Project Binky
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Presses are awesome.
The hours I have spent hammering out bearings / bushes and - more so - squeezing new ones in with a big vice, sockets, old spanner’s to level up the casting you are squeezing them into, and a BFH to smack the vice handle with....
The hours I have spent hammering out bearings / bushes and - more so - squeezing new ones in with a big vice, sockets, old spanner’s to level up the casting you are squeezing them into, and a BFH to smack the vice handle with....
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I see they've changed to 4-stud. I can't remember a wheel episode but there probably was one I've forgotten?
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I’ve found a post on their own forum from 2015 asking about it. They said they didn’t film it because of the safety implications of someone doing it wrongly.
I remember them showing the 13” 4-stud wheels but don’t remember them mentioning anything about changing the stud pattern.
I remember them showing the 13” 4-stud wheels but don’t remember them mentioning anything about changing the stud pattern.
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I enjoyed that.
I’m preferring the truck videos though.
Hopefully these videos have increased their workload as they are very very good at what they do.
Dave!
I’m preferring the truck videos though.
Hopefully these videos have increased their workload as they are very very good at what they do.
Dave!
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Ta, I wondered if that was the 'will they notice' instead of the obvious upside-down suspension arm.Jobbo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 3:44 pm I’ve found a post on their own forum from 2015 asking about it. They said they didn’t film it because of the safety implications of someone doing it wrongly.
I remember them showing the 13” 4-stud wheels but don’t remember them mentioning anything about changing the stud pattern.
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Engine build vid is up
Fans of MCM will enjoy the cameos.
Fans of MCM will enjoy the cameos.
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So Ummm, I watched it yesterday and I’m still a little confused - NA or FI?
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It's obviously turbo, unless you think the entire episode on fabbing up a manifold to make the turbo fit, and test fitting the interwarmer was just there for a bit of lark.
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I thought it was pretty clear from the GT3582 comment, block girdle, low comp pistons etc. They missed a cpl of things on the build, but maybe just in edit. We shall see!
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Yeah, it just seemed strange to specifically say they were not going to have a turbo, then detail how they were going to build a 200bhp NA engine, etc. didn’t really work for me as a gag.
Oh well, still another good vid and nice to see such a short space between them now!!!
Oh well, still another good vid and nice to see such a short space between them now!!!
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But they've capped off the oil feed to the turbo (23:45 in) so it's a pretty good gag if it's true.
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I thought that too, but perhaps just a temp while they messed about with the oil?
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That’s with an easily removable bung though. They would have wanted to do that to keep the oil in as they were building it. I wondered whether there were other turbo-related holes in the block which they needed to close up, like coolant feed.
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You certainly don’t block off an oil gallery with a plug like that so it must be temporary.
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Hang on, hang on. What do you know about engines, eh?
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Did nobody watch this to the end?!??Rich B wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:01 pm Yeah, it just seemed strange to specifically say they were not going to have a turbo, then detail how they were going to build a 200bhp NA engine, etc. didn’t really work for me as a gag.
Oh well, still another good vid and nice to see such a short space between them now!!!
Their SafeT Garret was great
I must watch MCM.
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beyond my name??!RobYob wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 6:06 pmDid nobody watch this to the end?!??Rich B wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:01 pm Yeah, it just seemed strange to specifically say they were not going to have a turbo, then detail how they were going to build a 200bhp NA engine, etc. didn’t really work for me as a gag.
Oh well, still another good vid and nice to see such a short space between them now!!!
Their SafeT Garret was great
I must watch MCM.
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It also shows that the '200bhp target' from a few episodes ago was BS too. With all that head work, plus a good turbo, you're talking between 250 and 300bhp at least.
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That size of modern turbo would support 500+ at a guess. The shiney shiney block brace, pistons and serious head work.
Maybe we should update the Binky weight sweep with Binky power sweep too.