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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
[Re: Theresa]
#1217842
22/05/2011 14:23
22/05/2011 14:23
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proccy
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proccy
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shame T's recording thingy was so crap last year, the sound of my exhaust through the dartford tunnel was epic!! Shame you didn't suggest recording sooner, giving me hardly any time to download and install an app to try and record the sound No thanks either for taking the risk of dropping my phone out of the window Your car did sound good though I think a flamer kit should be fitted to your car too, would be great through the tunnel the closest this car is coming to a flamer kit is 5 litres of shells best, and a box of matches to be honest, the best thing for an i-phone is to drop it out the window
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
[Re: Theresa]
#1217902
22/05/2011 18:15
22/05/2011 18:15
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johnnybravoturbo
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johnnybravoturbo
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i expect to be there Reub, JBT is picking my car up tonight and if it's what he suspects it is i should be there in mine - if not i will try to cadge a lift somehow I was relying on you to give me a lift mate as my cars not done yet Sorry i havent replied to this for ages but been so busy at the moment. I thoroughly test everything on the breather system,followed by disconnecting it out of the loop completely and driving it for a weekend. Strangely enough the smoke occurs on this car when lifting of the throttle. This turbo has had an engine fail,another throw a big end on low oil pressure and finally a failure at Donny.So its done well. Usually after filling the oil with filings the first thing to go is the turbo. I got the turbo off on Thursday and sent it off on Friday. I will get the report on Monday,but visually there was oil in the waste-gate side,followed by a series of cracking around the casing and excessive play in the shaft resulting in the blades impacting with the casing. I put my gauge into the block and the oil pressure is fine,so its just one of those things. I also comp tested the engine from hot as well as cold and it was 150+over all cylinders. I also used a bore scope to check for any cracking on the pistons but all looked good.In fact you can see the original honing marks on the bores of this engine. So to put this in perspective, Fleas mapping my currently nowhere near finished car on Friday followed by Proccys on Saturday. And somewhere in there i hope we can squeeze your car in Nick.... I am getting concerned at the lack of time before Spa,and i currently have 17 coupes on site down from 22 last week. 7 of which are currently dead and going to Spa. Anyway in case i don't get time to re-post on here i hope this has a positive outcome.
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1217903
22/05/2011 18:21
22/05/2011 18:21
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Paul_H
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Paul_H
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I am getting concerned at the lack of time before Spa,and i currently have 17 coupes on site down from 22 last week. 7 of which are currently dead and going to Spa.
Christ I thought I had too much on my hands at times
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218035
23/05/2011 00:39
23/05/2011 00:39
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Marco20valveT
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Marco20valveT
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What your forgetting is JBT is a car whore and loves it!! He is just like a woman... Loves to man but really... Loves every minute of it!!
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218094
23/05/2011 10:38
23/05/2011 10:38
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johnnybravoturbo
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johnnybravoturbo
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What your forgetting is JBT is a car whore and loves it!! He is just like a woman... Loves to man but really... Loves every minute of it!! In your dreams.Your wont get the J-Bird to go to the darkside.
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218096
23/05/2011 10:46
23/05/2011 10:46
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Marco20valveT
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Marco20valveT
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LOL great one, you love having them cars there, you love being that busy... INFACT... i would say you love it more than Proccy loves his purple jumper!!!
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218811
24/05/2011 18:49
24/05/2011 18:49
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johnnybravoturbo
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johnnybravoturbo
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Had the report back, the impellor has been worn,the bearing is shot and theres heavy signs of oil contamination which as thought would be caused from an engine failure. Turbos on its way back to me and this should be up and running tomorrow night. So mine and proccys car will be set for a thorough testing at the hands of Flea this weekend. Yikes!!!!!!!!
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218814
24/05/2011 18:53
24/05/2011 18:53
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proccy
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proccy
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Had the report back, the impellor has been worn,the bearing is shot and theres heavy signs of oil contamination which as thought would be caused from an engine failure. Turbos on its way back to me and this should be up and running tomorrow night. So mine and proccys car will be set for a thorough testing at the hands of Flea this weekend. Yikes!!!!!!!! i'm searching for a big piece of wood to hug - damn, i need some good luck
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218816
24/05/2011 18:58
24/05/2011 18:58
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 6,791 In the coupe.
magooagain
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Club Member 259
Forum is my life
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 6,791
In the coupe.
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Had the report back, the impellor has been worn,the bearing is shot and theres heavy signs of oil contamination which as thought would be caused from an engine failure. Turbos on its way back to me and this should be up and running tomorrow night. So mine and proccys car will be set for a thorough testing at the hands of Flea this weekend. Yikes!!!!!!!! i'm searching for a big piece of wood to hug - damn, i need some good luck If you cant find a tree !! Hug each other. Good luck chap's.
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
[Re: coupedummy]
#1218817
24/05/2011 18:58
24/05/2011 18:58
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proccy
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proccy
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Fingers crossed for both of you two!!! cheers mate - mine just needs the fuelling checking really, i won't be risking any rolling road.....i'm 90% convinced that it'll be back at jbt's next week, although i have to stress i have 100% confidence in his work, it's just this car
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
[Re: coupedummy]
#1218833
24/05/2011 19:35
24/05/2011 19:35
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shinyshoes
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shinyshoes
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Heard of lots of belts jumping on rolling roads. I have some experience in this area
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
[Re: coupedummy]
#1218834
24/05/2011 19:36
24/05/2011 19:36
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duncan78
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duncan78
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I wouldnt either...something about loading seems to cause belt jumping i think.Heard of lots of belts jumping on rolling roads. Really? Posts here have indicated that the belt lets go due to the savage acceleration on a heavily modified car, how is the loading going to effect that?!
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
[Re: MCMike]
#1218849
24/05/2011 20:07
24/05/2011 20:07
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proccy
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proccy
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i'm searching for a big piece of wood to hug - damn, i need some good luck I'm sure Marco will give you some of his wood you're not talking about his head are you? he tried to give me wood at the agm, but i wouldn't open the hotel room door
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218857
24/05/2011 20:26
24/05/2011 20:26
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duncan78
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duncan78
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It's practically a new car now, nothing left to go wrong. all will be good
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218896
24/05/2011 21:52
24/05/2011 21:52
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 12,296 Sandhurst
Begbie
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ex El Presidente
I AM a Coop
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Posts: 12,296
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I wouldnt either...something about loading seems to cause belt jumping i think.Heard of lots of belts jumping on rolling roads. Really? Posts here have indicated that the belt lets go due to the savage acceleration on a heavily modified car, how is the loading going to effect that?! A rolling road actually generates less load than the car will when on the road itself. Steve fingers crossed this is the last thing for you and you have a perfect reliable coupe for many years to come
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1218997
24/05/2011 23:50
24/05/2011 23:50
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 548 Oxford
Sean_C
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Enjoying the ride
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I wish you the very best luck possible. After all you been through it's impossible to have any more bad luck surely. So all the best.
Enjoying Coop ownership, second time round . Also enjoying RWD action in a thundering V8 E90 M3.
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
[Re: Theresa]
#1219676
26/05/2011 11:02
26/05/2011 11:02
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johnnybravoturbo
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johnnybravoturbo
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I wouldnt either...something about loading seems to cause belt jumping i think.Heard of lots of belts jumping on rolling roads. There just as likely to come off on the road,. Typically the low spooling turbos suffer more with this than the big stuff. You also dont drive your car to the extent that the mapper does and for as long as he does. SO if there going to fail then they will fail on that day being put under alot more stress. Lets not also forget that the cost of replacing the aux belts and the minimal access causes alot of folk to put this job off. Despite the issues and widely known problem i see cars weekly with deteriorated belts and also belts that have been on for 2years plus. They never fail on new belts,so for the sake of £100 before the rollers i would personally not risk it and get them done.
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1220782
28/05/2011 15:22
28/05/2011 15:22
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johnnybravoturbo
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johnnybravoturbo
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Just got the text from Flea,. Was running rich as thought by exhaust note on over run,. All has gone well as above,.
Well done Steve and Flea,well worth it and he seemed impressed with the car,.
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Re: And finally, it's another hello from me
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#1220786
28/05/2011 15:30
28/05/2011 15:30
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porkypaul
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porkypaul
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Fantastic stuff. At last some good news.
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