Dr Jekyll's Ph1 172 Progress Thread

[Mr Plums]

Brilliant mate! Love this car.

 

[Rubicon_]

This is going to look great!

 

[Timmsy]

Exclusive engine out

And cleaned/painted

Have given it another coat of silver and black since these pics. Also it looks like its had a new head at some point too. More soon....

Much like for this post!!

 

[Jekyll]

Thanks guys

 

[Mr Plums]

Keep us updated dude.

 

[Jekyll]

Always Tom

 

[yeecup]

Glad your getting it sorted mate.

 

[Jekyll]

Due to FCS we are limited to time with other cars needing to be done, work commitments, etc so I reckon it'll be mid June it'll be done.

 

[B-shaw557]

Exclusive looks mint!
Write s**t off for next to no reason nowadays, its daft.

Good progress, I hope for an EXTREMELY clean bay after all this!

 

[AlexW]

Exclusive looks mint!
Write s**t off for next to no reason nowadays, its daft.

Good progress, I hope for an EXTREMELY clean bay after all this!

Car is very clean, but it is quite a repair bill to fix it, and because there was an insurance delay, well, the courtsey car cost about 6 grand, plus the 2 grand car storage fees... So in effect, paying out the less than 2k, was tiny.

Still got some bits from it/whole shell still atm(!) if you want any bits?

Also, bay was as clean before, so shouldn't make any difference, as we're not realy doing anything extra

 

[The Russian.]

Lsd!! Lsd!!! Lad!!!

 

[Jekyll]

Old engine out. I'll let the pics do the talking....

So yeah, pretty f*cked!

 

[Mr R.]

Only one rod let go mate?

Was the the bolts that failed do you think?

 

[Jekyll]

I have no idea!! Even @AlexW said there was so much crap everywhere it was hard to tell.

These pics were sent to me, I haven seen it yet. Going over there tomorrow to paint the lower inlet.

 

[Inequality Street]

I have no idea!! Even @AlexW said there was so much crap everywhere it was hard to tell.

These pics were sent to me, I haven seen it yet. Going over there tomorrow to paint the lower inlet.

What time will you be there, may be the perfect chance to pop over the tool box we spoke about?
(Just casually inviting myself along, feel free to tell me to gtfo!).

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

f**k me the bottom end of that piston skirt is truly cunted!

How many piston rings do the f4r's have out of curiosity? 3?

 

[Jekyll]

I quite proud myself!

Regarding your question, I dont know.

 

[Jekyll]

@RyG I'll be there around 7ish. But as said before, you'll be better off speaking to them in person as they can speak to you in more depth. It's all good giving it to me but I don't know much about paint whereas they can talk you through what's needed, time scale, ideas, price, things to possibly replace, etc. If I gave it to him there'd be questions that I wouldn't know the answer too, etc.

 

[NorthloopCup]

How many piston rings do the f4r's have out of curiosity? 3?

Yeah they have 3 rings mate, although technically there's 4. Lol!

 

[Jekyll]

Not much to update but a few pics.

Upper inlet off and painted

Pic of the porting

And painted

ARP rod bolts purchased. Standard Vs ARP

197/200 master cylinder fitted

And my trophy!

More soon.

 

[NorthloopCup]

I'm not convinced this suffered rod bolt failure looking at that final pic of your trophy. Do you have pics of the lower half of the conrod?

 

[Jekyll]

I don't Mark. Alex may have at he's place where the car/work is at but I only kept these 2 bits.

 

[Jekyll]

They also look like quite slim conrods. I didn't realise till I took them to work and a few guys showed me some that they have from other cars and these look a fair bit slimmer.

 

[AlexW]

I guess I either didn't say to you Mark, or put it on here.

I dont think it was rod bolt fail at all, which were my first thoughts. I do believe its probably had a lack of oil, or just not been up to temp properly and its been its final time and couldn't take it anymore.

I dont have any pics of the lower half of conrod, because its in tiny tiny pieces, well what I can find anyway. Biggest bit was where one of the conrod bolts threaded in.

 

[DannyR]

I doubt it would be oil temp, most of mine have been thrashed from cold and I've easily done 200k+ in 172's and with rare oil changes too! Lol!

 

[Jekyll]

I'm probably just unlucky!

But I got a new engine in with less miles, newly added bits and hopefully stronger parts!

 

[DannyR]

And hopefully good oil

 

[AlexW]

The point is, its not bolt failure (which I thought before I even saw the car), and the bearing is truely a mess. Unfortunately its impossibe to tell, mostly because the engine kept rotating, so thus theres crap all round the engine.

 

[Jekyll]

New rivets for the side skirt, for when I fit the new wing.

And..... It's alive!

Final brake bleed tomorrow, get it cleaned, re-tax it, and the fit new wing on Sunday and drive it again :smile:

 

[Mr Plums]

Excellent mate, im glad you've got it back on the road

 

[rs 1an]

I hope your going to run it in Mark

 

[Mr R.]

I hope your going to run it in Mark

No need.

It's not a new engine.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Well done Alex !!

However LOL @ buying Renault rivets for a quid a pop.

Wow.

 

[Mr R.]

Well done Alex !!

However LOL @ buying Renault rivets for a quid a pop.

Wow.

I did it with the ph1.

I also fitted clear plastic under the sills to stop them getting chipped by stones.

 

[Jekyll]

Thanks guys! Looking forward to getting it back now.

New clutch cable was fitted also, although not a genuine one but it was half the price for a new one. As with the rivets I wasn't too sure what size I needed so I just got them as I knew I'd get them for the weekend. I picked them up after work yesterday and looking atbtgem, it looks like I may actually have these ones at work However the ones that I currently have are different - black with a triangle indent so I actually thought i was getting these :S

I'll take it easy for the first couple of days just to make sure everything is running sweet and no odd noises.

Big thanks to Alex for sorting it all out

 

[yeecup]

Glad it's sorted. Inlet looks great painted.

 

[Kyle 86]

Nice one pal im glad its sorted

 

[ParisPeach]

Good to see you are getting it back. Engine bay looks awesome again.

 

[Jekyll]

Thanks guys

Currently in talks about purchasing a set of AD08's that have done 30mins qualifying session. I'll be needing new tyres soon and i dont like my PE2's.

Then it will be new boot struts and some Ferodo DS2500's.

 

[STEVE.M]

:smile:

Ferodo DS2500's.

Dont waste your money,bog standard Brembo pads @ £22 work very well.
Confirm with Rob(evil giraffe) as he recently drove my car around Bedord.
It`s so good to see someone loves their car,not like the the tossers that wont even replace a gearbox.