Guy Croft Lincoln UK 01522 705222

Nice - makes sense. Mines the mark 1 HF turbo with the carb turbo engine, so its the same, but different. I had it dyno'ed about a month ago @ 130 front wheel hp (they are spec'ed at 130 flywheel hp from factory) so i was really happy with the result given that i haven't modified much apart from a f...

Heads finished as best i can (about 8 - 10 hours all up). now to start on the manifolds.

5 hours so far and ive got the inlet side almost finished: - opened up the throat to match the gasket size, and then blended everything back. Im no professed head expert but i did spend 3 years working in an engine reconditioner workshop, so without knowing how to successfuly reshape ports, i have j...

Have lifted the head off now primarily to check wear in valve guides / replace stem seals. Thought it might be a good opportunity just to lightly smooth the existing ports and to port match the intake/exhaust manifolds to the head. Also it gives me a chance to heat wrap my exhaust manifold, and to r...

Hi Infectus_guy - i have read a full post on your car, some awesome engineering has gone in there. Did you ever carry out this swap ? i have been told that 130TC cams are the way to go. Did you ever do the cam swap using Delta GTie inlet cam ? Do you know if any of the cams in question work ?

Oh i forgot about the Lancia Thema 16V rotors, and Subaru WRX twin pot calipers which are almost set up to go on.

Haven't been on here in a long while, but made leaps and bounds with my car. In the last few months i have done a hillclimb in which the car went very successfully, then started to mod for a bit more reliability. I relocated my oil cooler and had my oil lines made by a company called Pirtek, have sw...

Carb HF Turbo pistons ...

I am making good progress on this one guys, just phased by a few issues with some parts i have used, but i hope to have it going again soon. Guy - i have the carb apart at the moment if you need any info - i decided to clean it out and make sure everything was sweet, but now i have an issue with fue...

My car sits lower than that on the track (it is a sedan also) - so its a risk i didn't want to take, but yes i do suspect the aluminum X19 sump offers more cooing - probably why they made it alloy in the first place being rear mounted instead of front.

Oh i forgot to add my X19 engine runs the 128 oil pickup along with the sump (not a big deal to change) in a 128 sedan. I've had no probs with this setup, but agree with Ivor. The only problem i faced was ground clearance as the X19 sump is alot deeper than the 128 one, and hangs alot closer to the ...

I can't see the post I left here yesterday. In short I would like to know if this head is usable or not. It has been rebuild, refaced, valve seats cut, new guides, helicoiled plug threads.... And only after all the work has been done I noticed the cracks on the bulge in front of the exhaust valve g...

that is a seriously hot piece of engineering ! carl wants.

Thankyou for that info ! my ZF definitely has "abarth" stamped on the inside, and yes the gearchange arms are the same as the 128 ones (which funnily enough is exactly what i hurt in my gearbox). Will keep my eyes open for the Fiorio diesel gear box.

I run one of those PBS windage tray's in my sump - i run an X19 1500 with a standard 128 tin sump. It does say on the instructions to run the oil level 1 quart above standard. I also however run a thermostat controlled oil cooler, and i've had no oil related problems with my engine with this setup, ...