StevenC's new SR20'd motor...

Having a local specialist look at it later today and hopefully then I'll have a better idea. TBH Lots of folk have said a number of things but I don't really trust anyone anymore after what happened with the cams and would rather use someone I don't know personally, but know knows their stuff with these cars.

I've got absolutely everything crossed, last night I felt like someone had died, sad I know but meh.

With regards to v the GTi, this is just in a different league but then you are talking about hot hatch v super tourer. Not a great deal quicker to 60 and probably marginal on the 1/4 but as it's still running standard fly/flutch I wouldn't expect it to be much quicker. The way it pulls through the gears is just amazing, feels like it would easily have left the GTi for dead on a rolling start...and then there's the comfort...woaaffttt, could do a million miles in it no bother at all.

HOWEVER, I openly admit I miss the GTi. I miss it oh so very much.
 
The N16 is just a foot note in your car life now. If only the SR20 had gone in it then lol. Ah but seriously I understand why you went S14. It's a beauty of a car and I'd like to own one myself :).
 
Nah buddy, I've heard VCT & Completely shagged sprocket rattle...this is coming from the bowels of the engine, not up top.
 
any more info buddy? Did it happen on boost? Randomly when you started it cold? Oil condition? What kind of sound?

Sounds interesting for a car thats sub 100k?

Steve
 
One of the problems with buying S14's in the UK now, so many tools have owned one, never checked or replaced the oil....and the infamous SR20 rod knock starts.

Luckily engines are cheap and readily available.
 
Was driving along third gear on about half throttle just going up the gears lightly and i felt like it was holding back, same as when the timing chain was stretched on the N16, so I dropped a gear to raise the revs and put it into boost and i put the foot down and I could hear a knocking. I lifted off and again, kinda faint knock, then when I went for light throttle it was smashing it's face off. Pulled over and could hear it faintly knocking away but idling perfect, put it to 2k on light constant throttle and again, smashing it's face off.

It took a specialist all of 2 seconds to diagnose and wave at me furiously to turn it off. I'm in no doubt whatsoever. It's big end failure.

Guy I've had look at it reckons the oil pump has failed leading to the engine ceasing momentarily then starving engine of oil. He'd be extremely surprised to see the oil pump in tact when removed. He's amazed it happened so fast, wasn't knocking before, no clues just bam. Engine was serviced less than 500miles ago with Fuchs Titan 5-40 fully synthetic and has not been driven hard (way up at the limiter etc) since I bought it.

Would I purchase an engine for £5/600 and spend another £200 or so getting it fitted when the very same thing might happen? Service history isn't worth a fuck when I've just had a 82k FSH engine fall out with it's big ends. Especially when you buy one that was only converted to manual 5k ago so it's not had any time to be thrashed off the limiter etc.

It'll be getting taken out, taken apart and whatever it needs, it'll get. Lookin at big end bearings themselves, oil pump, head gasket (gonna split it to make sure it's all ok) & crank skim...IF I'm lucky and it's not chewed the bores or completely wrecked the crank.

It won't be cheap, but it's a guarantee it'll be fixed and a peace of mind for me that I know that if anything goes wrong, it's my fault and my fault only. No surprises.
 
Exactly what my friend did on the m4. Never rev the nuts off a sluggish engine!

Although, if the pump failed all the oil should be around the crank anyway, so it may mean that something else seized up

Ah well. Sr20s are relatively cheap so at least it won't rape your wallet too much :-)

Admire you for keeping at it mate. Don't give up!

Steve
 
yeh thats what happened on the GTiR, light throttle it knocked its cunt in, full load it went off. sure enough yeh the rod bearings were goosed
 
Really really don't think that I can stretch to that. Plus, this is my daily driver so the sooner I can get it sorted the better. Garages about here are on about a 2-3 week wait then lookin at least a week to get it done. probably gonna have to buy a runabout.
 
cant you do it steve? what is getting done? new oil pump and crank bearings? engine wont even need to come out. crank will probably need a polish too like
 
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