Mertin
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Be decent fan you get it fired up! Finished tonight?
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ChrisBoom
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Originally posted by Mertin
Be decent fan you get it fired up! Finished tonight?
Unfortunatly not, started pissing rain and the midgies were getting too much, so left it for tomorrow.
Not much to do though, fit the timing belt, intercooler, top up oil and water, then the bumper. Cant wait to get it going again 
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Mertin
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Any running in or taking it easy to be done for the valve seals to set etc?
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Cole
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chris what has it cost you to get the seals done as i think i might need to do mine very soon
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ChrisBoom
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Dont think I need to run it in for the valve stem seals? Ill take it easy for the first few miles anyway.
Cole, has probably cost me £250odd for the timing belt, water pump, head set, bolts, plus the skim and rebuild.
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Cole
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not to bad then might have to do it soon then
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ChrisBoom
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So close to being finished, everything is on apart from the timing belt, shall explain the issue after some pics:
Dark, shitty pics I know.
Problem is with the timing belt, and the inlet cam.
First of all, cant get the fucking belt on, not sure if its the water pump on the wrong way or what, but I cant for the life of me get the belt on.
Its a good job I cant though, as the inlet cam is fucking up.
With the X20XEV cam, you have to retard the timing 1 tooth. I had it set back one tooth, but if I turn over the crankshaft, the pistons hit the valves! If I remove the cam locking tool, it knocks the cam into standard timing marks and turns over fine.
Obviously this is not good, I don't know what the hell I've done wrong, but isn't going to go. If I cant figure it out I'm just going to put the standard Z20LET cam back in, which is a pain in the arse.
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Mertin
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Warren G be able to help maybe?
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DERV-POWER
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i think you need vernier pulley to fit that cam
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ChrisBoom
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Good point, will try u2u'ing him
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Originally posted by DERV-POWER
i think you need vernier pulley to fit that cam
Theres loads of people on AOC that have it fitted on the standard pulley, 1 tooth back. I don't understand what im doing wrong
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Chris
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what difference does the cam over the OE?
Mine is smokey on take off, but i need to find a spare ride while its off the road. So i can do the valve stem seals.
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris
what difference does the cam over the OE?
Mine is smokey on take off, but i need to find a spare ride while its off the road. So i can do the valve stem seals.
Meant to give lots more torque at around 4k to the redline.
Ive had no car for the past few weeks, bloody killing me!
Oh, awesome username 
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Warren G
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are you turning the engine over with the belt on timed up?! otherwise yes the piston will hit if you have locked the cams up !
time it up with one tooth retard and put the belt on and turn it over
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
are you turning the engine over with the belt on timed up?! otherwise yes the piston will hit if you have locked the cams up !
time it up with one tooth retard and put the belt on and turn it over
That could be it, maybe.
I had the cams locked in place, then noticed the crankshaft pulley was off its timing mark. Went to put it back to the marks and noticed the contact.
Shall try putting the belt on any see what it does.
Thats another problem im having, belt is tight as fuck to go on! Think I might have the water pump at the wrong angle.
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Warren G
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they are tight, and if you dont do them regularly and get no the trick of getting them on they are hard!
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ChrisBoom
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Its alive!
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ChrisBoom
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Finally got her going, at long last!
Not totally finished, last thing to do is bolt on the bumper on the drivers side, but ive lost the nut thing that holds it, so need to find one of them.
Finished engine bay:
Just need the TX autosport tophat and powerpipe kit now, my current one is far smaller than the rest of the pipework so is bound to be restricting the system.
Shiney shiney 
What smoke came off the turbo when it was first started up, was quite worrying
Notice a big difference with the inlet cam, big change in torque after 4k, very impressed.
Not been taking it too hard so far, dont know if the turbo/head gasket/valve stem seals need to be run in?
[Edited on 03-09-2010 by ChrisBoom]
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B3KAN
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Nice work chris
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M-IKE19
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Registered: 25th Nov 07
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wounder if that cam is better than the regal 1
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
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quote:
Originally posted by M-IKE19
wounder if that cam is better than the regal 1
Won't be "better", it'll produce less power than the regal one but for BHP/£ its better. Unless of-course Regal are just selling on standard XEV cams?
[Edited on 03-09-2010 by Olsrey]
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ChrisBoom
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quote:
Originally posted by Olsrey
quote:
Originally posted by M-IKE19
wounder if that cam is better than the regal 1
Won't be "better", it'll produce less power than the regal one but for BHP/£ its better. Unless of-course Regal are just selling on standard XEV cams?
[Edited on 03-09-2010 by Olsrey]
Isn't the regal cam exactly the same as a XEV cam, except it can be set on standard timing marks?
I'm very happy with it anyway, didn't cost me a penny so all is well.
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ChrisBoom
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TX Autosport tophat and powerpipe ordered 
Thats about it engine wise I think for now, always the option of VXR AFM, Injectors and 1.9 CDTI airbox later though.
Next jobs are get the side mouldings and front bumper sprayed, and some AP coilovers
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Piér
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Very nice car, I'd love yours Glad you finally got it going mate
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ChrisBoom
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Originally posted by Piér
Very nice car, I'd love yours Glad you finally got it going mate
Cheers buddy
Just a small update, taking the side mouldings to get sprayed today, also getting a quote for the front bumper to get done, as its pretty bad with stone chips.
TX autosport powerpipe is cancelled for now, they wouldn't give me the discount they promised me, so they reversed the transaction. Ill still buy it before the remap though.
Phoning today about getting the car booked in next month for the remap
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marklawton
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nice one chris, have you sorted the low boost problem yet or you hoping that it just needs a remap?
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