More Progress With The Rolla

[dawesy]

well stripped the rollas engine today. not because it had any issues (other than a suspect head gasket that only seemed to leak on antilag). stripped it mainly for peace of mind as it will be running at the limit for a stock crank and rods (funds do not allow for a £2000 TTE WRC crank and £1000 billet rods :( )

found that after 8000 very abused miles everything is near perfect. when cold it has a lot of piston slap (as do all forged pistons) but this seems to have had no effect inside the engine.

all bearings are as good as when they went in and the rings have a perfect seal in the bore as there is no blowby past the top compression ring.

so when the competition bearings and another set of ARP rod bolts arrive she'll be put back together and go back in the car and i can set about finishing it and get it back on the road and strip.

roll on rotor stock and TOTB

[jaxx]

nice one lee :D glad to see everythings a bit better after previous problems

[ae111sr]

Nothing like the problems the last time you took it apart then????????

Good to hear it coming on well.

[dawesy]

no got to say i was aprehensive hut figured if any thing was wrong then it would be wrong regardless of whether i stripped it or not so could well save big bill later.

plus i really wanted to fit some uprated bearings to handle the flood of power soon to be unleashed :D

last time i didnt have to strip much as most of the internals were on the exterior of the block lol

[Fidgits]

nice :D

[TheNissanMan]

Great to hear that all's well with the little beast...

Look forward to seeing her again at some of the shows...

[Jones~32]

Glad to hear its going well

How much power do you think you will end up with? :bookworm:

[L4AGZE]

Does this mean the Corolla is all done and ready to go or still some minor tweaks?

Did you photo document when you stripped the car? Would be great to see pictures of the work done on the Shell.

[dawesy]

i have got some pics but not too many. ill post em up when i launch the car.

power should be in the 450-500bhp area and weight is hoped to be around 950-1000kg.

there is a fair bit of work left but she will be up and running within the next month or two

[knowlson]

Sounds good mate thats going to be fun a TOTB