well as some of you know i got a rebuild about 5-6 month ago, anyways after the very boring 1000mile run in and getting it mapped, it then turned out that my turbos were on there way out and they go so bad about 3 month ago i could not really drive it!
also while my car was off the road and not getting used much the battery kept going flat, anyways my car was at lindop for the past two weeks getting a new set of twins fitted along with other bits and bobs!
i got a train booked for today to go down and pick it up, on my way down i rang lindop to let them know they could set off to pick me up from Chester train station.
as i was just about to get to Chester train station, i got a call from them thinking it was them to tell me they where there ready and waiting But that turned out not to be the case, it was to tell me that while they where out mapping my car, something serious managed to flatten a brand new battery making the fuelling go from rich to lean then back to rich to very lean within seconds causing it to blow a tip off the rotor!
meaning i had to get on the next train home :(
with lindop being the good people they are, i don’t have to pay anything apart from the money i own them from the last 2 weeks work they have done and a few hours labour charge for finding this electrical problem minus the train ticket home!
the only thing i really hate, is knowing i am going to have to do another 1000 mile run in! :Nono!
Bad times, dude. I bet a few of us will know exactly where you\'re comin from, just when you think its all good, the car kicks you where it hurts. I certainly feel your pain. :yes
But, on the plus side, at least it looks like Lindop are squaring you up ok, and its possibly better for this to happen when they\'ve still got the car rather than when you\'ve taken it miles back home and then havin to pay to trailer it back or something.
I know that\'s probably scant consolation, but just trying to find a slim silver lining :Thumbs-up
Sorry to hear all this dude
Bad luck mate, but got to say seriously impressed with Lindop\'s responsible attitude to whats happened.
Quote from: Nik da Greek;552055Bad times, dude. I bet a few of us will know exactly where you\'re comin from, just when you think its all good, the car kicks you where it hurts. I certainly feel your pain. :yes
But, on the plus side, at least it looks like Lindop are squaring you up ok, and its possibly better for this to happen when they\'ve still got the car rather than when you\'ve taken it miles back home and then havin to pay to trailer it back or something.
I know that\'s probably scant consolation, but just trying to find a slim silver lining :Thumbs-up
yeah i know mate! am just please with how lindop have gone about it :) also another good thing is i am not going to be using a **** load of petrol when its getting fixed.
it seems like these cars push you past the edge, as i was thinking about getting rid, but i know as soon as i get back in it there is going to be another massive smile on my face!
Quote from: Kevin;552079Bad luck mate, but got to say seriously impressed with Lindop\'s responsible attitude to whats happened.
I\'d echo this sentiment if it had to go it was better when it did than as you got home.
Kevin
chin up m8 at least there going to sort it
guttin mate very guttin, thumbs up to lindop tho for goin about it that way, been there a few times for bits and bobs and they are spot on and really willin to help, let me know when ya next gonna get be there and i will come see ya and be good to put face to the name, am only 5 minutes away from them ya see,
plus i wanna gorp at ya motor!!!:Laugh
A deffo massive respect to Lindop for re-doing the work for free, not very often you get that nowadays :god
Quote from: leeincivic;552093guttin mate very guttin, thumbs up to lindop tho for goin about it that way, been there a few times for bits and bobs and they are spot on and really willin to help, let me know when ya next gonna get be there and i will come see ya and be good to put face to the name, am only 5 minutes away from them ya see,
plus i wanna gorp at ya motor!!!:Laugh
ok cool mate! i will put it in the thread when i am going down! (even though i know is so you can rub your car in my face lol)
yeah every thing i have down there have been very willing to help me in anyway they can!
i also think it because i was still well within the warranty from the last rebuild.
i just can not wait for the day that i can drive it again properly!
What is 500 miles away ?? Could make a weekend of it in say France or cruise up to Scotland !
Shaun
oops, your not too far from scotland :Giggle
Cornwall ??
Shaun
seriously gutted for you mate, Ive not spoke to them this morning, (im up at our other garage at the mo) but im sure when you get it back, you may look a little like this :chat unless they take a few weeks then you may look like this :Santa haha,
Plus you can always get dwayne to do a Moster sized Bridge port on it whilst its out...................... ?????
Bad luck Steven, maybe nows the time for a nice mid sized tubby? lol. Hope it gets fixed asap bud. Sounds like Lindop are getting quite a good rep a the mo, considering asking them to map my PFC.
Quote from: Bobbit;552191Bad luck Steven, maybe nows the time for a nice mid sized tubby? lol. Hope it gets fixed asap bud. Sounds like Lindop are getting quite a good rep a the mo, considering asking them to map my PFC.
Phone number is 07970 776634 ask for Ben (lindopmotorsport)
cheers
Steve :Giggle
Just think how much fuelyou will save doing the 1000mile run in! ;)
yeah i might go on along trip for the week end some where, sounds like a good idea lol, also with me living 200miles away from lindop i only really have to fined 600miles
funny enough i have just spoke to Andy i think it is, and asked him to make the ports bigger :D i am also looking into getting a new set of wiring looms for the car!
Steve does Steve still work there lol? aint heard from him in a while!
and rob, think i just going to stay with the twins for now! maybe next year i might try and get a t51r :D :D
T51r! Jesus, you better take me out for a spin mind!
Yeah Steve\'s here in the other branch with me, we\'ve been nicked to sort some things out. :Hammer yeah Andy\'s one of the owners. not bad thinking on the wiring loom
:3gears-lh
sorry to hear it mate but im sure they will sort it all out and be better than ever.
do they have any suspicions on what the electrical fault is??
bigger ports :D :D
yeah i will take anyone out to try and scare them lol :p
ahh kk didnt know if he was on holiday or something!
Quote from: karl_tate;552294sorry to hear it mate but im sure they will sort it all out and be better than ever.
do they have any suspicions on what the electrical fault is??
bigger ports :D :D
nah they aint sure yet mate! they are going to start looking on monday!
Im sure it will come back louder and faster steven, But still really gutted for you.
Spose you can take some consolation that it didnt throw that pesky tip coming into tyneside.
yeah i know mate!
i am hoping that my car should be around with 380+bhp with the mods that have been done!
will let people know more as i find out :)
also forgot i might be wanting to swap my dash (including gauges) for a stock one plus postage costs
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h235/k-tec_tne/rx-7/P1020026.jpg)
i\'d be interested in the clock surrounds :)
sorry mate, its just for the dash for now! might want to swap/sell in the near future tho (the fixings on the inside back for the top cowl are cracked a little bit) along with the heater control! but not sure yet
What part of the dash are you on about mate? The velvety type part with the two gauges mounted in it??
I could be interested and I\'m not too far from you. (my car\'s off the road at the moment anyway)
yeah that is the part mate!
my car aint with me at the moment and is away at lindop and was going to get the dash taken out there if anyone wanted to swap!
My only problem would be getting mine to lindop and vice versa. Would be easier if the car was in newcastle! lol
email me jamesmegahy@hotmail.co.uk
:)
i would get lindop to post it mate! since i might be getting a new wiring loom and i will probs also be getting the stock dash fitted there too whilre the engine is getting done!
How come you\'re taking out that lovely alcantara dash you covered yourself, then, dude?
i just want a stock dash back in mate, thats it really! plus i was apexi 60mm gauges so need a stock dash to work up from again!
Makes sense, I guess, though I thought that the suede-covered one looked fantastic. I\'d be gutted at having to take that out if it were my car. Not that I\'d have had the talent to do it to my car in the first place, of course....
yeah i know, it is a bit of a pain as it is sort of a one off but think i still like the looks of stock more, i am just one of those people that are never happy lol
Ignore this, put a reply but re-read the thread and my reply was gibberish. I would love to do a swap but there is no way I can get my dash out and sent to lindop and still drive my car with no dash. Bugger.
I\'m interested mate and can do this swap as the car is off the road.
Email me at the email address in my previous post.
lol no bother rob!
jim rx7: will send you an e-mail now!
Bloomin heck bud just noticed this (been toooo busy at work lately). Gutted.
Glad youre getting it sorted :)
If you want to meet up when she\'s back, to get another few miles on the clock just hola.
Chris
yeah no bother mate! would be cool to have a few people drive some where!
would love to go out for a drive some where but like i have said before dude, car wont be on the road til next year :(
keep us updated on how they are getting on with the car
you never know, neither might i.
yeah i will do mate!
well i am defo getting a new loom for the car, along with a new dash and its getting bridge ported :D :D :D :D
think the engine is coming out next week :)
i miss it :(
Bridge ported twins??? You mental bastarrd!
lol all is good, there must be a few more people on here who have it done :driving
bridgeported stock twins??? dude..thats gonna be a PITA...wont it be like producing boost on idle?
Bridge-ported twins? other than soundin like a dodgy porn movie, i\'d imagine that you\'d a pair of uprated twins to keep up... (ok - thats sounds even worse - oops)
anyway - aren\'t you worried that the first time you floor it, you\'ll get so much exhaust pressure that you\'ll blow the twins out the back of the car? :D
oh dear. i need more coffee... :2Rolleyes
blow the twins out the back of the car! no way...
... would i get with a shemale.
well i spoke to lindop and they said it should be ok, they are stock twins that have just been rebuilt and a non-seq set up, with enlarged wastegate and so on..
am i right in guessing that this is a first time thing on here or something?
if the stock twins can last for 15 odd year with abuse and other up-graded mods, i am sure new one\'s will last a year or so with my mod\'s until i reach the single road!
Bridgeport twins eh?...
Now you\'re giving me ideas!
My engine is coming out this weekend.
Just read this, gutted for you Steven. Keep ya chin up, it\'ll come good
Gary
thanks mate :)
any updates mate??
Quote from: ENVYD;553653blow the twins out the back of the car! no way...
... would i get with a shemale.
well i spoke to lindop and they said it should be ok, they are stock twins that have just been rebuilt and a non-seq set up, with enlarged wastegate and so on..
am i right in guessing that this is a first time thing on here or something?
if the stock twins can last for 15 odd year with abuse and other up-graded mods, i am sure new one\'s will last a year or so with my mod\'s until i reach the single road!
I built a bridgeport and ran it on 99 spec twins a few years ago,non sequential turbo\'s and pretty much instant boost in any gear.It was in my own FD at the time.
It was alot of fun.
Regards
Carl
well as i can not get back on this site due to my comp not working i can sort of update it!
the engine is back in the car and it is running but i have not picked it up yet due to other things getting finished!
also the price has gone up and i now have to pay another 600 odd pound on top of the first price, so i am not longer getting the bridgeport, i might not be getting a new dash too!
been told the reason of the tip going is due to oil starving from the old turbos, but the tip went during the mapping with the new turbo\'s so i am a bit confused! and i always though there was something wrong with the oil system when i first picked the car up after the first rebuild (before the mapping) because of the smoke that was coming out of the zorst!
i have had a new loom fitted to the car stil but the aint ure if that is going to sort the bat going flat so i aint to sure if that is a waste of money!
also i think i might sell the car this year as i have put nearly 10k in 6 months trying to sort it and its still a twin turbo with only so much bhp :(
cool, wish mine was finished lol
i thought the reason the tip went was down to it going lean as in your previous post??
dont sell mate, will all be good when you get it back :D
yeah so did i mate! they said it went rich then very lean causing it to blow a tip.
but when i was on the phone to them before the said when the engine was apart it looked the engine had been starved of oil scoring the tip causing it to snap of full boost while getting mapped or something along them lines :( but i dont really get how that would cause it to go lean :S
unless i have just understood them wrong!
anyways i think i am going down next friday to pick it up! :) get the 1000mile run in done in a week lol! get it mapped! and off i go again waiting fo rthe next rebuild lol!
maybe it ran lean as well, because they couldnt have known it got starved of oil until it was apart i suppose.
did they find out why it ran rich then lean though??
do you know what was required and reused in the build??
lol in a week, thats going to be a very expensive one :Giggle can i give you my shell card lol
i am not sure mate! there ringing me back today to tell me that eveything is okay and ready to pick it up (i hope)!
i have my own shell card mate ;) . maybe i will get that flight to Japan i have always wanted with the air miles i will get :) lol!
Glad it\'s getting sorted Stephen, shame the cost\'s gone up and i\'m confused as to why it went pop too, if the oil was causing probs why did changing the tubbys over not fix this, unless they did not change any oil feeds. I got a shell card too!
Pleased its going to be back on the road bud :)
I bet within a few miles youll be wanting to keep her! Fingers crossed it holds up OK. At least youve got another 12 months of warrenty (I hope).
Must get me one of them there Shell cards...
Chris
Quote from: ENVYD;563977i am not sure mate! there ringing me back today to tell me that eveything is okay and ready to pick it up (i hope)!
i have my own shell card mate ;) . maybe i will get that flight to Japan i have always wanted with the air miles i will get :) lol!
Hope everything goes well this time mate, Sod the airmiles mate pop round and we will "test fit" you and Corina into my and Becca\'s cases see if we can smuggle you in lol:Laugh
LOL, think you\'ll need a bigger bag, you\'re like 6feet 3 or something aren\'t you Stephen? On the other hand i\'m only 5\'10 so I\'ll fit no probs!
6ft 1", i bend well tho :p lol (not really)
i think i will give them a ring today about 4ish if they do not tring me first just to see if everything is okay!
yeah thats what i thought, if the new turbos where on, how was it still causing a fault? :S never mind.. i just want it sorted!
im sure they will sort it out mate.
well i may as well update as i have some spare time and..
woo hoo i have my car back in my hands! and already done 500 miles on the run in :D
its booked in a week tomorrow to get the mapping sorted and so on.. then let the fun being again! it just needs a very good tidy up then i think the smile will be 100% back on my face.
it also sounds a lot more aggressive than it did before hand!
But there is no good with out evil.. With me not driving the rx7 for about 4 months and with it having the wider wheels on.. I caught the same wheel about 3 times on 3 different curbs, nothing to bad though!
nice one mate, bet your well pleased.
shame about the wheel :2eek
yeah i am lol! like i said it just needs a good tidy up! might put some more black in the engine bay where the paint has been chipped off the engine going in and out and so on..
yeah the wheel should be a easy fix tho so that aint to bad! may start modding it early next year!
nice one, make sure you take pics :D
Nice one mate... I can\'t wait until mine is back on the road.
lol its a killer when you can not drive them like!
Well done for getting the miles on so quickly bud!
Safe driving for the other 500 :)
Chris
500 miles left eh bud, should do that in a weekend easy! lol.
Glad it\'s sorted bud, you deserve a bit of happy motoring after the hassle that cars given you recently, i\'m really chuffed for you.
thanks mate! lol i only really need to do 300 miles more as the trip down there is 200 miles.
there is one thing that’s got me a bit worried this morning! i got up to push my car back for my mams wheelie bin and found a patch of oil (never been able to see this before as i am normally sitting in the car when i pull away), its a small patch that has built up over the 3 days i have park the car in the same spot! so i don’t think its nothing to bad, but i am going to ring them later on to let them know!
Oh crap! Hopefully it will be nothing, just the car crying with joy at being fixed, lol.
yeah i hope its something like that! it looks like its coming from the back of the engine from what i can see! but like i said its nothing to bad (yet).
AND ITS BACK......
yes i got it back yesterday and had a fun 200 miles on the way back! even tho the back end kept going out in 2nd and 3rd lol!
all seems good, just need a better boost controller and mine i not holding top end boost due to the limited settings i have :(
anyone fancy a play :D lol
oh and the oil leak was a fooked oil injector
sweet :D
so what boost have they mapped it to??
0.8 barr mate,
could go to about 1.0 but need a diffrent boost controller! :( as even with 0.8 its not holding the boost at top end!
ok cool, so what other plans have you got up your sleeve cause i know you will have something in mind :Laugh
erm nothing yet mate lol! in the future if i get a bit of money i will get a t51r kai set up (if i have the car long enough anyways) or if my engine go\'s pop again and the warranty don’t cover it, i am going to do the same sort of thing you are, but track feature my car with welded in cage minimum interior (dash and two seats will do lol) and so on..
Good news bud, you gonna get it mapped to 1.0 when you get the boost controller? If you do i\'m not having a play! lol.
lol not to sure yet mate! but should be safe at 1.0 with all other mods i have but will have to see.... no one wants to play, not even the bentley GT last night lol!
lol they must be all scared.
i carnt believe you go the run in miles done that fast, must of spent a fortune in petrol lol
Any guess\'s what your running at the mo?
well i had 10 days to do 600miles, so 6days of me driving to scotch corner and back done the trick!
one the way back home i used only used half a tank, was sitting at 4k rpm most of the way and every now and then putting my foot down!
power wise i would say about 340-350, it dose feel faster than before! and i was running 312bhp