Curtis' micra k10

[curtis]

15's i wanted 14s but im happy with them, 195/50/R15 not sure on make, but i plan to replace them anyway lol

Pick them up on wednesday

 

[jamieccc]

alloys are nice! just dont put them against any curbs! i hear the curbs in cheltenham are quite big lol (inside joke)

 

[curtis]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :glare:

 

[jamieccc]

haha na man im glad your keeping it! will be the best decision you have made so far!

 

[curtis]

so buying the 1.2 wasnt a good idea?

 

[jamieccc]

no i ment keeping the car is the best decision so far lol come on curtis keep up

 

[curtis]

Ok webers will be off the car this weekend they will have a new home with daveeeee

Ill be having the cbr 600 bike carbs from him to try out

Just ordered:

Headgasket set
Cam belt

Hopefully some valves from sammohung

Gonna do the engine myself

Also ive got a video of the car driving past, not quick or anything, but you can hear the Rassp of the exhaust Will be uploaded either tonight or tomorrow...

 

[daveeeeee]

good man, what is the scope of the damage? is it just the valves that need replacing, if so not really a difficult job aye.

 

[curtis]

Not sure yet, might start on stripping it tonight...

Picked up my alloys last night...there mint

Pics soon

 

[Micra 110]

I Say!

 

[joesouthgate]

Very nice mate (Y)

 

[curtis]

I think they have vauxhall centre caps in them so im gonna either buy some nissan or nismo stickers, or just take them off lol

 

[joesouthgate]

yer they're opel centre caps

 

[Makrakin08]

yea there vauxhaul opel centre caps, they look pretty cool i think will keep people guessing !

 

[curtis]

nah im getting better ones

 

[Makrakin08]

go for nissmo ones in that case

 

[curtis]

CBR600 bike carbs on their way to me

Webers will be off tonight and packaged up ready to be sent off

The gasket set and cam belt should be here today so will make a start on repairing the damage

Also have to say THANKS to Sammohung he has willingly stripped a head and sent me a set of valves free of charge..! So Thank you! (Y)

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DAMAGE PICS

 

[curtis]

Update!

Ok update

Stripped the engine down abit today, got the head off etc and the damage is pretty easy to spot i these pics lol

Bent valve 1

Bent valve 2

The bent ones

The gap lol

The cleaned up pistons

I cleaned up the vavles from Rich (sammohung) Thanks again (Y)

So the car should hopefully be up and running next weekend with the bike carbs on

Picture of the bike carbs

 

[superls]

bloody mad getting rid of those webers, how did you break the engine, timing belt?

 

[joesouthgate]

no it jumped out of gear and it revved to ######y iirc

oh yer, here we are:

Loud music, not putting it into gear properly, putting my foot down to overtake thinking i was in gear, looked at the rev counter and it was past 8 and still going...long story short i made a mistake lol

 

[jamieccc]

cant wait to see and hear it with the bike carbs on mate! will be glad to see it up and running again

 

[superls]

ive hit 8 before but not bent anything???

 

[daveeeeee]

ive hit 8 before but not bent anything???

the head on curtis's engine has been skimmed quite abit i think.

 

[joesouthgate]

and with a race cam iirc

 

[superls]

i suppose with the head skim and the high lift cam and a worn cam belt some interferance could have been made, just seems a little unusual,

 

[curtis]

no, i wasn't just 8,000 it went PAST where 9,000 would be on the dials...

Bent valve vs standard

The bent ones against a straight one

Straight one is on the left, they get worse, left to right lol

 

[joesouthgate]

OMG! They're foooked!

 

[frank]

curtis

i hope the ring,s are,nt trapped in their groove,s, from the contact (very common on our kart engine,s)

 

[curtis]

I had to give them a bit of a push out...

 

[jamieccc]

impressive curtis! remind me not to let you drive my car lol

 

[curtis]

impressive curtis! remind me not to let you drive my car lol

ha dont think you will need me to...

 

[daveeeeee]

i think maybe a rev limiter could be a worth while investment

 

[jamieccc]

i think maybe a rev limiter could be a worth while investment

yea what about those omex ones with the launch controll aswell?

 

[curtis]

Ed is sorting me out

 

[jamieccc]

Ed is sorting me out

is he now :laugh:

 

[daveeeeee]

not thinking about electronic ignition are ya?

 

[jamieccc]

not thinking about electronic ignition are ya?

would that give a big power gain?

 

[curtis]

Not going for elecci ignition until i have saved about £800 lol

 

[daveeeeee]

yes, not just power gains tho, there are alot of advantages to having a good engine managment system very expensive tho.

 

[jamieccc]

Not going for elecci ignition until i have saved about £800 lol

nearly as much as you paid for the car

 

[curtis]

lol it'll be worth it im sure

 

[SammoHung]

Those bent valves are wikid...Ive never seen them like this in the flesh

you're totally welcome mate...looking forward to you getting back up and running (with your new intake method too))

 

[curtis]

Cheer mate (Y)

tonight im gonna clean all the head up with some petrol and a brush, get it sparkling...then ill start reassembling, i just hope we have a dry day friday in Evesham as thats when i need to finish cleaning up the pistons etc ready for saturday

Things to do:

Get engine rebuilt, should be this weekend
Go to Ed and get a Rev limiter put in
Get locking wheel nuts off and alloys off
Fit new white alloys
Clean car inside out! (needs it)
Run it in (long cruise with no ragging lol)
Coilovers (if they are made)
Clean engine bay
Sort out side skirts
Re-weld exhaust manifold (not a very good weld that i did)
Spray dash black + other trim

+ more and more stuff

 

[Speedle]

LMAO @ the bent valves! nutter!

 

[Ceirwan]

If i'd read this yesterday i'd have been thinking how the hell can you accidently rev it that high, but on the way home today i missed 5th gear and hit over 8500rpm lol. Luckily no apparant damage. (Apart from my ears, they were genuinely hurting from the noise lol)

 

[tommo]

you sir are a leg end in your own lunchtime hope you get her sorted bro

 

[curtis]

Head is all cleaned up, gonna reassemble the new values etc tonight

Head should be back on tomorrow night then just leaves putting everthing back on etc and running in

Should be all sorted on saturday

 

[jim_bling]

oh my dear god i think i would have cried when i had done that but congrats on gettin her back up and running

 

[curtis]

oh my dear god i think i would have cried when i had done that but congrats on gettin her back up and running

I didnt, i just smacked my head against a brick wall for about an hour...lol

 

[Optispart]

lol they are messed, plans are awesome though! looking good