ibs 308 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hey it looks cool in stainless mate. Too much black under the bonnet hides everything. Let it stand out. Haha. Shit man 4k. Ermmmm this might have to be a silent project for me. The less the misses knows the better. Hahahaha. Probably just collect it in bits and it won't hit the pocket hard that way. Lol.Sent from my iPad using TapatalkYea that's true il probably just leave it as it is. Trust me I've done the same not told the misses the full story!It doesn't really have to cost that much to be honest, I've just decided to go all out on it.You could do the turbo and not worry about a LSD, cams, short air intake, arp head bolts, oil cooler and colour coding everything that will save you quite a bit. I want 400+ bhp so decided to do everything. GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Dropped off the head to an engineering place this morning. Will be getting it skimmed and the valve stem seals replaced. Also just about to go and drop a rocker cover off to the powder coaters. My original one was plastic and I think the metal ones came on earlier vr6's so I got this one off ebay for £18. D11PS, GT53BAD and VR6CABBS 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 So its been nearly a month since the car has been off road and boy am I starting to miss it . VR6CABBS, daveyboy and GT53BAD 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Metal gaskets just arrived. Ordered them from Vince at Stealth. They are Elring part number 401.820 for anyone that needs to know. GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Just picked up the cylinder head. Its been cleaned, skimmed and had the stem seals replaced. daveyboy, GT53BAD, Bealieboy and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 So its been nearly a month since the car has been off road and boy am I starting to miss it .Looking good there. I love the vento front end. Wish I could get the front end of mine as low too GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Cheers mate. As much as I like the look of it it's a pain in the backside always scraping the front lip even without a deep splitter on there. I will be raising it slightly when I change my wheels. Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 what wheels are they? Calibre vintage? Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) what wheels are they? Calibre vintage? Yes they are mate. 8j fronts and 9j rears. Edited November 5, 2014 by ibs Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 They sit way better than my dare drrs and mine are 7.5j and 8.5j. They've got shit caliper clearence on the front so I has to put 20mm spacers in Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 They sit way better than my dare drrs and mine are 7.5j and 8.5j. They've got shit caliper clearence on the front so I has to put 20mm spacers in I had to use a 15mm spacers to clear the calipers and that's why I'm now changing my wheels as I've got Brembo calipers going on so will need a lot more clearance. Link to post Share on other sites
daveyboy 897 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I've beeb toying with the idea of new wheels. Not sure what my wife would say lol well apart from stop wasting money on the old crock of shit lol Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I only bought mine a few months ago and at the time never had the intention of running bigger brakes. So now I've bought a used set of audi tt ronal 6 spoke wheels which should give me plenty of room to run the brembos. Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Got my gearbox back. Wavetrac differential fitted. No oil in it though as you can't use any old rubbish with the Wavetrac, Had to order Millers CRX 75w90 NT fully synthetic at £62 for 5 litres!! VR6CABBS, D11PS, Bealieboy and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 So after a mate noticed the other day that every time one particular piston was going up and down it was leaving a oily residue near the top of the cylinder we decided it would be best to replace all the piston rings. So took out the rods and pistons and ordered up the rings which I have just picked up along with my timing chain kit which was on order and a new set of big end bearings. Now that the rods are out I may aswell go about fitting the forged rods I have bought which I was thinking of saving until next year when I do a bit more to the engine. Will be getting back to work later after I have picked up a honing tool and piston ring compressor from my local machine mart store. D11PS, GT53BAD, chrisvr6t and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 (edited) Extremely unhappy!! So we got to my lockup earlier to work on the car. Started with one of my mates replacing all the rings on all 6 pistons while me and another mate honed the cylinders. Then we went to put the the rods and pistons back in the head and realised the rods are to wide to fit down the cylinders. Ok don't panic we'll just have to take off the crankshaft and go put them in through the bottom we thought not knowing that this is not physically possible either. So now i am stuck with a complete bare block as we thought we could go in from the bottom and a set of new rods which know way will go into the cylinders. There was me thinking i would have the engine all rebuilt by the end of the weekend . What do i do now guys any ideas? Surely the rods are not supposed to be like that or are they? Edited November 8, 2014 by ibs GT53BAD 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Found out what the problem is. The clowns have sent me rods meant for an R32!! Here's the next bit, I can return them for the right ones but they will not be available until the end of December or I can get a refund minus the £25 carriage charge minus the paypal fees they got charged and I have to pay to send them back to Poland myself hahaha! They must think I'm sort of mug!Looks like i will be opening a case with Paypal tomorrow. GT53BAD and cactusjackslade 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6CABBS 1,311 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Found out what the problem is. The clowns have sent me rods meant for an R32!! Here's the next bit, I can return them for the right ones but they will not be available until the end of December or I can get a refund minus the £25 carriage charge minus the paypal fees they got charged and I have to pay to send them back to Poland myself hahaha! They must think I'm sort of mug!Looks like i will be opening a case with Paypal tomorrow.That's a joke pal. Raise a dispute with ebay aswell mate even if you've left them feedback. The money will be frozen in there account till you thrash it out with them. Ebay will watch your messages so keep firm with them and tell them if they can't change you parts for the right ones now you want a full refund. Cheeky of them that is mate. Link to post Share on other sites
Bealieboy 1,625 Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I've found that you as a buyer have to cover the return postage on unsuitable items although on this occasion, as they balls'd it up, they should cover the cost! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Latest update on the rods is the guy has finally agreed to refund the full money for the rods and half the original carriage charge but I have to keep the arp bolts which I don't mind. So I will be sending the rods back to him tomorrow and also tomorrow I should receive the Eagle rods have ordered. Also got my flywheel back today after getting it lightened. Now weighs in at 5.3kg... D11PS, Russvrt and VR6CABBS 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Eagle rods have arrived so back to work on the car tonight woohoo!! The only thing left to arrive now is the FX400 clutch. VR6CABBS, J4Y VR and D11PS 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 And here we have my fresh looking rocker cover... Bealieboy and D11PS 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6CABBS 1,311 Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 I guess there's gonna be an R8 oil sitting snugly on to of that rocker to finish things off..... :-) Link to post Share on other sites
VR6CABBS 1,311 Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Oil cap even. Damn this predictive text on my iPad gets me down. Hahahahaha D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ibs 308 Posted November 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 Never thought of it before but now that you mentioned it yes it would look good. Any idea where to get one from? Link to post Share on other sites
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