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well a big thankyou to steve "the Fan man" *wink* for a fantastic day at his kick ass garage of goodies !!!! lots of top quality work done to my block and head etc etc !!!!! i can highly recomend is work !!!!!!!

only sour part of the day was finding that the piston rings i had been given were the wrong ones. so i dont got an engine now !! spoke to Richard at Minispares North and Ian at Avonbar who both confirmed they were the wrong item......and worse that dreaded line "DONT GET THESE RINGS NO MORE PAL.......GOING TO HAVE TO GO +20" :( :( :( :(

thanks again Steve


PS Crackin endless line of cups of tea and Bacon Butties MmmMMMmmmmmm



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Hi,
Which rings are you after? Someone on here found a supplier for the NLA std rings. I can't remember who though :(
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Alex F said getting the rings was easy I think?

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I recall that too - but don't remember it being mentioned again???

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think simon @ morspeed can get totalseal ones now? seen them on his website..

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yeh it is the standard 1275 metro turbo piston. the older one 20831. the ring i have fit the piston, but the oil control ring is too large (fits but does not compress down and is proud of the piston)

i have plan b in mind i still have the AE 413 pstons on my bench i think they are +20 but the problem is i only have 3....the 4th went through my cylinder head at 6500rpm... i would prefer the propper pistons though. anyone got any ideas ?

Edited by Richie on 18th Sep, 2006.



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Can't you just machine the piston???

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Its always a good day out at Chez Benross.....

the only thing you have top be careful of is getting caught speeding on the way home as you are desperate for a piss after all those pots of tea....!!!!! :) :) :)


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On 18/09/2006 18:13:38 Tom Fenton said:

the only thing you have top be careful of is getting caught speeding on the way home as you are desperate for a piss after all those pots of tea....!!!!! :) :) :)


so so so true

ive been practising the bacon butties ever since, but im not as good yet


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Thanks rich, chaps its a pleasure!

Daves right the pistons could be machined out
if no rings are availabel

some one should have some

try morespeed rich and investigate the other leads been mentioned






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tried the said contacts with no joy. I have sat down with the mini Zen Man (my dad) and after takin the piss out of me he reckons "Pistons off the rods son, then get them machined to suit !" apparently he did this with a set of cosworth pistons when they stopped making the ringsets. so the actionplan is

A) get pistons machined to suit ringset, and if it is advantageous...get the dishes milled bigger.

B) find another AE 413 !!!!

C)go balls out and get a set of 73.5`s and use the sprite rods and stroked crank in me garage and go 1430 (if lottery win is inevetable)



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I doubt I'll be dipping into the 13's like you did though!






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go for plan C rich you have the crank and rods

i have the head for you to compleate!

this will be a fast powerfull motor






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I've been reading old posts and now I'm totally confused, anyway this might help or at least jog a few memorys:

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=7338

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I might have one 413 which is VERY good. Can you get a picture of the ones you have?

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Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.



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yes mate i will get em 4 u as soon as i have charged me digi cam :)



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Rob. at the time i posted on ure thread, i had not placed the pistons in the bores, and the rings appeared to fit spot on, obviously not the case now :(



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here you go vegard. i tried my best i measured the psitons with my shite vernier....me pops took the digital one when he left me mum the diameter was 70mm exactly. they do not fit in the bores of my turbo (only just though)


the broken one !!!!





sorry about the size i tried shrinking them but photobucket was being a bitch

Edited by Richie on 27th Sep, 2006.



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the number under the psiton which 8nt showed up is AE 413 then on the other side of the gugeon pin is HG



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I'll have a look! :)

On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem.



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did you have any joy mate ?



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