Project Cordy - My old 16v reborn

[Icecavern]

You mean I have abilities? Seems like a big job to me, it's a haynes 4 spanner job...

How long do you think it would take?

 

[F2 Stu]

nah, they come off easy i had no bother once I'd skinned my knuckles

mission yes, but not beyond your abilities I'm sure - just be methodical

while the engine was out the car.......

I'd be inclined to drop it off at the down pipe for some reason, not that you can get the down pipe in and out without swearing in situe.

 

[Icecavern]

Maybe I just live with the leak until it dies and then put a 20vt in... I mean it's been leaking like this for years.

 

[Saul]

id do it now pete and get the head reskimmed as its probably out by now

saves your block then

 

[Icecavern]

This is sounding even more complicated now

 

[Saul]

thinking on though, its probably going to cost you about £300 to do that, and a 'new' abf is only £500 (breakers)

 

[Icecavern]

Thing is the engine has only done 55k and runs sweet as anything. But I have an oil leak I want to fix. I need to clean the back of the engine and check it's definately coming from the head gasket first.

I was hoping this oil leak would be an easy job

 

[Saul]

if the engines been sat for a while, the gasket may well have perished and be giving up as its being reheated

 

[Icecavern]

Well it's been sat for about 8 months without much use, and without being driven. But as I said it had an oil leak when I had the car years ago. I'm guessing it's the same problem now and it was never fixed. It doesn't loose any oil if left ticking over, only when it's driven and under load.

 

[jenk]

Keep the 16v and go forced induction

 

[Icecavern]

Did think about a turbo conversion, would prefer a SC but it requires loosing the aircon.

 

[Icecavern]

Right I've cleaned all the oil I can off the sump and the area above it, so hopefully after a drive I'll be able to work out where the oil is coming from

 

[Fl@pper]

Did think about a turbo conversion, would prefer a SC but it requires loosing the aircon.

losing the aircon just makes it easier nothing is impossible mind

 

[Icecavern]

losing the aircon just makes it easier nothing is impossible mind

Yeah but I don't want the SC stuck out the bonnet mad max style

 

[Tom B]

I found that if you remove the front arch liners, the sides of the bumpers are prone to come loose.

If you do remove them, you'll have to find a way of securing the sides to the wheel arch end of the wing.

 

[m0rk]

and the engine bay will get covered in ****.

 

[Icecavern]

I've taken them out for a trial but the intention is to modify the liners and put them back in eventually. I'll probably try taking a heat gun to them to flatten out the bump in the front of them, the main thing is working out how to keep the clearance on the outside too as the tyres look to be just catching the bolt heads on the outside arch. Rolling the arches will sort that, but then the liners wont have anything to hold them in place, so working on that one

 

[jenk]

Did think about a turbo conversion, would prefer a SC but it requires loosing the aircon.

Its not going to be your daily drive though is it??

Ditch the aircon and open the windows

 

[Icecavern]

Its not going to be your daily drive though is it??

Ditch the aircon and open the windows

No it's not, but it is going to be used as a sound quality competition car... It's customary on a hot day to run the car for 10-20 mins with aircon on full blast prior to judging so that the judges have at least some time sat in the car before it turns back into an oven. Hence wanting to keep aircon.

 

[jenk]

Ahhh understand your thinking now

There must be a way round it, jiggle things about and make room.