rsnissan

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I have had a miss fire for a while now and have not had a chance to look at the car properly due to moving last year and decorating. Missed out a lot on the scene last year and haven't touched the car at all.

Sooooooooooooooooo I decided to tax the car for the the winter for the 1st time since I had it in order to sort out a few jobs and to justify doing more than 200 miles in one year

I got some new leads, plugs, dizzy cap and rotor arm and decided to take the car up the Andy by pass all was going well and I was pushing an R6 along at about ton something and then the car started running on 3 No smoke or anything so I thought maybe one of the leads was not fitted properly.......................cue 20 minutes of swapping bits over and finally doing a compression test to reveal that No 3 had nothing

I am hoping that the HG was on its way out (hence the missing) and finally gave way when I was giving it large. I haven't lost any oil or water etc but it was only a quick blast and I limped it home for less than a mile.

I made a start yesterday evening, the cars stuck in my garage as opposed to my folks one (which is bigger and all my tools are there )

I thought Id start a thread to help motivate me as I haven't been arsed with the Cossie for the best part of a year and TBH I have forgotten I even own one and still cant be arsed with it

A few pics..........

Last time the engine will be in one piece for a while





Lack of space





about as far as I got yesterday

RichardPON

Sell it

maxest

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One of my fave 3doors,,,

KSA-Cossie

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Seconded.

Sticky.

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My fav 3dr engine bay

Good luck with it Andy

combi van man

forgotten u own 1?????????

u must be board with it.

get it done mate it looks a really nice motor

Ryan

glad your getting on with it mate.

get a proper loom in there now

also i'll have that turbo oil feed pipe as it wont work with your new turbo

lamb chops

Whens the engine coming out then Andy, you know you want too!!!

Good luck with it mate, looks amazing mate even when its broken

Dan

Glad to see you've made a start with it at long last!

Get that Head off ASAP and see whats up with it!

AJC

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if you dont want it any nore, i will have it

RSCossieGaz

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i know what your saying man but keep with it you know how it is with blowing hot n cold etc but yours is worth all the effort im gonna have to come no see the new pad hopefully in the 3dr very soon

also p.s you know what im after so keep me in mind if you upgrade

Lambchop

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shit dunno if i'd seen your underbonnet stuff before. i have been thinking of ding VERY similar!

ie
black cam cover, tanks, hoses, breather etc.

i want it now! it looks very smart and will suit my stealth theme

As for engine, dont wanna piss on your fire but i didnt lose any fluids either when i melted piston i was hoping things would be ok but they werent fingers crossed.

Ryan

andy where did you get the black spiral stuff to go round the quip?

from your office?

lamb chops

you can get that from frost Ryan, i bought a load of it a couple of years back.

Ryan

what the fuck is frost?



just need to do the breather and water pipe round the back of the head.

Dan

Frost Restoration Ryan you mong child! I've had lots of little bits from them, they are pretty good!

Andy, you got that head of yet!?

lamb chops

Yeah Frost Restoration they can be quite expensive though

rapidcossie

cool car

fezzajsy

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nice ride

aRSe

Keep the faith dude

If you need any immoral support, you've got my number

rudeboy

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rsnissan this car was an inspiration for me ... it was probably the first 'restoration' thread that I read and it encouraged me to get in there and start working on mine (and post it on the net ).

I hope you find the love again and resurrect her to her former glory

Good luck ... I'll follow this one with interest

rsnissan

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Cheers for the support guys, so far I have done......nothing been finishing up some jobs on the house and not had time to get in the garage

On the plus side I have been doing a fair bit of thinking I have some plans for the engine now but am going to Lemans and AM taking the sierra there So need it ready for end of may really, I can't risk the car being off the road for too long as there were some other small jobs I wanted to do before then anyway.

With that in mind my plan is this....................

I have decided to go for a low comp bottom end and change the exhaust housing from a 48 to a 63 then live map on a set of seimens. I love the way the car drives with the .48 so I am not sure how I will like the .63 but if i dont I can always swap back.

Ultimately if I get on alright with the bigger exhaust housing I'll go for a T4 and headwork when i get back.

There is a slim chance I may just go for a T4 on the standard head in time for Lemans and get the car mapped around that but we'll see.......................

I am doing this on the 205 block in the intrests of science, if the worst comes to the worst i'll swap the parts over to a 200 at a later date

Ryan

keep your eyes peeled for the spiral wrap.

Also let me know when you want the you know what done

Dan

205 Block will be fine Andy so long as you don't go mental with the T4, a usable 400+bhp will be spot on mate!

mikedaf2

nice 3dr mate you've got to love em

BlackSaff

Good Luck Andy! Not seen you for ages now fella.

rsnissan

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Well got finished up taking the head off today looking at things now god knows why

anyway heres some pics;

lost the air filter and a few other bits


coolers coming off


inlet plenum cover etc off.......


........and the heads off


Haven't looked too closely yet but gasket looks mint and the pistons look fine apart from the usual piston to valve contact most YB's have.




so that doesn't account for my lack of compression which basically leaves the head i'll have a look at that later in the week.


..........meanwhile the "big power" cogs have been going round my in my head

Sticky.

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Hope you find the problem Andy....

lamb chops

Good luck getting it sorted Andy I hope its not going to be to expensive

Ryan

probably the same problem as me mate,

foookin tappets

got my 500 splitter on now, looks the fooking tits.

RSCossieGaz

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well since most of engine is stripped you might as well go for it man

rsnissan

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The valve fairy has been, bastard didn't leave a pound under my pillow though!

God knows where the bit of valve went as turbo is mint as are the bores and the head looks fine too.

Best guess is that it happened at full boost and the bit flew out of the wastegate down the exhaust. I could be talking bollocks or I could be the jammiest git alive

some pics..........










next step is to measure all the bottom end and go from there.......

rapidcossie

never seen a valve do that before?

Dan

Fook Andy!

At least you know what it is now fella and can get it sorted! Nice work!

Richie.

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How lucky is that

rapidcossie

how that didnt fuck the pistons and bore is beyond me?

lamb chops

could the bit be lurking up behind the valve spring? bloody strange that thouigh but looks like its fairly easy to fix!!


Big power Big power Big power!!! Do it

RSCossieGaz

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well andy could of been worse! luckly your valves didnt end up like mine




more bent then a barrymore pool party

ram

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bloody hell! never seen that happen before easy fix tho. lovely 3 door too

rsnissan

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Mental isnt it! still going to do a full rebuild though

not had a chance to do anything as I was fitting an exhaust for a mate last night.

Anyone know if there is any chance that the bit of valve has gone upwards? i'll take it apart to check but was just wondering really?

answers on a postcard