my back garden is like a scrap yard engi

Right . well since october the car has had its mot and has been driven with its re-con engine (my 1st attempt at 1 i will add)

it was all going well i would just done 1200miles in it without taking it over 3.5K revs.
so yesterday i decided i would . i would see what it was really made of.
gets on the A19 ( i travelled 23mile 2 it cos i love that road )
foot down to 5K revs 3rd gear flying along and i lost power.
then it was running not rough but not right if ya get me.
not sure wats rong with it at the mo but i limped it back and today is investigation. im flumoxed tbh....any suggestions...
johny105

Check your vacuum hoses and also make sure your water pipes are not leaking. Double check your spark plugs and leads are all intact and not loose.

sourced it.
jumped some teethon the timin belt ..gutted
faulty tensioner apparntly its been a common fault since they modified the design
not sure on full extent of damage but did a compresssion test and it wasw a quite low on1+3
got a spare engine so goin to fit that over weekend
and sort the other
it will be quicker i reckon than tryin 2 source bits over new year

Snapped an easy out on a mani stud
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: there is about 2mm of stud left but i cant get @it. so i cant get on with molegrips or a stud extractor.and a heli coil wouldnt work in the head. so im a little stumped atm

its like your talking a totally different language in my eyes johny :lol: good to see we have members that know what there talking about though

i like to think i do anyway.
cars back to its smokey old fuel burnin self now .
as long as i can get em through the test im happy