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getting excited!
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24/06/2006 15:56
24/06/2006 15:56
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Cylinder head porting / polishing with 3-angle valve seats is just about finished ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) Cams are sorted ![](/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif) Mad, bad GT2871RLS turbo has arrived ![](/forum/images/graemlins/smirk.gif) Forged pistons with ultra-cool "gapless" rings are ready ![](/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif) Special (and pricey) clutch is ordered ![](/forum/images/graemlins/love.gif) bank account is emptied ![](/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif) divorce papers are on the way ![](/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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24/06/2006 16:16
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Looks like I'm going to have to find someone else to copy ![](/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif) Good luck Nigel ![](/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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24/06/2006 18:46
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Know the feeling Nigel, mine is also nearing completion ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) . Hopefully should have it back within the next week or so ![](/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif) . I haven't replaced the turbo like you, but am hoping to notice the performance difference with the cams and Greddy Profec B, and handling difference with proper camber adjustment and poly bushes at the front ![](/forum/images/graemlins/smirk.gif) . Just need to get it remapped once it's bedded in, but will probably wait for the tubular manifold GB to resolve itself first... Phil
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Re: getting excited!
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24/06/2006 19:28
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Im in the same boat as you 2 guys aswell... getting near my coupe being back on the road. I have balanced pistons and rods, lots of headwork, gapless rings also, and im getting my greddy profec b fitted along with new hub flanges and wheel bearings (to make sure em wheels dont come off again). When you guys getting your cars back?
Ross
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Re: getting excited!
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24/06/2006 19:49
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Excellent news Nigel. ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) I bet you are like a kid at Christmas now. ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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24/06/2006 19:54
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Fishy whats the news? is it bad?
Sounds like a new ECU is needed, which could be a bugger as new keys may be needed? Not sure if the fella that owns my ex coop is on here?
Last edited by Fishy_Dave; 24/06/2006 20:19.
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Re: getting excited!
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25/06/2006 05:16
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Quote:
Forged pistons with ultra-cool "gapless" rings are ready
This may be a stupid question, but how do gapless rings work? How do you get them on the piston?
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Re: getting excited!
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25/06/2006 07:32
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Fishydave how the hell have you logged in as me and posted up under my name there?!?
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Re: getting excited!
#138572
25/06/2006 08:47
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Fishy....the owner of your ex-car is my brother. His forum name is 'intoodeep' (you can have your thread back now Nigel ![](/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif) ) Sean
Enjoying Coop ownership, second time round . Also enjoying RWD action in a thundering V8 E90 M3.
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Re: getting excited!
#138574
25/06/2006 17:27
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Thanks, get him to call me if/when he comes to sell it.
Coming back to coop ownership again Dave?? ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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25/06/2006 17:53
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Thats what worries me, if I ever did sell I think I'd just regret it and want another one and then spend £££'s again getting her the way I want. Aye, they get into your blood I'm tellin' ye. ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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25/06/2006 18:17
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Dave you shouldnt be able to edit my posts though... Or is this a mod thing?? Nigels new business venture, test pilots for the space program lol ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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25/06/2006 19:03
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I would say its very very hard to actually have a 'gapless' ring on a piston unless donw as part of some super advanced machining process...
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Re: getting excited!
#138581
26/06/2006 01:26
26/06/2006 01:26
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well its not actually a gapless ring, more a total seal ring
Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies
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Re: getting excited!
#138583
26/06/2006 02:02
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How much is it for just the rings alone then or do you have to buy them as part of the kit per say?? Very interesting as it could be usefull for people with just a normal rebuild on the cards as the oil not going out the exhaust will help people more ![](/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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26/06/2006 02:17
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Fantastic news,.. very exciting Nigel,... any news when you think she'll be ready? joe ![](/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif)
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Re: getting excited!
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26/06/2006 03:11
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If everything goes to plan (and it currently looks like its going to) the car will be back in my hands on Friday 7th July.
However, it'll be unmapped and in need of running in. I anticipate trying to get 1000 miles on it during the weekend and the following week, ready for an oil and filter change on Saturday 15th July. After that, it'll be another few hundred miles of running in, then a remap. Not sure whether to use PTS for (relative) convenience, or use the opportunity to put another 600 miles on it and travel all the way to Dastek in Edinburgh. Once its mapped, it should be ready for TOTB. Hoping for a reliable 340bhp, with 350 - 360 available if I turn up the boost. I can't see me wanting to run more than 1.5 bar, but if the weather is cool enough, I might chuck some octane booster in and use 1.6bar. I think that Stichl's 397bhp is beyond my reach due to me using the 0.64 turbine housing compared with his 0.86 (although Turbo Dynamics have a feeling that a flowed head through a standard manifold will increase the gas speed to the point where there might be little difference - just got to hope there isn't an issue with back pressure).
The temptation to up the boost and floor it is going to be soooooo hard to resist before I get it mapped.
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Re: getting excited!
#138586
26/06/2006 03:33
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Nigel if you taking the trip up here (edinburgh way) then give myself and sparco and fergie a shout as we may "join" ya for a few jars to make the trip easier!!! ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) Ross
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Re: getting excited!
#138587
26/06/2006 03:42
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Sounds very good indeed, I think you have made a sound choice with the mods I do think the gt2871r is going to give you a more progressive boost delivery , than say a 0.64 gt28rs. This will enable you to modulate power for the drag strip launch easier (the 0.64 can be like a switch) and then the upper reaches will be very strong when traction should (hopefully) be fine. It will also be easier on the clutch ![](/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif) Joe
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Re: getting excited!
#138591
07/07/2006 20:16
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Iceberg has now realised that its not a normal rebuild, which means it may be late Staurday or early Sunday before I get it back. Flea - I guess it'll be capable of 1.7 bar without a problem, although part of the idea of the rebuild was to have a monster Coupe at low boost (say 300 bhp @ 1 bar) If I can get 350+ I'll be chuffed, Barbz reckons even higher, but I'll have to wait and see. I've learned that the pistons and rods have been balanced to a tolerance of 1 gram ![](/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif)
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