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thaijedi
04-05-2014, 07:50
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Ok here she is, this is my Willy 2 and after 2yrs the rebuild is now in full swing.

The reason for the delay is this is I'm normally working away across Europe.

thaijedi
04-05-2014, 18:04
So will be stripping the head soon and then the magic will start.

My engine is with Grace Engine Devlopments in Newbury not sure if any1 has herd of them on here.

so far she's been board out ready for the forged pistons and rods, u may of noticed Ive got a thing about weight want to save as much a poss so its revving freer and picks up quicker

16v_paddy
04-05-2014, 18:18
Ooooohhhh!! Jenvey's 8-)

thaijedi
04-05-2014, 18:35
Saving around 195g on each piston and rod set up.
Saving 2.2kg on my flywheel over the standard as using a Prema Racing one.
Cutting the pulley weight almost in half saving 285g on each.

Will post some picks of the flywheel soon along with the crank.

Just had the crank knifed edged so will have to weigh it with my spare to see what has been saved

thaijedi
04-05-2014, 18:36
Hehe ya there mega was so excited when they arrived. Will have the manifold nx wk :0)

16v_paddy
04-05-2014, 19:20
Will have the manifold nx wk :0)

Did you order it this time last year then? :lol:

thaijedi
04-05-2014, 20:13
Haha no just didn't want to pay stupid money getting them as a set from K-Tec so got the manifold from Prima Racing and the 45's from Grace Racing as he's got a few cos that's what he uses on his pick up in the euro class

thaijedi
04-05-2014, 20:39
Got myself a Group A oil pump from Prima Racing, is any1 else using this.?

Also treated myself to a Quaife diff, again any1 else using

16v_paddy
04-05-2014, 22:08
Are you sure the manifold is right? Only ask as the only place they're available from is Chadil in Belgium, well they're the only company that actually makes them for a willy/valver and they're are unbelivably useless at getting them sent out. Snowman waited around 4 months for them to send his to him.

I know coops is running a quaife but I doubt he's had chance to drive the car properly yet so probably wont be able to give any useful feedback just yet. I've had experience with quaife diffs on other cars just no a clio, grippers are far superior but any kind of LSD is always a vast improvement over none at all and the quaifes are very good bits of kit

Coops
04-05-2014, 22:16
its a great bit of kit, had a bit of driving in anger today and cant get the front end to let go on the road, it grips that hard you have to unturn the corner lol!

need to use it on track though, I can't check it out fully on the road without probably loosing my licence so to be continued :)

It very standard feeling as well, manoeuvring is a doddle, no wheel skip and the box feels completely stock, no noise, no maintenance, nothing.

16v_paddy
04-05-2014, 22:29
no maintenance, nothing.

Just how you like to do everything :lol:

thaijedi
04-05-2014, 22:33
Spoke to Prima and its all good, they only have 1 in stock so ges I got lucky will post a pic when it arrives nx wk.

how come the gripper so so much better.?

haha good work Coops gotta push it just don't go to mad lol.

Still not decided on cams yet was thinking piper 270...?

16v_paddy
04-05-2014, 23:00
Grippers work in a different way, they use clutch plates (plate type) & quaifes are ATB (automatic torque bias) they use witchcraft (cogs & gears) in fact they're all bloody witchcraft how they work :lol:

ATB diffs can only do so much & eventually stop being a limited slip diff when pushed really really hard whereas plated diffs are much more hardcore & work better the harder you push the limits.

Sod the 270's, they're mild as fcuk, go balls out, 285's or catcams 213's are the way to go especially with itb's

thaijedi
05-05-2014, 12:55
Mild as ****, love it. Well the plan is to make it wild but still use it on the road so it's always good to get feed back :0)

Our friend in Denmark has set the bench mark with his 241 in the stunning Orange Slayer and I'm keen to get close and may be more.

Are there many F7R's running the good side of 240 on the road.?

16v_paddy
05-05-2014, 19:20
You'll need high compression pistons to get anywhere near that. I'm chasing our Danish friend down for that figure & maybe more with mine but for that we're talking serious balls to the wall engine builds, forged, high compression, really wild cams & headwork & a healthy dose of methanol. You really want to have a megane head to be chasing those numbers as well

Catcam 213's are the wildest you can go without having to change to solid lifters

thaijedi
05-05-2014, 21:26
Well we are going fully forged and high compression with over sized pistons plus my engine builder is a master with head work. He's running 280 out of a 2.0 Vauxhall Red Top on Jenveys :0)

Will be wild cant wait for the head work to start, plus will be running her up in the dino room so will be able to tweak her a bit more even at the end of the build.

thaijedi
10-05-2014, 22:24
Little up date on the state of ORB.

Big thanks to Matt Brown for sending parts in the post its always g8 to be able to get new old parts and this was muzzered lol

thaijedi
10-05-2014, 22:26
Block is ready just waiting on the crank and flywheel to return form the balancers and it can start putting things in

thaijedi
10-05-2014, 22:30
Dam that's a heavy flywheel, just shy of 5.2kg,
will post a pic of my new one on its return. Will spin up much better as its 2.2kg lighter

thaijedi
11-05-2014, 07:43
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=166316940097634

Heres the face book page of my engine builder for any1 down south that may be interested

thaijedi
11-05-2014, 07:46
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=et_Xbpc3aZo

It's an old vid of the pic up build, "I wanta go fast" lol

thaijedi
16-05-2014, 10:28
Engine build room :0)

DSilvaSport
07-12-2014, 23:44
Any updates?