J1mbo

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I'll ask the old by see if he can sort it

5tox

quite possibly, will check that tomorrow... its in that sort of area

5tox

cheers jimbo, it seemed to run/boost ok before with the broken stud but i guess while its apart its worth doing

J1mbo

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Deffinately

Papillon

great, plastigage works well. we measured mine all way around to make sure the clearence was even and the same on all bearings.

best of luck to you, will continue following this thread!

Rsmat

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Sounding good so far mate.

5tox

got alternator, pas, water pump and dizzy connected up.

tomorrow ill connect up the water pipes etc... so its all ready to drop the head back on

Havent really got alot i can be getting on with, to be honest im quite relieved lol its been nice just chilling today... getting towards the end of my 3 weeks off work, im back in sunday

... i had a go at rebuilding the cam bearings with new seals thisevening, went rather well and very simple to do

Joe Grp4 Escort

Good thread, will have to start mine soon

5tox

keeping busy with odd bits ... these cam pulleys will be on show sitting behind my custom made cover, the before and after pic says it all

150 grit sandpaper worked a treat, then laquered for protection and to keep the shine

COCHYN

Take pulley cover off, will look better

5tox

had it without before but looked like something was missing, a bit too bare

... ill prob change my mind (as i do) and take it off again soon


Been rooting through some bits up the shed and i come acrost the bottle neck for the water bottle under the air filter, since i fitted the cone it diddnt fit so kept hold of it.
im told these are like hens teeth to get hold of, should i stick it on fleebay or keep hold of it?

COCHYN

No idea, best ask Saph folk on here

It'll be a nice difference now the pulleys look decent, try it and see when its all back together. Looks more menacing

5tox

i know what you mean, they have a much more raw look with no cover. suits my brothers mk1 escort

S1-Tiz

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I couldnt bring myself to run without a cover Id be too worried a stone or something is going to get in and jump, break the belt. I prefer the look of mine with the standard 4x4 cover anyway.

Had to whore sorry :P

Eigdoog

I took mine off too and yours seems VERY dirty!

Here is mine when i took it off.





Is it worth me going any deeper? I got told it had a rebuild 10k miles ago but the paperwork looked about 20k ago. But still not even sure!


Also do you know a lad with a corsa vxr in blue? He thinks he knows you.

5tox

I was VERY tempted to go for the rounded standard one when ebay threw one up at the right price, i really do like these.
Mine however come with the big bulky square one which wasnt very easy on the eye

5tox

At first i thought perhaps its had a knackered turbo spraying oil into the pipes (it has a newly rebuilt turbo so its a possibility)
but then reading a diagram i found that when the throttle plate is closed the crank case ventilator / oil seperator pushes the air back into the inlet.

Who knows...

Yes i know 2 lads with blue corsa VXR's ones chris and the other Lacy

Eigdoog

Well i think ill put mine all back again till it goes wrong! I would love to do what your doing but dont have the confidence nor money to do so

Matt Lacy it is, ive been working with him at ridgeons and he said he thinks he knows you but on the next breath thought it was a magenta saph. He said your having a rebuild and have spent alot of cash on it. So i am guessing thats you.

5tox

yeah i met matt through my mate glenn with the celica GT4, they go to alot of the local meets
Matt's a sound guy, he come past me on my pushbike the other week in his ridgeons lorry beeping his horn... i thought how much room does this tosser want? until i saw it was him behind the wheel lol

is your cossie on the road?

Eigdoog

I did meet glenn the other week but never saw his car only in a picture, ive been told its abit of a beast! I am right in saying so?

Yeah ive been told about these meets and think he said you did go, he wants me to come along but i am unsure as yet! I take it you know shane too with the "pro level valeting"?


No my cossie is in the shed waiting for me to put it all back together! Its all money sadly Would love it on the road! To many jobs need doing though

5tox

yes i also know shane, glenns car is quite an animal... i'd love to see it on a rolling road but it made my stage 1 cossie look like it was standing still

unfortunately for him he has recently burnt out his clutch (i guess your asking for it running silly power through a standard old clutch)

would be good to see your cossie, whats needed to get it on the road?
Your right in the sense that they are serious money though, even just day to day running

Eigdoog

He did say on some good 1/4 mile runs the clutch wont last long, should of got a cossie and smashed the gearbox instead


Ive got to get the seats in (might do that in a minute)
Put the engine bay back together
Get a paint job done for free might go for a patch work yet and just get bits done.
Set of tyres
Make a exhaust but little lost on that
Take the screen out and get some rust sorted
Put fuel in it

I am waiting for a sunroof so i can out that back also a bigger cooler and when they come ill be getting there.

Its little things like getting the bolts for the manifold as they cost a bomb! Get a 3 bar senor as i got sold the wrong one

Im sure there are loads more jobs but cant think at the moment.

But once ive got everything done ive got to insure the fooker as im 22 with 0 NCB

https://passionford.com/forum/restor...-pictures.html

Have a look if you like and your see how (crap) good i am getting on

Your more than welcome to come have a look but not alot to look at, at the moment it looks like its had a hard life lol

COCHYN

There's a lot of oil in that inlet, check for any play in your turbo to start with. Any oil in the intercooler?

Alos check to see if your breather tank was clogged up

5tox

this turbo is newly built with 360 degree bearing etc... only done about 5,000 miles, no play at all

problem is that i dont know if the previous turbo made all that mess, intercooler seems clean. All my pipes etc.. are now clean so through process of elimination i should be able to work out where its comming from (thats if it still is)

Im gonna properly clean out the oil seperator with engine degreaser or brake cleaner and see how i get on

COCHYN

Are you rebuilding the head?

5tox

yes mate, harvey has it at the moment welding up some detonation marks on one of the chambers.

Wont be getting any other headwork done but will be fitting new valve guide seals and re-grinding the valves, other than that just a general cleanup and de-coke... oh yeah rebuilt the lifters too

mark r

wont fit will hit engine support arm

5tox

learned that as i was dropping the bottom end in lol

Nevermind though, ive swapped it for a proper 2wd one now and given the bigger one to my brother for his pinto

5tox

head is ready for collection, not too sure when ill be able to get down and collect though unfortunately as im pretty much working 14 hour shifts most days (my own fault as i took the overtime)
but hopefully ill be able to arrange something and make a few hours to get down the shed and get it put back together

5tox

Got a mate to run me down to harvey thismorning, head is looking good with no det marks visible anymore.
Hopefully tomorrow evening ill get the rest of the valves lapped in and start to rebuild the head
Will update tomorrow with pics

5tox

a few people have said that it isnt the best head skim they have ever seen by far but itll do the job and it no longer has the det marks over the firing ring which is the important thing






Got a brand spanking new level 6 ECU at a bargain price, just need to save up and get my MSD chip




The ECU connector on the loom had a couple of wires get hot and melted part of the connector itself, so i bought a chopped about loom off my older brother for a tenner and had the connector off the end, got a set of 10 new pins off ebay as i was only going to replace the melted ones but ordered another 2 sets today as im gonna do the lot... got started earlier but gonna get it finished soon as the rest of the pins arrive

COCHYN

Good progress, the skim on the head is detrimental to a good seal. But if you're using a Group A gasket then you have some give there if its not perfect. But ensure you get the block decked.

J1mbo

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Al that head is fine mate, it didn't skim the best which is down to poor material, cossie heads normally skim quite good but this didn't strangely, the anti freeze corrosion in some places can make this happen aswell

Its no issue though we skim all our heads and never had gasket failure so don't worry mate

5tox

im sure it'll be fine, as said before im not using multi-layer steel or anything... its a normal victor reinz one (i think there called composite gaskets)
so should compress and work fine, also i'm not running silly boost, just 330bhp

When i win the lottery ill buy a brand new cylinder head and bottom end

Papillon

Where did you buy those pins? Need to do the same on mine

5tox

ebay mate

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

5tox

Just ordered my MSD chip and also got a 5% PF discount, happy days!

almost there with the build now, just waiting on a few bits to arrive and to get the cylinder head back off my brother (he's removing a snapped stud for me)

carlo

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Nice one mate glad you stuck in there & too your time with it , it will pay off in the end you will be able to enjoy the car big time

5tox

got my new chip fitted today and got the ECU back in the dashboard, soon as my other 2 packs of pins arrive ill have the loom finished so i can stick the ECU cover back on and forget this nightmare with melted bits lol

escoskmv

doin a good job mate, wot stage is the chip you have fitted an how huch it cost? got to get a stage 3 for mine