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[The Red Baron]

im sure it will be fine.
 

[henryd]

I think you should get away with that as it's the exhaust cam that's advanced

Cheers Lazy,

that seems to be the consensus.....ill tell you sunday 

BOOM


sorry web, lmfao. 

hahahahaha!!!! believe me ive thought about it.

and its a very good point.... if this thing does throw a rod (i believe thats the term for when a valve shoots out the engine ) is it likely the carnage will be contained in the engine...... dont facy turning up to A&E with no head..... or even worse a bad case of erection loss 

Thats "dropping a valve" which is serious,"throwing a rod" is when a con rod decides not to be attached to a piston anymore and decides to to take a look outside the block leaving a rather great hole in the side of the engine(this is very serious)

[aaronjb]

"Throwing a rod" is when a con rod (the bit between the piston and crank) makes a bid for freedom from the confines of the piston & crank, usually through the side of the engine. Tends to be fatal for the engine on account of the gaping hole and shrapnel

Bending a valve won't eject bits of engine from the engine.. just.. bend things internally.

Damn, beaten to it

[henryd]

"Throwing a rod" is when a con rod (the bit between the piston and crank) makes a bid for freedom from the confines of the piston & crank, usually through the side of the engine. Tends to be fatal for the engine on account of the gaping hole and shrapnel

Bending a valve won't eject bits of engine from the engine.. just.. bend things internally.

Damn, beaten to it

I'm surprised as I'm shite at typing

[Webby the Bear]

im sure it will be fine.

watch this space

 

[The Red Baron]

"Throwing a rod" is when a con rod (the bit between the piston and crank) makes a bid for freedom from the confines of the piston & crank, usually through the side of the engine. Tends to be fatal for the engine on account of the gaping hole and shrapnel

Bending a valve won't eject bits of engine from the engine.. just.. bend things internally.

Damn, beaten to it

happened to me with a 3.0l ford, certainly killed the engine. 

[Webby the Bear]

connecting rod, right?

ok that makes more sense 

why would that happen 

[aaronjb]

I'm surprised as I'm shite at typing

Well I am half watching a film.. Ooh Sophia Myles. Mmm.


Webby - con rods break due to stresses, constant stretching & shrinking back (every time the piston hits the top of it's stroke, there's a pulling strain of many tons IIRC). Usually tuned engines beyond the design envelope of the rod will bend or break a rod either from sheer power or from detonation, that is where the fuel vapour ignites early and the flame front hits the piston crown as the piston is rising in it's bore, instead of as it's falling. You get an enormous strain on the rods and eventually, pop!

[Webby the Bear]

I'm surprised as I'm shite at typing

Well I am half watching a film.. Ooh Sophia Myles. Mmm.


Webby - con rods break due to stresses, constant stretching & shrinking back (every time the piston hits the top of it's stroke, there's a pulling strain of many tons IIRC). Usually tuned engines beyond the design envelope of the rod will bend or break a rod either from sheer power or from detonation, that is where the fuel vapour ignites early and the flame front hits the piston crown as the piston is rising in it's bore, instead of as it's falling. You get an enormous strain on the rods and eventually, pop!

makes sense that all necesary components are upgraded..... my mate has an orange scooby. spent £15k doing it up apparently (all engine work). he had to take it back as all the engine mods caused stress on some part (cant remember what) that was original.

[The Red Baron]

mine exploded due to big end shell failure. at 80mph it did make a mess oh & a bloody racket. lol

[henryd]

mine exploded due to big end shell failure. at 80mph it did make a mess oh & a bloody racket. lol

Never ends well ,did something similar with a Morris 1100 many years ago,took out the gearbox as well when it went

[omega3000]

I think you should get away with that as it's the exhaust cam that's advanced

Cheers Lazy,

that seems to be the consensus.....ill tell you sunday 

BOOM


sorry web, lmfao. 

hahahahaha!!!! believe me ive thought about it.

and its a very good point.... if this thing does throw a rod (i believe thats the term for when a valve shoots out the engine  ) is it likely the carnage will be contained in the engine...... dont facy turning up to A&E with no head..... or even worse a bad case of erection loss 

Itl be fine , for all of us learning mechanics we wait for your next update .. your learning a lot by what your doing and a bonus is so are we with your updates

[Webby the Bear]

Cheers Steve!

Right, thought i'd be able to afford a torque wrench (the expensive one from hellfrauds) but i can't.

i refuse to be stopped this saturday..... if i do everything up without torquing will that be ok just to start it and see if it's ok?

bearing in mind i then plan to strip it all back down for the HG job

[aaronjb]

As long as you're sensible (I.e. don't leave anything finger tight and don't monkey off the bolts and snap them off) you'll be fine, IMHO

[Webby the Bear]

As long as you're sensible (I.e. don't leave anything finger tight and don't monkey off the bolts and snap them off) you'll be fine, IMHO

Exactly what i was thinking. Cheers aaron