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Old 18-05-2011, 10:54 PM
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Good on you for coming still, i for one am on my tod this year and sporting no injuries, so i am going to make th emost of it
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Old 18-05-2011, 11:24 PM
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Well Stew has priced up my spec for a new engine... now to rob a bank
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Old 18-05-2011, 11:27 PM
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Not good James..

As said my sti8 engine is there if you wanted to use it..

It is just lucky the head gasket went to alert of the other issues.. obviously previous owner of engine bits was diddled with fundemental issues which you are now facing the bill for

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Thanks for the offer Simon

Think i'll just go with Adrian and get drunk instead
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Old 18-05-2011, 11:42 PM
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Old 18-05-2011, 11:54 PM
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After a new build has so many problems, it does get you a bit down

But after a good chat with Stew today its helped me to think clearly again
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Old 19-05-2011, 02:54 AM
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After a new build has so many problems, it does get you a bit down

But after a good chat with Stew today its helped me to think clearly again
Good man spoken like a proper trooper! It is gutting when your pride & joy end's up in bit's & it's not your own doing!
Is there any comeback on the guy who built the engine for Greig? It cant of done many miles & it's not been in yours that long. Might be worth a try mate.
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Old 19-05-2011, 08:05 AM
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Be interesting to see what the original engine builder has to say.
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Old 19-05-2011, 08:42 AM
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Nice one Angus, glad to hear the trooper will live again
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Old 19-05-2011, 08:56 AM
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Be interesting to see what the original engine builder has to say.
The mistakes made are unbelievable and the damage for an engine with 2000 miles on it, aswell as SMG finding a crack in the block
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Old 19-05-2011, 12:21 PM
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The mistakes made are unbelievable and the damage for an engine with 2000 miles on it, aswell as SMG finding a crack in the block
Thats just wrong buddy, hope you get some sort of compensation.
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Old 19-05-2011, 03:45 PM
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The mistakes made are unbelievable and the damage for an engine with 2000 miles on it, aswell as SMG finding a crack in the block
sounds to me then that when the engine was built it was not fit for purpose so there for i would get onto them and get them to cough up for the re-build
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Old 19-05-2011, 04:13 PM
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sounds to me then that when the engine was built it was not fit for purpose so there for i would get onto them and get them to cough up for the re-build
Having spoken to James earlier, I could not agree more. Absolutely ****ing shocking workmanship involved.
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Old 19-05-2011, 05:12 PM
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Are there any good engine builders out there????
These threads seem to be getting more common
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Old 19-05-2011, 07:07 PM
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Old 19-05-2011, 07:34 PM
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When he is on land lol


I should have just got Stew at TFS Racing to build the engine from the start, but when the one popped up on here it looked and sounded perfect for what i wanted....


Picking up a 2.2 CDB tomorrow
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Old 19-05-2011, 07:49 PM
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Picking up a CDB tomorrow ...... does that mean that the trooper will be fixed in time? Fingers crossed for ya mate.
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Old 19-05-2011, 08:27 PM
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No chance mate, changed my booking from the trooper to the 22b
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Old 19-05-2011, 08:34 PM
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your making the right choice with a 2.35 , best all rounder
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Old 19-05-2011, 08:54 PM
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Old 19-05-2011, 10:11 PM
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A difficult situation when this happens.

Regarding the engine builder & putting it right for nothing, I'll be amazed if that happens. I've known toooooo many engines to let go and the ONLY ones that will receive any form of compassion or financial reward are the ones that have a good bond & a close relationship with the builder/tuner.


Trouble being that many engine builders are governed by customers budgets.
A 500 Bhp lump seems the figure that many want at the moment and there are probably over 1000 combinations of achieving that power ranging from a few grand to 30 grand.

If poor assembly can be proven they may not have an option ? as it's often component failures that cause the issue.
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Old 20-05-2011, 10:20 AM
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Thats all very true Clive. James's problem is that he didn't actually spec the build and instead bought what should have been a properly built engine. If James had specced the engine, it would have been done properly, as I'm sure many people would vouch. He doesn't do things by halves.

I think that in this case it would be incredibly difficult to know where to apportion any blame, or if in fact you even could. Although looking at some of the build errors, they should never have happened. We can't comment on the specs given to the builders though, as the parts for the build list may have been not top notch. Speaking with James yesterday, he was saying there are parts that him & Stew can't even recognise the make on?

It's all a bit of a minefield really in this case, unfortunately, James is footing the bill for whichever one of the parties involved made a hash of.

Clive, I have been on the end of some snide comments in the past during my engine build. I'm sure you know the ones "just throwing money at it" kind of comments and much worse. But what I did do was spec as highly as I possibly could, I set myself a 420/420 bhp/nm target that was easily achievable (allegedly ) and now I'm there I'm a very happy man. I know I have probably overspent on several occasions and the bit's I have bought are capable of much more, but I wanted bulletproof all the way and am 100% stopping at that.

That's probably set me up for blowing mine up now!!!
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Old 20-05-2011, 10:49 AM
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The car at the moment has had well over 40k spent on it by me and the previous owners i know, everything apart from the engine is there to make it a very good car.. Why this time im building an engine to my own spec with Stew at TFS


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Old 20-05-2011, 11:34 AM
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mmmm I feel for James on this one.
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Old 20-05-2011, 11:50 AM
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Same as

Like you say James, you live and learn. You know however, that your spec on the engine will make it the absolute nuts.

I am really looking forward to seeing it back out on the road.
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Old 20-05-2011, 12:19 PM
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It will be back better than ever
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Old 20-05-2011, 12:54 PM
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bugger james i didn't realise it was that bad, glad your getting sorted and at least with stew building it now you know it'll be spot on.
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Old 20-05-2011, 01:46 PM
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Only just spotted this thread on here; didn't realise quite how down you were about the car.

Glad to see you've talked yourself round and the Trooper will live again though!
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