had a really bad bad day

[kevin ap motors]

The following has happened today.
Bob rawl come from swindon to do some maping for us
Put the vr4 on the rollers to start to map it up,had a lots of blue smoke coming out and it cleared,we put this down to car being in bodyshop for over 3 months.
Had a really bad missfire and took plugs out of the front bank found all 3 tips and ceramic missing /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr
After a compression test found no compression on one and low compression on another/Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr /Grrr
Having now removed front head,found big probs,
deep score marks on both cylinders and one burnt exhaust valve not good.
I know need another cylinder block any one with one please help as i need one asap.
I am know going home and get pissed.

[d i c k i e s]

sorry to hear... sounds really really bad and expsensive

[NISMO Dave]

Bloody hell Kev, absolutely gutted for you mate :( Hope you manage to find another block quickly.

Just out of curiosity, are the plugs HKS or DENSO branded?

[Spirit]

Ah f**k Kev was hoping it would be better news than this /Grrr

The car looked awesome when I saw it last night........I won't comment on what you've had done......but it does look stunning.

[White Lightning]

Ah ... sh*t ... sorry to hear this Kev /Grrr

My old lump is currently sat in Andy's garage in Peterborough ... would you be able to make any use of that ?

[Lillywotsername]

Oh Kev I am sorry to hear this Hun....... :(

Hopefully you will get something sorted asap.

[Nick VR4]

Oh Bugger Kev sorry to hear this hope you get it sorted quickly

[bradc]

thats the worst news possible Kev. Any idea on why it happened?

[BraindG]

/sigh - /grouphug one day Kev... one day!

[Physician]

Awwww Kev ......... feel for you buddy. Surely your luck will change shortly /grouphug

[Eurospec]

Dude, really sorry to hear that. Its a gutter when you put all the time effort and money into it and you get this happen.

Is anything salvagable from the block? Pistons, rods etc?

Cheers,

Ben.

[richy rich]

John has spoken to Kevin and if a courier can be arranged a block will be on its way down to Plymouth tomorrow.

[Spirit]

Thats some better news Rich :2thumbsup

[The Vee]

Bad news mate, that's awful. See John's got it covered, but quite happy to strip out Mr. Lightnings old block should you require it.

[richy rich]

/Grrr DHL have just been and will not take the block as it is to heavy /Grrr we told them it would be 100kg to make sure.

[Eurospec]

Pallet line is your friend mate. It will be about £40 ish.

Cheers,

Ben.

[richy rich]

Pallet line is your friend mate. It will be about £40 ish.

Cheers,

Ben.
It was kevin that sorted this so ill pass that on.:afro:

[Eurospec]

Central depot 0121 386 2526

Cheers,

Ben.

[Wodjno]

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[kevin ap motors]

Hopfully pick up is know sorted.
Will be pulling engine out in the next day or so.
Looks like it is going to need 3 pistons,set of rings,head gasketsand all the other bits to get it up and runing.
Have had a good think on what as happened and the are a number of resons
1.denso plugs which were fitted by thor racing!!!!!!!!
2.afr being measured in pipe after both turbos,will be remaping it with lamba in both downpipes in case front bank is running lean
3.Car not been trated very well at bodyshop!!! reving engine hard when cold.
Will know more in a cuple of days.
Speak to you all soon
kevin
ps
a big thankyou to
richy rich for sorting me out with a block
kevin

[NISMO Dave]

Hopfully pick up is know sorted.
Will be pulling engine out in the next day or so.
Looks like it is going to need 3 pistons,set of rings,head gasketsand all the other bits to get it up and runing.
Have had a good think on what as happened and the are a number of resons
1.denso plugs which were fitted by thor racing!!!!!!!!
2.afr being measured in pipe after both turbos,will be remaping it with lamba in both downpipes in case front bank is running lean
3.Car not been trated very well at bodyshop!!! reving engine hard when cold.
Will know more in a cuple of days.
Speak to you all soon
kevin
ps
a big thankyou to
richy rich for sorting me out with a block
kevin

Glad to hear youre making progress mate, but still gutting :(

As we've discussed in the past Kev, many Skyline owners have experienced the exact same issues and results with Denso, and re-branded Denso (ie HKS) spark plugs, all be it not 3 fold. So sorry youve experienced it too, especially as i doubt you would have used Denso plugs at all had you fitted them yourself :(

Perhaps its a combination of the Denso plugs, with one of the factors youve listed above, as having one plug break down in such a manner is unacceptable, but 3......thats really unlucky :(

Stick with it mate and hopefully catch up next week /Wyhy

[zentac]

ouch, your not having much luck with this one... thats another long wait for pistons then.

[zentac]

Just a thought wouldn't 2 EGT sensors be cheaper and give the same results. Thats what I will be running on mine.

[d i c k i e s]

3.Car not been trated very well at bodyshop!!! reving engine hard when cold.

(how hard is not hard? usually im giving it a good rev sometimes? like in high 3000s sometimes...

[Little Miss Road Rage]

God you're not having much luck and I promise I didn't touch it when I saw it in the workshop last year. Hope things start looking up for u soon