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Track Slag Posts: 5060 ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Washington | p319 hok - 22/1/2012 11:20 PM Tbh I'm jealous Love the red gti look, comps look PORN, just great pal, nice bay too We dont want nice wuiet smooth power lol, want to see Dylan's rip your face off, confuse your brain, rattle your eardums, vibrate your balls, roost past JoH ![]() ![]() Looks really nice Sean I haven't started putting the punch into the spitfire yet, let's make sure she can fly straight first ![]() | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | p319 hok - 22/1/2012 11:20 PM Tbh I'm jealous Love the red gti look, comps look PORN, just great pal, nice bay too We dont want nice wuiet smooth power lol, want to see Dylan's rip your face off, confuse your brain, rattle your eardums, vibrate your balls, roost past JoH ![]() ![]() HaHa, i use to have a proper original mint red Gti on a M Plate (one of the last) long before i found metropower, but made a massive mistake and sold it ![]() | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | Jack of Hearts - 22/1/2012 11:25 PM p319 hok - 22/1/2012 11:20 PM Tbh I'm jealous Love the red gti look, comps look PORN, just great pal, nice bay too We dont want nice wuiet smooth power lol, want to see Dylan's rip your face off, confuse your brain, rattle your eardums, vibrate your balls, roost past JoH ![]() ![]() Looks really nice Sean I haven't started putting the punch into the spitfire yet, let's make sure she can fly straight first ![]() Cheers John, loving the boost, but iam starting to miss the scream of a vvc through a janspeed ![]() l might even PG1 it this year! | ||
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Track Slag Posts: 5060 ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Washington | Credit where it's due mate, I love the radiator location. More weight out of the front and put into the back ![]() I'll help with the r65 removal if you want? ![]() | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | Thank you for the offer lol, mainly want pg1 for Lsd as r65 lsd costs 400 quid so will be cheaper to find pg1 with lsd in the future. ln the mean time a fat person in the passenger seat will have to do | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | Head gasket time! water system was pressurizing so removed the head. l sent it away for a light skim as the head had very slight indentation on the exhaust side of the head. Got it back today, gave everything a good clean up. ![]() ![]() i strip down all the hydraulic lifters and cleaned out all the old oil, very boring job that was ![]() ![]() Then put it all back together ready to go on tommorrow. ![]() | ||
djwilma![]() |
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![]() Expert Posts: 2812 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Bournemouth | Sean what head gasket are you going to fit And sorry about the HGF | ||
R100_vvc![]() |
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | i have bought the old style silicone bead gasket, why's that? | ||
djwilma![]() |
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![]() Expert Posts: 2812 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Bournemouth | R100_vvc - 21/2/2012 2:46 AM i have bought the old style silicone bead gasket, why's that? just asking, been speaking about it today with a friend. You could fit an MLS Where was the head gasket gone | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | djwilma - 21/2/2012 6:51 PM R100_vvc - 21/2/2012 2:46 AM i have bought the old style silicone bead gasket, why's that? just asking, been speaking about it today with a friend. You could fit an MLS Where was the head gasket gone l know i could fit a mls but i just prefer the original stlye as i have had issues of external leaking after fitting mls to my previous k series engines (more then likely down to cheap imitation mls gaskets from ebay) also i find the silicone bead type last just as long (10 years old the one i removed). Having a light skim shouldn't give me problems with my compression ratio should it? From what i could see on the old gasket, it looked like it was creeping past the fire ring on one cylinder as there was like a area where the carbon build up was missing. Where as the other 3 rings had a consistant line of carbon all the way round the ring of the gasket. Quite hard to see but then it was a very minor leak. | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | lnspired by QED's remote thermostat which goes in the top hose, i decided to ditch the more complex PRT set up and modify a early k series thermostat housing to do the job. pick of QED's http://qedmotorsport.co.uk/qed-shop/rover-k-series/misc/qed-remote-thermostat-housing Firstly i cut short the old heater feed and welded it up, then fitted a suitable nipple for the bleed off pipe which will return to the header tank. ![]() ![]() Edited by R100_vvc 23/2/2012 7:12 PM | ||
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![]() Metro Mad Posts: 7653 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Tamworth, Staffs | Not bad, abit different too ![]() the o-ring seal and maybe taper the outer rib other wise the coolant hose wont get a good seal when clamped on. | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | Headgasket all done and running as it should be ![]() Also fitted a 2 1/2" turbo back exhaust system and has given it much more torque and better pull right up to the limitor. l bought the exhaust off my cousin who is going down a different route of exhaust now. Only picture of my exhaust is on his car, which he is currently giving the floor a revamp. ![]() | ||
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![]() Elite Veteran Posts: 978 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Walderslade, Kent | Bump for Seans project. Proper tidy little car and a true legend of the Metro scene to me, always puts himself out to help me and is more than happy to help out when it comes to anything metro related... if everybody was like Sean car scenes would be a lot nicer place ![]() ![]() | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | l had problems with my fuel regulator not holding consistant pressure, so bought a new adjustable one similar to Muzza's which fits in the standard turbo fuel rail with a little modding. This morning l went to BD enginering to have the fueling set up and had a few power runs. Results were 206 bhp (taken upto the limitor) and 195 lbft of torque. His printer is broken so i will have to wait till next week for a print out and will post it up ![]() Edited by R100_vvc 28/4/2012 11:36 AM | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 8490 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Midlands | That is a seriously impressive figure! Looks like I'll be bolting my turbo engine together! | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2812 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Bournemouth | Oh do I win a prize, said it would be over 200bhp and as I always said this is the perfect metro Forged rods, pistons with std crank gt2560 and you will see a reliable 250bhp Just bought me a 1.8 turbo for the mini, that's how impressed I am with this car..... | ||
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![]() Extreme Veteran Posts: 592 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: kent | i have some shorter conrods for sale =D | ||
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | Cheers people,l couldnt recommend the conversion enough, the bloke at the rolling road was really impressed with its perfomance. He was telling me how most turbo engined cars bhp drops off well before the limitor and said how well the K turbo keeps on pulling right to the limitor. l still want to get an uprated boost solenoid as i could see in the graph on the screen a dip around 3500rpm where the boost spikes and the ecu over compensates (due to slow acting standard solenoid) cutting the boost back down. Other then that she is perfect and certainly feels like a 200+ bhp metro to drive ![]() Edited by R100_vvc 28/4/2012 6:07 PM | ||
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![]() Elite Veteran Posts: 998 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Herts/N London | R100_vvc - 29/4/2012 2:06 AM Cheers people,l couldnt recommend the conversion enough, the bloke at the rolling road was really impressed with its perfomance. He was telling me how most turbo engined cars bhp drops off well before the limitor and said how well the K turbo keeps on pulling right to the limitor. l still want to get an uprated boost solenoid as i could see in the graph on the screen a dip around 3500rpm where the boost spikes and the ecu over compensates (due to slow acting standard solenoid) cutting the boost back down. Other then that she is perfect and certainly feels like a 200+ bhp metro to drive ![]() Great stuff Sean, I'd be happy with that result, it certainly feels like a 200bhp + metro! | ||
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![]() Elite Veteran Posts: 929 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Maidstone Kent SE UK | That's some cracking work there mate, great to see 200bhp | ||
Jack of Hearts![]() |
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Track Slag Posts: 5060 ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Washington | That's brilliant work fella ![]() | ||
R100_vvc![]() |
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![]() Expert Posts: 2029 ![]() ![]() Location: sittingbourne, kent | l fitted another regulator (fse) went down to the rollers this morning and have managed to get a better curve as a result of better fueling, 207 bhp at the fly with 173bhp wheel hp a little less torque @ 189.4 lbft. ![]() | ||
AdrianSi![]() |
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![]() Expert Posts: 8490 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Midlands | Your graphs speak a 1000 words. I can almost certainly see me doing this conversion on my SI! | ||
djwilma![]() |
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![]() Expert Posts: 2812 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Location: Bournemouth | The torque at 1900rpm is more than a vvc has Adi when I saw this I went home and bought a 1.8 turbo engine, impressive is an understatement | ||
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