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[knuckles]

Went out in the turbo today. Really impressed how the car drives with a new turbo. Holds boost 100 times better

im still getting minor blue smoke out the back when i floor it in 3rd at around 5000rpm. Would that be the old oil in my exhaust making its way out ??

It still needs a rolling road setup, and i need to work out what psi to run the turbo at. Im thinking of not fitting the 195 chip or beiges just yet and seeing how it goes.

[niracka]

Nice to see you got it sorted mate.

With a bit of luck you will get some trouble free running for a good while now

keep us updated

merry christmas

ollie

[paniK]

just the last of the oil leaving the system mate

few good bootings should soon sort that

[rsonblackwheels]

mine still smoked for a while after mine blew

but like you said just a lil bit left in the system

[hb69]

any pics of it as it is now with the new improved ride height?

[knuckles]

With a bit of luck you will get some trouble free running for a good while now

you went and Jinxed it ollie

I Was going to brent cross yesterday and i thought my oil pump went from the loud tapping

Turns out Turbo has to come off again, 2 of the special lock nuts which are on the manifold to exhaust housing came loose. Now its blowing exhaust gas into the gearbox...

any pics of it as it is now with the new improved ride height?

Just for you henry - the way you like it too.... filthy

[Max M4X WW]

Please get some new bloody number plates!

Guy from RSOC Forum does nice ones!

[knuckles]

you must lose sleep over my number plates max

i will get round to it soon once i sort out the driving aspects

[jayrs]

have i missed something, whats wrong with them plates?

[Max M4X WW]

They are old and manky!

[jayrs]

get some new plates, wtf are you playing at

[edders]

they dont make a binbag big enough do they







(look on the right)

[niracka]

oh man I would have thaught that at some point during all the work you have done on this car you would have taken the time to get some new plates. I mean, "how dare you"

lol

[knuckles]

They are old and manky!

please excuse maxxxx - he just want my plates to have Rsoc logos on them

they dont make a binbag big enough do they

They certainly dont fella, 6 bin bags in one week. Soon i think they are bringing in wheelie bins round are council so we are limited by the ammount of rubbish they take

Me and adam sorted the turbo blowing today. Took it off once more and replaced the locking washers on the turbo manifold with home made jobbies since fords wasnt open. Hopefully they will do the trick.

Cant wait to get it on the rolling road and get it running perfect once more with the New T3.

Pics to follow soon

[jayrs]

They are old and manky!

please excuse maxxxx - he just want my plates to have Rsoc logos on them

they dont make a binbag big enough do they

They certainly dont fella, 6 bin bags in one week. Soon i think they are bringing in wheelie bins round are council so we are limited by the ammount of rubbish they take

Me and adam sorted the turbo blowing today. Took it off once more and replaced the locking washers on the turbo manifold with home made jobbies since fords wasnt open. Hopefully they will do the trick.

Cant wait to get it on the rolling road and get it running perfect once more with the New T3.

Pics to follow soon

did ya make the ones as i said on phone?

[knuckles]

sure did

[jayrs]

sweet, just think of the money you saved by not buying from ford, even though i know you will go buy some anyway

[knuckles]

you know me all too well jay

btw after all that hunting around saturday afternoon for a shop that sells them.... i found a spare one in my tool box

[jayrs]

[knuckles]

Finally got to the bottom of the knocking my car has had for the last 6 months. Replaced lower arms and replaced the bolts with no joy. Turned out the anti roll bar drop links were mullered. Ive seen less play in a bowl of porridge





And yes i need to sort those arches out

[Ram]

nothing beats replacing bits with new shiney ones

and yeh get de greasing those arches!

[jayrs]

nice one mate, no sort them fcuking arches out

[Turboboy67]

I had a noise coming from under my front wheel arch one night

Turned out to be one of those drop link bars had snapped in half

O yeah, get those arches sorted out

Cheers

[hb69]

get that arch sorted

like i can talk

[lowsi]

looks good, i think it would take about 5 years to read the whole thread
i bent a drop link in half once, i just bent it back.

[Brammer]

Those drop links are crap, you only have to hit a pot hole and it's knackered .

Quick power wash behind wheel and it's sorted

[knuckles]

its gonna take more than a power wash to get the scabby brown rust off fella

Im going to get my wire brush drill bit and give it a once over then rust treat it. Will have to wait for the weather to warm up before i can underseal it properly . . .

[onslack]

looking good clark

looking forward to seeing her at FITP

[rob pace]

has the blue smoke stopped yet?

[knuckles]

sure has

[knuckles]

Engine rebuild time

My cvh has began to make knocking noise upon cold start and you can litterally hear the pistons slapping. Once its warm the brand new tappets are really loud due to the worn camshaft. There is no point me going ahead and fitting my 195 chip with beiges and -31 actuator if the engine is going to wave the white flag anytime soon

I picked up a escort rs turbo engine block as a freebie on friday but its been on a engine stand outside with a black bag over it for the last year. Im hoping i can salvage the crank with a regrind.

pics:





the block just needs a hone and a clean up, then of course drill the hole for the crank position sensor.
Im having no luck with this Rs.

Knuckles

[Excursion]

What good is that crank going to do, mate?

It sounds like you need new pistons...

[Turboboy67]

Bad luck fella

you not thought about going ZVH ?

[jayrs]

you may fine you need over size pistons mate, depends how bad the bores are.

as for that crank, i looked at the pictures to texted me last night, i think the crank is gunna be a scrapper, one of them jounals look a bit too rusty mate.

and if your gunna go new pistons and a rebore, you may as well use the lump thats in the car, i know you need it as a daily driver but you got to look at what engine is going to be best reconned.
get the crank and a block to a engine place and ask them about it, i used a place called jenkins motor engineers (http://www.jenkinsmotorengineers.co.uk/) for my crank regrind, they been going donkies and is up your way-ish

[TIL13R]

Not good news clark....

That RST bloke dont look to healthy either TBH..... as said above not better buying a FRST bottom end and bulid it back up? or go ZVH?? i might have a bottom end for sale soon...

Tiller