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[alexcrosse]

turn it up til it blows a hole, turn it down a little bit, then pulse. Dont try continuous, puts too much heat into it and can warp. Good idea welding those though, this happened to mine when i put the 1430 in it:

Ripped through the damn floor! lol.

Thought it was a fresh build, hence the running in lark my bad =p

[mini_mad69]

turn it up til it blows a hole, turn it down a little bit, then pulse. Dont try continuous, puts too much heat into it and can warp. Good idea welding those though, this happened to mine when i put the 1430 in it:

Ripped through the damn floor! lol.

Thought it was a fresh build, hence the running in lark my bad =p

Thanks for that mate, still learning.


Yeah the engine was finished a few months ago, and had loads of problems trying to get it to stay still in the mounts.

Got some poly bushes for the standard steady to go on, will do that when I do the head gasket.

[mini_mad69]

Head gasket done now.


Cleaned head



Cleaned block


LGH anyone know what company this is?



Took it for a spin to get some hylomar for the new rocker box gasket.

Seems to be running fine, I got another BK450 gasket, but it was in a unipart packet and no place of manufacture!

So im not sure if I've got a good one or not. Time will tell I suppose.


I will let it cool right down and re-torque the head nuts and sort out a new gasket for the rocker box.



Oh and fit this












Everyone seemed to complain about the sloppy welding on these rads.




I don't think there too bad.



Ben

[HARBER07]

Nice work again Ben

I take it both mating surfaces were all good?

[mini_mad69]

Nice work again Ben

I take it both mating surfaces were all good?

Yeah thankfully, cleaned them off and was fine.


On my first 998 engine I blew a hole in the block after the headgasket went and I drove it home 15 odd miles.

Im sitting here watching 2 and a half men on tv, while polishing the top tank of the radiator

[HARBER07]

Awesome

[Scholes2012]

Mmmm shiny bit's, very nice.

[CaptainBland08]

i trust you got back from the riviera run ok? it was good to meet you and your mates!

i didnt get home so fast tho:/

[mini_mad69]

i trust you got back from the riviera run ok? it was good to meet you and your mates!

i didnt get home so fast tho:/

Cheers mate, It took me 6 hours to get picked up by the wagon and was then given a courtesy car and drove that back, they then dropped off my car earlier.






Ben

[CaptainBland08]

what did you do to it?:/

im gonna need a new rad in mine so could you PM me the link to that alloy rad please?

[mini_mad69]

alloy rad




there you go. One of my best purchases.


The top of the hub seperated leaving the ball joint in the top arm, leaving what was left of the hub to fly around. I will pick up a new hub and brake pipe within the week.

[CaptainBland08]

thats rough:/

spose... good job it happened on a low speed peice of road... and not on the motorway

[Danny_California]

Scary sh*t! I do think that cars been tryin to kill you lol

Thats one shiny rad! Doubt you'll be overheating anymore with that.

[mymini007]

I have a picture of it, when I get home I will post it up.

[mighty mini jack]

I've been waiting for this update.. i do remember us all talking about your updates one night. Glad to meet you though, shame about the ride home!!