Luke's Panda ED7 Extreme Offset Steels Update

[Ben_theEFking]

sorry to hear about your engine man ;( I dont know how you boys do it though?? how many miles was on the lump? and how often did you change the oil in it? I change my oil generally around 1500 miles each time

I think that's the main issue Lucas. Filthy oil, poor maintenance, etc. On the ones I have seen fail, after removing the sump the gauze on the filter pick up was always pretty clogged with crap.

A bit of oil starvation to the pump seems to cause the pump to fail almost instantly then see you later bottom end!

The first engine in this car was not the original and when I bought it off Stew, he admitted that he had no idea of the history of the engine and it had been sat for a while. That went bang (bottom end) and then I supplied Luke with this engine which I got off Chapman. We knew it had done 150k plus miles but again it had been sat for a while and we had no idea of the history. Same issue again, bottom end failure.

The A9's need loving to keep them running sweet

[rallyeluke]

Poor little thing ;( hope it gets a new heart soon

[LukeReg9]

Checked the pickup etc before fitting it as recommended by Ben, admittedly I drive the absolute S*!t out of it which is more than likely to blame but i always used good quality oil and filters and replaced every 2000 miles. These things happen so never mind if it happens again though ill have a rethink

[rallyeluke]

I have been giving mine absolute death for the last three years, pretty much day in day out and it has never skipped a beat. I am not saying mine is a super engine or anything but to ruin the bottom end in that spectacular fashion is quiet an achievement

[LukeReg9]

Yeah the first one was understandable as it was knocking it knackers off under load and I was well aware of it, but this one just went without warning at 110mph

[LukeReg9]

Started stripping bits off ready to remove the engine and found this in the back of my rad !

[LukeReg9]

Got a tegiwa brake stopper off crx uk forum so fitted that while everything's out of the way

[LukeReg9]

Started stripping last night gonna paint a few bits and start the welding while its in bits ready for mot time

As it currently sits



And another one of the damage, I'd imagine its done both sides like last time

[LukeReg9]

Been doing some research and thinking of going for the b16 swap...

[R3H4N]

Been doing some research and thinking of going for the b16 swap...

Go for it

[LukeReg9]

Been struggling to decide what to do with the silver one with the price of gaskets etc being almost the same price as b16 conversion I decided to buy gavs white ed7 that I saw for sale on here for parts and to try and make a good one out of the pair of them



The engine and interior are far better than my silver one but the sills and arches are much worse
So whilst I'm stripping the interior out to start welding on it I'm fitting it all into the silver one

Pics so far





Spot the other new arrival in the background

[LukeReg9]

Started on the arches of the white one today with the help of a mk2 golf bonnet I had lying around, sorry vdub lovers





Looks a state at the moment, but its clean and strong

[mattj]

There's 2 4th Gen hatches, and a m2 escort on your drive. This is a good house.

[LukeReg9]

The 3 projects



and some progress on the white one
It's starting to resemble a wheel arch now







First skim of filler

[sabvtivtec]

Is that a mk2 escort I love them. Nice work on the ed