Red Series 2 rebuild (Finished! pictures inside)
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Red Series 2 rebuild (Finished! pictures inside)
I bought my RS about 4 months ago and after 3 days it broke down and i had to have it towed to work, after taking the head off the car i saw one of the rockers had come off, it was then clear that the previous owner had replaced the lifters and accidently left one of the old ones in the head it had flicked up and caught in the cam popping the rocker and bolt and chewing up my cam!
I did a leak down test and there was also some damage to the pistons/rings from another time and i decided to just strip it completely and start again, the cylinders had to be bored +1mm and i have had the head skimmed, valves cut and crank reground.
this is the car when it was running
this is the car as it is now
started to buy parts
JE custom forged pistons
AFR gauge
H section steel rods
Turbo Technics stage 2 T3
rebuilt head, Kent cam, new springs, lifters, gas flowed, seats recut, helicoiled
new main bearings, big ends and thrust washers, sized to reground crank
full roose boost, coolant and ancillary hoses, chrome crossover pipe, forge dump valve, bailey oil seperator, pace intercooler
cleaned and painted head, inlet throttle body, block etc
red magnecor leads
the car already has a bayjoo chip, scorpion system, k&n etc, it should be nice and clean when its done the body is in really ncie condition, no rust etc and im hoping to be pushing 200-210 bhp, its starting to come together just been quite hard when i lost it after so little time and im only 20 it was my first RS.
i will update as it goes
joe
I did a leak down test and there was also some damage to the pistons/rings from another time and i decided to just strip it completely and start again, the cylinders had to be bored +1mm and i have had the head skimmed, valves cut and crank reground.
this is the car when it was running
this is the car as it is now
started to buy parts
JE custom forged pistons
AFR gauge
H section steel rods
Turbo Technics stage 2 T3
rebuilt head, Kent cam, new springs, lifters, gas flowed, seats recut, helicoiled
new main bearings, big ends and thrust washers, sized to reground crank
full roose boost, coolant and ancillary hoses, chrome crossover pipe, forge dump valve, bailey oil seperator, pace intercooler
cleaned and painted head, inlet throttle body, block etc
red magnecor leads
the car already has a bayjoo chip, scorpion system, k&n etc, it should be nice and clean when its done the body is in really ncie condition, no rust etc and im hoping to be pushing 200-210 bhp, its starting to come together just been quite hard when i lost it after so little time and im only 20 it was my first RS.
i will update as it goes
joe
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i sent off the block to be bored and lined and whilst i was waiting some twat came to work and stole my wheels and parcel shelf/speakers using a jack in the middle of the car which has dented the body and crushed my bodykit!
i dont see why people do this it has really set me back but the build will go quicker now when i get the block back
bastards
this is the look i want, this is my favourite s2 from this site
with these i hope
i dont see why people do this it has really set me back but the build will go quicker now when i get the block back
bastards
this is the look i want, this is my favourite s2 from this site
with these i hope
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small update coming along slowly
crank in, plastigauged then greased and torqued down
pistons and rods ready to go in
mock up of head plenum and charge pipe
and the car as it is now
crank in, plastigauged then greased and torqued down
pistons and rods ready to go in
mock up of head plenum and charge pipe
and the car as it is now
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