Went out in the cossie yesterday only to find out that my head gasket has gone so got it home not in a good mood.Got up this morning took the head of to find my 200 block was only standard bore but its also on low comp pistons with valve cut outs wire ringed block so here comes 400bhp thats cheered me up a bit

 

Its a good feeling finding out its got goodies you didnt know about on your car.

380bhp IMO is the best conversion out there for the Cossie on a set of greys and a T34 .63 boosting on its absolute limit is (400bhp really does require a slightly bigger turbo)

 

Good result

 

Nice one

 

Thats good news aint it? finding your blockon standard bore! and low comp pistons to boot!

Could have been worse, whipped my head off to find 4 cracks in block! I would have been well pleased to do just a head gasket

400bhp cooool

 

a mate, also on here has an escos on T34 .63 housing and is currently getting about 410bhp and 430lb ft torque

 

Hi Trist note your wording ABOUT On a dyno yes 410bhp is acheivable but once in car on todays fuel youd be VERY hard pushed to get 400bhp...but hey we aint gonna fall out over 30bhp are we?

 

fair enough, he has posted exact figures on here, just tried to do a search but no joy. the engine is out of you escort (the original)

 

Trist

MY CAR IS NOT THE ONE FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT...this is a proper 909 shell that i got stickered up

 

that one is owned by some one on here though isnt it??

 

you make it sound like your shell is something special!!!

 

just one question if anybody can help me because the block is wire rung can i still run a cometic gasket and where do i get new wire rings from

 

Martin it is to ME

 

ellicos.....wire rung is when a block has a wire ring installed these do not come out...i suspect you have a coopers rung block where you have seperate rings installed...if so get rid of that block as thats why your gasket has blown they are shit i had one and blew a non genuine gasket and a genuine one which cost 350

Not looking quite so good mate!

 

You can't run Cometic gaskets with a wire rung block, but the wire rings help Std/Grp A gaskets last a lot longer at higher power

Stu @ motorsport Developments will be able to sort out the wire rings and advise what is best for them

 

so if i was to put a cometic head gasket on this will be no good then i dont mind if i hav to change the block but i just want it ready for bedford so is there anything i can do just to run it there as i say after that i dont mind if i have to change it thanks james

 

TOTALLY agree Phil

 

Your asking where do you get new wire rings from You cant replace them if its wire rung,can you?

 

whats wire ringed and how do you know its standard?

 

I know its standard due to piston size is write on top of the piston as for the block it has a copper band around every bore about 1mm thick

 

Agree with that, Bosh- Man love that conversion on mine...

 

[quote="Phil"]You can't run Cometic gaskets with a wire rung block, but the wire rings help Std/Grp A gaskets last a lot longer at higher power

How long? and what kind of power then Phil.....

 

So if i put a group A gasket and new copper rings ill be ok or is this engine just going to be a pain in the arse as i find it hard to belive that somebody has gone through the trouble to get this done ans its no good thanks for your input as i have not got a clue

 

 

use a YB0611 gasket (currently Ł59.95 from woodfords)

Any good tuner/engine builder should be able to re-ring it, and can be done in-situe but more awkward. providing your block and head faces are still perfect then it should be nigh on indestructible at 400bhp! ( mine is currently being wire rung

agree with Phil, 380 on grey's T34.63 is THE BEST

 

ellicos LISTEN...if you have a coopers rung block you HAVE to use a coopers ring gasket nothing else....and that means trouble.

But lets get to wether you HAVE a coopers rung block.....did you remove seperate rings from your block when you took the head off?..and has the block got indentations where the rings sat?

 

Went to steve scotts today to find out about the block which he said is fine all i need to do is pull the copper out of the groove and replace it and put on a group A gasket I then asked him about relibilty problems which his reply was this will be fine and has no more problems than a normal block the only reasons hat people experience problems is due to people putting the wrong cooper rings back in so all good news