oops, head gasket popped again!

I have ordered the supersprint manifold ( £330 :eek: ), so that should be here soon. Also got a take off plate for the oil filter so i can fit my oil temp and pressure gauge senders. My old engine had the sender in the sump for the temperature, but i dont fancy drilling this sump! Tips on keeping it in good condition? I've had a stainless steel supersprint manifold before, and wrapping it from port to end in exhaust wrap did it no favours.

This one will need to be wrapped for part of it, to prevent it from damaging surrounding waterpipes / wires / radiator.

Is there anything i can spray on it first to protect it from moisture? By the looks of my old manifold, it was moisture retained by the wrap that damaged it.
 
You couuld have it professionally coated, should cost under 70 quid and then you don't have to worry about wrapping it....

Should be a cracking little car after this! :D
 
Lashout_UK said:
You couuld have it professionally coated, should cost under 70 quid and then you don't have to worry about wrapping it....

Should be a cracking little car after this! :D
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ceramic coating? it has to have some form of heat protection and i dont think a heat shield will fit in the gap! nowhere local springs to mind that can do that *curses living by the seaside* I will look tho.

Dogbreath said:
A combination of that and the fact that wrapping means the manifold gets much hotter than it otherwise would.
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I do think it was mainly the trapped moisture tho, it was after the pipes had joined and begun to go under the car that the top surface had been attacked some of the steel came away. It didnt rot through, but it wasn't pretty. The sections closest the ports, which would've been hottest still looked pretty healthy.
 
If you get it coated the exhaust manifold will retain more heat and the exterior will be cooler, that's why it's done :)

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Never mind, think you got that anyway.....paint fumes getting to me :(
 
warrington is not that far away, i will get in touch and pop over with it once i have the manifold. cheers guys.
 
todays update;

the headlight mount bolt looked alarmingly close to the cambelt

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so that had to go!

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take off plate my oil temp / pressure gauge does not fit;

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alternator and starter motor are both on and plumbed in.

injectors are wired up. i've shortened some wires and tidied the loom up a bit

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fuel lines are lined up

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doesnt look like much progress but i spent flippin ages under the car with a file making the alternator pulley full clear the mount (grinder wouldnt fit in the gap)
 
in standard trim that engine is 100bhp, but in this car it will have a bit more thanks to the 4>2>1 straight through exhaust, CDA induction and programmable ECU. Considering the car was 54bhp when i got it, and the last engine setup was around 80bhp.. it should be pretty nippy when it's done :D
 
got the car back home to my place, *finally* have my garage back now the bathroom suite that has been in it for 18months is being fitted :D

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got some testing done on the new wiring, all sensors check out. minor scare at first as i'd forgotten to earth the bay loom, so it was all acting a bit odd!

Got the inlet manifold split in two, had to drill out one of the bolts - but something much easier to do now than once it's all fitted. Got the waterpipes right, and refitted the sound proofing stuff at the back of the bay.

Ok, looking at this photo - i am right?

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well thats induction sorted! (Induction hosing ordered from SFS; 90 deg 70mm elbow in red (E90-70))

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Kv85s are on the way, had to order some M7 bolts to bolt the inlet manifold on.. stock was v hard to find on them.

Exhaust manifold should at camcoat by the end of the week to be coated in satin black ceramic.
 
indeeed.

on the 1242cc engine i took the inlet etc off, it used studs - but they're M8, so no use on the 1368cc head. And the inlet on the 1368 is plastic, and has a much thicker mounting plate, so the M7 bolts i had from that are too long.. and i can't grind them down because they're not threaded far enough along. argh! hehe
 
One of the professionals in the family has read this thread. Unfortunately, I can't say he's impressed:

the big orange said:
(8:20:48 PM) (A) the big orange: this guy is nuts hacking lumps of his engine mount the engine falls out when u do that
(8:21:27 PM) (A) the big orange: u fit the seicento pully and alternator
(8:22:08 PM) (A) the big orange: all fire blocks are nearly the same on the outside
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removing a small amount of metal off the engine mount isn't going to cause the engine to drop out, have seen it done on a seicento that has gone on to be thourghly abused on a track and suffered no ill effects.

ive already explained why i've not fitted the cinquecento alternator. the only way of fitting the cars OE alternator without modifying either the engine mount or the TDC sensor bracket would've been to find a 16v oil pump with the TDC sensor bracket in the correct place, and fit the correct pulley to that. Can't use my old 8v pump as the cranks are different.
 
the manifold should be with camcoat tomorrow, and then on its way to me next week :D

the car is at a point where if i turned the key, it would fire up. BUT with no cooling system or exhaust, i'm not playing that game;

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all the sensors check out, fuel system is holding 3bar nicely.
 
hehe, i still have my old maps on the ECU - it doesnt start on them, but it tries, bless it. will play more later
 
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