So much for it being a cheap toy this time round... - Page 2

vix · 25-02-2010, 10:05

Ooh if you do Hethel we'll come and see you - if we don't compete

Jonny69 · 25-02-2010, 13:54

Don't talk to me about tyres. The whitewalls on the back of mine are £275+vat EACH!!!

Del Lardo · 03-03-2010, 19:23

Suspension fitted
Geo sorted
Tyres fitted
Gear knob fitted
Sticky throttle fixed

Cambelt decided to part ways with the engine when being started up after a test drive

Don't find out the damage (physical or financial) until tomorrow. Gutted

Zirax · 03-03-2010, 20:20

*winces*

Fingers crossed for you. Didn't lotus to trickery to the MG engines thus preventing you getting another lump and dropping in? There were guys dropping Hondas in at some point (although not sure how cheap they are)

Flibster · 03-03-2010, 20:36

Ouch. Thats not good news.
Hope it's not too bad.

Still - could have been a head gasket failure.

Del Lardo · 03-03-2010, 20:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zirax

*winces*

Fingers crossed for you. Didn't lotus to trickery to the MG engines thus preventing you getting another lump and dropping in? There were guys dropping Hondas in at some point (although not sure how cheap they are)

I could drop another lump in but it would need to be a VVC engine from an S1 Elise otherwise there's all sorts of shenanigans with ECUs. Honda conversion would be an option as would the Audi 1.8T lump but I lack the £10k+ required to get it done

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flibster

Ouch. Thats not good news.
Hope it's not too bad.

Still - could have been a head gasket failure.

I was just thinking (rather smugly) the other week that the engine has lasted 10 years and 82 000 miles without HGF

Zirax · 03-03-2010, 20:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

I could drop another lump in but it would need to be a VVC engine from an S1 Elise otherwise there's all sorts of shenanigans with ECUs. Honda conversion would be an option as would the Audi 1.8T lump but I lack the £10k+ required to get it done

I thought it was less than that!

Del Lardo · 03-03-2010, 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zirax

I thought it was less than that!

Prices start at £8000 +VAT but realistically you are looking at £11k for the 275bhp Audi, £12k for the 220bhp Honda and £14-15k for the 300bhp Honda.

It's obviously a lot of money but in an S1 like mine the Audi would give you ~370bhp/ton. A Ferrari F430 has ~330bhp/ton

Flibster · 03-03-2010, 21:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

I could drop another lump in but it would need to be a VVC engine from an S1 Elise otherwise there's all sorts of shenanigans with ECUs. Honda conversion would be an option as would the Audi 1.8T lump but I lack the £10k+ required to get it done

I wouldn't change to a Honda or Audi lump as they are really pretty heavy compared to the K Series.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

I was just thinking (rather smugly) the other week that the engine has lasted 10 years and 82 000 miles without HGF

Thats a bugger.

Well, as it's going to be apart anyway - get the thermostat positioning sorted and the headgasket and head bolts replaced

Del Lardo · 04-03-2010, 21:22

Update:
Cambelt was shredded, my specialist is virtually certain that it wasn't changed 2 years ago as the receipt claims but is 5 years old which would explain the catastrophic failure. If the useless northern ***** hadn't already gone out of business I'd be waiting for them in the morning to give them a keyboard slapdown.

Confirmed today that there is no compression on two cylinders but still hopeful that it will just be a skimmed head and new valves.

Not a happy chappy

25-02-2010, 10:05	#11
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Ooh if you do Hethel we'll come and see you - if we don't compete __________________

25-02-2010, 13:54	#12
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Don't talk to me about tyres. The whitewalls on the back of mine are £275+vat EACH!!! __________________

03-03-2010, 20:36	#15
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Ouch. Thats not good news. Hope it's not too bad. Still - could have been a head gasket failure. __________________

03-03-2010, 19:23	#13
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Suspension fitted Geo sorted Tyres fitted Gear knob fitted Sticky throttle fixed Cambelt decided to part ways with the engine when being started up after a test drive Don't find out the damage (physical or financial) until tomorrow. Gutted

03-03-2010, 20:20	#14
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	winces Fingers crossed for you. Didn't lotus to trickery to the MG engines thus preventing you getting another lump and dropping in? There were guys dropping Hondas in at some point (although not sure how cheap they are)

04-03-2010, 21:22	#20
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Update: Cambelt was shredded, my specialist is virtually certain that it wasn't changed 2 years ago as the receipt claims but is 5 years old which would explain the catastrophic failure. If the useless northern ***** hadn't already gone out of business I'd be waiting for them in the morning to give them a keyboard slapdown. Confirmed today that there is no compression on two cylinders but still hopeful that it will just be a skimmed head and new valves. Not a happy chappy