Good build there mate, whats it going to look like when its finished?
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Good build there mate, whats it going to look like when its finished?
I did notice that mate, i was just going to wait see what he said about the skim.Quote:
Originally Posted by philip
Scott
basically, dont use chd, the head has had a lot took of it but its been checked over by pride race engineering who are **** hot and he says its fine, what he did notice tho was that dick head at chd didnt bother fitting any valve platforms to the double springs! phoned him up and he says never bother fittin em as yours has the 13mm guides! any way i had abit of a barney at him and he had a set of kent springs on the shelf, i ripped them open and ****ed off with the platforms, im proper lucky i asked pride to check the valve piston clearences as i would have never looked! i just feel sorry for some other guy who head he said he did a few weeks back and he said he left the platforms out of that as it dont need em! what a prick! his machine works good but the bloke cuts dangerous corners, dont use him, ill be using phil in the future! any way on a lighter note my engines all ready to be put together comp ratio is set and all tested by pride, just waitin for sbd oil pump and about 500 quids worth of jic hose and fitting! as 4 end colour i really havent thought that far ahead! oh and how good ares the txautosport rads? cheers lads
**** me matey! really sorry to hear about that. im glad you had the head checked out though.
besides speccing the head completely inadequate for what your afterm they go and do that! the base plates are there to stop the springs potentially digging into the alloy and end up making the head scrap...unless go to the expense of machining each base and shimming it, also the springs would be running very slightly less spring seat pressure without the plates in too!!
btw the radiators are good, my mate runs one on his corsa LET with 400bhp and a 10inch fan and never gets hot. im getting one for mine soon. and a few other lads on mig have them. i think theres a thread that was recently put up on mig about a LET running hot, and those rads were rated by quite a fe people tbh.
anyway, hope everything will go sweet as from now on:thumb:
thanks m8, just do us a favour, every1 infact, get the word out not to use chd get the ****er bankrupt. can keep ya eye out for me for a good coscast head with plenty of meat on it, want a spare basically to give to you n go solids on it etc. cheers m8
tbh matey...id go gm and do the porous mod:thumb: still save about £100 with a gm head and having mod done, than buying a coscast and going from there. but up to you. i can ring my mate and see what hes got?
yeah let me know m8
also can you get me a price from steveboyslim on his arp head stu kit with xe washers? think it might need 2 be undercut aswell considerin the amount ive had took of mine, cheers phil
you should be ok, ive seen heads with that much took off and more b4 now.
you'll have to get the washers from vauxhall or try autovaux.
ill ring him in abit and give you a ring:thumb:
Another nice XE for the mids indeed :D