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4018 Posts Member #: 1757 Back to Fucking Tool status Swindon |
30th Oct, 2008 at 07:39:00pm
just flicking through havent read it since buying it is it your clubman in the dyno shootout at the back blowing its head gasket Edited by Paul R on 30th Oct, 2008. Drives
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 2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
30th Oct, 2008 at 07:43:43pm
possibly , gave the bleed balve a wee "tweak" before she went in for a run, aparently i tweaked a bit too much turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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4018 Posts Member #: 1757 Back to Fucking Tool status Swindon |
30th Oct, 2008 at 07:52:31pm
nice, 189bhp. i like the comment from you peak power is at 8000rpm! maybe run a little less boost Drives
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
30th Oct, 2008 at 08:21:44pm
yes, saw your face a few days ago denis - I take it this was the dyno run you were talking about at avon? |
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2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
30th Oct, 2008 at 08:40:59pm
yeh rob, it was after the bogus 330hp run i wanted to see if she would actually manage a genuine 300+ run, was lookign good too, at each RPM point in boost i was 40ft/lb above the bogus 330hp run :( shame she didnt hold out to 8000rpm turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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 1566 Posts Member #: 36 Post Whore Basingstoke |
31st Oct, 2008 at 08:17:36am
have you done any other runs since? Is there a thread anywhere on your car? |
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6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
31st Oct, 2008 at 09:39:27am
On 30th Oct, 2008 evolotion said:
yeh rob, it was after the bogus 330hp run i wanted to see if she would actually manage a genuine 300+ run, was lookign good too, at each RPM point in boost i was 40ft/lb above the bogus 330hp run :( shame she didnt hold out to 8000rpm 
post motem showed a burnt exhaust valve, melted sparkplug and the same cylidner blowing into the cooling jacket via the gasket.. pistons were perfect and intact. since then i cut a new head and have ran more boost on a higer compression ratio and not had a reocurrence of burning valves, so hopefully a one-off. but time will tell :) |
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 1745 Posts Member #: 375 Post Whore Leicestershire |
31st Oct, 2008 at 06:21:41pm
Thats bad news were they not monitoring the afr's?? |
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2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
31st Oct, 2008 at 06:35:46pm
On 31st Oct, 2008 Ric said:
have you done any other runs since? Is there a thread anywhere on your car? only ever really use rolling roads for numbers to tell everyone when im down the pub, so not been bothered, but will make an effort to get another run in in the new year once iv finished my wee round of improvements over the winter :) theres a thread on thr turbo stuff here: http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6561 just remember this is car a super budget piece of fun, not a show car for my engineering tallent (or lack thereof!) . alot of corners have been cut. Rob, i have a few contacts in other garages with decent rollign roads should be able to negotiate some favourable prices, but wont be till the new year, and even then i may not find the time/money, but i'll drop you a pm as and when if you fancy :) prob around late jan / early feb!? Star Mag. they were monitoring AFR's , and they were ohk i was watching them too! as i said above some corners have been cut in the build, one such corner was the seat of that valve when i was opening out the head, i slipped with the burr... it didnt get the whole width of the seat so i just thought "fuck it" and threw the head on. it lasted a good few months without issue. the rolling road in question doesnt have the best cooling i can only assume this put a little more stress on teh valve than usual and it failed. 110% my fault. the toher 3 cylinders had nice healthy plugs pistons and valves! Edited by evolotion on 31st Oct, 2008. turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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1745 Posts Member #: 375 Post Whore Leicestershire |
31st Oct, 2008 at 07:10:40pm
Ah I see!!At least you know the reason why it has burnt! I thought they may have just ran it up and let it pop!! |
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