Valve
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- Dec 15, 2013
I'v been sat around on weekends, bored. So I decided to take up a new project. T5's are a solid engine, sound great and can be converted to rwd & 240's look great and give a good platform for what I'm doing. Sorted.
Que the 850 T5:
The car was a bargain, it was crudely advertised so it didn't gain much interest. Turned out it was a trade in at a dealership which they decided to auction due to its age. It had a full and extensive service history and relatively low mileage which was a bonus considering I only wanted the engine. The car turned over and fired up from cold which was great news.
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960 2.5:
From reading around it became obvious that I was going to struggle to get hold of a 960 equipped with the M90 white block transmission. I did have some luck though and I managed to source one after a couple of months looking. The car ticked all the boxes, and was under budget, bonus! However the transportation costs soon brought the total cost back up. Damn. The car arrived this Friday just gone, we got to work on it late Saturday afternoon and had the engine out on Sunday afternoon.
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I did feel guilty afterwards considering how rare these are to find as a manual, but the interior was pretty shagged and the car generally had seen better days, so knowing that all the bits I can salvage from the 960 will make life a lot easier for me when fitting the t5 into the 240 justifies it for me.
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That's pretty much where I stand for the time being. I think I have the majority of the foundations for really making a move on this project. The last big piece of the puzzle that is missing is of course the 240 which is in the pipeline, I'm pretty set on a red 240 estate, I narrowly missed out on one a few weeks back which annoyed me abit but hey ho that's how it goes.
The next port of call is getting the engine rebuild on the go, I have been speaking with Lars at LG speed, I was looking to buy a set of H beam connecting rods from him. Has anyone got any first hand experience with these? I assume there pretty similar to the R sport rods.
This is a pretty big learning curve for me as the scale of the project is greater than my past ones. So any pointers or advice is always appreciated.
Thanks all.
Updates to follow.
Que the 850 T5:
The car was a bargain, it was crudely advertised so it didn't gain much interest. Turned out it was a trade in at a dealership which they decided to auction due to its age. It had a full and extensive service history and relatively low mileage which was a bonus considering I only wanted the engine. The car turned over and fired up from cold which was great news.
960 2.5:
From reading around it became obvious that I was going to struggle to get hold of a 960 equipped with the M90 white block transmission. I did have some luck though and I managed to source one after a couple of months looking. The car ticked all the boxes, and was under budget, bonus! However the transportation costs soon brought the total cost back up. Damn. The car arrived this Friday just gone, we got to work on it late Saturday afternoon and had the engine out on Sunday afternoon.
I did feel guilty afterwards considering how rare these are to find as a manual, but the interior was pretty shagged and the car generally had seen better days, so knowing that all the bits I can salvage from the 960 will make life a lot easier for me when fitting the t5 into the 240 justifies it for me.
That's pretty much where I stand for the time being. I think I have the majority of the foundations for really making a move on this project. The last big piece of the puzzle that is missing is of course the 240 which is in the pipeline, I'm pretty set on a red 240 estate, I narrowly missed out on one a few weeks back which annoyed me abit but hey ho that's how it goes.
The next port of call is getting the engine rebuild on the go, I have been speaking with Lars at LG speed, I was looking to buy a set of H beam connecting rods from him. Has anyone got any first hand experience with these? I assume there pretty similar to the R sport rods.
This is a pretty big learning curve for me as the scale of the project is greater than my past ones. So any pointers or advice is always appreciated.
Thanks all.
Updates to follow.
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