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Unless you're running very sticky tires, I wouldn't worry about it too much, just make sure you're oil level is on the high side before starting. You might get some smoke from the pcv system, but that's only annoying rather than a real problem and can be fixed

very nice :) turn the boost up on yours and it'll walk all over the aston

There were quite a few 300's there last year. Can't go this year as it clashes with Timeattack

For ECU work & mapping, you should speak to TurboNoz in the traders forum

twin-turbo gallardo would tempt me :)

exactly. Tubs are GT3071

The second one I picked-up 'should' be ok, just waiting on a new turbo core and it'll be re-assembled. The duff one was from a forum member, who in turn bought it from a trader on here who did the work. The forum member has been very good about the whole thing and is dealing with it. He was going to put it in his so in a way it's a good thing all round that I had a different sump to fit, otherwise it would have ended up in someone's car and been rattling away not long after ...

yes, that was at the beginning of the year, so that's 2 dudd engines that I've purchased this year - buyer beware when buying used engines!

With a bit of help from Noz and ebay, we find a potential engine at AndyZ, only problem is he's based in deepest darkest Norfolk. A few text messages later and I've agreed to collect the engine at 5am :sweatdrop: Instead of going to bed, I get in the Jeep, and start heading over to Thetford. Get there just before 5, by 6am I'm back on the road and get back to the unit at around 9:30am. So we're back in the game. Get the new engine out of the jeep and onto the engine stand, strip all the bits off my original engine, and wow, that really let go dramatically! Anyway all stipped off, ready to start cleaning and rebuilding and we have a quick play with the tubs. One spins nicely, the other is all over the place. The crap running around the engine from the failure has taken a turbo core with it :cry: I ring around the usual turbo distributors, but all are closed and most are actually at TOTB. Noz goes and asks a few vendors but none can help - game over:no:

So Jimmer is here, all fired up, and while I drain the coolant, he sets the oil draining, drops the gearbox, undoes engine mounts etc and we're ready to pull the engine out. Within a very short time of him arriving the engine is sitting on a worktop. So we pause for thought, look at the new donor engine and figure the sumps coming off anyway, we may as well take a look at it's innards to make sure all is well before spending the night getting it fitted. So turn her over, sump off, and start inspecting bearings. All are brand new as expected, slight scoring on crank journals, but nothing too dramatic... until we get to number 6 that is. This has more scoring, and should have been reground, but worse than that, it just looks wrong. There's no obvious lip at the edge of the bearing mating surface compared to the others, it's still in tolerance size wise, but it's got us worried. We start taking a real good look now as it's clear the new bearings weren't fitted as a refresh, the old ones must have been toast. Closer inspection reveals debris in the sump, and even some wire bristles from some sort of brush or dremel. These things are everywhere, in the sump, in the block, sitting under pistons etc. We also found some play in the rod for number 6 when all bolted up, so this engine was not going to last a few road miles, let alone the abuse I was intending to give it :( We deem the donor engine unfit for use, it needs a complete stip down, clean, replace worn items etc. The person who did the work did offer a replacement crank, but it's beyond that. Disappointment all round, we kick this engine into a corner and get ourselves cleaned up and decide to try to salvage our friday night. I head home, spend some time with family and back to the drawing board... PS I have pics of this engine but at those tolence levels it doesn't show very well

I'm just getting started, next installment on the way!

The Plan! There was an engine for sale on the forum, that was already sitting at Jimmer's with new bearings. All I needed to do was contact the owner, then swap it in, and off to TOTB - simples :D So Thursday night, get home, put my son to bed, agree purchase of said engine, and go outside in the dark to strip down my engine with car on trailer. Removed fan, loom, all boost/intake pipes and plenum ready to be pulled the next day. Also booked day off work. Friday - Car was supposed to have new stickers, so dropped it off with sign company just after 9am, saying I needed it back asap. went to grab some breakfast and collect unit keys from Jimmer. Before I even got to the unit I'd got a call to say the stickers were done - fast work! So collected car and went to unit, unloaded car and found the donor engine. I then proceed to get the engine off the floor, mount it on an engine stand, and strip it down ready to put my bits on it. So plenum off, fuel rail out, valve covers off, downpipes, turbos, manifolds, all off. Bear in mind I'm no mechanic so this takes me a few hours. Then once done, I get my car on the ramp, remove exhaust and shield then Jimmer turns up after his day at work. Now, Friday night is normally Jimmer's night off so I'm calling on some favours here :)

Unfortunately I couldn't make TOTB last week, but it wasn't for lack of trying, so thought I'd put up a post about it - problem shared and all that :) Some of you will know the scramble I had to get to the previous TimeAttack event, with an engine swap, pedal box install, new loom, different ecu, all fitted between events, we mapped it on the road due to lack of time and came away from the Oulton Park with a decent haul of points despite my crash. Some pics to keep it interesting So this this brings us to last week... Monday - a day of rest and ordering a few bits. Slick Pete kindly sent me a new lower arm to replace my bent one Tuesday - going to pop over to Jimmer, but lower arm hadn't arrived. Wired in my MAP and IAT sensor into new ECU instead Wednesday - lower arm arrived, went to pop over to Jimmers to fit, but all hell brakes out at work and I can't get away. Going to make the next few days interesting Thursday - appointment with Noz to run the car on the dyno and double check the map. Day started out well when I couldn't get the car to run and load onto trailer, 45mins later and it's running, hadn't tightened the ecu plug properly - Doh! I get to Noel's, quick chat, get her strapped down etc. First run, 672hp at fly, not bad for a road map and lower spec engine. However, torque is well down as VTC isn't working. Still, TOTB is power based so not the end of the world. Some delays due to other things happening at he garage, then we get onto run 2. Something isn't right, power has dropped even though everything appears ok, go to start a 3rd run and it's aborted. Looks like my spare engine (which was a spare for a reason) has finally expired - crap! at least it got me through the last TA event. Some calls are made, do we call it a day, or try to sort it out before TOTB? Not one to give up, we hatch a plan and I head home ... To be continued....

very nice, keep the updates coming :)

some good results for Bob so far including an 11.75 qtr :)

good luck guys, gutted I'm not there despite working on the car for the last 3 days - seperate thread to follow on that!

I'm running one and it's great!

lol at the podium spots! do you know how fast the other cars and more importantly, the drivers are! Oulton Park was new to both of us so I don't think podium was on the cards unless others had failures. Tucked into the garage the night before Day started well, a few teething issues related to heat management, new ECU etc uncovered during the morning sessions and getting used to the pedal box when being used in anger :) Of course, had to learn the track too! Best time in warm-up was 2:16, then 2:08 in practise. ECU trips were caused by the high water temps, and those were fixed by Jimmer borrowing a welder from another team and giving me the first, powerzed patented, fully locked viscous fan :) This worked a treat Then it was time to get serious as there were points up for grabs in qualifying and the final. Qualifying was going well, mistake in my first flying lap, then put in a 2:03 (still sloppy) and then this happened ... [video=youtube_share;CHNvCwEGays] I went in too fast, scrubbed the speed off and balanced the throttle, felt it sliding but tried to ride out and failed. Was surprised the damage wasn't worse. Thanks to help from both Jimmer & Pete, and scrouging a few parts off others in the pits I managed to get back out for the final, time was only a 2:07 but enough for some points. Pics: Damage was bumper mounts broken, but surpringly the rest is in one piece, even my splitter was only cracked. Holed a silicon coupler, bent the support for one of the wings and it's scratched but in one piece. Biggest damage found so far is the lower arm on driver side is bent. Should get most of that sorted this week ready for TOTB next weekend :D

Thats is the spare so down on power, don't have any figures though

Leaving now, hopefully see some of you there!

Thanks to Noel for his efforts yesterday and overnight to get my car mapped ready for the TimeAttack event this weekend. Time has quite literally been against us from the start with the amount of work to be done, got the car up to him to map for the changed setup but niggles with setting up the new ecu meant it wasn't to be :( Anyhow, I managed to get up there last night and we traced the issues and got the car mapped, finishing around 4:30am this morning... And of course thanks to Jimmer for getting the car rebuilt in time too! Now to start getting packed up to go to Oulton Park this evening. Going to be a long day:blink:

Where the turbos modified when they were rebuilt?

there's your problem