Re: Project 172 Trophy Red Megane 225 Powered Heavy Track Car
Well after the last few days progress i have not posted much, After finding the snapped bolts i decided to do a complete engine rebuild, as i was unsure what else could have been damaged from this. I stripped the gfull engine down and ordered every single bolt and seal possible to start again. and i am pleased i did.........................
On removal of the pistons, we noticed that there was a small mark on cyl 4 ringland area, on closer inspection and after it went through the parts washer we saw a crack, a simple tap on the hand created a large chunk of the piston to fall off!
Lucky i had a spare piston so i swaped it over and replaced the rings too. This is either Heat or Just the Pistons being crap or the RPM range it suffered. Any ways, we cleaded the head surface up too as it was looking rather dirty.
Got the engine fully rebuilt today and its just the sump to refit, I will have the egnine back in this week.
The biggest shock was the main bearing bolts crazy crazy prices, but i know its all ok now and ready to rock and roll