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Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project came off twice, fucked the front bumper, yeeehaaa!

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project lol

nice sunroof plating, LOL!

yeah....oulton tommorow :) its getting exhaust on the 19th from JP, ive just lent the magnex thats on off winston... il be going back to paul either before or after that, whenever he can fit me in :)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project five an and half hours, im up at half 6 acctually thinking of it.....oh well.....red bull it is

172 ph1 running gear is the same width as williams = williams widetrack :)

nah not this time! its gaz/rexe on here

Bit of a drive and a few pics after getting my engine sorted :)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Started early today, just bolting stuff back together.... Nice and cold as usual... Got it all back together by about lunchtime, then jump started it off another car, fired up first time....thank god! Sounded like it was running perfect, so took it for a spin round...

nice pics

I listed them on behalf of ryan K, pm him offers please

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project i cant even describe how much better it is than the valver head, so much more power mid range to top.....im sure its blowing from the manifold/downpipe joint too....but im not messing with it until the weekend.... all in all it was worth the work.....so much better to...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project yeah....you tell me when ive finished uni for christmas now ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Got it all back together and fired it up around lunchtime, started first time.... :) just had the exhaust sorted-ish to try and stop it blowing, but its reet and drives nice! Will post some pics later

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project the only things useful in there is tightening order for the head and the torque settings lol!

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project how about......deal with my mum shouting from the bedroom window about the noise i was making! f**k that lol

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project yes yes calm down :approve:

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project LOL at whats been happening while ive been outside, oh well....here goes, its all good news btw :) Started by removing the head from the block, to see only two cylinders had been firing... Then upon closer inspection it seemed the exhaust valves had touched at one...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project just typing todays stuff up now... :)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project ok, the head is off, the valves look ok.....just uploading pics now....gona do the petrol test in a minute....

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project its alright lol, will get it off and give it a test, replace what needs to be, then i definately know all the valves are good, then drop it back in, shouldnt take too long i guess!

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project yeah i have decided to, just to be safe loll.....head bolts are out, just waiting for someone to come down to lift it off with me....head and both manifolds still attached, f**k dropping it after coming this far!

depends.....16v has same hubs as valver/williams iirc, 8v does not, so if its an 8v, i doubt it

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project just stripped the head down, cams and tappets out.....all the valves look the same height, none lower than others, dont know if i would notice that like.....anyway.... i need to do a compression test again i guess, is it ok to turn over on the key? or not... i...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project right ok cool, will get on with it now and see how it goes

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project wont it be obvious if they are bent, ie. stuck open?

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project it seems cylinder 2 is a bit down on compression, and 4 is dead, so it must be the valves in those two. luckily i have spare valves lol, just about to lift the head off now to see

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project mk2s are w**k and boring....thats why i got a mk1 ;) cylinder four is 0, yes, zero compression, lol....f***s sake, just about to take the head off now

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project do what test with the cams out?

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project nah, the 12th mate, 3 days time....