EPnick22

cool how much do you want for it? with or without the fan aswell?

when will you be getting rid of it dude?

well i only use it on the road but usually on the weekends im boosting a lot of the time, only running .8 bar on a ct9

wow thats cheap for the flee-bay one? £110 cheaper than the one on T.D bloody hell, hope it isnt a dud cause I'd happily have that for the price!

i was looking on T.D at the half sizes, im only on a stock ct9, fmic etc etc, would a twin core or triple core be better?

hmmm that makes sense, cheers buddy the half size is cheaper anyway

looking at getting a few new bits, running a stock rad at the moment, wouldnt a half size rad give less cooling efficiency than a full size rad like this? http://www.tuningdevelopments.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1152 just curious of the difference that's all.... cheers

say i wanted to just stick new rods and pistons in, would it just be as easy as that? apart from balancing the rods of course but anything else?

as above, was curious if it was possible or do they not connect the same as the stock pistons? never heard anything about it really so was just curious...

okay cool, i found a brand new one online for £80 so think ill go for that

yeah? cool would an OEM gasket be much different to the athena anyway? what thickness is the OEM one?

a lot of it is pretty much standard, ct9 at 0.8-1.0 bar, standard engine with 100,000 miles on it, had a head gasket 4-5 years ago with no head skim, few mods like fmic, FCD, FPR, blitz decat, sps mani

getting my head skimmed tomorrow hopefully, replacing an OEM gasket, what size would i need? 1.2 or 1.4?

the bottle had nothing in it

cheers guys seems simple enough ill try getting on it tomorrow

how do i release a piston though? any work involved with touching the crank? through the sump is all i know

ah okay, why cant it be taken out in one then? out of curiosity

okay so sorry for blocking up the threads with all my questions, but looking at where the head bolts are, it looks like i can just unbolt the head and lift the whole thing out with the cams still in?

im hoping that when i take the head off soon its only the head gasket, this is what ive been told due to the symptoms that happened, its getting me impatient i really want to know so i can order a new gasket and arrange a head skimming

did yours guzzle all the water? still havnt got it off yet dude so havnt found out mine didnt smoke out the back and actually smelt perfectly healthy? :s

right so Im being told lots of opinions from a lot of people about what is wrong with my engine, oil pissed all over the rocker, mist/smoke whichever came from the rocker breather, i lost all my water, low rough idle at 400-600rpm, comp test showed 120, 90, 70, 120, then when i did wet test the results were 140, 100, 110, 140. need someone who really knows their stuff to please tell me. Im having trouble getting the head off to have a real look but want to know. cause if its the pistons im just going to pick up another engine for cheap

anyone?

im getting another engine anyway as a spare, going to attempt the head gasket today

looking at getting another engine due to mine giving up, are there any signs or anything that can be seen to decide whether the engine is any good or not? dont fancy buying a duffed up engine

why would it be in better condition dude?