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Mk1 F4R/172'd Track Car Project [Year 3 - Engine and Chassis Rebuild]
ITB'd MK1
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
looks a bit like the whole surface of the belt has been rubbing....looks melted
looks a bit like the whole surface of the belt has been rubbing....looks melted
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
yeah, lol....right its fully in pieces now
Pistons:
Head: (6 or 8 Bent, cant really definately tell without taking them out, and I couldnt be arsed)
Left the head in the garage, and took the AUX belt off along with the covers for the bottom pulley etc...
Found some gravel under the crank pulley...
One of the idlers looks proper chewed for some reason...
Anyway....was going dark and couldnt be bothered so put the bonnet back on top and called it a day....
So where next.....who knows!
yeah, lol....right its fully in pieces now
Pistons:
Head: (6 or 8 Bent, cant really definately tell without taking them out, and I couldnt be arsed)
Left the head in the garage, and took the AUX belt off along with the covers for the bottom pulley etc...
Found some gravel under the crank pulley...
One of the idlers looks proper chewed for some reason...
Anyway....was going dark and couldnt be bothered so put the bonnet back on top and called it a day....
So where next.....who knows!
The Boosh!
ClioSport Admin
Elise, Duster
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
jord. wouldn't it be easyer for you to just buy another engine
jord. wouldn't it be easyer for you to just buy another engine
The Boosh!
ClioSport Admin
Elise, Duster
TVR Cerbera
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
gravel traps are nasty places, that's why i like airfield traks, maybe a bit boring, but only grass to run off to. This has definately made me think again about doing proper trackdays, unless i can make sure that don't happen to me. gutted for you.
Daz
gravel traps are nasty places, that's why i like airfield traks, maybe a bit boring, but only grass to run off to. This has definately made me think again about doing proper trackdays, unless i can make sure that don't happen to me. gutted for you.
Daz
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
yeah was thinking about it the other day, its entirely doable but it would be over a few months.
My next step is to try and find a unit or somewhere to store/work on this car, as I think im going to buy a run around, then do the hybrid over the next couple of months.....f4r possibly. All depends on funds, etc, and weather I can find somewhere to do it.....thats the next thing I need to find really.
yeah was thinking about it the other day, its entirely doable but it would be over a few months.
My next step is to try and find a unit or somewhere to store/work on this car, as I think im going to buy a run around, then do the hybrid over the next couple of months.....f4r possibly. All depends on funds, etc, and weather I can find somewhere to do it.....thats the next thing I need to find really.
TVR Cerbera
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
The f4r has been done before, but what about a 197 engine......oh nice
The f4r has been done before, but what about a 197 engine......oh nice
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
FFS
FFS
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Sunflower & Golf Mk6 BMT
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
So is the general consensis (sp) that gravel caused this?
That engine has like a vodoo curse on it or something, just chuck it in the bin and look for a cheap F4R.
Looking at the pics those pistons look too damaged to risk using again, but im no expert.
So is the general consensis (sp) that gravel caused this?
That engine has like a vodoo curse on it or something, just chuck it in the bin and look for a cheap F4R.
Looking at the pics those pistons look too damaged to risk using again, but im no expert.
ValverInBits
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
leave it out! where you going to find one of those for reasonable cash? Plus the gearbox won't fit, so the chassis legs would have to go....and the rest. gearboxes are not interchangable between the 197 and 1*2
I think you should just see what comes up on the market jord and go for whats good value.
leave it out! where you going to find one of those for reasonable cash? Plus the gearbox won't fit, so the chassis legs would have to go....and the rest. gearboxes are not interchangable between the 197 and 1*2
I think you should just see what comes up on the market jord and go for whats good value.
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
aye i know people have done it before, most of the problems associated with it have been ironed out-ish
I thinkso yeah, the cambelts got to have been rubbing on something to get that score mark i think....
aye i know people have done it before, most of the problems associated with it have been ironed out-ish
I thinkso yeah, the cambelts got to have been rubbing on something to get that score mark i think....
M
mini-valver
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
The tensioner is chewed like that because its picked up stones in the belt, ran the stones round and chucked the belt off, which has snapped it. Leak test cylinder 1+4, if none of the valves are bent, order 4 inlet valves, use the old exhaust valves. Grind them in and get a new belt and headgasket. Back together in a day!
The tensioner is chewed like that because its picked up stones in the belt, ran the stones round and chucked the belt off, which has snapped it. Leak test cylinder 1+4, if none of the valves are bent, order 4 inlet valves, use the old exhaust valves. Grind them in and get a new belt and headgasket. Back together in a day!
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
thing is......ive had enough of rebuilding this piece of s**t now tbh.
maybe i wouldnt be if it wasnt 3/4 times in the past two weeks, but its beginning to bore me....The local factors round here I guarantee will order the wrong inlets like last time, and its more hassle than its worth...then comes the pistons..?!?
thing is......ive had enough of rebuilding this piece of s**t now tbh.
maybe i wouldnt be if it wasnt 3/4 times in the past two weeks, but its beginning to bore me....The local factors round here I guarantee will order the wrong inlets like last time, and its more hassle than its worth...then comes the pistons..?!?
M
mini-valver
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Pistons will be reet. Just make sure theres no edges that can come off. Wet and dry FTW.
Pistons will be reet. Just make sure theres no edges that can come off. Wet and dry FTW.
ITB'd MK1
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
yeah those pistons will be fine with a light tidy up. Got some used Williams inlet valves if you have trouble sourcing them, Sure we wont want too much
yeah those pistons will be fine with a light tidy up. Got some used Williams inlet valves if you have trouble sourcing them, Sure we wont want too much
M
mini-valver
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Show me another box small enough to fit under my seat but with enough room for an ecu and relays and I'll use it
Show me another box small enough to fit under my seat but with enough room for an ecu and relays and I'll use it
M
mini-valver
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Meh, functional and its under a seat, lol.
Meh, functional and its under a seat, lol.
LY 200
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
unlucky with this mate, been following the progress for some time now
I could make you a shelf?
unlucky with this mate, been following the progress for some time now
I could make you a shelf?
172 Race Car
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
So unlucky mate, as said dont get down. Have a break from it, then decide what to do. Fixing this is surely better than the expense and time involved in changing to an F4R.
Valves, cambelt, headgasket. Wont cost THAT much in comparison to getting another engine tat you would have to change the cambelt on anyway.
So unlucky mate, as said dont get down. Have a break from it, then decide what to do. Fixing this is surely better than the expense and time involved in changing to an F4R.
Valves, cambelt, headgasket. Wont cost THAT much in comparison to getting another engine tat you would have to change the cambelt on anyway.
M
mini-valver
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Leak tested 1 and 4?
Leak tested 1 and 4?
ITB'd MK1
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