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Engine Update
Hi guys.
Just got off the phone to my old man, he did a compression test to my engine.
figures are...
TEMP CYL1 CYL2 CYL3 CYL4
Cold 140 126 132 135
Warm 147 139 151 142
The only fair cyl is number 2, but as far as an engine rebuild forget it!
My dads looked over the car a bit, and found a few problems.
1) The Dizzy's vac advance is being very british
2) The points are very sloppy.
3) the spark is ok. But i have whats known as "supression leads" on mine, my uncle recons this is all bad. They are used newer cars, but for older cars apparently are too restrictive. Apparently if i put low resistance leads on, i can expect engine noise through my sound system.
The dizzy has been rebuilt (apparently) twice now in the past 2 years, pretty bloddy pathetic! I recon a elec system is in order. I should have forked it out first time the dizzy was acting up, darn thing's caused me nothin but problems
As far as these figures go, they recon my engine health is pretty ok. Um, but as far as the crank bearings problem go, its still there isnt it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Ah well, my dad seems convinced that the problem isnt as bad as i make it out to be. I think he's just not up2 lifting the engine.
If we lift the engine, it looks like the work isnt going to be as much as we thought. just the bearings, AND A HOT CAM /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
Anyone used a WADE cam?
Think its an aussie cam, not sure. My dandy mechanic highly recomends them over piper/kent cams
Cheers Jarrod
Hi guys.
Just got off the phone to my old man, he did a compression test to my engine.
figures are...
TEMP CYL1 CYL2 CYL3 CYL4
Cold 140 126 132 135
Warm 147 139 151 142
The only fair cyl is number 2, but as far as an engine rebuild forget it!
My dads looked over the car a bit, and found a few problems.
1) The Dizzy's vac advance is being very british
2) The points are very sloppy.
3) the spark is ok. But i have whats known as "supression leads" on mine, my uncle recons this is all bad. They are used newer cars, but for older cars apparently are too restrictive. Apparently if i put low resistance leads on, i can expect engine noise through my sound system.
The dizzy has been rebuilt (apparently) twice now in the past 2 years, pretty bloddy pathetic! I recon a elec system is in order. I should have forked it out first time the dizzy was acting up, darn thing's caused me nothin but problems
As far as these figures go, they recon my engine health is pretty ok. Um, but as far as the crank bearings problem go, its still there isnt it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Ah well, my dad seems convinced that the problem isnt as bad as i make it out to be. I think he's just not up2 lifting the engine.
If we lift the engine, it looks like the work isnt going to be as much as we thought. just the bearings, AND A HOT CAM /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
Anyone used a WADE cam?
Think its an aussie cam, not sure. My dandy mechanic highly recomends them over piper/kent cams
Cheers Jarrod