whiteglanzav Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Right then guys, where do I begin . . . I first bought my car in December 08 after driving it back from manchester I decided to get some new brakes so i bought EBC discs and green stuff pads. I was happy with the purchase and when coming to fit them and checking the rest of the brakes I had realised that the back calipers were seized and also that the handbrake cables were fuuked. After getting it back from the garage and driving it around for a couple of months i came across 3 major problems.1. The left handside caliper was missing a pad clip and caused the pad to rub constantly on the disc which wore the pad all the way to the metal and scored the disc.2. The most pain in the arse problem ever - Heater matrix ! :holdit: anyone thats had to do this before knows what im on about ! See pik:My Dad in the pik lol - and notice the snow as i was doing it lol. It took around 12 hours over 2 weeks !!! and I did it all myself ! Whilst it was out i decided to get the interior re-done - and put it all back together again 3. This being the more serious - I started to hear a blowing noise, at first i couldnt find where it was coming from and after some investigation i found that the cylinder head had a fuk off massive crack in it which the previous owner neglected to mention but obviously knew about as it had been puttyd up. I re-puttyd it to keep it going till i could source a new head and get it fitted.Managed to get a head and it was fitted whilst i was on holiday. I now thought "fucking awesome - lets get some modding done" very dangerous . . .At the time the head was changed it was fully serviced so i thought it would be fine - So i changed the 17" rims for some 15" ones and gave it a nice clean and took some piks:3 weeks and 1000 miles later i was proved very wrong.Was driving back from football to my girls house and i have to go cross country roads to get there and it was around 11 and dark, no cars so i was driving a bit quicker than usual and BANG engine cut and couldnt be started . . . . . shit.Stranded in a field 5 miles from anywhere 12 o'clock at night 1 bar of battery on my phone - gutted.Got my dad to tow me home 7 miles with a nakkerd old 6 ft rope and i had no lights or brakes wasnt fun at all and i was well pissed off :mad: I posted on here as to what may be the problem - and as usual plenty of help and support As feared - it was the bottom end I had found that there was no oil in the engine so i put a few litres in it and it started, on slight revs there was a very loud knocking noise and it was shaking the entire engine. In 2 words - absolubtly fuckedNext day a man with a low loader came - the car didnt even have enough power to drive up onto it so it had to be winched The decision was made to go forged i got a set of wiseco pistons and scat rods from Dave :eek:Look at the standard issue Cadburys rods compared to the scats !!! :haha:When the car got to the garage we managed to take out the engine and strip it within a day !Standard Engine !The block then went off to be honed to suit the 0.5mm oversize, the engineers fucked about abit and we waited for 4 weeks in all. it didnt help that I had to get a new crank aswell as mine needed far 2 much taken off !So in the mean time we decided to cut out the bumper and fit the mocal oil cooler kit and fmic !!! We finally got all the bits back and started cleaning and painting the block and then notching it and sitting the pistons and rods in ready to be fitted I left Ryan to it and started cleaning up the bayQuick update just to show bits of work that were done last week, including 90% of the engine being built and my home made gauge holder Forged Engine Bit of an update:I had a livesports style lip sorted and sen to me - thought that it would go well with the cut out bumper and an air filter relocation kit from mikePicture of my custom gauge holder that i made, fitted nicely Quick shot of the engine bay, i will get some better ones in a bit as i have made it even more nice and tidy And some piks of the car UPDATE for td04 piksAn off focus shot of the bayNice and Clean - looking good MORE BODY MODS Also I've got this meaty beast to go in !!!also with the light weight flywheeland fitted theseMajor update coming soon got these bits to go on Varis rear, full Aluminium Rad/2 spall fans, heat wrap, arp headbolts 550cc injectorsBANG and the car is fucked . . . . againnice bits of metal on the sump plug the bearing decided it didnt want to sit on the crank anymoreslight bit of discolouration hahaJust bought a 5e - i am gunna get this mofo forged up all stripped and ready to be forged once its clean :) Watch this spaceright then after the past few weeks of not being able to get much done i picked up all my engine parts from the engineering shop yesterday (who are mint to say the least- you will see what i mean !)got all the bits prepped and block painted etc, and today i cracked on with the build with some guidence from my good mate who owns a garage.i had the whole of the rotating assembly balanced up perfectly and all the bore work done, acid dipping etc and also had a load of headwork done.they have ported and polished the inlet and exhaust ports and gas flowed it, and also took some material away from around the valves.im using wossner pistons and FRS jap speca rods lol acl duraglide bigs and main with jun thrust washers and everything is torqued up with arp bolts(conrod caps main caps and the head) and im using an athena 1.2mm hg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wantaglanz Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Wow! alot of stuff going on there! a forged 5e sounds good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Ed glad you keeping the faith an nice V mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Hows it going?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 looks amazing on the buddy clubs, gutted that its blowing up twice but it will be awesome when the 5e is in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted June 12, 2010 Author Share Posted June 12, 2010 i have been collecting parts since my engine blew up ready to get my forged 5e up and running - got everything i need now apart from my ported and polished head/ rods and bearings ;) i am getting excited - should be done and running in the next week or two i cant wait Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan507 Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Epic.What sort of BPH you aiming for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan lang Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 i thought you've been tryin to sell a 5e recently dude? change your mind? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted June 12, 2010 Author Share Posted June 12, 2010 Epic.What sort of BPH you aiming for?i am hoping to be running 1.5 bar when its all done and run in - hoping to be hitting 300 bhp with spool up around the 3k mark i thought you've been tryin to sell a 5e recently dude? change your mind?that s a different one i have lying about that i got for a mate and now he doesnt want it lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan lang Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 ah man, what a bummer lol, how much did all those parts come to if you dont mind me asking?pm me if you dont want it out in the open lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 you have a 5efe for sale mate?and thats a lovely collection of part you have there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted June 12, 2010 Author Share Posted June 12, 2010 yes matey i have a 5efe for sale alsoi dont know i think i spent about 3k on those bits there along with the bits im waitin for and my head !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Nice Ed look forward to seeing it up an running, whats the main advanatage of the 5efe?? didn,t think they revvved has hard as the 4??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riko666 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 They're quite a bit torquier Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 yep as riko says + the extra 200cc will help with spool up and overall power - it will still rev hard to 6500 - that will be enough lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riko666 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Mind you, the 5E-FHE had the same rev limit as the 4E-FTE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I have around 3k worth of bits waiting to go on, when my turbo kit and wilwoods turn up I'll get some pics of it all together, assemble the roll cage and put all the bits inside and take a pic Good luck with the build mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 bump Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ro55ifumi Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Up an running?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Up an running??not quite john check the last few pictures on this thread - i have my engine built now shud be able to get it dropped in this week fingers crossed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 not quite john check the last few pictures on this thread - i have my engine built now shud be able to get it dropped in this week fingers crossedLooking sweet Edd an glad you stayed Green with the rocker cover !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 cheers man !! dunno if im staying green yet lol just put it on to make it look whole Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig_N Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Great Bulid mate Looking forward to more updates Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whiteglanzav Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 got some more done today, just a few plugs to plug in and a secret sump to get done - bit of piping and fluids and its ready to roll - agen !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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