civillian Donating Members 78 Member For: 20y 5m 20d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 19/08/09 09:30 AM Share Posted 19/08/09 09:30 AM Any word on the beast yet mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 19/08/09 10:19 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/09 10:19 AM lol yeah mate another injector decided to give up so that is 2 that have failed in a week.. cant believe it only having problems with them after they were cleaned and flow tested... well got another set of injectors now and have to put them in.. ringing up 2morrow to book in for a tune.. as for the leak its pretty much stopped.. have to go over everything and check everything is tight but looked like there was a bit of oil coming from the head so that was re torqued and see how we go now.. clutch is getting better must of had oil on it and sh*t.. getting there as the car has only done like 250k's with the new motor so going to try and run it in tomorrow lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howsee Donating Members 785 Member For: 17y 5m 4d Gender: Male Location: Carindale, Brisbane Posted 19/08/09 10:19 AM Share Posted 19/08/09 10:19 AM (edited) Sounds good mate. I'm looking forward to what it makes on the dyno. Edited 19/08/09 10:20 AM by Howsee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 19/08/09 10:33 AM Share Posted 19/08/09 10:33 AM unless yours have replaced to another brand, the ford head bolts are a torque to yeild bolt, which means they must only be used once and never be retorqued, retorquing them or overtorque puts them in their plastic phase which may lead to breakage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebxmple Member 1,322 Member For: 17y 1m 7d Posted 19/08/09 10:45 AM Share Posted 19/08/09 10:45 AM Ratter is 100% right. Hopefully the head bolts have been replaced with after market stud kit hence the retighten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 19/08/09 11:15 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/09 11:15 AM (edited) yeah they are not ford head bolts they are atomic head bolt kit and that's why it was done by the motor builder (ATOMIC) when they build these motors they usually run them on the test cell to make sure everything is ok with them and re tighten everything and guess what they never run mine so that's why all this sh*t is happening with it now while its in the car.. Edited 19/08/09 11:22 AM by CHLAXN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howsee Donating Members 785 Member For: 17y 5m 4d Gender: Male Location: Carindale, Brisbane Posted 19/08/09 11:23 AM Share Posted 19/08/09 11:23 AM That sucks mate, at least they're looking after you with it all. I hope it's all sorted really soon for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 19/08/09 11:27 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/09 11:27 AM (edited) yeah same here mate.. just changed over the injectors to the new ones which are the same as the last ones and car seems to be running on all cylinders now.. took it for a drive and runs rough.. hopefully now it just need a tune and it will be ok will find out soon I guess.. just hope I can get it booked in asap.. Edited 19/08/09 11:28 AM by CHLAXN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 20/08/09 02:52 AM Author Share Posted 20/08/09 02:52 AM well car was still running like sh*t last nite with the new injectors.. so today I disconnected the surge tank and brought new spark plugs and runs perfect now.. so I will connect the surge tank back up and see what happens with the new plugs so hope it has nothing to do with the surge tank... car is booked in for a tune in the morning so hopefully it will be all good fingers crossed I need it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik1 Silver Donating Members 2,720 Member For: 16y 9m 27d Gender: Male Location: Loitering in SEQ Posted 21/08/09 08:40 AM Share Posted 21/08/09 08:40 AM how'd the tune go??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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