Steve GT

i aint got any more pictures socks you have post that pic up il get him down tomorrow so i can do a full update of things ;)

Haha off our boobs mate Thats what its all about ;)

Thought id start a build thread for my bro as he's had it 7 months and done loads to it in that time Few pics of it when he first bought it Il post some more pics up tomorrow when i get some so i can update you all cause its changed a bit since then ;) will be at Japfest this year too probably the only one of its colour ;)

Well engines out again ;) Spot the socks ;) going to get everything off it again then clean all the oil off everything then its just a case of waiting for the new engine to come ;)

yeh something like that, just some company who rebuild engines with new internals etc lol

Pay on gate dude, plus not too sure if mine wil be 100% ready for this lew as its due in for a full respray 2 weeks before hand so not deffiniate my car will be there so you can have my stand pass if you decide to come down. if not pay on gate ;) yeh mate as on phone yesterday that wil be fine

haha will deffo be at japfest mate i aint missing out on that for anything off to go take the engine out today me thinks ;)

got to see this in person yesterday and all i can say is WOW that turbo kit is sooooooooooooooo nice ;)

nice work lew you have to get this running before mine is again, thats a challenge p.s dont rush and CHECH YOUR CRANK SEALS trust me

theres a guide on TGTT somewhere about cleaning up and removing unnessesary things from the engine bay anyone find it as i aint got time at min

too late stand booked now

yeh man will deffo be sorted for japfest will be a bed in sesh for the engine though haha oh and il have that civic dont worry ahhh well was kind of annoying but atleast im getting a new engine now lol hahaha too right still on for tonight and tomorrow? haha wow cheers mate theres a lot of pages to get through there. nice to see people taking the time to read it and yeah i know il get some i told you so's but as you agree if it wasnt for that damm crank seal i didnt know about it would have lasted this year for sure till i got some bits bought to do the bottom end in the winter Thanks mate should have the engine in as soon as it gets here lol will only be a days job i think thanks mate and nah wont be too much hassle. going to start taking the engine out tomorrow then as soon as the new one comes will be a quick switchover of ancillaries etc and straight back in again

cheers mate and exactly right

no sweat mate honestly im kinda glad this has happened eans i can improve as well as resolve the problem as well

cheers dude hehe yeh still got to wire that up yeh mate was just weeping when i spotted it but then it just dumped it all out in less that a quarter of a mile. sad times i know. every cloud has a silver lining and mines this new engine. will be younger, cleaner and better condition so its all good in the end

Bottom end WAS fine all the internals etc i honestly believe would have been fine trouble was the crank seal had gone on the oil pump side. i didnt know it was leaking until the car was running again hence why it wasnt changed. boosted it up other night obviously the high pressure squirted the oil out the crank seal oil warning light came on. turned it off within about 5 seconds of the light coming on but guessing the damage had already been done. doesnt matter how strong or reliable an engine is if theres no oil there its going to damage it. could have happened to anyone really could have put brand new shells pistons rods in etc rebuilt the bottom end completely and missed the seal and it would have fucked that so im glad i didnt replace the internals now or i would have been really pissed off lol no matter once the engine arrives it will be a 2 day job max to change it all over

Just started her up too. had a suspicion last night just confirmed it now. bye bye bottom end hate the noise of metal on metal. glad I've got a new engine coming

i can vouch for this iddy is by far the biggest obsessive packager I've ever met, took me like 2 hours to get my toms spoiler undone. was about 10 mins from getting the angle grinder on his 2million layers of bubble wrap

yeh but atleast with this il have peace of mind that its all done properly and will have warrantee on it too. plus it will give me chance to build mine up a bit better

New engine will have New head gasket fitted New big end bearings New main bearings Cylinder heads are removed and pressure tested Cylinder heads are skimmed and valves are re-seated New valve seals fitted Compression tested Camshaft inspected Crankshaft inspected Crankshaft bearings inspected and replaced (if necessary) Oil pump inspected Oil Pressure is tested Oil leaks tested Piston rings inspected and replaced (if necessary) Piston liners are inspected Heat tabs and security holograms fitted All units are supplied with a 6 month unlimited mileage warranty. Sounds good to me

cheers dude il do some research into that right engine ordered hehe its a good un il get the spec up now-recon FTW

too late for that going to order another engine hopefully today and when that comes will be swapping them over. the things we do for perfection ey haha yeah we have a laugh at that hehe was pretty fun making that video. just wish id have known about the slight boost leak might have been able to keep up a bit better then

haha loving the thought of a forged engine, ported head and td04 set at say 1.4 bar muahahahahahaha link to this place if it has a site? hahahaha i know. he was going for it as you could see and i was crawling, 3 or 4 seconds later and not only matched his speed but blew straight past him. Hybrids are pretty damm impressive i gotta say

been up since november and you only just see it on deadline day???? thought gaz might have mentioned it been asking him to come for a while wouold have liked the PP lot to come accross again lol

Yeh i want to keep it looking standard. i do like the toms kits though but i want it sat low and cant really do that with a massive bumper on it lol cheers dude. well i may be needing your services soon. thinking of changing engines already lol crank seals leaking a bit and getting paranoid about the bottom end. didnt quite realise the full power of a hybrid at 1.1 bar so thinking of playing it safe. buying a good strong 2nd engine. swapping them over. then using the top end with the polished head you did. forge the bottom end and then run a td04 on that engine sounds like a lot of fucking about but it needs to be done i think. no point running 1.1 bar getting the pressure up and letting it piss out the crank seal. its only weeping at the moment but the more push you give it the worse i think its going to get I like a challenge anyway so this will be a good place to start haha