good luck pete with the build you have the best man on the job for you

 

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Hope all goes well.

 

commitment and will only do the reputation of rich and FB tuning wonders so rich
keep it up pal

and Pete a nice new block you sticking with a 2.5 or fancy a 2.33 or simialr

 

Budgie get some pics up of all the goodies for your car you'v bought, under the xmas tree!

 

no money left for a tree mate
too many bad debtors

 

Rich is going to be coming over to my place in January to remove an engine - hopefully be able to work partly in the garage .

FB Tuning - "Have engine crane - will travel"

 

so here is where we are at
the head studs were not up to the job
also the heads had been over skimmed
maybe to improve compression ratios
but the head gasket was too thin
this has lead to the valves hitting the pistons
new valves required
also the valve stem seals were a bit of an issue
the exhaust seals were on the intake and vice versa
also they were not all pressed in place correctly
this means some of them were going up and down with the valve
so thats how all the oil got out
this is a bit of a delay but still hope to be at brands in Feb

 

How did they manage to get that so wrong?

 

And this was put together by TSL
Not good for whoever built the engine then.

 

who knows why Gary
and yes Jon, i thought they were better than that
lets see how the new guy does
FBtuning ftw

 

^^ Saw Richard myself on 31 Dec ... great guy & easily sorted some issues on the Scoob that had me all a

TX.

 

dont worry pete you have the best man on the job gem has no complantes about her engine build

 

Didn't think anything else of tsl
Proper rip off place for crap workmanship

 

Good to hear its in good hands......let me know if you need anything

 

Don't understand if your a mechanic what is the excuse of not being able to put an engine together ?
Surley it's just a process of ordered assembly ?
Good luck this time pal

 

You can run exhaust stem seals on the intakes but not vise versa. Theyre made of different materials. The intake seal material will not take the tempratures of the exhaust valve stems.

So whats the plan with the heads now Pete? Just run pocketed pistons. What will the new CR be?

All the best,

Frayz

 

as you said Frayz, the new build will have exhaust seals all round
still a work in progress mate
the big unveiling will be at brands in Feb

btw, Happy New Year to you and Michaela

 

Thanks Pete, and to you and Jackie

(No longer with Michaela im afraid)

So then rotated 35R it is then

 

ooops, sorry mate, my bad
long time no see

turbo is still gt30, sent back to AET and refirbed

 

No worries mate, i also used exhaust stem seals all round.
Are you going to be pinning the block this time around? It wasnt linered previously was it?

Will be good for you to finally get the car you paid for mate.

 

keep following the thread Frayz
all the info will come with pics
got some nice bent stem seals i can show you
and valves to match but not as easy to see online
will yours be on track this year?

 

Best of luck with the build Pete

 

Lol,

I hope so Pete, i just want the bleedin thing running and mapped so i can spend money on bricks and motar and not this poxy thing. lol

 

you wont go as fast in bricks and mortar frayz lol

 

Sounds good Budgie looking forward to seeing the motor at Brands!!!

 

No but i might get more than a fiver back if i sell it!

 

1 of my all time fav scoob out there.

Sorry to hear about the engine failure Pete.

Good luck with the next episode.

Peter

 

OOOOOO just found this

So glad your going to rebuild it, had feers you was gona break it when you told me what happened to it at combe when we was at lakeside

Hope it's back up and running for brands i want a passenger ride

Still the best looking Hawkeye

 

Nice looking hawk mate, look forward to the end result

 

Subscribed, Lovely looking motor fella.