JamieP Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 theres not a knock jamie you make it sound like its an old banger;) its more of a TOPEND TAP thats not always there you only hear the noise with the bonnet up nothing is heard in the car. i wanted everything to be safe and checked again so it went back in to have the rods changed and everything was checked including the head as i had also had some work done to this no problems were found all well within its tolarence but the noise was still noticable we then changed the cams back to standard this got rid of the noise, it appears the high lift cams make the head a little noisy i cant remember the reason for this but i was told by whifbitz and other tuners not to worry about it even ryan said he never noticed it on the dyno:cool: as it wasn't bad at all i decided to put my cams back in and listen to the traders that it will be safe and no damage can be caused to my newly built engine, its just not as quiet as others thats all:sly: Sorry i Just think its worth mentioning in the sale thread that the engine is noisey, hate to see somebody spend there hard earned and find the engine has a noise that should not be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Can I ask how much the parts amount to, to buy new? I am just interested for interests sake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Sorry i Just think its worth mentioning in the sale thread that the engine is noisey, hate to see somebody spend there hard earned and find the engine has a noise that should not be there. Jamie there is nothing wrong with the engine it has been checked, checked, and checked again by whifbitz and the same machine shop have built many big bhp engines no problems what so ever was found im sure paul will answer any questions if buyers are worried. you say the engine is noisy it really isn't bad atall. Whifbitz have assured me no damage can be caused its a strong built engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 :search:Theres been intrest but alot of people just wasting my time, i think im going to advertise on driftworks and see what happens:d Karma I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add heywood Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I had a top end tap on my engine after I put 264's in... Again was told by respected people on here not to worry about it. I ended up buying a new head/new cams just to get rid. Was told it was the buckets that were making the noise, and that nothing was "wrong" with the engine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 @ heywood - Sounds expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
add heywood Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 @ heywood - Sounds expensive Cost a fair bit, but managed to sell the 264's and old head, and now have a big valve head and mahoosive cams. I was told it was the cam buckets, but after spending over £800 to diagnose a problem that I was told was nothing to worry about, and then being quoted £20 per bucket from Mr T and needing 24 of them, I thought that spending the money to get all new/re built stuff was the way to go just incase the buckets didn't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Im willing to move a little on price please pm with offers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 now on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140729791689?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Id go on there and say it has L19 not 16 bolts, anyone seeing that will think you dont know what you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Id go on there and say it has L19 not 16 bolts, anyone seeing that will think you dont know what you are talking about. L16 is the standard ARP head studs, He dont have L19's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 L16 is the standard ARP head studs, He dont have L19's MY bad I thought this had L19's in it, they are so cheap now its madness not to use em, I would just change it to ARP head studs then, don't advertise the fact it has the base ones in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 i left the the rebuild in the hands of whifbitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 i left the the rebuild in the hands of whifbitz As you were not going to run really high boost they are more than adequate just its such a nice car I would have tried to talk you into L19's at little over a couple of hundrted $$$ its madness not too. A lot of peeps will not know what L19's are so just change it to ARP bolts !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Can I ask how much the parts amount to, to buy new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Way more than the starting bid on that e bay add !!! The head is over 2K worth all day long, rods and pistons close to £1500, ACL bearings 150, ARP studs £300 Cams £700, shimless buckets £300, oil pump 170 then you have the machining and balancing. Billet mains and pulleys are over 1K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thanks I thought it was cheap but didn't know how much so. Appreciate your time in educating me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 is anybody intrested in just the bottom end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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