Suprakeith Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Took the supra to work Friday evening and pushed her little to much having play on A1 with Astra VXR,BMW, R6 and gixer. Lost oil pressure and now have horrible rattle when idling. I suspect bottom end gone but AA man thought could just be oil pump but I dout that. Not how I wanted to get home after work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackyBoi Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Damn that's unfortunate dude sounds like you've spun a bearing or something like that. But now the hunt for more horsepower can commence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudsey Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Nightmare. Certainly hope you manage to get it fixed without to much hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Batch Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Gutting news... Going for a big build or just source another bottom end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitbox Junkie Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 sad news man Go for big build if your going to go for power later int he future? if your going to be happy at 700hp then maybe just get a stock bottom end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Yea massive shame, I am gutted but gives me reason to finally forge engine and go turbo route, have another engine coming in December so can rebuild mine and fit spare engine so can still use the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleshead Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Were you using your nitrous at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Were you using your nitrous at the time? No the bottle is empty so all the Nos system was switched off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebas Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 That's bad news. Any ideas why this is happen? Overheating, low oil level, faulty oil filter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 I think oil pump failed and spun bearings, checked oil level Friday evening before used her and was fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
np89 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I think oil pump failed and spun bearings, checked oil level Friday evening before used her and was fine To be honest with the age of the cars and the engines now I think we will be seeing alot more of this in the future, engines just giving up. Any ones I've seen being rebuilt from stock these days look tired when they are pulled apart. I wouldnt let it get you down too much mate. Just one of those things! Do your research and you'll find you can do a standard rebuild for alot less than you think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraLEDrears Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Does it vibrate at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Cheers chap and not letting it get me down to much as your right she is old car and I have used her and had a lot of joy from her, so will just swap in mates engine and then forge mine so can finally go na-t. I looking at it as opportunity to do some jobs on her and get her and give her refresh. And the engine doesn't seem to vibrate, had mechanic mate listen and he thinks have just pounded bearing and not spun bearing as only makes noise when idle and when give her tiny rev the noise goes and she is as smooth as normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Thats bad luck mate, so you were racing an R6 in the n/a supra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Thats bad luck mate, so you were racing an R6 in the n/a supra? Yep and a gixer 600 lol always worth a go lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Batch Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Was it much of a race lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassbones Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Sad news mate, but the graphics are f@$£ing hilarious!!! "Louder than your mum last night" is my personal favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR24 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Sorry to see this mate, hope it gets sorted asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Sad news mate, but the graphics are f@$£ing hilarious!!! "Louder than your mum last night" is my personal favourite Oh yes I love my little quote stickers. The misses on other hand doesn't she Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Sorry to see this mate, hope it gets sorted asap Yea I was gutted at 1st but going to use it to build my na-t. Going to start stripping bits off soon and aim to get block to SRD asap for cleaning and checking and also fitting see off oil squirters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 Well had my mechanic mate round today to double check engine before take her apart and he confirmed it's definitely knocking from back of bottom end. Have included little video of the noise https://vimeo.com/190441060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
np89 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Well had my mechanic mate round today to double check engine before take her apart and he confirmed it's definitely knocking from back of bottom end. Have included little video of the noise https://vimeo.com/190441060 And you think continuing to run it will improve the condition of your crankshaft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackyBoi Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 And you think continuing to run it will improve the condition of your crankshaft? /QUOTE] Yeah, that. Now it definitely needs to go to the machine shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Thats bad luck mate, so you were racing an R6 in the n/a supra? Must have been an endurance race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 I have another engine coming to me in December to swap over and my block and crank will be going SRD to sort ready for new build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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