Mongrel headswap progress thread

[Hedge]

Nice one guys.

[AlexMechanic]

Any dyno run print off's yet Jase? :P

320bhp at the wheels.

*ahem, just struggling with my scanner at the moment... [cough!]

[expostmanpat]

IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Took some cranking, but WOOOT!

:woohoo: :woot:

Just looked out of the window and the cloud is clearly visible:P:rofl:

[VRS 203]

Not a bad wee job to do!

How did the cam sustain all the scores?

[Lewiscypher]

Do you know why the cam was damaged? are you losing oil pressure at the top end or something?

[devonutopia]

Cam situation is to be investigated. Now wrapped up for Allard to look at. As for the car! WOW! It feels a lot faster now, even with just bedding it in and only running on diesel (lpg tank empty) - Seems it may have been blowing before but definitely isn't now. Is really nice!

The final lot of pics.

I put in the final two tappets & bearing shells myself. Cam offered up.

5 "blocks" to hold the cam down put in and bolted down.

Rockers get bolted on top too.

And the head pretty much ready now for fitting on to the block.

Head placed on the block, sweet as a nut.

And bolted down! These are tough little bolts! 40Nm, then 60Nm, then two successive 90 degree turns!

Cambelt gets put on, and....

... the injectors are setup using a dial gauge to ensure rockers at lowest point

Cam cover gets mated to its new head for the first time

and the turbo and inlet are bolted on firmly.

To pass the time I'd been painting bits of the inside of my car silver!

Silver t'is!

Much of the engine connected up now!

And although not obvious, the engine is ticking over in this shot! Water cap off as it was sucking water through quick! Needed even more when I'd got back from the first test drive.

Overall I'm very impressed with the work done, and the overall results at the end. Just cannot wait to dyno this thing!

[matt_theforce]

That sounds fantastic, I still can't believe there are people out there that who are willing to create such a custom car. Cant begin to say how jealous I am

[Mossman]

My hat is off to you From a man who struggles to wire a plug, big respect!!!!

[Taxi 219]

Glad all is good well done mate:thumbup:

[RobClubley]

Nice! Good to know it's not just me that photographs everything

[ap0gee1978]

Good work, mate - you must be delighted!

[mluton]

Nice work

[auroan]

Nice one.

[bengie]

so whats actually changed then J? back to standard cam, ported and polished head and whats changed with the injectors exactly?

[devonutopia]

so whats actually changed then J? back to standard cam, ported and polished head and whats changed with the injectors exactly?

All the above, but the injectors are R783 nozzles - +25% more fuel over standard pd130 nozzles. Basically means if I want a load more fuel I can, but at the moment it seems like general driving is not affected. I got 57mpg on diesel alone this morning coming to work (ran out of lpg last weekend) so I don't think normal economy will be affected.

Once I'm happy with the performance and it's all settled down I'll do some videos.

[faboka vrs]

So when's it going in for a remap tweek?

Excellent work anyhow.

[bengie]

excellent, all this makes me want my car back even more :(