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[niracka]

i do £25 a week in fuel as it is.

Mate, I use a full tank every week in my focus atm lol. My missis and I both drive it all over and she works miles away

Ollie

[knuckles]

Bit of a update

my xr2i head has been sent off to cylinder head developments last week. Its going for a complete overhaul. When it returns it will be a stage 2 , ported and polished jobbie with new studs fitted for rockers.

[jayrs]

about time you started spending money on what matters mate

as per the texts though mate, dont assume nothing

[knuckles]

Friday i found out my cylinder head is all finished, i should see it back via courier on tuesday/wednesday.

i requested new valve stem seals, new valve springs, new studs as well as the stage 2 port/polish

Sooner i get this back the sooner i can get the rebuilt engine built up.

[jayrs]

for the price it better be all singing and dancing mate!

[filtra]

Can you let me know whos doing the work and a ball park figure if thats ok? Cheers man!

[knuckles]

Can you let me know whos doing the work and a ball park figure if thats ok? Cheers man!

Cylinder head developments

Basic cylinder head refurbishment is £290. With all the extras stage 2 and polishing it comes to around £450

[Ghost]

Can you let me know whos doing the work and a ball park figure if thats ok? Cheers man!

Cylinder head developments

Basic cylinder head refurbishment is £290. With all the extras stage 2 and polishing it comes to around £450

Fook me!

Bet your glad the missus is at work now then!

Make sure you let me know when the work is happening!!

[jayrs]

mate, my arse still hurts after you told me how much and im not even paying for it!

[Rhinopower]

that is a tad on the sore arse side! I paid £280 for an uber spec stage 3 head cam & vernier. Lets hope it does you well

[~nomad~]

your head is secondhand thou, so it aint really the same as having a head sent off for the work to be done, and obvously he has comeback if the work aint right etc. 450 aint that bad imho

[filtra]

Thanks man! I'm looking to get something done similar to yours.

[jayrs]

clark (knuckles) has asked me to post a few pics up of the head work as he got it back today

[knuckles]

get a better phone jay

this is how it should look from a proper nokia





it looks even better in the flesh. All thats needed now is a brand new ford camshaft and a Ford head gasket. Ive decided not to use a pattern part head gasket for peace of mind.

Ford head bolts are £4.67 each !

[jayrs]

dont be tight, i said from the start used good stuff, £4.67 per head bolt, damn i got mine cheaper than that and i dont even work at ford

and yes tell me about the phone, i do need a new one this thing is pi$$ing me off

[CrAzY kAyLL]

I could eat my dinner off that head it's so clean

[TIL13R]

Like it clark

but have to ask why going back to standard Cam if you spent the money having the head polished and ported...??

Cheers

Tiller

[jayrs]

cvh35 it mate

[Ghost]

sweet as a nut!

[jimmyesh]

That head looks

[knuckles]

Like it clark

but have to ask why going back to standard Cam if you spent the money having the head polished and ported...??

Cheers

Tiller

As i use this as an everyday commuting car i need something that is at least half decent on fuel economy. When i used the cvh35 before i was doing £10 per day in fuel and could smell neat fuel vapours from the engine bay. Plus it was very lumpy and kept trying to stall when changing down gears.

[Smo]

Looks like nice work on that head, Clark Everything I'd heard about Cylinder Head Developments has always been good, though!

Got any photos of the port work?

[TIL13R]

Looks like nice work on that head, Clark Everything I'd heard about Cylinder Head Developments has always been good, though!

Got any photos of the port work?

They did my head work too

[niracka]

That looks real nice mate. Hope it proves to be worth the money you'v spent.

Get some pics of the ports up man

[knuckles]

I will get some pics up of the polished ports on the weekend.
put it this way they are smooth as a babys bum

i Recieved the brand new Cvh rs turbo camshaft today. Aparently it was on backorder from germany but in just 2 days it appeared. Tight gits dont even give you a woodcuff key with it

New parts purchased :

inlet manifold head studs
inlet manifold hex nuts
camshaft oil seal + blanking plug
oil pick up gasket
oil pump gasket
exhaust manifold hex nuts
Ford Head gasket
thermostat housing gasket/ o-ring
throttle body gasket

today i also was listing down the last remaining parts needed to swap the engines over...

sierra cvh rubber rocker cover gasket
sump gasket/sealant
Cambelt
New ford clutch kit
10/40 oil - 5 litres
3 antifreeze
clutch bolts x6
ISCV gasket
gearbox oil

I think i will get christmas out of the way before i make a start on this. As the car is my daily comute it would need to be done on a weekend.

[jayrs]

please dont fit a rubber rocker cover gasket,t hey dont fit right and over hang the head, and apart from looking a bit crap like that, i know you wont be happy about it and want to do something about it, i.e buy a cork one

and as for all this engine work, am i going to have to make room for your car over here again...

[knuckles]

please dont fit a rubber rocker cover gasket,t hey dont fit right and over hang the head, and apart from looking a bit crap like that, i know you wont be happy about it and want to do something about it, i.e buy a cork one

and as for all this engine work, am i going to have to make room for your car over here again...

i have listened to your point. i know it over hangs but its re-useable.... surely thats a bonus ?

cork is cheaper yea but never seals right for me.

[jimmyesh]

Glad you got your cam so quickly, you got lucky there! - I remember ordering one from Ford for my sister's old XR2i and they told me it was on order from Germany but after a month nothing had happened so I got a refund and ordered one as near standard as possible from Piper and fitted that!

[jayrs]

please dont fit a rubber rocker cover gasket,t hey dont fit right and over hang the head, and apart from looking a bit crap like that, i know you wont be happy about it and want to do something about it, i.e buy a cork one

and as for all this engine work, am i going to have to make room for your car over here again...

i have listened to your point. i know it over hangs but its re-useable.... surely thats a bonus ?

cork is cheaper yea but never seals right for me.

yeah its re-useable but how ofton you looking at taking the cover off mate
ive never had a problem with cork ones, they only normaly leak for the following reasons

the old gasket was never cleaned off fully
over tightened causing it to crush/split
not re-tightened after a given time
or the biggest thing people do, not tighten the cover down right, i.e in the right order, they norm start with one and then work there way round, it should be nipped up and tighten in sequence.

[niracka]

the old gasket was never cleaned off fully
over tightened causing it to crush/split
not re-tightened after a given time
or the biggest thing people do, not tighten the cover down right, i.e in the right order, they norm start with one and then work there way round, it should be nipped up and tighten in sequence.

All really simple stuff too so provided you do it all right then you "shouldn't" have any problems. Mind you having said that you havn't exactly had lady luck on your side with this car so far have you.

Buy both and if the cork one don't work the way you hoped, get Jay to re-imburse the money and fit the rubber one

Ollie

[jayrs]

it wont leak, as i might be the one fitting it yet

[knuckles]

thats [ERRR] u said about my sump

[jayrs]

what that beat to $hit manky old sump you got

[knuckles]

[jayrs]

ding dong!

nice new cam