Well that lasted long.......

My lovely new saffy that i was enjoying hooning around in and which has renewed my cossie excitement had an unfortunate mishap this afternoon...

Had just been to a mates who is on holiday to check his house,came from his onto the local expressway and as i come around a roundabout i spy a bewinged plastic wonder that looks remotely Jap in the distance..

Off i go out of the roundabout,coming onto boost nicely and about to go into hyperspace mode and......................
































































BOOM !!!!!!

Suddenly it sounds like a grenade has gone off under the hood and i`m losing ground at a rather alarming pace.......

Bummer.......

Darkside 1.........Diva 0

Upon cruising to a halt and opening the bonnet,the problem became immediately apparent...

Spot whats missing...



So after exactly a week and 103 miles,the saffy is dead

Very soon after,Sticky and Shortstuff turn up in the German staff car to take the piss and make me feel better...(Not )



Followed by Dave Cos 4x4 who very kindly dropped what he was doing to recover me back to Diva Towers....

Nearly there Dave.....



And back we arrive at the Ranch.....









Not being ones to be disheartened by such minor mishaps.. ..work is immediately started to pull the old girl to bits



.........after a short while the head is off....



Confirming the fact that we now require 16 new valves and the same quantity of guides...



Which now leads me on to my next dilemma...........

As i was removing the head,i was rather horrified to see what i initially thought were massive valve strike gouges in the pistons......a closer inspection revealed that they were in fact valve pockets machined in for big lift cams and also that the bowls in the pistons were mega deep...

Another little wipe with the magic cloth reveals that the block is also wire rung,and despite some minor valve contact marks,the bottom end is mint with no lips in the bores and honing marks still visible(It has allegedly done only 15K miles... )

So we have now found the reason why it was a bit flat off boost,we thought it was maybe cams(Was told it had BD10`s fitted,but they are std) but obviously the CR is nice and low...

SO................................................ ...........

What the fook do i do now,seems a shame to stick a totally standard head back on a fruity bottom end,should i stick a ported head on,my spare T4 and some big injectors and have some fun knowing it`s gonna whoop the fook out of gearboxes or just build the fooker with a std top end and chuck in as much boost as my little T34 give it......

Heres the bottom end after a quick wipe with the magic cloth....



Why Me......

 

Not cool!

Good luck getting it back together. Ported head, T4 and big injectors has to be the way to go if you can though

 

bottom ends looking spangly in that last pic!!!

go the full monty.... it makes sense

 

how shinny are thos pistons

 

be a shame to waste a top bottom end by sticking a standard head back on it!

 

Oh dear

I like your spirit, taking the engine apart that quick

Good luck with the rebuild.

Steve.

 

i say sell the bottom end cheep to someone whos got a ported head and aint got a bottom end

who would also fit it into a nazi staff car for hes ring visit

 

why me..................

And you were on saying to me the other day how much fun it was

If you want the head porting i can get you a good price

get a ported head on it and the bigger injectors

Get some decent engine mounts on there before the head goes back on

 

Bollox Get it rebuilt and go get that jap shite.

 

bit unlucky there looks like the tensioner failed??? or did the teeth fail on the belt???

i think i need to change my belt when i get back, its only done 20k but thats been over the last ten yrs, so before i join your club then i will get it sorted.

 

Shit luck or what

Just chuck a std head on there to keep costs down and you can just enjoy it like you were as if it never happened, as you were perfectly happy before!

Nice one on the bottom end too

 

mk2rstaff

Tensioner stud pulled out of the head mate....

Butch.

Will give you a bell tomorrow brother.....

CharlieSaff

You got a good point there mate,felt a bit flat off boost(With 7.2:1 )but once it was on the knocker it was fookin awesome....

KSA-Cossie


Indeed....... i now have a score to settle

 

diva i say standard bottom end and standard head mate

I NEED A COSSIE BOTTOM END !!!

 

There was one forsale on here the other day for Ł450

 

Ginge !

You`re not having it.....

 

Fook

I've had that happen with the tensioner stud

 

standard, kissed pistons, needs pully an other stuff

diva,,,,,, you say that now but when im ound yours waving 225quid and 57 pence i KNOW you will start to sweat,,,,, then when i pull out that extra debenhams 10 quid gift voucher the deal will be done

 

 

hes ignoring me,,,,, playing hard ball is he

well,,,,, in that case ill also chuck in my liverpool key ring i bought at anfield last week

aswell as flashing led valve caps !!!

you got my number,,,,, dont leave it too long as my battery life aint like it used to be

 

 

head and T4 yes Gearbox

 

Unlucky mate

Trust you to have a funky bottom end hiding there tho

Go crazy You know it makes sense

 

ill even give you my brookside dvd collection,,,,,, but for that i would need more than just a old pinto block with polished pistons

 

No chance....

This is just my cheap road toy remember.....
























































Well it was.....

 

thats a bummer get the head ported some cams in and strap that T4 on it sharpish

 

The Diva
If you need a 2wd head to play with giz a shout, i'll have a spare very soon

 

Diva i bet u broke all ur tonka toys when u was little dint ya! u cunt

 

PMSL i knew it wouldnt be long before them pistons were suniy as a fook!

You know it was your fault too, you KNOW you was driving like bellend and i would put a million quid on that it was bouncing off the limiter when the tensioner "failed"

SOOOO.....

Tomorrows plans, the proper head off the big power engine on there, follwed by there 1000cc inj, and get that T4 built, and voila, 500bhp and no gearboxes!!

 

i cant believe your luck diva.stick with it.i think if i was you i'd run her up to 380 mark and stay there.because if you start to tinker too much you will end up with another bufty garage ornament

you need reliable fun mate so dont push it.thats why you have the escy

 

 

not good but

what sorta magic cloth have you got then!

 

sorry to hear about this matey!

cant believe its got a nicely sorted bottom end in it though

 

Unlucky with the cam belt but i have to agree withShorty T4 and bigger injectors

 

103 miles LOL!

shite luck mate! im sure if anyone has the correct spares to fix it its you so stop whinging and get her mobile again

 

bad luck mate

put it back together as quick and cheap as possible and use it for what it was intended, then spend the extra money on the escos, the last thing you need is 2money pits after being fed up with the first

 

just fix it as cheap as possible,standard head,t34,greys,and a big boost spike.you know it makes sence

 

Damn I feel sorry for you Diva, but as it looks a nice car it will sure be back on the road very soon. Or interested in doing a mega job like your Escos ?

Btw got a set of valves and guides for sale. (vulture yes )

Good luck mate !