Might as well get them to cut the valves back in! Then shim it with the cam 
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Project Cinq!
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Project Cinq!
Daz.
I think Cinq's Alloy's would suit your Sei.
I think Cinq's Alloy's would suit your Sei.
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im just wanting it to be running before i start playing with cosmetics weeks holiday coming up so can get in about him and see if i can get an mot booked
weeks holiday coming up so can get in about him and see if i can get an mot booked
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abyss113 said:im just wanting it to be running before i start playing with cosmetics
theres pretty much one days work max on both centos
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thats how i want the holdiay so i can clean it aswell
but ill be at the garage tomorrow as i have the new locks to fit and i want to see if the pit bike will fir in the corollas boot
but ill be at the garage tomorrow as i have the new locks to fit and i want to see if the pit bike will fir in the corollas boot
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im probably heading up to fit the sols exhaust or wishbones if the cinqs head isn't back from the shop, so i'll probably see you up there :laugh:
Cento working party ftw....
Ill bring mine up to join in this patray?
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sure come up
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ok, im stumped, inlet gasket.........short of buying a full HG kit, i think im more likely to find a hens tooth that an inlet gasket! :laugh:
still waiting on the head coming back from the machinist, expect a rather large update around the weekend though
still waiting on the head coming back from the machinist, expect a rather large update around the weekend though
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Is the gasket dry, but just torn? I have used "Blue Hylomar" instant gasket without any problems in the past on this type of mating surfaces.
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the gaskets totaly disintegrated now from the inlet being on and off so often
i have a plastic type gasket as a potential emergency replacement, but i dont trust them tbh
i have a plastic type gasket as a potential emergency replacement, but i dont trust them tbh
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"Plastic type gasket" Aah this is probably a "thermal insulator" designed to keep the heat from the engine away from the inlet manifold to keep the incoming fuel charge as cool as possible, is it about 3mm thick? I have used one on the Spider.
Better to use this if you can, you could use this with a smear of Blue Hylomar either side.
Better to use this if you can, you could use this with a smear of Blue Hylomar either side.
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it's a really strange thin plastic, possibly only 1-2mm thick. really flexible but doesnt have much if any "squash" to it like a regular type gasket, so yeah if i used that it'd have to be with sealant i think i just dont trust that sort of gasket though when it relies on another seal being applied beyond it, really is last resort stuff if i have to use it, looks like im going to have to though, i can't get an inlet gasket anywhere fiat dealership say the minimum time it will take for them to get it is a month, could be 3 or 4 months though.
i'm even struggling to get a whole HG kit tbh with it included, in all honesty i dont like the gasket i have, does anyone know anything about Glaser Gaskets? spanish made, in all honesty i don't think it feels great quality, so would rather keep that aside as an emergency spare
i just dont trust that sort of gasket though when it relies on another seal being applied beyond it, really is last resort stuff if i have to use it, looks like im going to have to though, i can't get an inlet gasket anywhere fiat dealership say the minimum time it will take for them to get it is a month, could be 3 or 4 months though.i'm even struggling to get a whole HG kit tbh with it included, in all honesty i dont like the gasket i have, does anyone know anything about Glaser Gaskets? spanish made, in all honesty i don't think it feels great quality, so would rather keep that aside as an emergency spare
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If I were in your situation I would use the plastic insulator with sealant either side, and order up a gasket in the mean time. Does the inlet manifold carry any coolant through it?
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gengis said:
yeah, it has a coolant channel in the spi so to change again i'd need to drain the coolant, refill, re-bleed to fit another gasket
not really a hard job buts still another task i'd like to avoid doing again if need be
would rather just get it all right first (well, second time :laugh this time fluffy .... he would send it out to you next day ........
Any local motor factor round here could get a headset within an hour in glasgow!
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Any local motor factor round here could get a headset within an hour in glasgow!
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No motor factor in Dundee will sell me one :laugh: the ones i know of only have mpi ones
It's ridiculous how hard it is to get car parts in general, i don't get why everywhere is strictly trade/buisness account only
Best thing is how you get a trade account, show receipts from trade purchases....how can you do that if you can't get to buy anything to start with? :laugh:
It's ridiculous how hard it is to get car parts in general, i don't get why everywhere is strictly trade/buisness account only
Best thing is how you get a trade account, show receipts from trade purchases....how can you do that if you can't get to buy anything to start with? :laugh:
Mate am happy to ring a few places round my area and send it up first class recorded if u want?
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You'd be quicker driving upto Mark's.
With Royal Fail F****** him around he's getting NO Post....
