Wanted..........engine

[enigma]

My engine is being very tempremental and I need another one as a back up! It would also be good to have another so I can sort out some forged internals and other goodies to make a killer

[SGHOM]

looks like your's could be the project car then Dave ?? :-D :-D

[enigma]

Shhhhhh.....dont tell the mrs!!!! ;)

[Roadrunner]

Worth a phone call? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33701&item=2463967704

[Physician]

My engine is being very tempremental .........
Darn it!! Someone on this forum suggested I get in contact with you and beg you to take me for a short drive to see exactly what the VR4 is like on the road.
I live in Leicester Dave ..... and wanted to talk to someone who knows the VR4's inside out and any info on local garages (to us) for services / parts etc etc.
Would you like a pint? Or chocolates? Ha!

[BraindG]

now theres an offer you cant refuse :p :D

[enigma]

At the moment it drives........you are welcome to come for a spin.....but you have to bear in mind I may take it a bit more gently than usual!!!!

[Physician]

At the moment it drives........you are welcome to come for a spin.....but you have to bear in mind I may take it a bit more gently than usual!!!!
Now you have me worried ...... do I detect a 'gentle' spin 0-60 will be in the region of 5.5 'ish rather than your best time ....... and a 'spin' is literally that!
I'll private message you later to get your telephone number if that's OK with you Dave. Many thanks for the offer.

[Spirit]

Your not far off the mark there - a gentle spin, at 150!

[Kieran]

...My engine is being very tempremental...

What's up with it Dave?

[enigma]

Seems ok now, but I have been running on 4 or 5 cylinders every now and again.....cant think what it is!

Gonna give it a week, then I am going to give it death again!! :boing3:

[calum]

try the plugs or leads first, Dave.

Calum

[enigma]

On my third set of plugs in 4 weeks :shifty:

[calum]

leads or igniter then?

Calum

[SGHOM]

more like over worked engine !!! :-D :-D

[enigma]

All coils and leads are prodicing 4 inch sparks!

I definately have something in one of my bores, I can see 'dents' in the piston top and the spark plug is mullered! I think its gone now......but how the fook did it get in there?

My only thought is that it got in through the dump valve :dozey: :thinking:

[enigma]

more like over worked engine !!! :-D :-D

No the engine is a tough cookie.......its had bits in it and it spat 'em out!

[Nick Mann]

horrible thought.... my rover bost a piston ring. Had the same result? (I guess a part of the ring had got on top of the cylinder... I didn't realise until a few miles further on, though, when the oil was coming out the exhaust.....

[enigma]

No oil that I can see...........I have done 5000miles since the first instance!

[zedy1]

maybe i should start to break my other vr4 :-D

[enigma]

Good plan mo! Or you could hire it out!

[Nick VR4]

My only thought is that it got in through the dump valve :dozey: :thinking:

Or through the Air Filter :undecided

[enigma]

If it got in through the air filter it would have taken turbo compressor blades with it :eek:

[Nick Mann]

maybe i should start to break my other vr4 :-D


Interior.... Kieran
Engine..... BDA
AYC........ PJJohnson

Seems a shame to strip a good one, but you could sell half of it relatively quickly!!

[BraindG]

Ive got a possibility of getting container with front ends shipped over..
each costing USD 630
VR4 front clips ( no sheet metal/headlights)
- everything under the hood except the battery

can fit about about 5 or 6 in each container..

interested?

* EDIT - im not sure if this is for 8g just yet.. awaiting reply

[enigma]

Very interested! I'll take 2!

[zedy1]

ill take 2 :-D

[FTOLTD]

VR4 6A13 tt front clip for 630 USD, does that include the shipping.

[FTOLTD]

All coils and leads are prodicing 4 inch sparks!

I definately have something in one of my bores, I can see 'dents' in the piston top and the spark plug is mullered! I think its gone now......but how the fook did it get in there?

My only thought is that it got in through the dump valve :dozey: :thinking:

the damage sounds like mine when i had the top ring land let go ( mine tried to run but didnt ), probably why you are only running on 5 cylinders some times. could be bits coming off occasionaly and then they get stuck under the valve seat. so you dont get any compression and no firing on that cylinder till it moves on.

[zentac]

Im definatley interested.

[BraindG]

VR4 6A13 tt front clip for 630 USD, does that include the shipping.
unclear at the minute - its all a bit scetchy...
its a colleague of mine who has made contact on my behalf with this company..
i dont think it includes the container fee..
then we have to problem of unloading it the minute it arrives, otherwise we get charged for storage..

but if we go ahead with it, im sure we'll all be at the ship yard carrying the container off on our backs :wow: :-D .. ok maybe not, but we'd be eager to pick up the goodies

[FTOLTD]

i am in australia

any chance of getting the companies name from you so i could organise a couple of clips for me, after you have got your sof course.

[Rally205]

If you are going through that many plugs it could be because it is running too lean and the dents in the top of the piston are due to detonation or pinking.
What are the plugs like when you take them out? Greyish white? Melted? :uhoh2: :uhoh2: :uhoh2:

[enigma]

Not running lean....runnig rich if anything! The offended plug looks like it has had the sh1t kicked out of it with a hammer and the ground strap has been mushed in to the electrode thus closing the gap completely. Coming round to the idea it is a bit of piston. This may explain havving to up my solenoid duty cycle to maintain boost. I cant think a bit of piston through my back turbo did it any good at all :undecided