The Old XUD DervBus Thread!

[darrenjlobb]

Im just gutted it never ran up on the dyno before....im almost tempted to put it BACK together even in its current state....throw the pump at it and run it up one last time at dyno, but its just way to much work, and I dont wanna risk it dropping out and locking up a rod...as they SHOULD all still be intact..and the happen to fit the bottom end of a DI motor quite nicely....

Whats basically happened, is I pulled the head 2nite to investigate head gasket issues, to discover a pre chamber missing, and one flopping around, and some of the most chronic bore scoring ive ever seen, and thats with an air filter!, last motor never had a filter at all, and didnt appear to have any scoring, so im not acaully sure what has caused it, oil has been changed every 500 miles from the rebuild, and always warmed up etc..

Piston slop is also terrable, and im yet to investigate head cracking among other issues.....Its a big shame as it was really starting to go somewhere over the last few weeks, am just so gutted It didnt hold together for just a bit longer for some results, but shit happens I guess, a few phone photos: