Turbo 2 Rebuild

[Wav]

Good good, if you\'ve rebuilt piston engine before then you should already know the importance of doing things in the correct order and to torque everything up correctly, so you should be fine:D.

Check these two threads out:

Engine Removal

Rebuild Take 1

Hope this helps,

Paul:)

P.S. Yes m8 I can pop round for a chat if you like, or come round to mine then I can show you the old ruined and scored rotor and housing that will soon be turned into a clock:rollin I live In Wollaton just off the A52 before the University campus.

[alileg69]

Cheers Paul

im really hoping my rotor and housing isnt in that bad condition!!! let me know when\'s good to pop round and have a gander at the bits, i think it will be very beneficial!!!!

Cheers

[Wav]

Originally posted by alileg69
Cheers Paul

im really hoping my rotor and housing isnt in that bad condition!!! let me know when\'s good to pop round and have a gander at the bits, i think it will be very beneficial!!!!

Cheers

Yeah no problems, I\'m busy tonight but should be free most evenings this week. I\'ll pm you my mobile number so you can just give us a shout when yer free to pop round and i\'ll let you know if i\'m free and how to get to my house.

Cheers,

Paul:cool

[alileg69]

Thank mate

[Brett]

Just seen the phrase \'second hand housings\'.  Dont go down that route unless you really, really have to.  If you use 2nd hand housings then your just going to have to do another rebuild at a point in the not to distant future!  Save yourself the hassle and go for new housings as well.  I\'d rather spend another £500 on housings than have to strip the engine again to replace them, which will be much harder to do because your tips will be in seperate peices, not glued as they are new!

 Anyone else care to back me up?

 Good luck with the rebuild, as long as you take it easy and do it by the book all will be ok.

 (dont forget to ensure the oiling system is in A1 condition when you rebuild, otherwise its just money wasted)

[Wav]

Originally posted by Brett
Just seen the phrase \'second hand housings\'.  Dont go down that route unless you really, really have to.  If you use 2nd hand housings then your just going to have to do another rebuild at a point in the not to distant future!  Save yourself the hassle and go for new housings as well.  I\'d rather spend another £500 on housings than have to strip the engine again to replace them, which will be much harder to do because your tips will be in seperate peices, not glued as they are new!

 Anyone else care to back me up?

 Good luck with the rebuild, as long as you take it easy and do it by the book all will be ok.

 (dont forget to ensure the oiling system is in A1 condition when you rebuild, otherwise its just money wasted)

Fair point, but it all really depends on how many miles you do in a year, what you have planned for the engine and how much money you have in the first place to spend. Say you only do 6000miles per year, and if you use 2ndhnad housings, rotors and side plates but everything else is new i.e. apex seals, side seals, corener seals, thrust bearings etc. And then say it\'ll last half as long as a rebuilt engine with brand new housings, assuming both were rebuilt to the same "excellent" level , so max life of new rotorhousing motor is 60,000miles, then life of 2ndhand housing motor will be 30,000miles as a worst case, so again say you do 6,000miles per annum. Then the rebuilt engine should last you 5years. I reckon i\'d be happy only having to do an engine rebuild ever 5years, but maybe that\'s just me??.

So in the end it\'s all relative because you could simply throw a tip 3000miles down the road, but if all is assumed well, it is really up to the individual involved and again how much money they have to spend on their motor and of course what they want to gain out of it i.e. power, reliability, longetivity etc etc.

Just my opinion,

Paul:D

[Brett]

True, but if its thrown a tip you can pretty much say bye bye to one housing, and if your going to change one you might as well do two.....        

[alileg69]

hi again Paul

Had comp problems, so not been able to post!!
any chance of popping round for a look tomorrow of sometime next week?

[Wav]

Originally posted by alileg69
hi again Paul

Had comp problems, so not been able to post!!
any chance of popping round for a look tomorrow of sometime next week?

hi m8,

Yeah no worries, I\'m going to the bubble meet today. So if you want to pop along, i\'ll be there for about 1pm. Check out the Bubble meet thread on here. Otherwise I should be in most evenings this week, baring Monday, just let me know what suites you.

Cheers,

Paul:)

[alileg69]

Thanks Paul

Im going to try and get to the Bubble if i can, but i have to think of an excuse to get me out of a family dinner................. if i dont manage it today, ill let you know whens good for next week.

Cheers

Ali