T26 WRC - Frayz Engineering WRC S8 TARMAC SPECIAL - aka THE BOMBER
#662
Hows this for awesome service!!!
Just got an email from Mike @ Area52, to appologise if it has messed with my plans and that i will have a new replacement with me on Monday.
Cant praise these guys enough...
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Just got an email from Mike @ Area52, to appologise if it has messed with my plans and that i will have a new replacement with me on Monday.
Cant praise these guys enough...
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Hows this for awesome service!!!
Just got an email from Mike @ Area52, to appologise if it has messed with my plans and that i will have a new replacement with me on Monday.
Cant praise these guys enough...
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Just got an email from Mike @ Area52, to appologise if it has messed with my plans and that i will have a new replacement with me on Monday.
Cant praise these guys enough...
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Well done mate!!, im off to get a lottery ticket now
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Frayz,
Is the damage on the crank visable to the eye or would it only be apparent if you had specailst measuring equipment?
I have digital verniers and thats about it - and was contenplating building a reseve engine myself.
Sy
Is the damage on the crank visable to the eye or would it only be apparent if you had specailst measuring equipment?
I have digital verniers and thats about it - and was contenplating building a reseve engine myself.
Sy
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As for the damage to the crank webs, that was quite clearly visible and had raised the surface of the surrounding material.
I can PM you some pics if youre really interested.
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Thanks Frayz
If there visable no problem - just didnt want to get into the idea of building an engine if theres lots of specialst checks to do hidden from the eye!!!
Sy
If there visable no problem - just didnt want to get into the idea of building an engine if theres lots of specialst checks to do hidden from the eye!!!
Sy
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Cleared some room today, gotta bite the bullet soon and start stripping the motor out of the car
I'll start by stripping most of the stock motor in the car. All parts will be photgraphed, bagged and tagged with locations and hardware.
I want to try and refurbish as may parts, bracket etc as possible so it will all be as minty mint as i can make it when it all goes back together.
Then i'll need to borrow and engine crane and have the motor out.
Remember, this is no concours car, just a one man band doing what i do.
Ready to rock
I'll start by stripping most of the stock motor in the car. All parts will be photgraphed, bagged and tagged with locations and hardware.
I want to try and refurbish as may parts, bracket etc as possible so it will all be as minty mint as i can make it when it all goes back together.
Then i'll need to borrow and engine crane and have the motor out.
Remember, this is no concours car, just a one man band doing what i do.
Ready to rock
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I didnt bother with the runout Paul, it was visible to the naked eye that the crank webs were not parallel. Then i measured the distance between the webs. On pin journal #1 the webs tapered in at the top of the by over 0.3mm.
I measured the rest and all were parallel. I know a digi vernier is not exactly accurate for the job but accurate enough to confirm my suspicions that the impact; or whatever was large enough to knock it out of true.
Here is a pic of the initial damage that i found.
As said, this was removed from a sealed bag and arrived in a completely undamaged box from Area 52. There was absolutely no fuss whatsoever when i told them of my problems. Its great to see a company taking customer care seriously for a change.
Hopefully i should have a replacement this week.
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I can see what you mean now, including the scratched area where it was hit.
If/when we order from subaru, we use part numbers, so it's easy.
If/when we order from subaru, we use part numbers, so it's easy.
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Cleared some room today, gotta bite the bullet soon and start stripping the motor out of the car
I'll start by stripping most of the stock motor in the car. All parts will be photgraphed, bagged and tagged with locations and hardware.
I want to try and refurbish as may parts, bracket etc as possible so it will all be as minty mint as i can make it when it all goes back together.
Then i'll need to borrow and engine crane and have the motor out.
Remember, this is no concours car, just a one man band doing what i do.
Ready to rock
I'll start by stripping most of the stock motor in the car. All parts will be photgraphed, bagged and tagged with locations and hardware.
I want to try and refurbish as may parts, bracket etc as possible so it will all be as minty mint as i can make it when it all goes back together.
Then i'll need to borrow and engine crane and have the motor out.
Remember, this is no concours car, just a one man band doing what i do.
Ready to rock
Frayz
To mount the engine on the stand - if i recall corectly - i had to buy 4 x110mm long m10 bolts with 1mm fine threads,
so you mite want to work late at work
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Heres a cut/ paste of a previous post mate
Heres a few pics.. if it were a car it would be more modded than simon norris SWB evo
Ive spent nearly 20k getting it this far
If anyones interested i will post a comprehensive spec but basically shes a carbon/ carbon reinforced, blowsion bodied, 785cc flattop big block on twin 48s
Previous race engine
Current freestyle engine
Me arsing around