May 16, 201312 yr 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 :)
May 16, 201312 yr Author thats what i thought. doesnt bare thinking about what could have happened lol
May 16, 201312 yr 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 :)
May 16, 201312 yr Author 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
May 16, 201312 yr 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
May 18, 201312 yr Author :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
May 18, 201312 yr holy molly, that sure saved you a few bob, nice to know it was fixed with a little screw
May 18, 201312 yr Amazing what a little screw can do ;) nice to see you back Rubix where you need hiding ?
May 18, 201312 yr 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.
May 18, 201312 yr 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
May 18, 201312 yr 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
May 18, 201312 yr 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
May 19, 201312 yr 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
May 19, 201312 yr how much of a gain is a stroker kit???? would i need it if i am aiming for 350bhp???
May 19, 201312 yr 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
May 19, 201312 yr Bad staff member lol, go sit in the corner. I am typing this from the naughty step, having a time out :P
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