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[cowie20]

the flange onto t3 manifold? its held up pretty well so far.

[crazycage]

the flange onto t3 manifold? its held up pretty well so far.

im not trying to be a c**t mate but your manifold is cast iron and you have welded a mild steel flange on with some really poor mig welding with little or no penetration at all ! add the to the fact that you then have a turbo hanging off it when its really hot and your exhaust system pulling it back and fourth every time you change gears i would say it just a matter of time.
p.s apart from that i love the look of your car

[cowie20]

the weld has taken a pretty good hold as before i bolted the turbo to it we hit the sh!t out of it with a hammer and it held no problem, now done about 100 miles with some hard driving and still not a problem!

ill admit it doesnt look strong but it is. i have to take it all off again any way to fit new actuator, timing belt, head gasket and engine will be coming out to freshen up the bay! so when its off ill get it stick welded so at least it looks stronger and will be

[andymcd]

top work your doing there mate
you wouldnt tell me what its like to drive with them rims on and what tyre size?

[KINGHORN]

your misses isn't shell is it

[cowie20]

yeah mate, chelle, not shell, she hates that. haha

how come? you know her?

as for wheels with the stretched tyres, its a pain the ass, the rim of wheel gets scuffed so easy! other than that no problems

[andymcd]

cheers mate am putting them on my frst
what power u hoping for with that turbo?

[cowie20]

am wanting around 250 but ill need management and some injectors to get there

[KINGHORN]

woops yeah thats it chelle, haha yeah know her from a long time ago down the beach, haha, sees a fair one for her cars, had the turbo a long time now tho aint she ??

[cowie20]

yeah she has, it needs a good service, new brakes all round, track rod ends, bottom arms, front top mounts, steering gaitors, some more boost . going to get it all pro when i get onshore. it cost me a fortune keeping two turbos on road. hahaha it also needs petrol cap repair but garages want like 400 quid to sort.

any chance you could get it done cheaper

[KINGHORN]

lol as i say im surprised she has kept it so long maybe cuz of you, lol

fraid not mate, its cost me a fortune to do my thing and have done most myself, lol

[cowie20]

yeah its cost me a fortune to keep running. am amazed she kept it this long to. good car for a daily driver tho, its help up well, shes done some a mount of miles in it.

oh well worth a shot

[KINGHORN]

lol, 2 tidy turbos in a relationship that both work, somin wrong there lol

[cowie20]

yeah to much money

[KINGHORN]

lol, you can never have enough,lol

offshore now, its hit me, ghrrrr

[cowie20]

yeah am offshore just now, middle of north sea on a technip boat, its fooking rough!

[rsonblackwheels]

very nice mate

awesome RST, love the stance on those wheels

like the turbo conversion to, good on you for having ago your self

nice work

[cowie20]

so piston rings have giving up, 89 psi on 3 and 1 had about 70ish. stripped bottom end which when i bought with car was ment to be lighten and balanced and low comp buts its not, standard with new shells and arp bolts. pretty pissed off and need new rings !

[KINGHORN]

NOT SO GOOD MATE, hope it dont cost ya to much to get it sorted.

mine is making progress,

[cowie20]

ordering new rings just now, gaskets, oil pump, etc.....standard frst pistons...are they AE and flat top with a little flat bit at a edge? as burton shows the standard pistons as having a bowl in the pistons with a lip all around it.

do you know

[FRSJON]

check the bore size !!!!... AE pistons arent standard!.. they come with mahle one from the factory ... your bottom end has been rebuilt and may have been rebored!..

[KINGHORN]

YEAH AS jon said definatly have a double check of the cylinder bore

[jayrs]

check the bore size !!!!... AE pistons arent standard!.. they come with mahle one from the factory ... your bottom end has been rebuilt and may have been rebored!..

agreed, the standard one are flat with 2 notches for the valves

[cowie20]

i think mine have a flat bit on one side and its not a big flat bit...other than that they are flat. what should a standard bore measure....do i measure the bore on block or the flat face of piston?

ill need to get on phone to burton tomorrow and change my order

[FRSJON]

i cant remember the way to measure the piston.... think its across the gudgeon pin??.. 'might' say bore size on the rings? .. you really need a proper tool to measure the bore as you really need it measured at different increments down the bore..( this is just to check thats its ok).. ask burtons,the'll know...

[KINGHORN]

I HAVE A feeling that in the front of the burton catalouge it tells you how, dont have my one handy to check tho

[cowie20]

nice one ill go have a look. cheers for help guys

[jayrs]

measure the bore

these were the 0.5mm over size pistons i fitted

[jayrs]

to messure the bore your want a bore gauge and a big micrometer

[cowie20]

is there any markings on pistons to say what they are? there is stuff written on the inside of piston

[jayrs]

dont think there was anything on thesem, but to be honest mate i dont think i really looked.
there was markings on the standard ones i removed, if yours have markings and letters/numbers what are they? as this will refur to what the piston size is mate

[cowie20]

all good the rings had AE + 0.50mm stamped on top rings so not bad got them sorted now...the head that was ment to be a stage 3 is nothing more than a standard head with cam and pully! some one took the engine out that was the good one and replaced with near standard one!

[andymcd]

all good the rings had AE + 0.50mm stamped on top rings so not bad got them sorted now...the head that was ment to be a stage 3 is nothing more than a standard head with cam and pully! some one took the engine out that was the good one and replaced with near standard one!

when i bought my car mate it had a big spec but when i pulled it apart every thing was f*cking standard
sorry 2 hear about the rings
jay if u dont mind me asking how much was your pistons? whats the max psi they can take?

[FRSJON]

all good the rings had AE + 0.50mm stamped on top rings so not bad got them sorted now...the head that was ment to be a stage 3 is nothing more than a standard head with cam and pully! some one took the engine out that was the good one and replaced with near standard one!

any pics of the head??... check the cam coil pack end see what one it is..

[jayrs]

too many times i hear that engines are ment to be something there not

pistons cost me erm about £290 posted i belive.

as for max psi, i dunno mate, there standard pistons but over size, but standard pistons can take a fair bit, and mahle are good pistons