'Orrible Noises

by **clee** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:39 pm

peterg wrote:Meca add 19% tax, then they ignore your emails and dont send your order. 3 weeks later they send a set for an atmo. True story

Merde

by **clee** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:24 am

It gets worse

I think it's time for a rebuild .Took the plugs out and they are sooty as F*** left hand bank and the right is wet on two and sooty .Add to this the oil out the dipstick and the permanent oily plenums
and running rich and Ive found some rust holes in the wishbones and one of the turrets ............................................ :lol:

So I've made the decision, its coming out 120K is a good old run though so not to disheartened
:roll:

by **peterg** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:32 am

Oh the joy! It will give you something to do and its not that hard, nothing on the GTA is, its just basic mechanics....but it can take a while and hurts your hands!!!! Are you getting another engine or re-building what youve got?

by **clee** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:27 pm

Rebuild what I've got , any engine out there is going to be a high mileage unknown so no advantage .My problem is where to do it ,no garage ,car sits on gravel drive ,not good when you drop ya nuts .
I will strip it down as far as I can in-situ ,it's not moving under its own steam so when I find somewhere I can trailer it .The old TR6 boy across the road was on about sharing a little unit for the like .

by **peterg** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:36 pm

clee wrote:
peterg wrote:Big ends are quite a bit bigger. I got a set from Simon Autos....took 3 days to arrive and were quite cheap.

80 euros
Mecca 41.5

Lee.....you need to check.....Meca bearings at 41.5 euros are atmo!!!! Their turbo are 81.5. Ive just been browsing their respective sites as I need a couple of gaskets!

by **clee** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:41 pm

ooopss spotted that after I posted :oops:

Didn't want to look a fool :lol:

the irony

by **clee** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:13 pm

Why can't you regrind the crank on a Z7Useless :?:

by **clee** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:24 pm

Right..............It's stripped to the block and about to go off for a steam clean :twisted:

My god its been running rich :lol:

Nice Alpine Blue for a paint job methinks

by **gt5** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:37 pm

think its about time i step down as king of bling :lol:

alpine blue block

by **clee** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:40 pm

I've got !/2" of soot to clean off all the heads and pistons :evil:

by **David Gentleman** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:54 pm

clee wrote:Why can't you regrind the crank on a Z7Useless

Here's a titbit of info, do you know the last letter in the engine code above goes up according to engine size, so U is the smallest to X which is the largest, and the 6 means oddfire and 7 means evenfire... :idea: