** Urgent ** Rb26 Rebuild Help **

[druzilla32]

ok, excuse me for sounding f**kING PISSED OFF during this post!!

After many months of my motor rebuild they finally started it today..

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A TRAIN!!

I havent heard it myself but the descripting i was givin was "It sounds like a train, like there is a block of metal inside a cyclinder"

Does anybody know what this noise could be?????

ps. No I wont be paying a single cent for the rebuild.

pps. The description of the noise was from the guys that put the motor in, not from the wankers that built it!

HELP please.... I want to know which mechanic to knock out!

Engine specs:

Arias 86.5Mil pistons

rev rods

33 gtr crank

acl race bearings

tomie poncams 9mil lift

[ylwgtr2]

could be anything.....your being a bit optimistic for an accurate response.... the guy that fitted the engine should be able to figure it out....there just an ordinary piston engine

[druzilla32]

ok,, well i guess thats good news... meaning it might be something other then the internals?

[manage13]

druzilla32, is it more a loud ticking noise?

[druzilla32]

umm.. i havent heard it myself but from the description, its more of a deeper noise.. but i will have to check...

i just called somebody else and was told to check oil pressure, head clearences, and timing (set to base- 15deg)

car also has stock injectors, splitfire coilpacks and new spark plugs

[hungry6]

OH dear. Hope it all works out right in the end.

[druzilla32]

i am going to look at it tomorrow, and i am also getting the guy that built it to go there..

i will let you know what happens

[JH32]

Yikes! Good luck!

[druzilla32]

update: oil pressure was fine and the timing was fine....

[Tommyk]

so what was wrong ?

[druzilla32]

well the builders have already snapped my tomei inlet cam before, (i had to buy a new one) so the guys with the motor are now checking that they havent snapped it again.

no matter how big or small the problem is, it will be going to another engine builder... probly gavin woods. or somebody with a very good rep.

what sux the most is i have now missed out on buying a home cuz i cant sell my car for the loan..

Edited November 23, 2005 by druzilla32

[Rolls]

this confirms my belief, cars suck.

Hope you get it sorted mate.

[Fitzpatrick Speed Works]

so it runs????

You need a more specific explanation for anyone to take a real educated guess at what it could be!!! As Troy said its a simple piston engine same design as a holden six in principle it wont be anything someone with an idea shouldnt be able to diagnose in a few seconds!!!

[R31Nismoid]

we can all sit here and guess all day and no-one will know the correct answer without taking a guess and you spending the $$$ to find out anyhow.

best bet, take the car back and get it looked at by a professional as no-one here can tell you without seeing the car

[druzilla32]

yep, the motor runs..

its currently being diagnosed as we type.

i just started this thread cuz ide like to be a few steps infront of the guys that built it... i just dont trust them anymore and want to be able to catch them out if they try blaming the guys that installed it or if he makes up some other bullcrap excuse..

thanks,

[druzilla32]

we can all sit here and guess all day and no-one will know the correct answer without taking a guess and you spending the $$$ to find out anyhow.

best bet, take the car back and get it looked at by a professional as no-one here can tell you without seeing the car

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ok,, thought i would try anyway.

thanks

[Beer Baron]

so what happned?

[druzilla32]

the noise is slowely going away... and everything is fine...

im not sure what it is as im not a mechanic.. but its getting quieter now, and there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with it...

wonder what the noise was? any ideas?

its just a little lumpier because of the cams.

i have been told to pick it up tomorrow, he just wants to make sure everything is tight again, and tripple check everything before it goes....

[SKYL9]

just curious as to why you would take it back to the same builders that snapped your inlet cam then made you pay for the new 1?

[browny]

I have to wonder why you picked people to work on your car who seemingly have NFI what they are doing.

I find these finger pointing type threads quite amusing, especially the ones where said accuser ends up looking like an asshat.

Edited November 24, 2005 by browny