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| posted on 8/5/07 at 01:20 PM |
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V6 24V Cosworth engine refurb
Has anyone out there had experience of refurbishing a 2.9 24v v6 BOA engine? If so how extortionate were the parts?
Thanks
Adam
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24vseven
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 01:23 PM |
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there not cheep mate gaskets are hard to come by to some everything is different to the 12v engine do you need to rebuild it?
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flak monkey
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 01:28 PM |
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If all else fails. Burton Power sell all the gaskets.
A top end gasket set is £115
A bottom end set £35
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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jambojeef
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 01:40 PM |
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Also, the cam chain tensioner blades are difficult to obtain.
IIRC the left hand blade is available but the right hand isnt or something like that - unfortunate since the cam chain will need replacing and the
blades will amost certainly need renewing aswell - chain isnt cheap either!
Top Boss tuning down south somewhere used to be the 24v dudes - maybe give them a call?
Geoff
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mookaloid
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 01:42 PM |
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If it needs a lot of work Pistons - rebore - crank regrind etc etc then you'd be better off moneywise getting another motor..... you can prolly
get another whole car for well under a grand then sell the other bits off.
Cheers
Mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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saigonij
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 01:50 PM |
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i have reconditioned a 24v before.
can you hear the engine running? to be honest they are tough engines and i doubt it will need a rebore.
take the sump off, then take the front cover off ( you can do this without removing the heads ). looks at the chain tensioner blade. if its worn,
contact Top BOss as they are the only people i know of that sell them.
you have 5 guides, and a tensioner blade. then you shoudl also look at replacing the actual tensioner itsself. this is the main cause of problems - it
can leak oil while the engine is off, and therefore will not tension the blade on startup. floppy blade = not good sound - chain jump, gnashing of
teeth and 12 hours of listening to mica.
gaskets are expensive. dont be tempted to remove the rocker cover gaskets - they are not replaceable from ford - nor burton power - what ever their
website tries to claim.
there is alot of resource on the following web site, http://www.fordpower.org.uk/forum/ with a very helpful guy called madoldbugger
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24vseven
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 01:53 PM |
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have to recomend ford power i use it a lot myself very helpful people on there
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NeilP
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 07:50 PM |
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Fitz Pinnock is the gaffer at Top Boss who cleaned and checked mine (including fitting the cam chain tensioner elbow).
He's forgotten more about the 24v than most people learn - He can get parts cheaper than most (including Burton) - He's rammed with work
at the moment and you'll need to be very specific on the time...
As saigonij said - These engines are nearly bombproof - Only ever hooked up to an autobox that took all the punishment - If you can get your donor to
kickdown and it roars up the road you'll be OK - Plenty of folks on here who have seen the light despite merciless teasing from the BEC boys re:
boat anchors
p.s. Check out the website and look at blue steel - He's just fitted T34 hybrids and it's looking like it may go well over 700bhp
www.topbossperformance.co.uk
p.p.s. Almost forgot - Madoldbugger on interford.co.uk and his mates are also very knowledgable on the BOA and BOB
[Edited on 8/5/2007 by NeilP]
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