lukEp Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 No point in messing mate, I was just waiting for the excuse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Sorry to hear the news dude, hope you get sorted soon as poss John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig_N Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Was gutted for you mate but it will be back VERY SOON P.S Anyone breaks down dont worry Lee's Glanza S can pull you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 I'm not sorry mate, you got to take these things as they come or GTF. Car looks awesome by the way wheels and scoop plus that bumper lush! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lukew360 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Shit luck with the engine mate but there are better things to come from this! TD04 it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russleh Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 it is bad news but now you can paint more bits in awesome colours when youre rebuilding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 Lol cheers guys I like the positive attitude, that the shitz! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigMan Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Was gutted for you mate but it will be back VERY SOON P.S Anyone breaks down dont worry Lee's Glanza S can pull you did you make lee pull it and hope you get her up and running soon mate! and thanks for the stickers on sunday Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daz gt turbz Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 didnt realise this had happend! sorry to hear it mate, BUT its a good excuse to move onto bigger and better things! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan5793 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 ahh saw you leave the track early badtimes, hope you get it all sorted sharp mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redz11 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Was gutted for you mate but it will be back VERY SOON P.S Anyone breaks down dont worry Lee's Glanza S can pull you haha yeah, ill run my very own UKSC towing service did you make lee pull it and hope you get her up and running soon mate! and thanks for the stickers on sunday yeah with fooked front suspension, you could feel it, to be honest wouldnt be ideal to have a turbo tow it lol!cant wait til the cars back on its feet, its still an awesome car and can only get better!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Gutted for you matey But on to bigger and better as they say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 glad to hear you're takin a positive attitude to it man!!!!lookin forward to seeing her back on her feet ASAP!Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nastyrash 2003 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 yep this has realy opened my eyes to these engines, cant wait to open the engine up and see if we can pin point wat exactly went wrong, and y. was not expecting this at all like u said its extremly low milage and u do everything to maintain and keep her heathy.and you was just building your speed up on the track getting the feel, wen the oil presure dropped. not tatering it. realy cant wait to find wat went wrong. make it stronger. thn on to finding the next weakness, lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Gutted for you dude!! Good to hear that your rebuilding it thoguh mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 Going to be striping the engine as of the 27th may and I've decide as of yesterday which direction this project is going. For youz that are on the know keep it ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob_bower Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 What ever direction knowing you guys it will be awesome! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daz gt turbz Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 good to hear mate . . . . . . now get on with it! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 Cheers lads, got other stuff to sort/fix before I even start this, the bus need 2 driveshafts and my vinyl cutter needs looking at. Which is why ice set myself a start date of Friday ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Cheers lads, got other stuff to sort/fix before I even start this, the bus need 2 driveshafts and my vinyl cutter needs looking at. Which is why ice set myself a start date of Friday You not splitting i hope The vinyl cutter i mean if so Jack is doing a sign writing an graphics course next year an we need to have a chat about whats required ;)John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 No worries give me a bell anytime mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Well were to start.......after replacing my engine and going out of my way to find a super low milage MK1 GT engine (thicker rods) I decide I wated to go down the TD04 route. Well all going well I'm collecting parts........ Mani, decat, turbo, oil and water lines gaskest, I've even bought some Stainless mig wire and argon gas so I can brace everything to the max. So I'm now at the point where I can start bolting it on. Well my engine started to have a slight misfire on idle so I thought plugs...... changed still there..... leads arent that old so I left them ad compression tested all the cylinders Pot 1. 10barPot 2. 6barPot 3. 10barPot 4. 10barCan anyone spot where the fail is?!?!?well my first tought was gummed/carboned rings so I poored some WD down the pot and left for 1hour sucked it all out put it together ran it till the the exhaust gasses went clear and it had warmed back up and compession tested it again.Pot 1. 10barPot 2. 8barPot 3. 10barPot 4. 10barI though yeh sorted well kind of its anyway and tht slight missfire had gone woop!anyway 3days later Its taking 20-30seconds of cranking for it to start when cold my exhaust note changed and I lost power on low revs and its not boosting till 3.5k oooopppppps! so pulled the dipstick while it was running and backpressure and smoke.so tomorrow I'm going to comp test again to see what I've got and if its rings I'm going to drop some forged pistons in it and port/polish my head. I dont need to do the rods because there the thicker ones and I'm not going to be putting silly boost through itand I just want some peice of mind by elliminating the weak point which seems to be ring lands.anyway now I've told you all that I'm going getting some prices.EDIT: oh yeh I broke my 6speed box again so I binned it and put 5speed in it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Bloody hell mate, hope you get it sorted.John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lukEp Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 cheers mate, it will be sorted asap,I've PM'd geo bout the pistons he sells so hopefully few weeks ill be back running and td04 @ 1.5bar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan lang Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 ahh man that sucks but good to hear your gunna carry on with it need to pull my finger out and try and get a job lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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