ryan lang Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 ^^ his laptop is fucked now, he cant live without either so at least he's got 1 working at the moment lol Quote
BenV Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 let me know if you need a new solenoid but i can get you a brand new one, got a few in stock aswell if your desperate Quote
Sparky Posted September 3, 2011 Author Posted September 3, 2011 Well I am back but the Starlet is for sale now or being broken at the end of the month when the tax is up if it doesnt sell.Will get some videos before it goes Quote
daz gt turbz Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 you are the strangest boy i have ever met! Quote
Taggy Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 im uber confused, your fixing it and then selling it straight away??? Quote
Sparky Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 Looks like I am keeping the piece of shit.90psi on cylinder 1 and 150+ on the rest.Gonna sell some bits like my exhaust, BOV and other things I dont need to get some money and over winter gonna save like mad and forge the fuck out of my other engine. Looking at changing my turbo aswell to a VF series so hopefully will be running 300hp ready for JapFest next year.I will leave you with some pictures from recent times until I have any updates with the build.Loving how clean she looks hereHungry?POTM???? Quote
Socks Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Forged is the way forward dude, its not that expensive and will gurantee reliability! Cant wait buddy! Glad your keeping it, all too easy to just get a honda lol ;) Quote
Sparky Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 Easy and definitley the better option in everyway.Although I was at a Honda meet at the weekend and they was impressed especially a lad with a 300hp supercharged EP3 who had me sat by the side of him all the way to 120 ;) Quote
rorenapier Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 After 120 i hope you walked away from him.....?Thought this motor was rebuilt again??Forged doesnt always mean reliable ;)Yes it has the scope to push a wee bit further than normal, but certainly doesnt mean it will "garantee reliability" Quote
Dan507 Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Fuck man! I would have given up by now. Good luck!! Quote
Sparky Posted September 7, 2011 Author Posted September 7, 2011 @ Rory we only took it to 120 couldnt say that i would of walked away. A 290hp gave me a good run all the way to just over 160 But yea I know forged engines can go bang but Ricky said cylinder 1 was a bit more oval than he would of liked but that was a risk I took. Time to do it properly ;) Quote
Driver Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Your like the un-luckiest wanker in the world haha Glad your keeping her though man, onwards and upwards !! Quote
Ricky@Race-Tech Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 @ Rory we only took it to 120 couldnt say that i would of walked away. A 290hp gave me a good run all the way to just over 160 But yea I know forged engines can go bang but Ricky said cylinder 1 was a bit more oval than he would of liked but that was a risk I took. Time to do it properly I'm placing my money on head gasket. Both the block and head wanted skimming. Saying that a coolant change might have helped if its anything like last time. It looks like you've stored the block at the bottom of the ocean. Also the crank was in pretty bad shape. Stock engines are reliable if in good shape. As somebody else said, forged doesn't guarantee you to be reliable, they have to be built with great care and good tolerances.Your like the un-luckiest wanker in the world haha Glad your keeping her though man, onwards and upwards !!Least he's not the biggest.... Look at me, i've posted twice on facebook now on here! Quote
Liam_D Posted September 7, 2011 Posted September 7, 2011 Gutted for you dude!! Glad your not thinking about breaking this time though! Quote
Driver Posted September 8, 2011 Posted September 8, 2011 Least he's not the biggest.... Look at me, i've posted twice on facebook now on here!Haha twat !Was going to say whats up with you, poped up on facebook other day and now posting outside your traders area ! too much time on your hands .... time that could be spent finishing a certain Eg Civic Back on topic .... Parts ordered Lew ? Quote
Steve GT Posted September 9, 2011 Posted September 9, 2011 even id have probably given up by now lol and im very patient i know your pain though mate my white GT was an omen and no matter how well and careful i built it it would still fuck up on me all the time. glad to be shot of it to be honest but keep the faith dude Quote
Sparky Posted September 22, 2011 Author Posted September 22, 2011 Nothing is going to be ordered until the new year, still deciding on what parts to go for and a different turbo so wont be any real updates until the new year.But yea Rick I am quite pissed off with that engine, I bought it not hearing it running and when we stripped it it was in terrible shape and didnt look really well serviced or looked after, really should of checked the bores and crank there and then really, lesson learnt, a very expensive lesson at that, could of built a monster of an engine with what I spent on that fucking one!! Quote
shorty Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 ah man I've missed all of this! bad times sparkster still plenty more engines about get a beast of a forged in there. animal gt is selling his engine atm! Quote
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