A quick hello from essex

Thought id check the forum out quick Bob looking good mate.Just need to get a few more of us on now.I need to pull my finger out and get my one back on the road now

hiya luke and welcome to the forum

itll take a few weeks to build up but im sure itll get there eventually

what you doing with the car?

Yeah im sure the site will get there in time Bobby.I need to take it apart and rebuild it.It started to smoke under hard acceleration so did a comp test and im getting between 125-135psi on three of cylinders and 145 on the other one so think the rings are fried or the ring lands have cracked

it maybe ringlands luke
if so providing the bores arent scored you can get away with removing the head and sump then just honing out the cylinders
ive got good stock pistons if needed so shouldnt cost hardly anything to sort out
it was running between 145 and 155 across all 4 but things can change at a drop of hat with these motors.
give me a shout should you need any help, advice or parts to fix

Yeah its the joys of old cars aint it mate.Im hoping it hasnt scored the bores so i can get away with a budget rebuild hopefully.I'll start stripping it in the next month so if i need anything i'll give you a shout mate.

welcome to the site luke and good luck with the gti-r hope it goes well

richpulsar wrote:welcome to the site luke and good luck with the gti-r hope it goes well

Cheers Rich.Should'nt be to much of a challenge im hoping.

But its a gti-r you know something will go wrong whilst puttin it back t'gether, where bouts in essex are you mate.

Near colchester mate.Guessing your just down the a120 at stansted then.Wer have to sort out meeting up sometime if there both ever on the road at the same time lol.

yea just down at stortford, and if u want a hand doin ur car and im about ill help ya

Ok mate cheers for that Rich.Might take you up on that offer.

i reckon itll be ringland gone luke
if so il sort you out with a set of good pistons for her

gtirus wrote:i reckon itll be ringland gone luke
if so il sort you out with a set of good pistons for her

OK Bobby your a star i've priced the rest of the bits up to rebuild it and the parts from work are silly cheap.Even cheaper then the rebuild bits i bought for my renault 5 gtt when i rebuilt that.