My car has been off the road since the Performance Ford Shootout in December. It had a missfire at 5800rpm, which we simply couldnt get to the bottom of. That coupled with the fact that I have been lucky with the Standard Mahle pistons (that had been machined to lower the C/R!! ) that I was running, led me to embark upon a Rebuild.

I intend to give an insight into the new engine that I am building. Obviously I can't give everything away. But some of it may be of interest to a few of you.......

Here's the start.......



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The rest of the Bottom end is already being Machined. I will be ordering Bearings and Gaskets early next week.

I have a Cylinder Head being done, which I will post photo's of once done. I am also going for a Solid Lifter Cam, which I intend to spec myself.

The Inlet Manifold and Injectors are also being changed.

This isn't a big budget rebuild, but I wanted to build an engine that will be stronger than the last one and hopefully squeeze a little more power out of it. The main thing I want is to get it 'Finished' and enjoy it. The car has been very much an open book for some time now.

 

Wkd mate your gunna end up with a very strong motor from what ive seen so far Nothing worse than not being on the road, The best of luck

 

Damn those pistons look good

 

What make are them pistons?

 

what sort of power was you running previously and what you looking at getting on this engine?


how you gonna get around the lack of traction


good luck with the rebuild


your engine looked superb as was so cant wait to see how it turns out

 

Looks good so far

 

Those pistons look the bollox mate. Please feel free to send me some more, full size ones

Good luck with the engine build buddy, I bet it's going to be a monster

 

like those pistons!

 

Well, we never RR'd it after fitting the GT Series Turbo. But, the 803's were running flat out, which on a well mapped engine is 300+bhp. So, I would guess somewhere between 280-300.

I hope to get comfortably into the 300's with the new engine, but to be honest, Im into the car for how well it drives. It is a lovely set-up and I hope to maintain that. I also wouldn't mind pushing the Top Speed boundary a little further.

As for traction. I am not really planning to change anything in that respect at the moment. The gearbox is close to expiring and when it does I might, depending on funds, add a Quaife Diff.

You should do, they aren't that much different to yours!!

The make is the same, the spec is slightly different.

I have some pics of the car from the Performance Ford feature that I will resize and add to this thread later.

 

superb


what have you done to then to keep tractioon then (as much as you can with a 300bhp fwd car)


good luck with the top speed bit, thats some going

 

PICTURES!?

 

Mate i had a annoying missfire at 5200rpm. 4 months and £1200 down the line i found out it was the valve springs.

 

Thats not nice. I reckon Cams and their related parts are responsible for alot of running issues in CVH's.

 

For those that dont know, here is the car.........

 

Lovely car Christian

 

Good luck with the build Christian.

 

sounds good

 

Nice one. love the color

That's what I want mine to look like. How big are the alloys?

 

and how big are the front brakes lol

 

Very nice car !!!

 

 

Thanks everyone for your comments.

16"

330mm!! With Brembo 4-Pot Focus RS Calipers, which are a real squeeze behind the 16" Wheels.

 

Good stuff glad its on the way now get it done for ND as i wanna kick ya arse round dono
You booked on for dono?
what cr are the pistons and what inj you using

 

I defo wanna be on track at Donno, but Im going to stay out of your way, because I reckon yours is gonna be an animal, besides you are a trackday pro!!

As for what CR the pistons are and what Injectors, I'll say 'I dunno' like you did when I asked you!!

Actually, the Injectors are 525cc. Thats all you are getting!!

 

its true

 

Just received the Clutch. Thats off to be Balanced along with the rest of the Bottom End.







I have been working on the Inlet Manifold and Fuel Rail today. Its coming along quite nicely. I will post pics of that once it looks a bit prettier!!

 

 

Top Job C

 

 

As you can see I decided to treat myself to a new Intercooler. I am very impressed by the quality of this kit. Went for the Turbo Cooler also.

 

EXCELLENT wrk so far Christian...your car is one of the reasons i am contemplating staying cvh!

i was just wondering what GT series turbo you are using (dont have to give exact specs) and whats it like compared to a T34?

thanx mate and goodluck with the rest of the build

bassboy

 

Nice

 

Heeeeeeey... Now that's a nice intercooler

 

Nice clutch and Cooler Mr C, now where have i seen that before

 

Looks smart!!

Whats the smaller 'turbo cooler' in your pic? Is that a radiator just to cool the water which flows through the turbo? Never seen that before. Or it is some kinda intercooler also?

Cheers,
steve

 

its a turbo cooler, £100 for cooling water passing thru turbo etc...

 

Thats right, it pre-cools the VERY hot water that comes out of the turbo so that it doesn't raise the normal cooling temps too high.

Regarding the engine, its all in the hands of the machiners at the moment, so I suspect that in the next few days there should be some real progress.

 

i wonder if one would fit without a Pro Alloy cooler to bolt it to...

 

Nice cooler that i have the pro alloy rad great construction turbo pre rad is good idea too