Cret Posted March 1, 2004 Posted March 1, 2004 Here's something one of the knowledgeable Legacy boffins 'down under' has just had to say. And I don't like it. At all: You wont get bad running of your engine from being less than a tooth out. Sure it will effect your torque curve and shift the power up or down the engine range, but if every cam is within one tooth of the mark, it should idle and run fine. I think you may have bent valves or some other thing that is causing the roughness and pops and bangs. It would take several teeth out before this becomes a problem due to cam timing. Doesn't sound good does it. And to top it off, no-one proposed to me today either.
Boxer23 Posted March 1, 2004 Posted March 1, 2004 Jim, will you mar......damn, too late. Shame about the Rover. Can you not get a second opinion done in the Island?
CustomScoobyIOM Posted March 1, 2004 Author Posted March 1, 2004 Bugger Sure you got the right cambelt mate? TBH though mate used valves or maybe complete WRX heads are only going to be £300 max. If they are more let me know as I have some in my garage.
Cret Posted March 1, 2004 Posted March 1, 2004 Yeah the belt is the same - we counted the teeth on the old & the new one to make sure. Even so, the tiny bit of difference that it could be out is apparently not enough to make it run as rough as it is. I'm going to compression test the cylinders hopefully one night this week and see how many/how bad they are & take it from there. As far as I know you can remove the heads with the engine in situ I think but I've no idea how much of a nightmare that would be to do. The cost of repairing the top end myself doesn't bother me as I doubt it'll come to all that much, it's just the aggro of it really. Ho hum. At least if I get WRX heads then I shouldn't get bothered by tappet noise/knock sensor issues in future as that's a popular upgrade on the Legacies. Will keep y'all posted anyway - cheers guys!
CustomScoobyIOM Posted March 1, 2004 Author Posted March 1, 2004 Cool Keep us posted as per usual dude!!!! Unfortunately it is engine out jobbie for head gasket
CustomScoobyIOM Posted March 3, 2004 Author Posted March 3, 2004 Manx SIDC All Together Now..... IN READING NICK!!! Sweet Mines gonna be off the road soon
dooahhdoo Posted March 3, 2004 Posted March 3, 2004 Dude? Why wassup? Am I still on for a lift to Nottingham? Have you paid yet?????
heazille Posted March 3, 2004 Posted March 3, 2004 Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine AND its outside my door
dooahhdoo Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Richard dude, has the terrapin hidden your medication again? She is a bad bad lady for doing that
CustomScoobyIOM Posted March 4, 2004 Author Posted March 4, 2004 Engine is coming out and getting the 2.65 Litre put in DUDE!!!!
Boxer23 Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Will THIS one ever get finished, dude?? Why do I get an unsweet feeling whenever CSIOM talks about one of his projects...... Lol
CustomScoobyIOM Posted March 4, 2004 Author Posted March 4, 2004 Ha Ha Ha!! The Type N is almost complete. YHM describing the goodies This one the engine will be out on the Friday, stripped and put back in for the Sunday
Boxer23 Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 And blown-up by Tuesday.... Lol. Have you got gearbox, clutch etc to cope with increased power?
CustomScoobyIOM Posted March 4, 2004 Author Posted March 4, 2004 Hewland S2 Gearbox going in and AP Racing System too Cusco Diffs are going in to cope and already got the Motec ECU DUDE!
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