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Took the crank out of the block today , crank is looking good , could do with a polish to make it perfect , will get it checked out to make sure all is good. ​you can see the nose of the crank needs machining to fit the oil pump drive all the bearings are good which shows the crank should...

Yes was looking at the the other day , seems like good insurance for a few hundred pounds

The few engines I have seen for sale were fitted with standard sump , so could have the standard pick ups , the current R3 clios run standard sump pickups and baffles

Yeah seen the ones available for this engine , but my engine mount is in the way to the one that fits on the inlet side , and the dry sump pump that fits on the exhaust side would get in the way of the drive shaft I might see about getting a new engine mount made that would allow the fitment of...

From what I can see no Renault works rally car has ever been dry sumped , that must mean the wet sump is up to the job , as Fred says , check out the videos , I have checked through loads and never had a drop in oil pressure , I certainly don't think it's surge with the cornering forces we see ...

My last engine probably cost over £5k and it went 250 miles ! it will see about 1000 miles between rebuilds with the rallies I do per year I'll have the pistons copied , Accralite made these ones , they don't have stock and would need an order of 12 pistons to do them , perhaps they would have...

Took a few pics today before I left work , will add more soon showing more detail pistons and rods are a lot different from standard , the rods are longer , the pistons are single ring slipper pistons , and both the big and little ends are smaller than standard the head is also miles...

if your still running the standard engine mounts the dry sump setup fitted to the inlet side of the engine might fit , don't think it will on mine as I'm running the racer setup where the engine is mounted to the subframe and the pump setup will foul my front offside engine mount , the sodemo...

It won't cost that much , my golf head needed welding and machining after it detonated , had to have the valve seats recut as I bought new valves for it and it only cost about £200 to have done , this head is in a worse state but I reckon it will cost less than £500 then a new set of valves. the...

No didn't have the dry sump or throttle bodies , the dry sump is where the O/S drive shaft will be , and the throttle bodies would be hanging out of the bonnet , just had the bare engine , good buy for a grand I think

Bought this today http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?707999-Sodemo-F4R-complete-engine-and-induction&highlight=Sodemo looks like it has the basis to build a serious engine , some real trick bits , a different animal to a standard engine , the chamber is in a mess from a valve head...

Will only be watching if I do go , engine won't be ready , trying to do Flanders now so hopefully get it back the end of this month

Tried ringing and texting you Fred , I guess your busy , any news on how your getting on with my engine , will it be ready for Epynt 2 weeks today as I have to put an entry in before the closing date , it was today but has been extended to tuesday ​cheers Ian

I was planning on the engine lasting longer than 250 miles tbh ! but hey sh1t happens , the engine would get a refresh once a year and go on for quite some time , you don't plan on being this unlucky , it would be sods law you'd build a spare engine for £6k or so and then not need it , its a lot...

​you trying to do epynt ?

ps , your internet can't be that dead if your on here :D

Hi Fred My son is on his way with the engine , and pistons and rods , give me a ring when you get them so we can make a plan , how are you fixed to put another one together for me ? , would like to do the Mewla rally on the 25th Aug ​Cheers Ian

​I hope so , been trying to ring Fred all morning to get the engine up to him but cannot get hold of him , anyone know if he's open today ?

They are tagged The Arrow rods have ARP2000 bolts in them , the ones that came with the pec rods are upgraded to high rev ARP 3/8" bolts i'll speak to Arrow and if they say the uprated ones from PEC are better i'll keep them

PEC sent out the pistons rods and bearings before I could cancel the rods , so had them delivered yesterday , and the Arrow rods I ordered yesterday turned up this morning , you can see the difference in quality and machining when they are side by side , but then at £860 just for the rods you...

no we don't have any data , it didn't feel right at around 5.10 into the stage , and you will see me just back off a bit , I had a quick look at the dash , nothing obvious then carried on hard from the 2nd gear right by the armaco , I don't think it was oil surge in those series of bends , the...

no we have no knock detection , looking at the head and pistons there is no evidence of det though

photo above of one of the other mains and big end , some marks but nothing like the centre one , no signs of detonation , but after having it dynoed and tuned in the car on the rollers and road I wouldn't expect any

I bought ACL bearings , can't remember if they were both sets or just the big ends , sure Fred will know

The rod has broken in the same place where that Cat rod has broken in Sandy's photo , but you can clearly see mine has has a hell of a time before letting go ! just had a phone around and have ordered a set of Arrow rods so will cancel the order for the PEC rods and just use the Wossner pistons...

even the revs i'm using ? hard cut at 7600

the second photo is both shells from the centre main

I have just ordered a new set of rods bolts and pistons from PEC , but upgraded the bolts to the new stronger ones just in case , so hopefully get it back up and running soon as , so those in the know , what oil pressure should I be running at a minimum considering the use , was looking over my...

Uploaded the incar video onto youtube , I have used windows movie maker and the quality if crap ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCEsp1wUVqk