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No. 240 RHD Roadster complete rebuild
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No. 240 RHD Roadster complete rebuild
Is there any context to this? Is it sitting at red line all day every day?
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Agree, doesn’t sound like it’s primarily a track car so road use only isn’t going to destroy a standard s54 engine in a few thousand miles?
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My ///M has seen an awful lot of track miles and enthusiastic road use without being destroyed... I'm sure there must be more to this than it simply being driven hard.
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My luck with cars is appalling.
Alternator packed up on my A class a couple of days ago, then broke my 83 B2 Passat on it’s first outing in 6 months. I didn’t even drive them hard . Reckon I’ll need a chauffeur when my 84 B9 is complete. Can’t get the Alpina engine components
Alternator packed up on my A class a couple of days ago, then broke my 83 B2 Passat on it’s first outing in 6 months. I didn’t even drive them hard . Reckon I’ll need a chauffeur when my 84 B9 is complete. Can’t get the Alpina engine components
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E89 35i Danny lad, forged bottom end as standard. You’ll not blow that up.
I really shouldn’t be telling you these things.....
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Seriously thinking mate. There is obviously an issue for bottomends now to be forged. Wouldn’t do it otherwise
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90’ Mercedes 300E-24
90’ Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 24V manual
85’ Opel Ascona Cabriolet
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dannytheduck1985 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:32 amSeriously thinking mate. There is obviously an issue for bottomends now to be forged. Wouldn’t do it otherwise
the s54 is fully forged internals.....
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I give up with the S54. Was considering a C63 and be done with itBeedub wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:22 pmdannytheduck1985 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:32 amSeriously thinking mate. There is obviously an issue for bottomends now to be forged. Wouldn’t do it otherwise
the s54 is fully forged internals.....
84’ E28 Alpina B9
83’ VW B2 Passat CL
90’ Mercedes 300E-24
90’ Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 24V manual
85’ Opel Ascona Cabriolet
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90’ Mercedes 300E-24
90’ Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 24V manual
85’ Opel Ascona Cabriolet
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problem is, you didn't have a good one to start with....... so your reference point is all skewed.... fair play for trying but i always though you went about the whole thing backwards tbh, let me tell you a solid, well maintained s54 will take a hole lot of punishment , and then some......dannytheduck1985 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:59 pmI give up with the S54. Was considering a C63 and be done with itBeedub wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:22 pmdannytheduck1985 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:32 am
Seriously thinking mate. There is obviously an issue for bottomends now to be forged. Wouldn’t do it otherwise
the s54 is fully forged internals.....
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Beedub wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:22 pmdannytheduck1985 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:32 amSeriously thinking mate. There is obviously an issue for bottomends now to be forged. Wouldn’t do it otherwise
the s54 is fully forged internals.....
Hells bells he really is a hooligan then isn’t he......
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
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This. The fact that it was crashed by the previous owner would tend to suggest it may have been abused before it even got to the OP. Then ragging it on the edge from cold every time it’s driven has finished the job. There’s a lot to be said for having some mechanical sympathy and treating the car with the care it requires before driving it hard.Beedub wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:08 pmproblem is, you didn't have a good one to start with....... so your reference point is all skewed.... fair play for trying but i always though you went about the whole thing backwards tbh, let me tell you a solid, well maintained s54 will take a hole lot of punishment , and then some......dannytheduck1985 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:59 pmI give up with the S54. Was considering a C63 and be done with it
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To be fair By, your right. The car was never going to be right. It was doomed from the offset.... but and a very big but that I don’t regret. At the time when I purchased the car, I wasn’t in a position to go out and buy a straight one. So armed with a dream I set about LD39240 rebuild.Beedub wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:08 pmproblem is, you didn't have a good one to start with....... so your reference point is all skewed.... fair play for trying but i always though you went about the whole thing backwards tbh, let me tell you a solid, well maintained s54 will take a hole lot of punishment , and then some......dannytheduck1985 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:59 pmI give up with the S54. Was considering a C63 and be done with it
Now having studied my arse off to better my career, I’m in a position to let go of the car.
Regardless of cost, the up and downs......... i done it and it was epic. It’s killing me removing parts.
84’ E28 Alpina B9
83’ VW B2 Passat CL
90’ Mercedes 300E-24
90’ Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 24V manual
85’ Opel Ascona Cabriolet
83’ VW B2 Passat CL
90’ Mercedes 300E-24
90’ Vauxhall Carlton GSI 3000 24V manual
85’ Opel Ascona Cabriolet