TurboTobz

Get on and make it already... your workmanship amazes me everytime. This is the most impressive project on here simply because it's mostly been you doing things that others haven't yet and not sending it away to be done but improvising and making what you want or need. Good work man, would love to have your capabilities

Anyone have one relatively close to kent? (Only if OP isn't after it)

I've never had one apart that's had any form of gasket or sealing agent on it. I bet they took the thermo out completely on yours... hence no oring so it would leak, thus using sealer to try and prevent it. I had to bypass the stat on one of mine once, I had to cut the centre of the stat out leaving just the outer ring and oring. It would not seal without the oring understandably. If you have it apart and in your hand you can see the oring will seal it.

Say no more lol. I think half your problems the gasket malarky. Get a seal going on the see what happens once it's run up

You shouldn't have any problems with no gasket clean the face of the housing up with a stanley blade if it's got old paste and crap on it same with the base that's on the block. Get the stat and seal in there nice and square and try again. What kind of people did you buy it from

Torque setting: spanner tight newton metres

I've never had a gasket on any 4efte stat housing just the rubber seal. Never leaked...

With it only being insured on a small amount they may just write it off? Shame mine was insured for only £100 (pauter rods wiseco pistons) but they were found very shortly after lodging a claim. All the best Phil I hope they turn up as it's a big loss.

Have you received a reply for the mail claim yet?

Jungle iz massiv. (Couldn't resist)

agreed. You adapt your driving to suit lag if your going for a rolling drag sit the car in high revs then the boost response is instant. Cheap turbo for big power

Amg**

Yeah I have mudrutz on facebook. Can't wait for the milk run to dry out missing the summer like mad!!! Would love to take a look at the 4paw I came back in to see if you were about after watching police have a whinge at the guy doughnutting that amf c63 black edition with the camards and spoiler but you'd moved on and couldn't see the 85 parked in tgi

Sundays milkrun day when its not raining ;) Only popped in on the off chance tbf havent seen any cars there for years so was cool. Was following the undercovers in my land rover watching everyone poo themself lol.

Sure you were just behind me in the que in macdonalds then saw you in what looked like your ep85? Then saw you by tgi watching I think?

Ek or 14

For 450 as a minimum I'd recommend Cusco LSD ORC ogura clutch and lightened fly Wiseco 74.5mm pistons Pauter rods acl bearings Athena head gasket Coil on plug ignition Suitable standalone ecu 3 ish inch exhaust system Turbo wise most go with garret maybe try precision head stud conversion aftermarket inlet decent size front mount exhaust manifold to suit turbo Downpipe to suit turbo Tial wastegate gauges to monitor things cams head work? 5e? nos? water meth? Knife edge crank? list goes on and on.....

A well a balanced 240bhp with massive handling mods management quick spool turbo lsd good tyres and some weight saving would do you well.

Fucking lol. Cusco will not fit oem lsd box but WILL fft standard box.

Fucking lol. Ref to this link http://www.tribology-abc.com/abc/engine.htm

That last bits a fuckin lie. Virgin tried this with me got a different customer services on the phone a few months later after not paying and they cancelled it for me. a contract is voided if you move (apparently) (found this out after) so it cost me roughly a months membership to cancel.

Hybrid plus a hks actuator nice one. 250 area

If your on a tight budget like most I would recommend a td/vf turbo as they can be picked up for less than a chinese unit. Although common they'll give you an awesome cost:smile ratio. I'm not made of money mate I would probably assume half the forums funded by parents a few are rolling in it and the rest are scrimp and savers. If your tight on money maybe consider if you can afford an engine build if the Chinese turbo fails and causes further damage.

I had the same issue sending wiseco forged pistons and forged pauter rods to ireland to a well known member. They never arrived he said put a claim in I can almost garuntee they find them. Sure enough they were found and sent back swiftly to me to repost They told me sending to ireland would be via air mail and tracking is not an option. I spent £25 posting them as I felt that was extreme and they were still only covered for £100. I was very much in the same boat as yourself, get the claim form in and fingers crossed. Apparently between uk and ireland things get lost a LOT and just end up in a warehouse unless theres a return address

Can't believe the amount of people wiling to save a few quid at the risk of an engine.