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Funny thing is, the Gaskets we bought from idworkz worked out cheaper including postage to ireland. Go figure.

Yeah well im guessing you where sent a JE from the same company as we where. Our block was decked already and it still failed. All thats been done since is check surfaces and use a proper athena gasket. Car has been running all day with no issue. I think the gasket was the problem here.

the proper branded one came from idworkz

I dont see any problem with this. the power is fantastic, valve float can be rectified by swapping on a 4efte head. yes, annoying, but factor that cost into what your willing to pay. You will have to keep in mind that this is, im guessing from the valve float issue and the power output at low boost, a high compression engine. Basically just swapped a 5efe in place of a 4efte and got it mapped. I have no problem with this, i only use 4efe myself as they are fun and cheap but i wouldnt expect to be making any more than 200bhp on it. id say id could take another few psi but that depends on w

The packaging is exactly the same, only the branding differs. The gaskets also look like they are pressed on the same machine but the athena gasket has a coating on it and has different layers. It was used because of the company that we bought it from. Apparently that is what they use on their own cars and customer cars. Even though its sold as a 1.2mm Athena head gasket online. Anyway, the engine was running again 2 hours after the photo was taken after surfaces where checked and the proper athena gasket was used this time. Everything is perfect now. I have made the company aware of what

They might not think its a good thing. It might just be the way its coming across. Best to call and see how the problem is portrayed over the phone.

If its getting valve float the head is not 4efte lol. It may be rebuilt but its deffo an efe head.

fcd. get rid. get a piggyback or a P+P ecu.

Ordered an Athena HG. Received a JE Tuning? i think its called to go into this forged build. Head was skimmed and fully rebuilt, Block was bored, honed to piston tolerance and decked flat. Everything was assembled, Primed, and started. all perfect. Usual leak checks, etc, everything was spot on for once. not a single thing wrong. It was taken for a drive up the road to check everything as a c56 ae111 lsd diff and gearset was used and rebuilt so it was taken through all the gears at low load/rpm basically no boost. Its currently running standard turbo setup + ecu. The car was parked up

Check for leaks. this kept happening to me when i was giving the car beans but only when it was up to temp. Turned out the rad had a crack so small that i couldnt see but it opened up as heat got to it, eventually it completely split open on the motorway, overheated almost immediately, blew out the oil seals along with the oil and heat seized. it was a fun day.

As above! Billet wheel one too

And, dont you have a charger for the laptop?

4efe, 5efe 1e, 2e etc all have 6 stud crown C series boxes. Only the e series turbo boxes have 8 bolt. All A series (5a,4a,7a) have 8 bolt from what ive seen. Im not 100% but i think all the ZZ engines have 8 bolt crown C series.

Im 6.1, still an inch or so for the seat to go back if its your legs, if its your torso it might be a squeeze. If its an even difference you should be ok but just on the limits lol.

Ive done Rolla mani Itbs 100bhp engine All with custom 4 branch mani and straight through 2" exhaust. Then I went 4efe turbo. Threw it together for about 200 quid, modified my exhaust to bolt to decat. Wont ever bother with na 4e again.

Fair enough! Sounds like a nice build

Your trying to get 200bhp from a 4efe na?? They would barely make that turbo. But what you want is 4efte valve springs

So to clarify, your using ep8 springs on ep7 shocks

Dont do this.

They aren't the slowest car out there. I drive a 94` e10 corolla estate with a 4efe in it and its adequate for tipping around, even quite easily towed another corolla with a rope. Just dont expect to be able to safely overtake anybody the power just isnt there.

Best bolt on is everything off a 4efte lol

He already has lowering springs but they are too low.

Topmount up front ;) win win

Not everything from china is crap but you have to wade through the crap to find whats good. Some real bargains out there

Perfect thanks