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[jonyb4]

ah good luck mate

im in a similar boat, owe money to a few ppl and no job to pay for it

recently had a interview as a fitter for halfords, but the hours are low atm even if i do get it, will only be £15 better off than the dole after ive payed for petrol every week, but overtime is avilable

[leighk2010]

well got the job Woop 10 ph here i come just got to wait for a start date to be arranged now. so when i start got a few little bills to be sorted then full steam ahead on this project

[jonyb4]

woo, f**k thats good rates

whats that doing then?

[leighk2010]

building engine on a production line

its a great rate and plenty of over time as well

[leighk2010]

Just won some 300mm mondeo mk3 brakes

[jonyb4]

nice, hope the discs werent part of the price

[leighk2010]

nah mate got the calipers for £32.50 posted so cant complain will be gettiing st170 disk and then looking into some mintex 1144 pads or ds2500's

and now with the new job on the cards mite go turbo

[jonyb4]

oo thats nice and cheap

ot sure abotuthe turbo, might want a lower milage engine first

fit this test it, and while driving it built a zetec turbo

[leighk2010]

if going turbo engine will be rebuilt fully not to sure if will go

forged pistons and rods,
st170 pistons and rods (as the forged rods)(pistons are high cast)
or the vaxhuall pistons machined to fit,

as dont want to use a de-comp plate. will be running erst manifold either drilled and tapped to head, or using adaptor plate, a t3 turbo of some sort as aiming for 250 bhp

will also use my focus inlet but try and source a metal focus rs itb

dont see point of getting it running N/A to then strip it all back down to build up again,

will either then run it on focus rs management
or omex or megasquirt etc

[jonyb4]

if you dont want to use a decomp plate, you cant use St170 pistons, the compression ratio on them is too high (10.2:1)

your gonna need it lowered to about 7.2:1


plan sounds good though, mind having a 135 odd bhp mk5 wouldnt be a bad thing either

[leighk2010]

can get the st170 ones skimmed a little to help bring it down,

and hmm ya it would not but turbo sounds better plan i think

[jonyb4]

also, ive just found out today i got the job i recently applied for

so double luck

[leighk2010]

nice one mate which is that?

but on the piston front will either be the vauxhull ones or ill just get forged

[jonyb4]

a fitter at halfords

[leighk2010]

st170 manifold pov sold now so will be able to order the adaptor plate to fit my erst manifold

[jonyb4]

oo nice, you make your money back?

[leighk2010]

will do all been well. but just been looking thought the net and drilling and tapping the head seems to be strong enough as long as done right so mite not get the adaptor plate and can then use money else wear .

[jonyb4]

i seen one on ebay a few weeks back going for £30 with no bids

if you can tap th ehead safely, and about 7/10 of the studs or more it should be fine

[leighk2010]

well all been well as long as all my stuff sells this weekend will be buying a megasquirt ecu to run the zt on

calipers are are there way. And will be drilling and tapping the head some point this week all been well

[jonyb4]

your gonna use the high milage engine for the Zetec turbo?

i wouldnt advise that, cant you find a lower milage one?

[leighk2010]

it will be fine jon its going to be stipped down having crank reground and new bearings etc block bored out to 2.1 so can use so cx20let pistons so bottom will be as good as new when done, plus this is just a stage one engine after this is up and running going to enjoy it for a bit why building up a better engine any way

[jonyb4]

sounds bit of a unessesary waste, id just do it now imo

[leighk2010]

that will be a lot longer the car will be of the road i want it on road some time this year, and the next engine there will be no rush as i want quite a big power/reliable power motor probs say over 400 bhp

this first engine i will be happy for anythink over 200 bhp

[leighk2010]

well was going to drill and tap the head but i wanted a way to easily swap the manifold over to another engine if need to be so just orderd this...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_500wt_1156

will probs have to move the rad slightly forward to get clearance but this should not be a problem. as using the adaptor plate adds a extra few cm's to how far the manifold sits from the block.

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[jonyb4]

was gonna say myself link is void, but we get the jist lol

[Excursion]

If you're interested I have a freshly rebuilt 2.0 black top head, with 16 x brand new valves and stem seals and ported exhaust side. the only problem is it's been stored badly and needs a skim - in view of this I'd sell it based on the value of the valves - call it £70 and its yours.

[leighk2010]

If you're interested I have a freshly rebuilt 2.0 black top head, with 16 x brand new valves and stem seals and ported exhaust side. the only problem is it's been stored badly and needs a skim - in view of this I'd sell it based on the value of the valves - call it £70 and its yours.

were you based mark?

and

here we go guys

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1156

[leighk2010]

Spec so far:

2.0 blacktop zetec engine
Deposit put down on rebuilt head with new vavles and stem seals,
Exhaust side of head has been ported
cvh to zetec adaptor plate
Erst turbo manifold
Sticker bombed rocker cover

[leighk2010]

well rocker cover is back from been lacquered really hard to get the finish on camera but it looks much better now and all been well will stop the stickers from lifting from the heat






Now waiting on the adaptor plate to turn up and also for pay day so i can pay the rest on the rebuilt head and then that will be posted as well

[leighk2010]

Update**

adaptor plate turned up today very happy with the quality of it so test fitted it up and my rocker cover on a spare 1.8 engine i have here

few pics

[Ratspeed]

That rocker cover looks brilliant!

[leighk2010]

cheers

[jonyb4]

looks good, the adapter plate is a good quality

[leighk2010]

it really is very impressed with it considering its a ebay job and only cost me £40 thought i mite be a bit crap but really aint