sperera's baja experience begins

[Rossco]

That's coz your'e a dirty bugger

[sperera]

LOL, cant argue with that.

put a new engine mount on last night and put engine and radio tray back in. all i get left now is the pipe and she's ready for a floggin

[sperera]

looks like I lost some exhaust bolts, anyone know the spec I need so i can get some from a bolt shop?

[sperera]

started the FG for first time in a couple of weeks last night after complete clean (had it down to chassis) and the idle was crazy low straight away, i did clean the air filter which was quite dirty so not sure if this would have affected it.

adjusted the LS to get idle right and it sounded good through rev range but a little curious as to why it tune would have changed like that.

[sperera]

ok i think ive definetly got some sort of engine problem. started the fg again last night, havent touched the needles since yeasterday and idle was very high. turned the needle out and revs dropped for maybe 10 seconds and then instantly stalled, no drop of revs nothing.

couldnt get it going again so changed the plug and it started first pull, idled nice, too dark to take it for a run so just reved it on stand for a bit.

any ideas? should I strip it down or take it for a good run first?

[sperera]

took it for one last run today to make sure there is def. a prob and now i have no doubt something's wrong. feels like its got no compression, performance is definelty not where it used to be and its not responding very well to needle adjustments.

going to put a new ring in it and see how we go. might put up some pics of the the piston and bore and get opinions if I should be changing that as well.

[sperera]

[B]removed the engine last night and took the head off, havent got any pics yet but had a close look under some very bright down lights in the house.

piston is unmarked, besides some carbon build up on top of piston which I think is normal. not even the slightest of scratches on the sides. the bore is also excellent, one of the faintest marks inside, wouldnt even call it a scratch but otherwise perfect.

based on this im going to replace the ring and try again. also notice that my clutch spring had snapped so just ordered another one, dicided to try a red HPI one instead of the stock blue fg one that came with it, see if I can get it going harder off the line. so hopefully tommorow I get my alloy engine mounts, exhaust gaskets, clutch spring and some other small items.

let the fun begin

[sperera]

got all my bits today, alloy engine mounts, clutch spring, piston ring, gaskets etc.

stoopid me ordered a large 2wd alloy engine mount which ofcourse isnt compatible with my 4WD FG so i need to sell one now as ive already had the bearing pressed.

CRAP!