good on you mate hope it all works.
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good on you mate hope it all works.
gona be an animal, but tbh get JRE to do the head to along with the bottom end:thumb:
he can be abit snooty though, as ive been waiting 4weeks for prices for bottom end, head(+2mm is something i wont do, +1mm is all id do headwise due to how much metal is left and at £400 for just seat minimum, it can get costly very quickly if **** a head up)
and how much for steel crank, rods/pistons, so can build up own stroker motor.
ive seen a yellow mk1 escort now in aus that runs a 2.2 and makes 284bhp. john is also working on a 2.5 stroker at the moment:cool:
Well the rods and pistons are costing around £1000 and i can get a steel crank for £675 but what postage and vat on top is i dont know :confused: But then i make up the saving as i can get a dry sump kit for under £500
Yea he is he used to not make engines to just anyone tbh i still think he is like that. But im lucky ive got alot of contacts down my way with my family so its all good.
Didnt know he was on a 2.5 now. thats going to be awsome!
my mates supplies him with heads! and tbh the younger lad i spoke too was really sound, john seems abit old skool tbh.
the price on the dry sump doesnt include the tank, pipework etc? just that can be a few hundred.
btw what crank have you seen for that price? just if it was me farndon or DK, seeing as spending the money on everything else then id look at one of them for sure, especially if going to be using prety high revs
2.5 would be nice too see/hear
double post!
Yea john is a proper old skool bloke. he like the old simple tunning not turbos really. Alot of the parts are from someone that used to work for swindon racing back in the day of when they used the cavs. So i trust he stuff he has sold rick draper alot of his engine parts! Yea ive got to buy the pipe work that money is the sump kit bassicly the main part
Sounds like its going to be an animal :D Excellent price on the dry sump kit and the crank :thumb:
sounds like an amazing project you have going! don't let people take you down by saying you cant do it or its pointless! a powerful xe in my eyes would be far nicer to drive on the track than a let! hope you get the power you want keep at it!
Is this still ongoing :)
Ha ha, you bumped an old thread. Expect a 7 day sin bin!!
I was speaking to BIGS, I think he's starting after his wedding to get back at it so its on a break at the minute.