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Loads of people were going for it lol.
Good job you didn't tbh. I had it two days before the sump nearly dropped off, the steam seals were fucked, the engine mounts were hanging off, the loom was a mess, it was pissing oil everywhere using about 1 ltr of oil per 400 miles lol!
Got the engine back. Wallet is loads lighter :D
New clutch is on, valeo cover with Helix organic plate,
clean head
masking up
first two coats of red (should of got this painted at the engine shop but i didn't tell them in time)
Engine mounts and manifold black.
Going...
No you dont, Standard ecu is 100000000% times more powerful, you would only need a new ECU if your cams were super wild or you were running boddies etc
Bloody pissing down so only got a bit done tonight.
Started to set the seats up, the frames have more holes in them than the shell does :/ so Im going to fill all the holes with weld, flat them off and start again! But I had to place the seat in to line up the seating position I wanted and mark...
The clearance is really tight on it, something in the low thou's with no gasket on the 25 degrees before and after. He spent ages doing it, gapping the rings etc!
WOW WOW WOW, They havent asked me to find out! they are very experienced time served aston martin engine builders! I was just asking how they do it! They have checked all the clearances on a dry build and it does not clash on standard timing. What they were saying was that there is more power to...
There very heavy and dont feel right, I drove one that had removed it, didn't feel right, so he changed it to a manual rack and it was 1000 million times better!
Just keep your eye on it once a week, they shouldnt use too much even when hammered. It will just be beacuse you didnt put enoguh back in on the change after it had sunk down