What gasket was it running paul?
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What gasket was it running paul?
As said on phone mate, not good! Hope you get it sorted for Snet.
And your opinion on LETs were taken into consideration..... :)
bad news paul, do you know the reason for failure?
gutted for you mate hope you sort it soon, its only a saturday to repair if the head dont need skimming :)
was on a cometic, heads been skimmed, going for the ZLET oil pump, new cometic, new studs + nuts (i rounded some off taking them off doh) so replacing studs as a just in case too, new timing belt, inlet gasket etc.
Whilst the engine is out I am fitting a Hockley plating kit, which sould be done tomorrow, some solid engine mounts, welding some cracks up, fixing my rear Gbox properly instead of having it just welded to the floor, and also my eccentric top mounts (maybe if i can be bothered lol).
Also the Vectra may soon be given the boot...
Overheating the engine at least twice may had had something to do with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by discoinferno
As for the other problems, probably due to Paul trying to break the lap record at Oulton Park.
Steve
over heating problems still even with that huge radiator????Quote:
Originally Posted by steveboyslim
z20let pump is the way to go it seems
Does not matter how big the rad is, if it is air locked.Quote:
Originally Posted by discoinferno
Steve
ok that makes sense :d:d:d:dQuote:
Originally Posted by steveboyslim
So I fitted the HH plating kit, no pics of this though. Painted the bottom half of the bay black:
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Painted up some other bits in Go-Faster Red:
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Turned my attention to my standard engine mounts LOL
So decided to make some solid ones, used this TAS? one to mock up with:
Sourced some bushes, bit of jiggery pokery later:
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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7228322_n.jpg
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So all I have left to do now is finish off the OS mount which actually bolts to the block, as we didn't like the idea of hanging it throught the aluminium astra gte item.
Going to collect the engine now from Milton Motorsport.
Paul
good stuff :) its fantastic that through out the problems you ve had you just get on and fix them, brilliant attitude and a brilliant car :)