Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 15y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 13/12/12 07:39 AM Share Posted 13/12/12 07:39 AM ^^^ Sorry to hear mate. I guess the lesson here is get one shop to do the lot. Build the engine & fit then it's all on them. Hope somebody takes some responsibility otherwise the labour costs are gunna hurt. All the best with it 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbowelshy89 Member 147 Member For: 14y 10m 30d Posted 13/12/12 07:42 AM Share Posted 13/12/12 07:42 AM Sorry to hear mate that's no good... Can u clarify wat u mean by to much clearance as I have had my engine rebuilt with spool rods and cp pistons and am now a little worried my engine has been running all good for 3000kms or so. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 17y 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 13/12/12 07:56 AM Share Posted 13/12/12 07:56 AM Tisk tisk to the engine builder Measure 3times minimum then again "most" off the shelf items need finessing to be right, this is why blueprinting/balancing should be done correctly.Some items like je pistons will have weights and code numbers attached to each slug so u can start to weigh up where your going to place them in order for balancing. I know spool rods are a cheap rod and weighing,measuring,after balancing is definately needed !!! Bad luck mate I feel for ya Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
131FPV Member 87 Member For: 13y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/12/12 08:09 AM Author Share Posted 13/12/12 08:09 AM On 13/12/2012 at 7:39 AM, Bomber said: ^^^ Sorry to hear mate. I guess the lesson here is get one shop to do the lot. Build the engine & fit then it's all on them. Hope somebody takes some responsibility otherwise the labour costs are gunna hurt. All the best with it thanks mate and have spoken with the builder and said he has to pay for the engine refit this time as he had the chance to fix the problem first time and is not my fault this time round. Ahh the highs and very lows of building a engine. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Donating Members 1,725 Member For: 17y 5m 7d Gender: Male Posted 13/12/12 09:34 AM Share Posted 13/12/12 09:34 AM fark bad luck mate that really sux but rest assured if anyone can make your engine work its jon at plr. he built my rb26 and has sooooo much experience with basically every motor on the planet and has all the machinery under the sun. did anyone mention the head stud problems they suffer to him ? what were your rod bearing clearances ? 2 thou ? 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Donating Members 1,171 Member For: 15y 9m 8d Posted 13/12/12 09:42 AM Share Posted 13/12/12 09:42 AM Can someone explain rod bearing clearance? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
131FPV Member 87 Member For: 13y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/12/12 09:43 AM Author Share Posted 13/12/12 09:43 AM On 13/12/2012 at 7:42 AM, turbowelshy89 said: Sorry to hear mate that's no good... Can u clarify wat u mean by to much clearance as I have had my engine rebuilt with spool rods and cp pistons and am now a little worried my engine has been running all good for 3000kms or so.I've been told by Lee that John from PLR said the rods had a side clearance of 30thou meaning the bearings are exposed by 30thou and not 10thou which is what the factory rods and atomic rods are. In older V8 engine this is ok as they run a thicker oil but because our engines run a super thin oil this much clearence is believed to be cause the oil to weep out and cause low oil pressure. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
131FPV Member 87 Member For: 13y 2m 12d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/12/12 09:45 AM Author Share Posted 13/12/12 09:45 AM On 13/12/2012 at 9:34 AM, mic said: fark bad luck mate that really sux but rest assured if anyone can make your engine work its jon at plr. he built my rb26 and has sooooo much experience with basically every motor on the planet and has all the machinery under the sun. did anyone mention the head stud problems they suffer to him ? what were your rod bearing clearances ? 2 thou ?He said the bearing were spot on Once he has the motor he is going to pressure test the cam bearing to see if there is a problem, then pressure test the rod clearances with the thin oil to find the leak. John understands that I wanted the car before Xmas and will try his hardest next week to fix it but probably won't have enough time Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Donating Members 1,725 Member For: 17y 5m 7d Gender: Male Posted 13/12/12 09:51 AM Share Posted 13/12/12 09:51 AM (edited) ah ok, side clearance ....... hope im wrong but that cant be fixed spool need to give u new rods. if that's the problem I mean. sorry if I missed but what head studs ? k got it its arp lol Edited 13/12/12 09:56 AM by mic 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Donating Members 1,725 Member For: 17y 5m 7d Gender: Male Posted 13/12/12 09:53 AM Share Posted 13/12/12 09:53 AM On 13/12/2012 at 9:42 AM, XYZ said: Can someone explain rod bearing clearance?distance from the crankshaft to the slipper bearing. once its all torqued down. 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81970-500rwkw-here-i-come/page/9/#findComment-1336658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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