That was USC and Nat Day nearly over for me!

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Always happens at the last minute doesn't it, campus decided to spit its dummy out in a big way and nearly kill the engine comletely!

7pm i'm on my way to Gttnutters to collect my trailer board, campus didn't like to idle so with it running was playing with mixture screw. Just poked into car and oil pressure was reading 0psi!!

Turned it off, checked for oil out of the block union just by crancking it and nothing! Crap, pumps gone.
Checked turbo and has slight play so this put me in a right mood!

Come in the house pissed off and brother says 'come on lets get pump out'

So 7:30 car up in air, sump off and pump out to find relief valve is stuck. Replaced pump with good spare one, refitted sump and filled it up and 8:20pm the car is running again and thankfully with bloody good oil pressure!

Glad its done now but nearly did loose my rag completely and was almost up for breaking it for spares, one day they'll work fine for me.

[car.crash]

the enthusiasms back
good effort now dont blow it up at usc.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

the enthusiasms back
good effort now dont blow it up at usc.

Nearly totally lost the enthusiams mate, if it wasn't for my brother i wouldn't of bothered mate.

Lets hope nothing else goes before USC and Nat Day.

[J$£5GTT]

[jimmy_b]

lol. hope markeyturbo doesnt read this. he was the one that made me finish mine when something went wrong. if it wasnt for brothers there would be more 5's beign broken

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Well checked it out today after fitting pump last night and all is well, re-set the tappets and turbo is all good too so i'm back on.

If anyones interested here's a few pics of the updated engine bay now, know few of you will be.

[JRP]

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Thought you might like the pics mate

[J$£5GTT]

me to!!
' i like it...i like it alot'

[Brigsy]

Lucky escape by the sounds of it Hows the adjustable reg working?

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Hows the adjustable reg working?

Just been out in it and it runs like a bag of crap mate, fueling is all over place its unreal. I set the reg to just over 5psi, on idle its about right although idle isn't perfect (may need to mod dizzy body as retimed cam again) but driving its wierd.

Part throttle is not too bad (sitting around the 14), lift off and it sticks at 12-13 Normally goes leaner than this due to the throttle being shut.

Then on boost it just leaned up to 15 quickly where i let off and then when i put foot done had nothing for good few sec's

And to top it all off there was oil in header tank Not black oil but mixed (milky so hoping it poss residue of last mishap at Pod Day) if more comes back god knows whats happened to it.

[IANMM]

have you got a standard FPR to try..? is there any reason for the swap to adj one?

[Spooky]

My fave piccy is the first one, its the same image I have in my head when I saw Mark in the car on the M25 a few months ago, its looks so inconspicuous when it couldnt be further from the truth

[Markey Mark (BD)]

have you got a standard FPR to try..? is there any reason for the swap to adj one?

If the weather clears up and my cold (which makes it worse having manflu! ) i'll be sticking the standard fpr back on to see if this is the cause, i got a suspicion it is as its the only real big change i've made to it and since its the fueling that gone tits up leads me to that.

I swapped it as i wanted to up the fuel pressure going to the carb by a psi or 2

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Just changed the fpr over back to standard but didn't matter much as its no smoking its nuts off, pulled air filter off and turbo's got play in it, compressor wheels scored the housing and you can see oil coming out the back!

Think thats game over for me now officially.

Usc is totally out the window and if can't get turbo sorted next week it won't be coming to Nat Day either.

[r5 rich]

sell it to me

[Markey Mark (BD)]

sell it to me

What the whole car or the complete engine!
Really disliking the C1J at the moment, thinking of replacing it for something fuel injected.

Would be nice to get it running and do a good run in it first before selling car/engine on though.

[Gttnutter]

Was kind of hoping that litlle smoke yesturday would clear up which it seemed nothing to worry about,

My turbo is here if you want to use it, terms and conditions apply

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Was kind of hoping that litlle smoke yesturday would clear up which it seemed nothing to worry about,

My turbo is here if you want to use it, terms and conditions apply

Yesterday was nothing mate, its pouring out now.

Real shame as was looking forward to running it and seeing how it would go.

Cheers for the offer mate but to be honest i'd rather not fit it until i know if it was the kanckered pump that killed the turbo or something else, don't want to kill yours too.
Also yours is too small for me!

[Gttnutter]

Yesterday was nothing mate, its pouring out now.

Real shame as was looking forward to running it and seeing how it would go.

Cheers for the offer mate but to be honest i'd rather not fit it until i know if it was the kanckered pump that killed the turbo or something else, don't want to kill yours too.
Also yours is too small for me!

I bet your bottom dollar it'll love 25 psi though

[dangerous dave]

I bet your bottom dollar it'll love 25 psi though

that why your engine shat itself out its own ar5e?

turn up da boost..

[turbo ted]

I bet your bottom dollar it'll love 25 psi though

25psi thats for girls i want to see yee run 30psi+ and leave some of your block on the m40 proper job

[Markey Mark (BD)]

that why your engine shat itself out its own ar5e?

turn up da boost..

Yeah it loved da boost chasing that RS Turbo!

Yeah sure it would Rich but the front end is too small for my engine, need something of similar size. Prob take it to Adams tomorrow if i can and see what the score is with it.

[Markey Mark (BD)]

25psi thats for girls i want to see yee run 30psi+ and leave some of your block on the m40 proper job

Rob i'll see 30psi from his car when he's not in it with me!

[car.crash]

Rob i'll see 30psi from his car when he's not in it with me!

It wasn't far from 30psi when he blew it up with me in it.

[Gttnutter]

25psi thats for girls i want to see yee run 30psi+ and leave some of your block on the m40 proper job

go get your slippers on robbie

[Gttnutter]

Rob i'll see 30psi from his car when he's not in it with me!

watch this space mark... after a few years of 15 pound ive now entered the 20 + area

[turbo ted]

Rob i'll see 30psi from his car when he's not in it with me!

what richie dose'nt know w'ont hurt

[Markey Mark (BD)]

watch this space mark... after a few years of 15 pound ive now entered the 20 + area

[Markey Mark (BD)]

what richie dose'nt know w'ont hurt

Exactly mate.

[turbo ted]

go get your slippers on robbie

what boost you running on your slippers at mine are running 5psi at the mo

[markey b]

lol. hope markeyturbo doesnt read this. he was the one that made me finish mine when something went wrong. if it wasnt for brothers there would be more 5's beign broken

works both ways

[djinuk]

bad times mark , be pretty pap not to see the r5 there.

[Scoff]

USC over for me too, before it even started ! new turbo insists on being more efficient than the last, my tiny 38mm wastegate is creeping way too much. more upset since it was the last round of the season and on top of that with some of the quick runners out of action (or at TOTB) I had a chance of doing quite well.

[Rob@Backyardracing]

USC over for me too, before it even started ! new turbo insists on being more efficient than the last, my tiny 38mm wastegate is creeping way too much. more upset since it was the last round of the season and on top of that with some of the quick runners out of action (or at TOTB) I had a chance of doing quite well.

Its daft letting the to dates clash... would have worked out well for you tho... shame its a no go tomoz was looking forward to it... look on the positive side of it tho

If your interested take a look on the HKS forum, John bradshaw with his skyline has hired pod out for a test day... YES hes hired it out just for him so he can test !!!!!!! but hes letting a few cars on the track if you sort him some funds.. day before Rotorstock so 20th friday aug... I mite be there..

[Scoff]

Its daft letting the to dates clash... would have worked out well for you tho... shame its a no go tomoz was looking forward to it... look on the positive side of it tho

If your interested take a look on the HKS forum, John bradshaw with his skyline has hired pod out for a test day... YES hes hired it out just for him so he can test !!!!!!! but hes letting a few cars on the track if you sort him some funds.. day before Rotorstock so 20th friday aug... I mite be there..

and now thats in general chat for the whole world to see but yes, I'll be looking to do some kind of test and tune or similar once the setup is right.

I'm really sick that I'll miss tomorrow, it would have been fantastic to compete for 2nd place (because let's face it, 1st place from an FWD is not likely to happen while Andy Waite is in the competition). Both Andy nicholls and specky are out tomorrow, that would have left only a couple of other quick FWD's to compete with.

[Rob@Backyardracing]

and now thats in general chat for the whole world to see but yes, I'll be looking to do some kind of test and tune or similar once the setup is right.

I'm really sick that I'll miss tomorrow, it would have been fantastic to compete for 2nd place (because let's face it, 1st place from an FWD is not likely to happen while Andy Waite is in the competition). Both Andy nicholls and specky are out tomorrow, that would have left only a couple of other quick FWD's to compete with.

We have 6 hours.... Map the creep...

[rs250nut]

If the weather clears up and my cold (which makes it worse having manflu! ) i'll be sticking the standard fpr back on to see if this is the cause, i got a suspicion it is as its the only real big change i've made to it and since its the fueling that gone tits up leads me to that.

I swapped it as i wanted to up the fuel pressure going to the carb by a psi or 2

If you want to up the pressure at the reg take your boost reference from the comp cover

[rs250nut]

USC over for me too, before it even started ! new turbo insists on being more efficient than the last, my tiny 38mm wastegate is creeping way too much. more upset since it was the last round of the season and on top of that with some of the quick runners out of action (or at TOTB) I had a chance of doing quite well.

All night mapping session

[Scoff]

nah lads, I'm talking shed load of creep, logger showed 37psi on a couple of pulls, compressor was going into surge at that point too. not to worry, at least car is in one piece for malory

[rs250nut]

nah lads, I'm talking shed load of creep, logger showed 37psi on a couple of pulls, compressor was going into surge at that point too. not to worry, at least car is in one piece for malory

Mallory is one of those funny tracks though