In the future will have to look at rebuilds seeing that my car has done 65000 now with no rebuild, most of the work on my car so far has been done by Ross at dragon performance, so lets here some reviews on his rebuilds. Was thinkin of gettin street port done aswell but for now keeping standard twins standard intercooler and fuel system but def gona get a power fc to make sure everythin is set up properly etc, any other useful tips when gettin rebuild, i use the car for street and at some point in future might hav a go at track and drag strip.
Mate I make the 400+ mile round trip to see Ross, I had a rebuild done by Dragons a few minor problems but on the whole top shout really happy with it never lost any water, starts all the time, feels really sweet.
i aslo had mine ported by Ross and still kept the stock twins, really recommend his rebuilds.
can not comment on anyone else as Ross is the only guy I have been to.
cheers i a m prob gona go with dragon when i get it done, hes been very helpful in the past, also everyone wot are the tell thell signs that a rebuild is needed?? soz mgiht be a bit of a stupid question but my car has done 65,000 and have been told before that most rebuilds are needed around 60,000, how will i tell when mine is on its way.
many thanks
some cars go on for ages before needing a rebuild it all depends how the car has been looked after (servicing, driven etc etc), my engine went at 65,000km for the water seals,
you can either keep driving it till the engine does go which may be years away
or for peace of mind get the rebuild and know you have a fresh engine.
You could always get a compression test which will give you a much better idea on how solid your engine is and how far away your car is from a rebuild?
ok cheers might hav that done, i take it ross can prob do that
hello mate Ross can do it all hopefully I will be seeing him again in November :cool
Ross isnt rebuilding my engine, as it was done a couple of months ago, but he is doing loads of other work. Really good set up, and Ross really does know his stuff!
Having seen some of the stuff he has in his new premises, I would whole heartedly recomend you having your engine rebuilt. I think he even gets you accommodation for the night whilst he rebuilds the engine!! :)
nice sounds good, i have been down and had a full service hen i first got my rx at his old premises in exeter and while re was still movin went down to the new place in dunkeswell and had some parts fitted and some problems solved, am prob gonna go with Ross as he is not that far from me and seems to definatly know what he is on about and have only heard good things.
Might save you a bit of money if you have it rebuilt before it goes pop as theres likely to be more re-useable parts rather than having say an apex seal go and ruining rotor housings etc. There again your motor could go another 10-15000 miles before you need a rebuild making it a bit of a false economy...
mmm, this post isnt proving very helpful :), gives ya something to think about though, might be worth having a word with Ross, or another engine builder see if there is any worthwhile gain to having a pre-\'pop\' rebuild
yes lol it would also probably be good 2 see if it is likely to go \'pop\' soon, get it compression tested etc.
thing is this is the first rx i have owned and have neva been in another one and the only ones i have heard are ones drivin past or ones at rotorstock 2, so i dont always know if the sound of my car is ok and stuff lik that, i know my manifold has a crack in it so porb doesnt sound quite right all the time anyways. Also i dont know if the performance of the car is up 2 scratch having neva been in another rx to compare it 2, i know i have been having boost problems at the mo and the crack on the manifold doesnt halp matters but i have had a Peugeot 306 GTi 6 and a Clio sport keep up wtih me on a straight so cant be right lol, its still quick but i dont think its no where nr what it should be.
having a check up sounds like a good idea then, dont want the frenchies keeping up with you :)
lol definetly not, quite alot of the time at the mo, put my foot down and car makes alot of noise, turbos working hard and boosts but doesnt seem 2 boost enough if you get me, is this turbo lag maybe? dont know alot bout it
have you got a boost gauge? dont really get much turbo lag with stock twins, sequential set up is pretty good, if alls working ok first should kick in around 2500-3000, and both will be flowing at 4500. If your in say 3rd or 4th tho it may be a bit slow (relatively speaking) on the uptake until you hit 4500rpm when that second turbo comes in
Doubt manifold is helping, and maybe a boost leak somewhere ? would explain turbos working but not feeling it...
yes i thihk thats the most likely, im hopefully gonna geta boost gauge and water temp gauge soon, see how much boost im getting, thanks for the help
:cheers
I haven\'t had mine long, and I was convinced it was down on power; not much quicker than my Alfa twinspark according to my calibrated bum. I suspected an intermittent fault with the boost management of the second turbo. There\'s an approximate guide that it should take ~4-5 seconds 30-70 in third (??? that\'s from memory, you might like to do a search to check), mine was taking about 11 Should give you some idea if you are down on performance. For some reason the boost problem sorted itself out (maybe because I was driving it regularly? I\'ve got to get it to a specialist soon to check it out), it\'s now much much quicker than my Alfa, I\'m amazed by how quickly it accelerates in 2nd and 3rd :) :)
at times i think my dos boost correctly and it really goes then but other times jsut doesnt seem to have the same rapid acceleration, im gona save up a bit of money and get it fully sorted out, probably gona get:
boost gauge
water temp gauge
Apexi power fc
sort out the manifold and get a new donpipe and de-cat pipe.
I have heard i can get away with a decat pipe on mine becasue it is a 1992 model, is this definatly correct??
Hopefully with this lot done should be running quite well and will get Ross to map the ecu and get it all working best, will prob also get a compression test done to make sure that ok.
Can sort you out an apexi m8 no commander though..
Quote from: turbomazCan sort you out an apexi m8 no commander though..
How much you looking for the apexi m8?
I let SweetieWells get in touch first if he is not interested i will let you know.
Thats cool mate do not want to step on anyones toes. :cool
hiya mate how much can you do me one for? have been trying to find one for a while, is it for a 1992 model thou? have seen that there are several different Power FCs for different ages
many thanks
Sweetiewells - Your fine decatting yours from an MOT prospective. I would definetly get an Apexi fitted and mapped if your considering doing this though.
Rich :)
cheers, ive already got an apexi lined up, so its all good
cheers
Have you treated the car to a good servicing? Mine\'s being serviced at the moment, I originally thought I had a boost problem, and was worrying about how much money I would need to be spending :( However, looks like it\'a loose HT lead (discovered when doing a compression check) which meant I was getting boost but no power! My advice; before spending too much money on it, get someone to check out the basics (stands back with asbestos overcoat ready for flaming :))
about a month after i got the car i took it down to Ross at dragon and had an advanced service to check on the condition of the engine and get it all serviced and make sure its runnnig properly and at that point he diagnosed that a boost tube had a hole which was causing the first turbo not 2 work, so after another few months went back down again and had the tubes replaced, the car then seemed alot quicker and had alot more boost,i was very happy but it seems to have lost performace again so i dont know if theres another tube gone or wot