Any garage worth their weight will check for causes for you too.. cos may even just be down to something simple of over full of oil.. but obviously could be completely the other way and something major...
As Butch says... nothing will be known for sure till the job has been started.
I cant comment on pricing as i dont know what its like over your side of the pond.. But any job on most cars that includes dropping the transition can be a timely one unless front wheel drive, then can be shortish some times

tazman7474: for sure.. and most are going the same direction and same speeds too hehe

tazman7474: For sure Skip :o( and they take innocents people with them too, or wreck their lives for them. Hence the track is best place, run off and less roadside furniture etc etc also

Manuel M: what an idiot on public roads

Tuesday: So is the driver hehe

Thats me... the green one, that you hear shout to camera car,,, then bang, then see the car and the flames hehe http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1798637968

to my scooby :o)
http://sox-main.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5529
Just have to get it remapped now, cos the intercooler is 4 times the size of the original, and the length of pipe getting to and from it ,, so much lag on the turbo boost.. should be good for 330bhp once mapped and around the same lb/ft torque, its 260bhp/ 240lb/ft now before i done this work and 0-60mph 4.7 seconds and 13 sec 0-100mph.. so looks like should be pretty cool for just a 2.0 flat 4 boxer :oD

I like the 2nd one :o)

Backoff: Its even better now that most cars have plastic fenders hehehehhe

Backoff: LMAO for sure, I get rid of tailgaiters with overrun flames also,, but dont use a jet engine to do it hehehehe

Backoff: Think Ill give it a miss Bob LOL
There were Jet cars going up the strip while I was racing this weekend, love the way the shock wave hits your chest when they go past

tazman7474: I say standard internals, but the block is from a model that has stronger internals than the original for my motor anyways :o)

Bitten the bullet, bought another car for everyday use now, and trailer mine to the track instead of driving,, within next month gonna fit bigger turbo, and front mount intercooler, and remap her.. should get her to best part of 350bhp 330Lb/ft torque :o) not bad for a little 2.0 boxer engine still on standard internals LOL

Backoff: The system I go for will allow that also, and done on the road gets better results than on a rolling road also

tazman7474: yep, Ive altered the air intake, I prefer it slightly rich anyways cos these motors are prone to blowing up with the slight sign of running weak,, as I found out last year. I can parralel up the fuel rails, as they are in series at the moment ( so means the final injector can be slightly starved,, and that just happens to be the usual cylinder that runs lean and fails.
I may look at a larger turbo later this year, and will upgrade the fuel pump again, and do the rails.. and then will fit larger intercooler or go for a front mount.. then I will get it remapped

tazman7474: My engine is probably too complicated for that sort of alteration, and getting the ECU remapped is not cheap :o(

tazman7474: mine is mostly a road car, so that would be quite an expense for just those few times that it tracks

tazman7474: and look at how much is wasted... the flames from exhaust on overrun show that it is not all used :o(

tazman7474: ooooooooooooouchies :o( here £10 is just over 2 UK gallons. flooring the motor must be around 5 to 7 miles per gallon at the most. normal driving I get 15 ish. on long journies if i stay below 70 and on motorways, and keep it off the turbo ( so under 2700rpm)I can squeeze just shy of 30 as long as no traffic problems and its say a 3 hour drive

tazman7474: LMAO Ive never sat down and worked out what I get to £10 when Ive been up the strip or on track... I think Id keel over in shock

On gen chat I see talk about the cost of petrol,, someone even said they use around £15 to £20 a week...

I only get around 40 miles to £10

nobleheart: I guess not hehe

WhiteTower: I agree.. also because most UK police videos include police films from my area :o(

Cosmic Thats why my cars have GPS Trackers in them, partly cos the insurance companies wont insure them without lol

tazman7474: youve got a replacement then? LOL

of 100+ Japanese performance cars.. gues who will now have to turn up in an Audi A4 turbo and not his Impreza :o(

Got my car running on thursday, was still bleeding the cooling system and it ran 20 mins, then squeek BANG.. it siezed again at 700 rpm and looks like same problem..

they have the VW Jetta in the states and canada

yes, and the audi TT.
I think its basically the VW Bora, remodelled
so around 200bhp-220bhp out of th ebox

Bruno Jesus: The Leon is a great car, and the turbo models are very worthy for performance also :o)

yeah, just needs a new piston and gudgeon pin ( small end), get some cylinder heads for it also

Think by th etime the show season etc starts again, im gonna get my spare engine rebuilt ready incase lol especially as im meant to be doing a hill climb series also

Kipling: i got a short block. also its over a year since got it and near 20000miles since .. its out of the warrenty period etc, but also i only have damage to one of the cylinder heads, so they would throw it out even if I tried to claim etc..

Backoff: they add taxes to everything here :o(
gets costly when oil changes are every 5000 mmiles LOL

Backoff: how does qt compare to UK litre?
Most engines here take 5 litres, but th eoil comes in 4.5 litre jugs and 1 litre. It cost me about £45 for 5litres (~$70)

Backoff: Mobil 1 is th edogs danglies I swear by the stuff, its just expensive :o(

Backoff: yeah !!
so looks like got a problem :o( the oil pressure was showing fine when it happend :o(

right bank inlet camshaft,, one of the journels must have had a foreign body get in the oil grrove.. clogged it,, it then ran dry and has damageed the bearing cap and the cam and filled the oil groove with metal :o(
gonna see if can salvage cam and head ( as there are no bearings, the cam runs direct on the aluminium cylinder head and cap)

Hopefully wont have to by new head and cam

tazman7474: for sure, but thats a massive job on these,, they get complicated with their "pull" clutches instead of "push " ones etc etc etc.. should only take a couple of hours to find out this way.

tazman7474: hopefully just a tidy up of righ tbank i/l cam or replace it and the bearing cases may do the job ( that one is the one that picked up) cos its a major job working on these flat opposing four boxer engines :o(

Kipling: material toothed belt, but it jumped teeth rather than tear teeth off.. or could have been much worse, as the cams have all gone about 25 degrees out, rather than sat still till pistons hit valves

one of my 4 camshafts picked up and momentarily siezed this morning, and threw the timing out on all 4 and the crankshaft :o(
Gonna strip some parts tomorrow and see if the valves etc survived the ordeal :o( luckily i was at low speed and revs

Backoff: I guess its cos we are wetter here than you LOL Ive used the ZZ1 then the updated ZZ2 and then the ZZ3, they are all directionals

Yokahama are race bred and thats more what they are for.. unfortunately they dont suit the course road surfaces LOL

tazman7474: I found yokahama was great for grip :oD but just normal road use on my old car would wear them out in 10,000 miles. Now I have 4 wheel drive and do a fair bit of track etc, the cost etc would be silly. so ive found Avon zz3 tyres ( that site never came up with them lol) etc a reasonable compromise

tazman7474: delivery would be a tad high from your side of the pond LOL Ive always found the bridgestone tyres a softer compound and wear quicker so that narrowed it down more

tazman7474: Thats what I done the first time, as i dont run the recommended size for my car (should be 45 profile) but the first time i ticked the all season boxs for tyre type to allow for our wet times LOL

tazman7474: ZR comes up with 4 results from all brands and trye type.. and one of those was YR LOL so leaves 3.. only 1 would be suitable as its a directional ( remember Im in UK so high chance of water on track) goodyear eagle F1.. good tyre too :o)

tazman7474: was that ZR rated and decent brand names? I opted for pirelli, avon, michelin, dunlop and bridgestone, ive found the cheeper makes delaminte if used on track and up the strip

tazman7474: LOL site was right,, they just dont have anything for me hehe

tazman7474: nothing came up in the search fo rwhat I want..

Stevie: over here in UK, the prices for these would be approx £100 and upwards each.. ~ US$165 CAN$225 including tax and fitting

what would a 215/40/17 ZR reputable tyre company tyre cost? so maybe, pirelli, avon, continental etc etc.. not a budget make..

Incase your sizes are diferent ratings etc.. the above means..
215mm wide, side profile is 40% of the 215mm so = 86mm and on 17 inch diameter wheel with a Z speed rating of 149mph and upwards

I only ask as I just got to get a full set,, so thought id ask you guys what it would cost in your countries too as a subject starter