Originally Posted by
The Black Count
Hello again
After fitting the valve springs the valves would not open, there may be different ones for inlet and exhaust which I got muddled, was advised to put the standard ones back in and worry about it later if it became a problem.
I also paid near £150 for the head gasket and with £200 for an st170 engine I now believe it would have been better to have done something to the pistons, RS ones do come up for sale or even Vauxhall ones or spend that little bit more and get aftermarket ones.
It is my understanding that a standard engine will work fine at low boost with decent mapping so instead of buying decomp plates or thicker gaskets and an oem ecu the money might be better spent on an aftermarket ecu like a megasquirt
just a thought
The last paragraph there is also my understanding, low boost applications should be ok with decent mapping...my engine will be run on VEMS v3 (
http://www.vems.com/featured-product/ecu-vems-v3.html) and will hopefully mapped on the rollers before being taken out on the road for fine fettling.
I'm definitely not after big numbers or big boost...its a peanut build designed to give the car a bit more of a shove in the back than the tiny 50hp or so it probably has right now
I think I'm gonna stick to my guns and keep everything stock and just see how we get on....theres a monster engine waiting to be built once I collect all the parts so this will just see me by for now and satisfy my turbo chatter needs LOL