i blew the engine in my monte tonight at about 150 mph, b*stard oil ond water everywere, just got it out and taxed it for the summer aswell
think it will have to come out and go to joe stevens for a rebuild
just had it mapped at paul hills in november aswel before it went away for the winter
money pits lol

 

sorry to hear that pal

any idea what caused the failure?

 

 

Hope you get her sorted soon fella

 

Piston dead?

Not good news, rebuilds are wallet breakers

 

Have a chat with Ian at Racetek, he should be able to sort you out with some bits at a sensbile price

What was wrong with the engine? Popped a piston?

 

bugger not good!

 

 

sorry to hear that wenny mate ,

still the mk3 should be about ready aint it >>>>>


beef

 

I think there might be a clue in the fourth line of the original post...

 

Oooh, controversial

God knows why some cossie owners think engines are consumable items. I never had a rebuild in all my years of owning a cossie.......

 

had a good laugh though, if u hadnt been trying to beat that scooby ya wud of been alright...... gud job we were over boosting though or might have ended up doin the same lol

 

 

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Oooh, controversial

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Rich, unfortunately for me, this is based on experience.

 

Shame, but glad it's not the Mk3!

 

You as well?

That's not good.

 

im sure you do it just to keep me busy on a weekend
asif we havent got enuf to do lol

 

Never had any problems with my car since it was set up by EA.

Sorry to read of your problems

Steve.

 

i have a Bottom-end For Sale if u Need 1

Tis in Cosworth Parts For Sale Section

 

oh no baz will be gutted hope it not fucked too much but the 7.2-1 cosworth racing pistons sound like they dead and its got the big pump aswell all my hard work in the bin sorry to hear this m8

 

sonds like a few people have had problems after being at paul hills, i was told he was one of the best
the mk3 escort will be out at the end of the month anyway

 

sorry to here about that mate


but i would have the chip looked at .. and check the voltage going to the fuel pump

I wouldn't just build the engine again you would be better off finding out what caused the engine to blow up...

it sounds to me that it has detted due to bad fueling

hope you get it sorted

Marco

 

i know im going to rip it to bits next week

 

you forgot blocked water gallys too






pmsl at the line 4 comment


and the reliable cossie pon owned too,,,,,,,,, how many miles did it do in the last 3 years of its life


all performance fucked with cars from the 80's are touch and go imo

 

nightmare when that happens,im in the same position as yourself with my cossie engine after only 4200 miles since the last rebuild ,although mine isnt as drastic as yours,just lots of blue smoke!