ricktewagon

The guy that built it lightened, balanced the bottom end, did a lot of head work & it is turbo. Made 253KW when it was built. If I need to space up the Rocker Cover then Ill probably hit on the Plenum wont I? Im actually running a non efi cover at the moment. Ill get in Contact with CamTech & find out what the Spring Pressure was since they came from them.

Hey Sly, its an EFI engine so I need to remove the Plenum for Rocker Cover access. Do you think I could just run the Cam in with the outer springs as you said & drive for a week as described? I also was going to upgrade to Roller Rockers so what will be the go with them? Thanks.

Oh well, shit happens I guess. Ill have to make sure Im there in the future for the break in. The engine was built by a mate & I picked it up cheap when he needed to make some cash - so no warranty there. Looks like I need some money! Thanks for all the help guys even though it was bad news. I was a bit hesitant to pull it apart but now am glad I did it myself. Yes, full rebuild on the cards.

So even though it's done 2000K's you reckon that is symptoms of shitty break in?

So had a chance this morning to start tearing down the car & Yep, looks like Lifter Fucked. Hooray!! engine with 2000K's & high performance parts cactus! Fuck this shits me. Does any-one reckon this could have been caused by improper cam break in? I reminded the guys who did the tuning four or five times & they said they did but I guess if it's done 2000K's was probably something else.

Yeah, Thanks for the info. I have a feeling thats what it is. Will let every-one know when I find out....

Bolts are right & tightened to spec. Tried a few different combos this arvo, all the same, must be lifter or Cam Fucked

Heres the vid http://vid1101.photobucket.com/albums/g425/ricktewagon/IMG_02561_zpshym4kwvw.mp4

Chinese T70 Turbo External Wastegate, Pushrods good but when back together & tightened to spec no.6 Exhaust Rocker is Loose as a goose, tried different rocker & Push rod, same. Could this mean Lifter is fucked? uploading a video now

Theres my Cam specs & Pushrods I pulled today, all looked like the bottom one except Cylinder 6 Exhaust which was the top one. Length looks the same but maybe a mis-matched Pushrod? Pushrods dont look bent (that I can see) Can I determine Pushrod length for new ones by the Cam Specs? No real rhythm to the sound at idle, but if I revved it up you could hear it was definitely internal. It didnt wanna drive, but changing down gears or with no acceleration sounded normal. Springs, Lifters & Cam are all performance items from Cam-tech. Just normal Rockers & Pushrods.

Has normal Head Gasket. Has stock Rockers but better springs & Valves. I work a month on month off roster so In about a year its done 2000K's. Never revved over 6. Camshaft is custom to the fuck, bottom end is lightened balanced etc. Unfortunately I didn't build the engine & the guy who did cant remember fuck all. Havent check Timing or head bolt tension. Ill check what I can as soon as I get a chance. Unfortunately in the process of moving & the Mrs is about to pop our second kid so wont have much time to play with the car.

Had a look today, all the Cooler pipes look fine, Im going to pull the Rocker cover tomorrow and have a look sounds like its coming from under there at the back somewhere. Compression is 9.0:1

I don't have a boost gauge at all. Would need to plug the laptop in & check it out. It was just pretty sudden to. Yeah it seems relative to acceleration. Idle sounds fine, sounds like it's going to die getting up to 80K's (just from noise from the engine) but whenever your foots of the gas it sounds okay. Even changing down with revs sounds okay. Ill check out the Compressor Wheel in the next day or two. Pistons not sure, am waiting for replys from the guy who built the engine. Nice Crossy though, made 253KW. Yeah it was tuned on BP and the tuner said don't run it on anything else but I was real low and close to Mobil...

Compression - waiting for a reply from the guy who built the motor, Boost - 16psi Fuel- was always BP98 but on this tank I put some Mobil 98in.... Havent checked head gasket.

Can't wait to see a build thread, bring on the pics!! Good power figures to. My v8 Corty has just clocked over it's 3rd year of build......I'm thinking of not getting it engineered now and just driving it with different plates. It's sooooooo frustrating.

Awesome work man, gotta love the cost to power ratio to!

Hey guys, recently bought a Corty with 15" SAAB rims on, problem is the guy I got it off was still running the stock Corty wheel nuts. Now they hold the rim on but it seems to me they don't have enough taper and sit too deep. My question: is anyone running SAAB rims on their Corty & what wheel nuts are they using? Had a bit of a look around the net and what I could find is expensive as fuck. Don't want to pay the money to have them not work. Thanks guys. Also would I be right in saying the thread size is m12X1.5? & does any-one know the taper on a stock Corty wheel nut?

Thanks guys, I guess my best bet is to take a rim of and take it to some shops.

Thanks Gerg, Ill try and get around to having a look tomorrow.

Hey guys just picked up a tirled ol Ford v8 thrown in with a car I brought. I want to figure out if it's a 289 302 etc as the guy didn't know. When I have the Manifold taken off my other car with 289 it is stamped on the top of the block under the manifold. I took the Manifold of this other one and can see no markings. I can see the Engine no. at the front JH71AB which tells me where it was made etc. but not the size anywhere? Shouldn't it be stamped somewhere? it has 8 manifold studs pus the 4 under the carby I think its a 302 but my v8 experience is limited. Thanks

awesome!!

Mines on the turbo side, just behind alternator bracket up high on the sump. Was done with engine out. Ive been trying to get some pics up for about 45mins but unless I make them tiny they wont upload. even at 200x200 pixels

Hendrix has a thread on xfalcon for changing these gears. I Cant get links to work on this forum for some reason. I did it recently got the part from parts lunacy on ebay, for about 7 bucks and did it in a few hours. Worked like a charm but now I have some sort of wiring issue with my needle bouncing all over the place.

Whoops, double post

I just chucked it in the shed till I need it so I haven't used it but its got fine tune settings etc, and yeah its electronic its apparently for x series. My XD doesn't have a cable it is electronic. I figure it just adjusts your needle somehow. Apparently use it when your driving. I saw it on ebay last month and snapped it up because Id never seen one