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New issue for the weekend...
Time to get the trailer ready for KH... so i needed to change the ramps so that i could get my car on it.. sadly as the car is at Mocom being fettled for KH i had no idea if my changes were or are enough.
But when checking it over i found that one tyre was badly perished on the side wall. So when trying to remove and jacking the trailer out, i discovered that the wheel bearings had gone on 2 wheels and 2 tyres were needed.
Why is nothing easy :?:
Time to get the trailer ready for KH... so i needed to change the ramps so that i could get my car on it.. sadly as the car is at Mocom being fettled for KH i had no idea if my changes were or are enough.
But when checking it over i found that one tyre was badly perished on the side wall. So when trying to remove and jacking the trailer out, i discovered that the wheel bearings had gone on 2 wheels and 2 tyres were needed.
Why is nothing easy :?:
Take regular exercise, walk to you car!
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OK Guys, time i posted up about KH and the car......
The morning SIDC track sessions was very wet, but i had the car drifting in most bends, with no fear at all which was good goven my off last year.
The car geometry and set up was awesome.... the Polybushes were great and the new quick rack was simply fantatsic.
What can i say i was feeling really good...
But after a round 10 to 15 min sessioni sudenly started getting det in 4th at around 7K rpm. Got Paul of Zen to drop the duty cycle on my Apexi AVCR.
Went out after letting it cool down and again was fine for a few good laps and then suddenly det.... And that was that... car back on trailer and heading back to sunny essex.
Qualifying today was 58.3 i belive and i did a 59 last year, so i think i really stood a good chance of qualifying this year...
Now the car is back with Mocom, this is the latest....
Engine is stripped
2 Pistons are damaged and will need replacing.
No bearing damage
No crank damage
No obvious head damage, although we do suspect that there might have been a head gasket failure.
Turbo looked like it might have failed too, although Turbo Dynamics are sure that the signs of failure could not have been turbo failure (oily/watery residue after the exhaust port of the turbo). Zak will be stripping this tomorrow to check further.
We are also going to check the Apexi AVCR to see if we can find out what the maximum boost achieved was. Sadly my Defi's only go up to 2Bar and they show that this was achieved, but won't show if more was achieved.
Engine mounts were completely shot, and this may have been the knock we were feeling as no there failure can be found.
Oil pressure may have been a schoolboy error, in that the car had sat for around an hour or two and could have cooled down sufficiently to allow the oil pressure to rise.
Oil pump appears to be sound and pressure relief valve moving freely.
Both inlet & exhaust cams on one head had slipped a tooth.
So all in all looks promising, but with the block needing to go for honing a new set of pistons and rings, new bearings, new engine mounts, new cam belt tensioner, new cam belt, new head gaskets, and ancillary gaskets and seals, still going to be major job with limited time and a nasty dent in an already deflated wallet!!!!
Frayz took the heads away to strip and clean and inspect the heads.
Well sadly after several hours from Frayz stripping and cleaning and inspecting my heads, they were discovered to be cracked in several places, on back to the valve seat..
So not only wasted time, but a nice set of port & polished heads fit for the bin!!!
Well a quick scout on scoobynet and a replacement set of STI V5 heads are on the way by special delivery tomorrow. Alyn @AS Performance has worked on these and says that they are OK, he even arranged delivery for me from the seller
So Frayz starts again tomorrow on a fresh set of heads to strip, clean and replace valve stem seals and ensure valves are seated correctly... not to mention the likely hood of a set of long duration cams going in at the same time.
But it has to be said that Frayz has gone out of his way on this in a big way and i am truly grateful to him for doing this as i am to Zak & Luke.
Well apart from the big box of parts i collected from Mark @Lateral performance that just about sums it up for today and I'm off to sell a kidney to pay for half of this....
But still positive and very hopeful for Silverstone!!!
So clearly massive thanks go out to Zak & Luke @Mocom for pulling out the stops on this for me. Also massive thanks & respect to Frayz for stepping forward and helping with the repairs :notworthy:
The morning SIDC track sessions was very wet, but i had the car drifting in most bends, with no fear at all which was good goven my off last year.
The car geometry and set up was awesome.... the Polybushes were great and the new quick rack was simply fantatsic.
What can i say i was feeling really good...
But after a round 10 to 15 min sessioni sudenly started getting det in 4th at around 7K rpm. Got Paul of Zen to drop the duty cycle on my Apexi AVCR.
Went out after letting it cool down and again was fine for a few good laps and then suddenly det.... And that was that... car back on trailer and heading back to sunny essex.
Qualifying today was 58.3 i belive and i did a 59 last year, so i think i really stood a good chance of qualifying this year...
Now the car is back with Mocom, this is the latest....
Engine is stripped
2 Pistons are damaged and will need replacing.
No bearing damage
No crank damage
No obvious head damage, although we do suspect that there might have been a head gasket failure.
Turbo looked like it might have failed too, although Turbo Dynamics are sure that the signs of failure could not have been turbo failure (oily/watery residue after the exhaust port of the turbo). Zak will be stripping this tomorrow to check further.
We are also going to check the Apexi AVCR to see if we can find out what the maximum boost achieved was. Sadly my Defi's only go up to 2Bar and they show that this was achieved, but won't show if more was achieved.
Engine mounts were completely shot, and this may have been the knock we were feeling as no there failure can be found.
Oil pressure may have been a schoolboy error, in that the car had sat for around an hour or two and could have cooled down sufficiently to allow the oil pressure to rise.
Oil pump appears to be sound and pressure relief valve moving freely.
Both inlet & exhaust cams on one head had slipped a tooth.
So all in all looks promising, but with the block needing to go for honing a new set of pistons and rings, new bearings, new engine mounts, new cam belt tensioner, new cam belt, new head gaskets, and ancillary gaskets and seals, still going to be major job with limited time and a nasty dent in an already deflated wallet!!!!
Frayz took the heads away to strip and clean and inspect the heads.
Well sadly after several hours from Frayz stripping and cleaning and inspecting my heads, they were discovered to be cracked in several places, on back to the valve seat..
So not only wasted time, but a nice set of port & polished heads fit for the bin!!!
Well a quick scout on scoobynet and a replacement set of STI V5 heads are on the way by special delivery tomorrow. Alyn @AS Performance has worked on these and says that they are OK, he even arranged delivery for me from the seller
So Frayz starts again tomorrow on a fresh set of heads to strip, clean and replace valve stem seals and ensure valves are seated correctly... not to mention the likely hood of a set of long duration cams going in at the same time.
But it has to be said that Frayz has gone out of his way on this in a big way and i am truly grateful to him for doing this as i am to Zak & Luke.
Well apart from the big box of parts i collected from Mark @Lateral performance that just about sums it up for today and I'm off to sell a kidney to pay for half of this....
But still positive and very hopeful for Silverstone!!!
So clearly massive thanks go out to Zak & Luke @Mocom for pulling out the stops on this for me. Also massive thanks & respect to Frayz for stepping forward and helping with the repairs :notworthy:
Take regular exercise, walk to you car!
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fingers crossed Zak sorts it for silverstone.
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