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Author jamesvalvers tb'd xe - LOVE/HATE - 15.05.2008 - going well
BrANDO
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18th Feb 08 at 23:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont break it! think of ur best memory of the car. wouldnt be worth breakin it now too much time put into it. and we wouldnt be able to read ur project thread. gratz btw 1k posts now
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Don't do that James.

Save some money up, pay someone to build the engine for you, with all the right parts.

Run it in, have it mapped, then you'll love it.

It'll be cheaper in the long run than rebuilding it 7 times


Think he has done this tho mate!
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update - ordered some 195/50r15 yoko parada spec 2's today on the work account for my steelies which im going to paint white. im looking for a std post97 front bumper if anyones got one?
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some possibilities maybe?



and on white steelies
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Think he has done this tho mate!


Has he?

I thought he'd built the engine himself each time?

I'm not knocking you James, but I think if you do it right once, it'll be ok, and if you don't, you'll regret not doing it, and not finding out just how good it would be
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its been built twice. the first rebuild was spot on, all was well untill i fitted that new blasted cover! lol o well we all learn.

im looking for quotes on getting the bottom end sent away, overbored, new pistons, crank reground with oversized bearings and built up again
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Originally posted by jamesvalver
some possibilities maybe?



and on white steelies


Didn't you just sell you morettes?
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update - ordered some 195/50r15 yoko parada spec 2's today on the work account for my steelies which im going to paint white. im looking for a std post97 front bumper if anyones got one?


i have mate!
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best car in bary st.edmunds
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best car in bary st.edmunds


bary?
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what wrong with the engine at the mo??
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rattle from bottom end when cold. goin for an overbore with new pistons
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surely its should be constant not just cold it the bottom end not just when cold

[Edited on 20-02-2008 by TomSBD]
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it rattles only when cold for about 2mins then as soon as u take it to 3000rpm it shuts up. need to get the car back home and take the sump off
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changes are for the better, even though it looks awesome as it is now.

orange cage in there wouldnt go a miss
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steel wheels refurb and new tyres

before - 1x standard 6.5x15" et49



wet flatted



primered



painted in gloss white



and new tyres. 195/50r15 yokohama parada spec2's
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Originally posted by jamesvalver
it rattles only when cold for about 2mins then as soon as u take it to 3000rpm it shuts up. need to get the car back home and take the sump off


sounds like piston slap to me, mine does it very slightly from cold and mines been rebored and had new pistons, all my old xe's did it. i wouldnt worry about it.

can seen it being the bottom end as it would do it when hot with thinner oil

oh and wheels look

[Edited on 20-02-2008 by TomSBD]
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hmmm... might just keep drivin it then

how can it change so much in a rebuild tho?
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YES
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more progress on the steelies!

2 are all done and tyres fitted, just need to get my stickers made up for them, and i will finish spraying the other 2 tomorrow.

going to pick my car up tonight so i'll see if i can get a video of the rattle my car makes also

the wheels
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Hiya mate. Only jus managed to get hold of a total vauxhall. The car looks mint as it is. What are the steelies for?
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Congrats on the feature James

standard post front or get an Irmy lip if you can
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liam - cheer dude! the steelies are my track wheels

ash - cheers also
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steels must be heavy, no?
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not really. few pisc of it on the steelies









and last night before i washed it

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