Chris C
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Steve slim
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Mr Clean
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Registered: 16th Jun 12
Location: wales
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Originally posted by keidicko
Phillip 2 should not b touching engines he does not even know cam caps are line bored on the head and cant be swapped ! I am not an engine builder but could build a better motor than him any day of the week but I have to take my hat off to him he took a lot of money off ignorant people on here who cant be told about engine building !
what engine you on about mate with camcaps ??
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keidicko
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Registered: 15th Jan 12
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One of his heads that he did his porting on had three no7 cam caps when they got it back !
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keidicko
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And every xe or let that Steve builds has a soft head shortly after he has built it ! I have worked in an engine builders and never heard of a Vauxhall having a soft head ever that's a problem that happens with Rovers because of poor castings !
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garethestate
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Registered: 15th Oct 09
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Phillip2 made a mess of someones 20xe on the mk2 astra forum too. Username was blackbox. From what i read on there he deffo shouldnt be anywhere near anyones engine.
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bigron1988
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Registered: 29th Aug 09
Location: Southport, Merseyside
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Ask Gaz d or Specky about soft heads both of them have had them and Steve never touched there engines
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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quote:
Originally posted by keidicko
And every xe or let that Steve builds has a soft head shortly after he has built it ! I have worked in an engine builders and never heard of a Vauxhall having a soft head ever that's a problem that happens with Rovers because of poor castings !
Isn't that why the porous mod was made? Because the heads kept going soft?
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kennySRi
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Registered: 12th Nov 10
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Phillip always seemed like a nice guy to me. He put some new valves in my xe once and a new cam and did it for next to nothing, obviously that was only minor work though.
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Ian W
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Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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If you want it done right then do it yourself!
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kennySRi
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian W
If you want it done right then do it yourself!
Surely if you're not handy with an engine they shouldn't be built by yourself and be done by someone who knows what they're doing?
I usually agree with that saying though, just not with engine rebuilds 
[Edited on 18-06-2013 by kennySRi]
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Ian W
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quote:
Originally posted by kennySRi
quote:
Originally posted by Ian W
If you want it done right then do it yourself!
Surely if you're not handy with an engine they shouldn't be built by yourself and be done by someone who knows what they're doing?
I usually agree with that saying though, just not with engine rebuilds
[Edited on 18-06-2013 by kennySRi]
Yeah I guess but the lad has already said he has built engines in the past...
I once bought an engine on here that had been built by a well known engine guy, was a piece of crap that I ended up having to pull back out 
[Edited on 18-06-2013 by Ian W]
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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I'm going to rebuild my old VR6 engine and put it back in the car.
Not got a clue what to do yet, but am going to read stuff, buy tools and then do it. Can't be that hard.
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3CorsaMeal
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Just started taking the head apart. Looks simple when you break each bit down. Will have to use a specialist for certain jobs. But plan to do most of it myself.
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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I love engine work but to be entirely honest I'd rather pay someone to do it so that (fingers crossed it doesn't) but if it did go wrong I've got something/one to fall back on. Plus then I can get all my porting and re boring and that done at the same time 
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keidicko
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Just started taking the head apart. Looks simple when you break each bit down. Will have to use a specialist for certain jobs. But plan to do most of it myself.
Thats one engine that I have built a couple of ! Such a simple motor !
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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Something like an xe isn't massively complicated, even a high spec one inst that bad
But it's not something everyone can do.
If your not comfortable doing it don't do it IMO! Find someone local with a good reputation, plenty of people out there
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keidicko
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quote:
Originally posted by keidicko
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Just started taking the head apart. Looks simple when you break each bit down. Will have to use a specialist for certain jobs. But plan to do most of it myself.
Thats one engine that I have built a couple of ! Such a simple motor !
My old vr6
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