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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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#618483
25/05/2008 11:08
25/05/2008 11:08
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TipoBoy
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TipoBoy
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I took the car to Calgary's "Driven to Perform" show today. A show for tuner cars. There were about 200 cars there and mine won "Best Euro". Very happy. Trophy
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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26/05/2008 01:11
26/05/2008 01:11
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Sean_C
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Very well done John. Pure dedication.
Enjoying Coop ownership, second time round . Also enjoying RWD action in a thundering V8 E90 M3.
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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26/05/2008 01:28
26/05/2008 01:28
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Boosted7
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well done mate - a very well deserved reward for all your hard work!
1998 Steel Grey 20V Turbo
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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26/05/2008 01:50
26/05/2008 01:50
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Nobby
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Nobby
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<Happy Gilmore quote> What a tremendous looking trophy! ![laugh \:D](/forum/images/graemlins/default/laugh.gif)
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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26/05/2008 03:58
26/05/2008 03:58
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Cappo
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Excellent work John, must be a great feeling to win! What sort of euro-competition did you have?
Habeus Maximus V8 Nihilum
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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26/05/2008 09:41
26/05/2008 09:41
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TipoBoy
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TipoBoy
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There was a quite a selection of European cars there. Lots of BMW, Audi (including R8), VW and Porsche. Several M3s with superchargers, a Lotus Elise with a supercharger, a MK2 golf with a VR6 and turbo, Ferrari 360, Aston Martin DBS, oh and a Merc SLR! Lots of pictures here here from other people at the show, only a couple of my car but it'll give you an idea of the cars and models there.
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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26/05/2008 19:39
26/05/2008 19:39
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TipoBoy
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TipoBoy
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Yes I'll upload a few tonight for you.
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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26/05/2008 20:26
26/05/2008 20:26
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Well done John ![smile \:\)](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif) Have you any pictures of your car at the show, I could only find 2 in all those photo's ![frown \:\(](/forum/images/graemlins/default/frown.gif) Same but it was not exactly a chore to look through...
Vinci Grey LE Alfa 147 GTA 3.2 V6 BMW E92 M3 4.0 V8 Fiat Tipo Sedicivalvole 2.0 16v ABS
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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28/05/2008 19:04
28/05/2008 19:04
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Raulus
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Your car is so absolutly stunningly beautiful! lol Amazing work - I want it ^_^
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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28/05/2008 20:30
28/05/2008 20:30
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TipoBoy
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People would walk around it and eventually spot FIAT written on the engine and go "It's a FIAT" as if in disbelief ![laugh \:D](/forum/images/graemlins/default/laugh.gif) All positive responses. Several people commented on a stunning paint colour. I got a big clap and cheer when my throphy was announced ![smile \:\)](/forum/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif)
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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28/05/2008 22:24
28/05/2008 22:24
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sediciRich
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sediciRich
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very cool mate, must have been great.
Rich
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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30/05/2008 02:08
30/05/2008 02:08
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TipoBoy
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Thanks, that was in it's glory days, last weekend. This weekend the engine's coming out!!
It hasn't been happy since the tune and yesterday I lost pretty much all oil pressure at idle when hot. There is plenty of pressure when cold. Even revving it to 4k when hot only showed 1 bar. The guys who tuned it are going to strip the engine down if I can get it to them. It bent another spark plug (#3) electrode as well. I checked the plugs and 2, 3, 4 and 5 were in perfect condition but #1 was wet and oily. Once we pull her apart we'll know if the electrode bending is due to bits of pistons or temperatures. The engine needs a strip down regardless to investigate the oil pressure problem. Hopefully we can turn this around so I can get some driving out of her this summer. On the two days I did drive her it was so nice to sit low, change gear and have responsive steering. So very different from the Jeep.
John
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now with Pictures
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30/05/2008 03:07
30/05/2008 03:07
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Posts: 6,459 Both feet in Meldrew Ave
Cappo
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Does look fantastic in those show pictures.
Maybe I should have specified Nuvola for mine after all!
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
[Re: Cappo]
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01/06/2008 07:36
01/06/2008 07:36
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TipoBoy
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TipoBoy
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Last weekend the car was in a show, this weekend it's in pieces all over the garage floor!!! Bits There's something Missing Missing bit Crane I removed the engine out the Coupe today. Far easier the second time, took me 10.5 hours. I'm taking it to Lightspeed on Monday for them to take it apart and see what the damage is. Number 1 cylinder doesn't look very well, the exhaust port is black and oily. The others look okay. When I removed the magnetic rpm sensor it had a bunch of iron filings on the end of it. I'm hoping I can get away with just new pistons. However if the cylinders are scored then I'm not sure what I can do as I think this is the biggest bore I can take the engine to. I can't easily get hold of another block! John
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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02/06/2008 14:14
02/06/2008 14:14
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Raulus
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Raulus
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Bah sorry to hear its in pieces again! Was wondering though, what front and back bumpers are on the car, because they look amazing and i would love them on mine!
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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02/06/2008 14:42
02/06/2008 14:42
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Kenno
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Geez John. I wish I had your patience! Sorry to hear of your car's woes. ![frown \:\(](/forum/images/graemlins/default/frown.gif)
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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03/06/2008 04:57
03/06/2008 04:57
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TipoBoy
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I took the head off today to inspect the destruction! All the pistons had big chunks of metal missing from the inlet side. Some had the whole section between the two valve cut outs missing down to the top ring. Pretty impressive actually. I took the engine and head to Cam at Lightspeed to rebuild for me. The head needs cleaning up and at least one of the valves is bent slightly as it's not sitting properly. Cam's going to look at the bores to see if they can be honed or whether they need a rebore. What the pistons used to look like. What they look like now! The numbers are just identifiers not the cylinders: 1 2 3 4 5
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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03/06/2008 08:32
03/06/2008 08:32
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Vas
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Vas
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John, am I missing something? why/how did you end up with all this mess? Car has been properly mapped, no? What brand were these pistons? Good luck with the rebuilt! ![frown \:\(](/forum/images/graemlins/default/frown.gif) V.
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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03/06/2008 11:31
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sediciRich
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Oh dea JL, det'd to F**k. I'd hazard the thickness of material between deepest part of the inlet valve cut out and the inner edge of the first ring groove was too little making that the weakest part (although just looking at the original picture there looks to be plenty of material there). seriously I would get guy Croft to design the next set of pistons as he'll only do it on cad and then you can tell what the thickness will be prior to manufacture - but the culprit is detonation, lower compression could be advisable for the fuel out there. Do Chambers show impact damage, pitting, are the valve seats coming away from the head at all? What temp did the car run at in the rolling road?
Rich
Last edited by sediciRich; 03/06/2008 11:32.
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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03/06/2008 21:31
03/06/2008 21:31
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Taz
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Taz
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![shocked \:o](/forum/images/graemlins/default/shocked.gif) shit, that looks bloody bad John ! I hope my coop is never going to end up like that, or I'll just crush it, soz to hear about your problems. But it also looks like the actual pistons have been hammered to death, then hit with some detonation & run bloody hot, as there are blow by holes at the cutouts.... something pretty bad has happened here ![frown \:\(](/forum/images/graemlins/default/frown.gif)
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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03/06/2008 21:31
03/06/2008 21:31
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Nobby
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Nobby
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Bloomin eck..... they look bad ![frown \:\(](/forum/images/graemlins/default/frown.gif)
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Re: 2.4 Canadian Coupe - Now in pieces!
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03/06/2008 22:06
03/06/2008 22:06
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TipoBoy
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TipoBoy
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Yes the cost per hour driving is horrendous! I'm sure a Porsche/Ferrari/Lamborghini would be cheaper to run! However unless I fix the engine the whole car is useless.
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