Mattb
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anyone ever thought of using the same 'coolingb mod' used on some of the tb'd xe lumps? 
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BeArDy
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Originally posted by Mattb
anyone ever thought of using the same 'coolingb mod' used on some of the tb'd xe lumps?
which is?
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Nic Barnes
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water in the header tank
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BeArDy
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water in the header tank
this is where Matt went wrong with his corsa 
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Mattb
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you seen the cometic steel gaskets? well they have 8 holes that appear to be randomly just there around the bores, apparently if you have the blocked drilled and the head (i think also) where these holes are you hit the water jacket allowing more coolant to be circulated round the block.. never seen it done, only heard about it 
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Mattb
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quote:
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Originally posted by muppetsport
water in the header tank
this is where Matt went wrong with his corsa
more like i forgot to fit the radiator and left it running for an hour!
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Nic Barnes
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holes around the bores in the gasket? dont really get what you mean?
mine is some steel layered 1.9mil thing, havent seen any holes in random places. might have missed em though
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Mattb
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i'll see if i can find the page where i read it in a bit.. dinners ready
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BeArDy
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
holes around the bores in the gasket? dont really get what you mean?
mine is some steel layered 1.9mil thing, havent seen any holes in random places. might have missed em though
what pistons you using?
and compersion ratio?
as i am running low comp pistons and was told only to run a 1.3mm gasket, as only use the 1.9mm one only if you have to?
matt will post that on MIG......
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Nic Barnes
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no dinner, find it now. no time to eat after giving out info like that. eat later. find now. now now now.
be back soon, my tea is ready n all
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Nic Barnes
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the head ive got was off an xe so i went for the 1.9mil as it had been skimmed.
ive got je low compression forged 87mil things. unsure of what compression it will run. just hope it runs really.
its built to take a phase 4 kinda 360bhp although hopefully in next few months will have tb's aswell so i tried to build it to take a bit more. just hope it does.
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Mattb
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http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=207937&page=1&pp=25&highlight=cometic
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Mattb
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^^ an interesting read
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Jambo
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What would it take re-build and uprated wise to run Phase 3.5 i.e 320+bhp obviously not all the time, switchable i mean.
But what to do to make it safe.
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corb
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Jambo, youre a cunt, how do you feel about that?
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Jambo
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Corbina thats not very nice
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Nic Barnes
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ive gone steel rods, forged low comp pistons, oil spray bars in bottom end to make it safe enough for phase 4 that it will be running.
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jamesw
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ill be running phase 3.5 soon enough, my mate has a saloon nova and is running phase3, deffo need uprated acturator to hold the boost, uprated fuel bumper he recomended to me and also bigger injectors with less fuel pressure to take strain off the fuel injection system. As for rebuild guess it depends on the engine really. Also been recomended NGK iridium plugs which are apparently a few grades colder than the ones regal etc supply.
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Nic Barnes
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oh, pretty much apart from bottom end being able to take it has to have a good intercooler and pretty much most importantly if running more boost the injectors and fuel pump really kinda wanna be changed.
i had phase 3 running on a cav turbo for about 9 months. fast as hell and reliable up until one of the injectors decided it had had enough and stopped working at fully duty cycle and killed the block.
im still looking into what pump to use but there is a bloke on mig sells a in tank fitment pump for a corsa made by walbro with all fixing needed and its rated over 400bhp so reckon i shall fair order one of them next week. about 150 quid as well. bargain
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jamesw
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loads of people have recomended the walbro 255 to me, suppost to be simliar spec to the bosch 044 but bit cheaper.
[Edited on 26-07-2005 by jamesw]
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