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 Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:57 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 7045
Trade Rating: +5
Location: In the garage
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| Brian wrote: |
PANTS! I was there today too. I expect i'd politely be told to "just bolt pal" if i asked how it was getting on etc 
A week would be a pretty quick turnaround! |
You were at Ecosse? Did you see it ?
They told me originally it would take a week although since then they wouldn't 100% commit to a week just in case...it is a big job but a week isn't impossible if they've ordered all the parts in advance (they had enough time and I paid them enough up front!)
| Jamie wrote: |
Did you buy your head direct from Longmans?
Can't wait for this to be done  |
I bought it second hand. It was very clean though and had been finished off at a machine shop. It's a shame they can't be bought new anymore.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:07 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Ring y0
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I see, I'm interested because there is a cylinder head machinist opposite my house, only a little operation though which is why I'm a bit dubious to use them...
I have a spare GTi180 engine, so if it doesn't sell I'll be building that up and then stick that in all at once.
What kind of work should I ask to be done by the machine shop, ie in mm etc?
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:28 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Under your bed
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I seem to vaguely remember something like 6/9 that I had off mine but don't quote me on that as I lost my thread with the site 
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:31 am |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2010
Posts: 1473
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Location: 666ft Below
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Sometime little companies are better Jamie. See if you can find anyone they have done work for before?
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:36 am |
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Location: Ring y0
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I've been in there a few times, asked to do work experience, only 2 men work there as far as I can tell!
I've never seen anyone trying to brick the place so it can't be that bad!
And thanks Seb but yours was a TU wasn't it
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:48 am |
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Yeah it was but afaik it will all be relative and even 6/9 is a fairly conservative amount. It's mostly to up the compression slightly and give the gasket a flat surface to sandwich with. As for porting I'd guess there are no definitive measurements for that as it will mostly be done on a case to case basis.
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:24 am |
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Joined: Jan 25, 2010
Posts: 3497
Trade Rating: +31
Location: VVT Land, Fife
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| Edward wrote: |
You were at Ecosse? Did you see it ?
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Nah, i didn't dude, it would have been hidden away in the workshop. I was literally just in and out of the place as I had other places to be
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:35 am |
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Location: In the garage
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| Jamie wrote: |
What kind of work should I ask to be done by the machine shop, ie in mm etc? |
All depends how big the combustion chamber is in the head. Don't forget skimming the head changes the valve timing...which is where verniers come in handy to correct the timing again.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:34 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Trade Rating: +19
Location: West mids
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will you be at fcs ed?
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:09 pm |
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Location: In the garage
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| spike_202 wrote: |
| will you be at fcs ed? |
Naah.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:24 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Trade Rating: +9
Location: Ring y0
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:31 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 1312
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Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Edward, i think you have my favourite sig on the site.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:16 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Reading
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Are you getting it back tomorrow or do they need it for longer?
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:24 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
Posts: 151
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Location: Cheshire
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Gorgeous mate. Would love to one day do a car to the standard you have on this.
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| Firedance GTI 138, Tivoli Blue 1.9 D | |
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:31 pm |
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Joined: Feb 13, 2010
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To much talk of figures. At end of the day the figures are just down to the conditions at that time and as you know, all RR are different. As long as it drives right and feels like it should then thats what you should want.
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