george_seamons Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Rebuilding a forged engine and replacing every single gasket, and installing a new flywheel and paddle clutch is SERIOUSLY expensive. Think I underestimated just how much it would cost! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Gaskets for modern engines cost a fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Brown paper and gasket gunk *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Individually they arent that much, most of them are less than £5, its just the sheer amount of them! That and the amount of stretch bolts, studs, and nuts that need replacing...again, not that much individually, but its all adding up. I will have spent not far off £1500, and wont actually see any beneifit other than a stronger engine, lol. Just have to keep telling myself to look to the future though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair34 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 (edited) Individually they arent that much, most of them are less than £5, its just the sheer amount of them! That and the amount of stretch bolts, studs, and nuts that need replacing...again, not that much individually, but its all adding up. I will have spent not far off £1500, and wont actually see any beneifit other than a stronger engine, lol. Just have to keep telling myself to look to the future though! think yourself lucky! its a slippy slope, i started like that, then its a steel crank dry sump, billet turbo dth throttle bodies before you know its its 6k gone in bits alone! not a ford engine is it? Long time since ive posted here but... going to go and see this at the weekend http://www.scottwalkers.co.uk/cars/car.php?id=162 been on the hunt now for 8 months but I cant say no to the mileage and quality. Theres a few "newer" ones around but they are all well out my price range or done 60k miles which is not what I want. nice a frind just picked one up, purple limited edition one goes ok Edited June 17, 2013 by alastair34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 What engine is in the westy Adam? Xe or zetec? I've a 7 type car too great fun! It's an XE. An experienced eye I see, to recognise which side the exhaust and intakes are on to narrow down the engine choices What have you got then? The talk of steel cranks, dry sumps, a turbo and DTH TBs just above makes me think it's fairly potent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Individually they arent that much, most of them are less than £5, its just the sheer amount of them! That and the amount of stretch bolts, studs, and nuts that need replacing...again, not that much individually, but its all adding up. I will have spent not far off £1500, and wont actually see any beneifit other than a stronger engine, lol. Just have to keep telling myself to look to the future though! Maybe its just honda gaskets that cost a fortune then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair34 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 It's an XE. An experienced eye I see, to recognise which side the exhaust and intakes are on to narrow down the engine choices What have you got then? The talk of steel cranks, dry sumps, a turbo and DTH TBs just above makes me think it's fairly potent hehe your right! im a dab hand with cars and engine builds, its s shawspeed 7 esque car with a 1600 ford sigma engine, 610 bhp per ton at the moment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumsong Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Is there a buld thread for that car on ZSOC? I've seen iot before.. Also, I feel cheated having the last post on the previous page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I quite like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair34 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Is there a buld thread for that car on ZSOC? I've seen iot before.. Also, I feel cheated having the last post on the previous page. yes that the most complete thread, there are afew on other forums i use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumsong Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I thought it looked familiar! A mate of mine built a Fiesta a while ago and forced me to spend hours looking at your thread. Very tidy build. Small old world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair34 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I thought it looked familiar! A mate of mine built a Fiesta a while ago and forced me to spend hours looking at your thread. Very tidy build. Small old world. haha yes true, its not bad learning all the time will get better and better things are never finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumsong Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Wasnt there a video linked on zsoc? Im not a member. Fancy dropping the link in here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair34 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 (edited) i have a few on my youtube if you want to have a look at the others here is one Edited June 17, 2013 by alastair34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Good lord, that looks mental! The duct tape on the air filter and turbo is my favourite part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 Quality stuff and impressive work! Rather you than me working on that engine bay I wouldn't know where to start! What sort of power is it running then, about 350? Turbo is cheating by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair34 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Quality stuff and impressive work! Rather you than me working on that engine bay I wouldn't know where to start! What sort of power is it running then, about 350? Turbo is cheating by the way 335 270lbft not bd for a 1.6 it was a n/a engine before 180bhp and to be honest it was more usable and fun in a way, now its just silly the vid is only 250-260 bhp got a fair bit more ontop of that just seems a little pointless on the road and i havent had chance to get it out on track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 How did you manage to get 180bhp out of a n/a 1.6? That's seriously impressive mate. Looks so fun on the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastair34 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 How did you manage to get 180bhp out of a n/a 1.6? That's seriously impressive mate. Looks so fun on the road we have had 210bhp from them wih forged engines, 180 was stock bottom end with uprated rod bolts, shawspeed ss4 cams big valve wored head, throttle bodies omex 600 ecu and a nice exhaust there also the lightest 1.6 engine ever built so perfect for these cars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 That's a monster. Love it. I'm happy because I has assembled my new shifter and got some new engine mounts; Hopefully to be fitted this weekend. Also theres a group-buy on Clio RARBs so hopefully that will go through and I can get myself one of those also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Just done a deal for these beauties 18x9 VMR Mesh V718's with 700 mile old Rainsport 2's. Picking them up on the 27th, as long as they haven't been kerbed in the three weeks the guy has had them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I heard rumour that a little while ago someone was after a set of wheels like this - I can't remember who it was, but just in case, these are up for grabs: PM for details... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Wow, this page is wheely good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Fixed the ladyfriends window motor last night, with a hammer. That's by far my best mechanical achievement in a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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