Robertio in dead engine shocker :-(

[yonner]

ill take u up on that offer :D happy birthday to me happy birth day to me

Originally posted by Donato
Really sorry to hear that Robbie.

Gutted for you.

If you want to keep your costs down i would be happy to help with engine removal, (had a bit of practice now..).

If you need a hand with anything give me a call.

Regards

Donato

[chris]

Sorry to here that mate

I can only offer my ten penneth.

I also had a engine fail just before rotorstock, also when tuning and also with good mixtures.
The only reason that was deemed the cause was Plugs, I was also running 9\'s all round.
Since rebuilding it again the engine, was fitted with a set of supercool 11.5\'s and was logged again (due to the manner of my 2 x single turbo set up, this was purely on the offending front rotor) mixtures were absolutely fine and since has been thrashed on every outing, including a fair beating down to le-mans.
I was very dubious that plugs could cause this but as the miles keep clocking up my confidence in this is growing.
These things are fickle beasts and spark plugs and leads are definate causes of their demise, once rebuilt go for some 10.5\'s and I would guess if your plug leads are good, then you will have no problems.
good luck and I hope to see you and your car at TOTB III to thrash me down the strip;)


Chris

[bobster]

Originally posted by yonner
ill take u up on that offer :D happy birthday to me happy birth day to me

Wait and see how we get on installing the rebuilt engine

[Donato]

I have every confidence!!

[scooby_si]

So (engages mongol mode http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_3_6.gif\' border=0>) will 7\'s & 9\'s as yer supposed to use be even worse then?
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[Robertio]

7&9 on bone stock car

9\'s all round for lightly modded

10+ on high boost applications.


Plugs were a concern for the planned boost which is why 10s were going in, but I\'ve been running more than 10psi on the stock twins on 9\'s no problems (current plugs might have done 60 miles in total) up until the turbo change.


Thanks for the offer Donato, but it\'s OK it doesn\'t take long for The Garage to remove my engine now :o if that\'s how things are going to progress.


The car might be back on the road this year, but the new unexpected cost takes me into next years wages (all this years went getting it ready for TOTB) so it probably wont even be run in until next year.  That\'ll be a marvelous >1.10 per mile insurance cost for the last year

[Carl]

Hi Robbie,
PM me if you want to about things.We have got to get you going asap!
Kind regards
Carl

[antnicuk]

mine had only done 2.5 k before it went pop, or not as the case may be, it had jammed a tip in the rotor groove, which just meant a tear down and rebuild with just a couple of gasgets, i was running 9s, dont know if that caused it, the only other thing i could think of is one of my oil injection lines was split and the oil was pissing out.  Mine did the same as yours, upto about 4.5k rpm 10 psi or so and then bang.  Was a cheap rebuild though.  

I hope you get it sorted soon.

[Timrxmotors]

Before you take the engine out,compression test the good rotor.Look for 7 bar,or 100psi minimum.I only had 5 bar on one piece ceramics.

[bobster]

I don\'t think we got a single pop (in terms of compression) off of the front rotor, with the leading plug out. I find it difficult to believe that it could be a stuck Apex seal. Surely you would have to lose at least 2 for that to happen.

[DRAGON]

I doubt it is the plugs, 9s should be fine, for that set-up, boost, a/f, ignition etc.
Surely you cant of bust a seal, I thought the ceramics are indestructable:rollin

[muzzyd]

Sorry to hear about the engine mate, you aint having much luck so far.  heres hoping its something simple and cheap!

[20B_boy]

Have you managed to compression test it properly yet Rob?

[Robertio]

Nope, we have no access to a rotory compression testers in this part of the world so it\'s not likely to happen unless Ant is doing a stunningly good deal on them.

Ross - I can only claim I didn\'t see an iceberg before or after

[Timrxmotors]

Use a normal compression tester,like any garage will have,or get one from Halfords,less than £20.