The hatch

Suppose I can start one of these now. As a few of you may know I had Ringland failure on the hatch a couple of month back now.

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So off to Andy K's it went after a delay on the pistons arriving they arrived at the beginning of the week and the work on the engine casings began. As I've kept the compression ratio the same the bores didn't need to be altered much to compensate the pistons.

I've went for the closed deck instead of pinning along with 14mm head stud conversion so block should be nice and solid.

While it has been off the road the saving in fuel has allowed me to buy a couple of extra little bits for it

Japspeed full 3" system
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japspeed front mount
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K&N with RCM trumpet (trumpet cut down)

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HRC 340lph fuel pump

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,TGV deletes,

Along with the engine internals I'll upload some pics of them as I get them.

And last but not least a billet wheel by JMG

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I'll update it as it comes along.

Looking forward to this thread EXPANDING! haha

Pleased your moving quickly with this and soon to be blasting down hard shoulders   

Hope it all goes smoothly for you bud.
Is the pump a direct fit for the 08>

I went down the DW65 (direct fit),from the states. have a look how different the pump assy differs from 07<

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What you expecting from the billet 48 ?
What's the fit & finish like on the Shitspeed FMIC?

Yeah I was looking at that. Kindon said the pump was kind of a direct with a little modification

The front mount is still in the box mate going to wait till I get 321V before I put it on.

The 321V on the on my... i mean your 2.5 will be    

Hardy its going to be interesting so see how mine and yours work out as the spec is nearly the same.

I was looking at the japspeed front mount but have decided on the Perrin.

Hardy, I was at kindons today dropping some bits off and saw this nice engine getting built.

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Looks smart as mate, closed deck block it's the future.

Kindon reckons it will be back in engine by Christmas but he didn't say which  

iddysti wrote:

Hardy, I was at kindons today dropping some bits off and saw this nice engine getting built.

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Looks smart as mate, closed deck block it's the future.

Kindon reckons it will be back in engine by Christmas but he didn't say which  

Looks mint that - very tempted to do the same to mine next year. Was at AKs last week and had a feel of those 14mm ARPs - feel like they came off a tank   

Will be some machines when they are both finished   

Was going to go 2.1 forged myself with Andy 600bhp will be capable off just dunno if it will be laggy what's the best figures ft/lbs on a 2.1 anyone no

byers wrote:

Was going to go 2.1 forged myself with Andy 600bhp will be capable off just dunno if it will be laggy what's the best figures ft/lbs on a 2.1 anyone no

You waving the bhp tickets again Dave   

iddysti wrote:

Hardy, I was at kindons today dropping some bits off and saw this nice engine getting built.

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Looks smart as mate, closed deck block it's the future.

Kindon reckons it will be back in engine by Christmas but he didn't say which  

I've just got a bit of a hard on seeing that picture lol!! Haven't been down to see the progress.

The 14mm studs are a must I'd say!! They are good pieces of kit

hardy172 wrote:

The 14mm studs are a must I'd say!! They are good pieces of kit

they are more like scaffold bars than studs.

I am getting excited again, cant wait to get mine back and mapped I think the VF48 with billet wheel might be good for 400hp+ turned right up, we will see.

All I know is that these engines will eat that power all day long.

byers wrote:

Was going to go 2.1 forged myself with Andy 600bhp will be capable off just dunno if it will be laggy what's the best figures ft/lbs on a 2.1 anyone no

Dave, if your trying that power go 2.5 then these no problem with lag even on a very big turbo   

looks like there's going to be some big horsepower cars in NESF again.

Looks awesome that   

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Looks awesome that   

It's very impressive. The thickness of them studs is unreal.

iddysti wrote:

byers wrote:

Was going to go 2.1 forged myself with Andy 600bhp will be capable off just dunno if it will be laggy what's the best figures ft/lbs on a 2.1 anyone no

Dave, if your trying that power go 2.5 then these no problem with lag even on a very big turbo   

looks like there's going to be some big horsepower cars in NESF again.

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It is exciting to be honest. I'm gonna get bob to map the life out of the turbo see how it copes

hardy172 wrote:

It is exciting to be honest.  I'm gonna get bob to map the life out of the turbo see how it copes

Yep same here.

A well built 2.1 engine will cope with that, spec up the right parts and it'll pop along just fine.

Sure there's a close too 800bhp 2.1 kicking about.

StickT wrote:

A well built 2.1 engine will cope with that, spec up the right parts and it'll pop along just fine.

Sure there's a close too 800bhp 2.1 kicking about.

But it won't be good on the road, all the power will be at the top end and not usable on the road.

Probably not more drive able in fairness but they are a few quick spooling 2.1s out there.

Whys the engine on the concrete floor though ? He does have a stand don't he, please say it's just busy lol

StickT wrote:

Whys the engine on the concrete floor though ? He does have a stand don't he, please say it's just busy lol

Your eyesight bud - it's on a stand, just the angle of the photo makes it look like that.   

Marietto wrote:

StickT wrote:

Whys the engine on the concrete floor though ? He does have a stand don't he, please say it's just busy lol

Your eyesight bud - it's on a stand, just the angle of the photo makes it look like that.   

i seen it on the stand aswell...good job its not on his desk or you would never see it again!!!   

Blame the ipad, I can see it fine now on laptop.

Please paint the bollock a ncie colour, I like to see engine build with some fresh paint on them,