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Roverdose |
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Veteran Posts: 444 | i had to remove the pips on my accralites. doesnt seem to make any real difference. what did vibration free say about the alu bottom pulley? Drew | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | Roverdose - 30/1/2011 6:46 AM i had to remove the pips on my accralites. doesnt seem to make any real difference. what did vibration free say about the alu bottom pulley? Drew they balanced it to match with the rest of the associated crank parts not much to say really it was out so glad i had it balanced regarding the pistons i dont know what to do better i speak to accralite as i need to know which way the pistons go anyway and i need to find out which way round the rods go too | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | heres some pics of what ive done today fitted the open thermostat into the housing to allow for remote thermostat measured the main bearing journals all seem ok fitted crank ,oil pump, oil filter elbow, turbo drain pipe and dipstick tube need to fit liners pistons and rods next Edited by dazbooker 30/1/2011 8:46 AM (001.jpg) (002.jpg) (003.jpg) (004.jpg) (005.jpg) (006.jpg) (007.jpg) (008.jpg) (009.jpg) (010.jpg) (011.jpg) (012.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 001.jpg (69KB - 93 downloads) 002.jpg (82KB - 83 downloads) 003.jpg (98KB - 75 downloads) 004.jpg (98KB - 68 downloads) 005.jpg (89KB - 72 downloads) 006.jpg (94KB - 75 downloads) 007.jpg (90KB - 82 downloads) 008.jpg (84KB - 74 downloads) 009.jpg (91KB - 66 downloads) 010.jpg (93KB - 72 downloads) 011.jpg (77KB - 72 downloads) 012.jpg (94KB - 66 downloads) | ||
Roverdose |
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Veteran Posts: 444 | i asked cos 1 in 3 like telling me the std bottom pulley needs to be there and definatly cant be replaced with the alu one i have! Drew Edited by Roverdose 31/1/2011 12:42 PM | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | spoke to accralite today regarding the piston they yell me that the ex mark under the piston crown refrences exhaust side which i was pretty sure thats what it was but best to check and they were very appolagetic aboat the pip that was left underneath the piston crown and was told to remove it apparantley its to centralize it in the laithe when they machine it regarding the cams was told by piper that the timing figure for a 244 duration cam with 12/52 and 52/12 should always be 110 degrees there we go sorted now can start to get them together | ||
djwilma |
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Expert Posts: 2812 Location: Bournemouth | . | ||
Pietaster |
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Admin Posts: 1576 Location: Burnley, Lancs | What sort of sealant did you use between the block and bearing ladder? | ||
jon8oy |
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now on 2 wheels Posts: 7576 Location: back in longbridge b31 | Pietaster - 1/2/2011 2:43 PM proper rover stuff u can buy it on ebayWhat sort of sealant did you use between the block and bearing ladder? | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | Pietaster - 1/2/2011 9:43 AM What sort of sealant did you use between the block and bearing ladder? yeh used the proper rover sealant | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | Roverdose - 31/1/2011 12:35 PM i asked cos 1 in 3 like telling me the std bottom pulley needs to be there and definatly cant be replaced with the alu one i have! Drew cant see why not i bought mine from elise parts but all they advise is to fit the uprated oil pump gear with it but they dont do a gear for the very late pumps so i didnt wont have a problem mate fit it | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | after finding out which way the rods and pistons went i managed to get them built up with the rings too ive put an old piston in just for clarity just for people to see the diffrence from standard to performance hopefully get these in the block this week (003.jpg) (004.jpg) (005.jpg) (006.jpg) (007.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 003.jpg (95KB - 77 downloads) 004.jpg (92KB - 67 downloads) 005.jpg (96KB - 77 downloads) 006.jpg (72KB - 77 downloads) 007.jpg (85KB - 70 downloads) | ||
Turley_vvc |
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Posts: 2794 Location: Tamworth/Measham | New, Nice & Shinny they look hot mate | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | heres some more pics of the liners before i fitted them the sealer i used liners fitted and the dowells i fitted in the block Edited by dazbooker 2/2/2011 12:05 PM (001.jpg) (002.jpg) (003.jpg) (004.jpg) (005.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 001.jpg (79KB - 69 downloads) 002.jpg (89KB - 79 downloads) 003.jpg (97KB - 72 downloads) 004.jpg (85KB - 64 downloads) 005.jpg (78KB - 72 downloads) | ||
Turley_vvc |
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Posts: 2794 Location: Tamworth/Measham | nice mate,keep it coming | ||
tommib |
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Expert Posts: 1465 Location: barnsley,south yorkshire / www.djtommib.co.uk | bloody hell mate youve been a busy boy lol looking good that pal | ||
elise |
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Member Posts: 57 | you have the short rod but tall piston setup trail fit and check if ? or by how much the pistons protude above the liner then decide what gasket to use the mls is thicker you should be ok but worth checking I did see a set that protuded however his liner seats had been recut | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | elise - 5/2/2011 5:13 AM you have the short rod but tall piston setup trail fit and check if ? or by how much the pistons protude above the liner then decide what gasket to use the mls is thicker you should be ok but worth checking I did see a set that protuded however his liner seats had been recut yeh they sit 0.33mm above the liner so should be ok but i was going to use the mls gasket aswell Edited by dazbooker 9/2/2011 2:37 PM | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | just worked compression ratio works out at 8.257 plus or minus 0.500 to 1 means i can run more boost over standard ratio 9.200 to 1 plus or minus 0.500 to 1 Edited by dazbooker 5/2/2011 7:00 AM | ||
Roverdose |
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Veteran Posts: 444 | did you have an idea of boost you wanted to run then? Drew | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | Roverdose - 5/2/2011 6:48 AM did you have an idea of boost you wanted to run then? Drew not really drew will have to work out safest boost pressure to use 0.7 bar is the standard boost pressure | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | heres the pistons in the block (001.jpg) (002.jpg) (003.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 001.jpg (97KB - 70 downloads) 002.jpg (86KB - 69 downloads) 003.jpg (98KB - 69 downloads) | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | heres the oil rail before fitting and measuring the compression ratio (004.jpg) (005.jpg) (006.jpg) (007.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 004.jpg (97KB - 79 downloads) 005.jpg (99KB - 66 downloads) 006.jpg (98KB - 62 downloads) 007.jpg (99KB - 65 downloads) | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | the head fitted to the block and the metal water pipe fitted Edited by dazbooker 5/2/2011 8:56 AM (008.jpg) (009.jpg) (010.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 008.jpg (97KB - 62 downloads) 009.jpg (96KB - 64 downloads) 010.jpg (89KB - 73 downloads) | ||
munday |
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Expert Posts: 5629 Location: Letchworth/Basildon | dazbooker - 5/2/2011 2:08 PM just worked compression ratio works out at 8.257 plus or minus 0.500 to 1 means i can run more boost over standard ratio 9.200 to 1 plus or minus 0.500 to 1 With that sort of CR you can run some healthy boost through that May seem a little more sluggish off boost, but as its in a metro you will hardly notice it | ||
dazbooker |
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Expert Posts: 1265 Location: barnsley | munday - 5/2/2011 9:53 AM dazbooker - 5/2/2011 2:08 PM With that sort of CR you can run some healthy boost through that May seem a little more sluggish off boost, but as its in a metro you will hardly notice it just worked compression ratio works out at 8.257 plus or minus 0.500 to 1 means i can run more boost over standard ratio 9.200 to 1 plus or minus 0.500 to 1 what sort of boost pressure do you reckon i coul run with this cr | ||
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