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    this maybe a daft question, but why cant you just fit a pre ME7 head to the ME7 block?? im sure i have seen this done on several occasions
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    Quote Originally Posted by deathrider311271 View Post
    this maybe a daft question, but why cant you just fit a pre ME7 head to the ME7 block?? im sure i have seen this done on several occasions
    The ME7 head's freer flowing though isn't it? MAybe Rob want to take advantage of that fact.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stribo View Post
    The ME7 head's freer flowing though isn't it? MAybe Rob want to take advantage of that fact.
    havent got a clue tbh, i do know that when Tim does my engine swap to the S60R engine he is using my existing head to delete the second VVT
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    From the factory, I do believe the ME7 head does flow a 'little bit better' than the Pre-ME7's. But if you're going to the hassle of building an engine, surely you'd port and flow the cylinder head anyway.

    As DR, my 850 will be having an S60R bottom end and an 850 head.
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    The heads are interchangeable, the me7 iirc flows approx 30% better with its smaller valve stems and it's reshaped valve / inlet area, also the me7 has 2.5 kg lighter crank, so less rotating mass making the engine rev easier.

    Plus you can use coil packs on the 850 and there are attachments for them on the me7 head and depending on which engine you use it may be semi forged / uprated.

    So taking that into account, then it's a no brainer as a small mod the the vvt cam pulley and that's it (dependant on engine) no need to take the head off, the Americans have been doing it for years.

    Another advantage is the oil cooler on the sump meaning you can run a larger radiator, with out oil cooler for the engine, which can be upgraded to a d5 version.

    I see no need to use an 850 head at all, several Americans are well in excess of 400 with this set up.
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