enought to make you poop yourself

[scottishtaffy]

had a REALLY close call the day to detonating my engine. went to work this morning and thought i would take the scoob. gorgeous day sunny and dry so gave it some welly on the way into aberdeen. disposing of slower cars with ease. got to work and car ticking over on timer and i hear a hell of a rattle knocking from under the bonnet., first thought was big ends by the sound of it. popped bonnet and there is the crank shaft pulley wobbling all over the place . car stops by now and when i grab it the bolt is only about 4 turns from coming out!!!!. went a bit weak at the knees at what could have happened and tightened it back up. 2 yrs of running and thats the first time thats happened.. cold sweat over now tho :)

[Jay762]

!Removed! ell - that was a serious catch, very lucky

[scottishtaffy]

thats what i thought. doesnt bare thinking about what could have happened lol

[Gambit]

Yep just reading that made my !Removed! chute go moist ;) glad you spotted that before it went last thing I want to hear this week is another one off the road :)

[Steve]

could have been messy

 

[scottishtaffy]

thats what happened to a lad on our west coast scooby cruise. only his did go on fire when he blew no 3 conrod thru the top of the block and it spat all the oil straight onto the turbo. terminal does not cover the aftermath

[Gambit]

My brothers Skyline did something like that but he was filling up petrol when it did it :D Was his own fault for racing it with out letting it warm up

[mariocinq]

where's my spanners, i'm checking that in the morning!!!!!

[scottishtaffy]

:lol:   am wondering if it has something to do with the engine valet as it seems strange that its less than a week since then and then this happened. ah well note to myself carry a 22 mm socket from now on lol

[Gambit]

I would for now just until you feel safe it was a one off :)

[rubix]

holy molly, that sure saved you a few bob, nice to know it was fixed with a little screw

[Gambit]

Amazing what a little screw can do ;) nice to see you back Rubix where you need hiding ?

[mariocinq]

a little screw normally gets me some new toys for the scoob lol, well new more comfy seats got me a little screw the other night pmsl.

[scottishtaffy]

ooo errrrr  mind you its true.  my mrs falls for that trick all the time

[Gambit]

Well I hope you didn't use the seats before you fitted or after for that matter. You might need to eat a drive through sat on them one day :D

[mariocinq]

whats the going rate for an engine rebuild????? and i'm talking cosworth bits and other high end bits for big power.

 

just need to know so i know how much effort i have to put in for the next few months lol

[Gambit]

Not sure about 2 years ago mine was sent away full rebuild remap and some extras was £2,900 at Scoobyworld that was using the best parts at the time for my car

[Jay762]

RA have a good site layout which shows you the individual costs for Cosworth components and they have some kit prices as well which could be an option

 

http://www.ra-motorsport.co.uk/Product/Category/DB20100917115549

[Gambit]

Can soon get a nice shopping list on there :D

[mariocinq]

how much of a gain is a stroker kit???? would i need it if i am aiming for 350bhp???

[Jay762]

the bigger cubes should give more torque, you should be able to get 350bhp from a standard bore and stroke (with uprated components) but running a larger capacity allows for more mixture within the chambers so you should be able to run a lower boost to get the same bang as smaller capacity unit which would have to run higher levels

[mariocinq]

going to continue this over in my thread i think lol.

[Jay762]

A goodly idea - a bit of a wander off topic - the mods should have prompted this

[mariocinq]

Bad staff member lol, go sit in the corner.

[Jay762]

Bad staff member lol, go sit in the corner.

 

I am typing this from the naughty step, having a time out :P