work so far

[morky]

engine developed a little rattle so we decided to strip it down and find the fault.

first we took of the rocker cover etc to see if the lifters where ok.

first thought was that if i had to take the rooker cover off i would fit some cams.

found that the lifters where fine so next choice was to remove the head

so i am now thinking if i take the head off iam gioing to get the head gas flowed etc

head off now then and we found some play on piston no 4. not good

 

[paul_h172]

prob caused due to all the nos mark lol, might aswell go all out and get itb's while your at it

 

[morky]

yeah think the 70bhp shot of nos has helped it on its way but i ran it for 2 years and this year i ran 2 bottles per 1/4 mile day

any way taken the block out now

 

[morky]

heres some more pics of the engine parts before they went off for the upgrade.

 

[Ali]

Who's doing the work?

 

[morky]

me and my m8 dean who works from renault are doing the strip down and refit then a local company in durham is doing the machining for me cleasby precision engineering 01913782407

hope they live up to there name :clown:

they are going to gas flow the head and do 3 angles valve seats,
they have also checked the block and recommened i get some over sized pistons so i oredered some high compression wossner forged pistons from
k-tec.

 

[Ian_182]

Nice job

 

[adamRS]

Look forward to seeing it back bigger and badder than ever:evil:

 

[morky]

heres a pic of the pistons:clown:
the garage found that i had bent a con rod oopss!!! nevermind
this rebuild cost is mounting all the time

 

[GarethM]

good stuff mark

 

[cal46]

wow saw your car run at york this year it was quick lol dont think the guy in the cossie liked it tho lol

 

[Christophe]

wish i knew stuff on engines lol

 

[Christopher]

awesome

any vids of it?

what's the spec?

 

[GarethM]

172 with nos
182 manifold, stripped

im sure there's more

 

[paul_h172]

whens it due back on the road mark??

 

[morky]

result the block, head and fly wheel are ready to be collected 2mora :clown:
so i will go pick it up and drop it off at my m8s for him to build it up ready for next sunday when he reckons he will have it back in. cams have come today as well so its coming all fine now

 

[morky]

awesome

any vids of it? there is some vids from the fcs track time on you tube didnt get any from the 1/4 mile

what's the spec?

it was 172bhp before this work without nos
182 manifold, green filter, group n ecu, de cat, magnex full system exhaust, diy inlet manifold work,

with the nos it ran 240bhp but thats not going back in now cos iam going to do n/a now due to the cost of the nos refills plus it only ran around 1 sec faster with the nos on the 1/4 mile this year
13.2 with and 14.5 with out
track days are better as well better fun for your money

 

[AlexClio]

love nos takes me back to the fast and the furious days lol

 

[morky]

nos kits for sale if you want it

 

[Leeshez]

Nice

 

[GarethM]

cant wait to see it when its done

is this the mate who can do my cambelt mark?

 

[morky]

yes m8 that is the same renault tech. got some pics of the block and the head etc. not that impressed with the fly wheel not that much taken off when you look at k tec site may have to splash the cash on 1 of there lightened fly wheels

 

[LegoHead]

Hi mate, I was wondering how much the headwork is costing you? I am having a complete engine rebuild done at k-tec at the moment and wanting to get as much done as possible.

 

[GarethM]

best to pm to pm him dave

 

[Batman]

heres a pic of the pistons:clown:
the garage found that i had bent a con rod oopss!!! nevermind
this rebuild cost is mounting all the time

hey, who is the beautiful thumb model?

keep hold of that number mark as im going for over sized pistons to

 

[morky]

some more pics. still waiting to build it up and get it back in the car. will hopefully get it back in next weekend but who knows with the weather and with work commitments

 

[morky]

more

 

[paul_h172]

looks good mark!!

 

[morky]

carnt wait to get it back on the road and also carnt wait to get the garage back car is blocked up at the min

 

[GarethM]

looking sweet fella

 

[Batman]

looks like they did some awesome work mark

 

[paul_h172]

who did all the machining

 

[morky]

a place in durham cleasbys precision engineering 01913782407

 

[morky]

right been busy again heres the progress, got the block and head put back together :clown:

 

[morky]

then we started to fit the rest of the parts. it takes longer than you think to build it all up. bulit it up on the engine crane made it easier to move the engine round to fit belts and wiring harness

 

[morky]

it was a late night on sat but finally got the engine back in its home. result. had to rig up some lighting

 

[morky]

pics from today engine is in and its all built back up. it started first time :clown: but an engie management light came on so 2mora its going to get plugged in to the renault clip. bit of luck it will only be a injector or a lamba sensor

 

[GarethM]

good progress fella